Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-04-29
PORTUGAL, land of almost
eternal sunshine, American in
vestors are going, with great

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eternal sunshine, American in
vestors are going, with great
schemes for the development of
me latent waiting only for
the capital and energy necessary for
their unfolding. In the Rocio, the
principal business street of Lisbon,
buildings have been secured to re-
model Or newly build large store
houses. At Mount Estoril, the Palm
Beach Of Portugal, the important
hotels and concessions have been Sc
cured by Americans, with the purpose
OF making it a rival to San Sebastian
on the Spanish coast, says a writer in
the Christian Science Monitor.
An electric railway will connect 1t
with Lisbon and Cintra, whose chef
attraction is he Pena castle. Cintra.
once the home Of the Moorish kings.
and later occupied by the kings of
Portugal.
A large casino is being erected on
the beach, and several large hotels of
American design and furnishings will
be built along the shores of this
charming site. And of vigo, Spain,
the American investor will concern
himself-there he has taken up the
extensive harbor improvements and
inland communications, thus to realize
tile vast undeveloped mineral posi-
blllt1es OF the Galician hinterland and
Leon. Railways will be extended TO
Madrid. making a more rapid route
for tourists between Paris and South
America.
Everything but Energy.
Portugal is a country rich in all
things save in popular energy. Ger
many and France, until the ate a
exploited its sardine industries, one
of its most valuable items Of COM
me-ce. The cork forests are album
dant, and the olive and grape are very
prolific in their yield. Tropical and
s~ubtropical fruits of MANY varieties
abound, and can be bought for trifing
amounts.
The Portuguese peasants have been
called h most kindly and dependable |
OF all Europe. Each province is dis
tinguished by a different and most
picturesque costume. The excellence
OF It's climate; the varied aspects and
diversity of its vegetation; the multi
Dlicity of its hot and cold springs:
the progressive improvement in its
Motel accommodations, offered at q
over price than that of any others in
Europe, make Portugal one of the
most favored of lands for the ex-
p~lo1tation of the tourist.
At the present time the Mother of
as Portugal has been
named is less known by geographers
ana a~fcheologists h any other
country on the continent. No lands
nave beer better gloriied by nature:
IND buried Roman and Celtic-Iberian
cities, treasure houses of ANTIQUITY.
are rich mines for conquest with pick
and shovel.
Portugal is an agricultural country
out the sardine industry makes up n
arSe part of her commerce, Millions
If boxes Of this product of Port,,-
suese Gamers bear the imprint of
'rench packers, some even with
france as the country of origin. The
olive lends itself to the
acker of the betterGrade ~sardine.
'leidlng, as 1t does, q superior oil.
The cork tree, which produces n
lew bark once in ten years, gives an
article for export. Eacl.
furnishes about $40 worth of
ARK per tree. The other woods most
.bundant are the acacia, poplar. elm
sh. eucalyptus, pine and oak, About
acre in five OF the total area If
'ortugal Is wooded. The more re-
note agricultural and timber, districts |
re handicapped by the lack Of even !,
good transportation facil- /
lies, either railroad or
congiomeration Of Races,
Ethnologically Portugal is a con-
lomerate. The people of the north h
m province of Entire Douro and t
[inho and Tras-os-Montes are of d
stock !. in the lower provinces /
Portuguese have intermarried y