Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-12-14
BRAZlL'S AMAZING
EXPANSION.

lust as reconstruction q bring
ing closer the actual measure
ment in terms OF money ui IN,
property destruction IN Europe
so the progress OF delaiion ha
set ont in bold relief the dramaiu
period OF industrial development
in other parts OF the world as ~
incident al the war Not mere.
" the United States and the Fa,
Fast show how modern wal
galvauizes the whole world int,
feverish activity: there are other.
II is 10 Brazil. ON the South
American continent. that history
probably will concede the pre-
eminent place as an exhibit oi
what a war thousands 81 miles
away and on another continent
can force 4 nation o. do. even
though that nation previously had
been thought 20 lack initiative.
full blown commercial and indus
trial'experience and capital.
Brazil has I territory OF $500
600 square miles. larger than the
United States excluding Alaska.
but the population is only one
quarter as great as ours. In IgI;
Brazil was dependent largely on
Great Britain and the United
States for manufactured articles.
In return she exported raw ma
terials. Unlike the United S;atcs
and the Far East. she gained
nothing in foreign trade from the
war. IN 1913 her imports were
S326oooooo and her exports
$3I3.ooo.ooo. In 1913 her import.
were S247,35i,ooo and her ex
ports S2S4.275.ooo. with prices
higher all around. which made
the shrinkage in the volume OF
her foreign trade much greater
than the shrinkage in price. But
Brazil gained a favorable balance
OF trade.
The change which came over
Brazil was principally internal
Unable. on account OF England
preoccupation in the war and L.
the hack OF ocean tonnage. t. oh.
tain manufactures from abroad
Brazil set 20 work 20 satisfy he.
own needs. Cotton had been
raised and used by the natives be-
fore the discovery OF the coun r.
by Europeans. Yet at the OFT.
break OF the war the republic oh
tanned most OF its cotton good,
from England. In the principal
manufacturing state OF Sac Paulo
in 1913 the imports OF cotton
goods amounted to 100000 and
the domestic manufactures 10
Sa.75opco. In 1918 imports stool
at Sz.-so.oon. but manufactures OF
cotton for home consumption
amounted 90 more than $4,000
600.
This increase OF ten 20 twelve
times in domestic production held
true in many manufactured com
modiiies. IN TIE first three years
Of the war official reports show
that 700 new factories were es-
tablished. 32S in Sac Paulo alone
90 Produce chemicals, furniture
paper. leather goods. machinery
TOYS. end almost every other con
ceivable necessary OF civilization
goods which Brazil had obtainei
previously by importation. TIE
report setting forth Brazil's IN
Jus,rial development goes into
exhaustive de- ais which leave me-
doubt that the whole ecoromt
structure OF that country has IN.
dergone drastic change. The.
transformation were evident =;
che time they took place. but
what they actually meant va
not fully grasped while the plants
were all engaged IN production
20 meet demand. Now that rc'
action has over,aken Brazil she
like her contemporaries. can con-
template ia the cold clear light o
right perspective that Amos
magic period OF expansion anc
the responsibilities it has brought
10 her people and TO the govern.
fnent.
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