The sun., 1919-03-31
RECIPROCITY WITH BRAZIL
URGED TO AID BOTH MA TONS
United States Would Benefit by Investments and New
Trade and Southern Republic Would Expand
Rich Resources Are Ready to Be Tapped.


life-God-fearing. altiuistic; above ell,
grateful. an attribute Of which she gave
the most brilliant and wonderful proof in
this war; In short. n nation which adj
rnires the willing worker, and Is always
ready to lend hand.
With the ample means OF communica-
ton that the United States offers 20 the
traveller from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
from the Gulf Of Mexico TO the Dominion
Of Canada. by railroad or automobile,
with the utmost comfort and safety. any
one can learn to know the American at
his best In his plain and sound sociabil
lty, In his great works, whether in his
extensive agriculture or gigantic indus
tries. which only a powerful and enter
prlsfng people can carry out. We would
hnd In the American an unasSulnnz
friend. without vanity, o?en-hesrted and
open-minded, ready to accept advice and
| impart Information to anybody. and at
the same time essentially daring, pro-
gressive and even-tempered.
And how can he help being what he Is,
continually surrounded, as the French
man says. 'by le blen etre?" This Is the
impression have gathered after many
years residence IN this country since my
college days and It Is shared BY every
other Brazilian who has had the same
experience.
ssiesmen's Opinions Diner,
! This opinion. however. does not appear
TO be shared by the Brazilian commercial
man. who has been accustomed for many
years to do business with the English
man, the Frenchmsn and in later years
/ with the German. who without question
combine in themselves a great amount Of
experience IN commercial dealings, not
only In Brazil. but in the great CONNER
| c!al world at large.
| However. we must now realize that we
shall from this time forward trade with a
country which until a short time ago was
kept busy to a much larger extent with
/ Its Interstate commerce than with its in
| ternational: where tran sa ctious are gen
orally closed on a cash basis. seldom on
| time. rarely exceeding a credit extension
OF ninety days; a country where. thanks
TO It's excellent banking, transportation.
telegraph and telephone systems. large
transactions are realized with the utnoet
despatch and safety without the use OF
! currency.
| As the American nation saw AZ, ow-
| ing 10 the war, to create a number Of
! industries, II does not seem probable
that she will want 10 abandon them
after peace Is signed. On the contrary
they will be utilized and the American
business man In his own interest Will be
just as attentive, liberal and ready for
all reasonable concessions to the Bra
silian merchant as heretofore the Eng
| l!ah or French business man has been.
| Furthermore. II Is not to-day that con-
Germs like the Baldwin Locomotive Com
pany. tho United States Steel Corpora =
tion. the Standard OIL Company and
similar American organizations Of mag
nitude do business with Brazil to our
great satisfaction and benefit.
To Give New Viewpoint OF L. =.
The establishment OF moro intimate
relations with any country. which al
ways begins through commerce, would
enable us to know the great Republic OF
the North from an entirely new point OF
view.
Just witness the highest proof o,
gratitude. OF real altru!sm, which Amer
| lea calamity showed to her noble and
old ally OF 1875, when Lafayette at the
side Of Washington fought for liberty,
II Is more than l40 years ago that La
| fayettc, with a handful Of brave men,
landed on the shores OF the New World.
! and ninety-four years ago when he
visited for the last time the coil FOR
whose liberty he had fought so CALAMITY.
The occasion was made memora bic
| ny LAY III n speech which We
. are told by Ambassador Nuhuso was
one OF the most brilliant pieces OF ora
! tory in the annals Of American history.
And even to-day In the United States
/ the memory of the young Marquis OF
Lafayette, then only 20 years OF age,
| awakens the same enthusiasm as the
names OF the gallant men who hercely
gave the Knockout blow 10 the last ditch
OF the Middle Ages.
! Another eloquent fact: In the United
States the Government control OF edu-
cation extends only as far as primary
and secondary courses and to the two
! oficers' schools at Annapolis and Yves.
/ Point That explains the rise OF
philanthropists like Ezra Cornell Peter
Cooper. Andrew Carnegie. John D.
Rockefeller and many others who an
nually distribute millions for higher edu-
cation. Their educational spirit does
rot cover only their own country. nay, II
goes overseas, helping the nations OF
' Islam and Buddhism. as, for instance,
China and Japan. II also includes Brazil.
! which has in the Young Mems Christian
Association in Rio de Janeiro the Rookie
teller Institute and Mckenzie College
in Sac Paulo the best testimony Of love
and altruism toward mankind.
Everything tends 20 prove that these
two nations without racial prejudlces or
ideas OF conquest will Join hands, form
ing a barrier--a strong harrage against
German kultur and rs conconitant Boil
shevisii, the worlds greatest calamity
and menace. There could never be a
! conflict OF interests between them, as
each 10 complement Of the other.
| Together they would thrive and pros
per. united by the bonds OF commercial
reciprocity without In the least degree
affecting the autonomy and indie pendence
OF either nation. Thus a league of two
American nations would be formed with
| ties closer and more lasting than could
be secured by any political alliance,
viz: mutual benent and mutual pros
perity.