Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1921-01-21

vestors are going, with great
schemes for the development of
the latent resources waiting only for
the capital and energy necessary for
their unfolding. In the Roclo, 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 it
with Lisbon and Cintra, whose chief
attraction Is the 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
fhimself-there he has taken up the
extensive harbor improvements and
inland communications, thus to realize
the vast u~ndeveloped mineral posi-
bilities Of the Galician hinterland and
Leon. Railways will be extended tc
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for tourists between Paris and South
America.
Everything but Energy.
Portugal is q country rich In all
things save in popular energy. Ger
many and France, until the late war
exploited its sardine industries, one
of its most valuable items Of com
merce. The cork forests are abun
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 beer
called the most kindly and dependable
of all Europe. Each province Is dis
tinguished by a different and mos
picturesque costume. The excellence
of its climate; the varied aspects anC
diversity of its vegetation the multi
plicity of its hot and cold springs
the progressive improvement in Its
hotel accommodations, offered at 8
lower price than that Of any others ir
Europe, make Portugal one of the
most favored Of lands for the ex
ploltation of the tourist.
At the present time the Mother Of
N~avigators. as Portugal has beer
named, is less known by geographers
and psychologists than any other
country on the continent. No lands
have been better glorified by nature
and buried Roman and Celtic-Iberia1
cities, treasure houses of antiquity
are rich mines for conquest with pick
and shovel.
Portugal Is an agricultural country
but the sardine industry makes up q
large part Of her commerce. Millions
of boxes of this product Of Portu.
guese Gamer bear the imprint OF
French packers, some even with
France as the country Of origin. The
abundant olive lends itself to the
packer of the better-grade sardine,
yielding, as 1t does. a superior oil.
The cork tree, which produces q
new bark n in ten years, gives m
important article for export. Eacl'
stripping furnishes about $40 worth OF
bark per tree. The other woods most
abundant are the acacia, poplar, elm
ash, eucalyptus, pine and oak. About
one acre in five Of the total area of
Portugal Is wooded. The more re-
mote agricultural and timber districts
are handicapped by the lack OF even
reasonably good transportation facil-
tiles, either railroad or wagon.
conglomeration Of Races.
Ethnologically Portugal is a con-
glomerate. The people of the north
ern province Of Entire Douro aud
Mimic and Tras-os-Montes are of
Galician stock; In the lower provinces
the Portuguese have intermarried
with the Arab, Dutch, French and
English, and, in n province, Hte
tristan.
The Jews, after their forced cor
version by King Emanuel, intermar-
ried with all races. On the southern
coast from Cape st. Vincent to the
Spanish frontier the influence of Afri-
can ancestry is very appareni-due
to the importation Of slaves for serv-
Ice in the olive groves and vineyards
of Alemtejo and Algarves.
Portugal has a distinct national
personality in art, music and litera-
ture-each having a unique vigor. 1t