The Cordova daily times., 1922-08-17

oOCletyt " dSHli' Stoii, b. S.j
 Just as the United States celebrated with an exposition in 1876 the cOmple- tiOn of the first century of its inde- pendence, so Brazil will celebrate next September her first centenary as a na tion by means of a great world fair in Rio de Janeiro,
 It is an occasion and a ceremony which the people of the United States are particularly well fitted to under stand and appreciate. In number of ways Brazil stands where the United States stood 46 years ago, though in many others, of course, this neighbor to the south, equipped with modern machinery and assisted by modern methods, is faf in advance of the United States of 1876.
 Brazil is much more than "one of the South American republics In area it is in class with the United States. It's flag floats over practically one-half of South America and one fifth of the western hemisphere. Leav- ing Alaska out of consideration, Brazil is actually 100000 square miles great CT than the United States! It has boundaries of greater or less length in common with every other country in south America except Ecuador and Chile. The land boundary of Brazil following all the tWistings of rivers and mountain ranges, is probably not far from 10000 miles long, and there is a coastlne of 5000 miles as well. The largest river in the world, tremendous potential water power, and huge de- posits of minerals are among some of the other physical features that mark Brazil out for big things.
 It is particularly in the possession of vast, undevelOped resources that Brazil is comparable to the United States of half century ago. It too, has it's West; but it is a West strik- ingly different from the plains country of central North America. The equa- tor crosses northern Brazil, and more than nine-tenths of the huge country lies within the tropics. BraZirs West consists for the most part of dense tropical forest-A veritable ocean of yerdure--rich in hard woods and rub Der trees. Into this largely undevel- oped country stretches the broad Anna zon and it's tributaries up which ocean vessels steam for 1000 miles-as though ocean steamers in our own country could steam up the Mississippi and Ohio past Cincinnati. River steamers ascend the main streams for another 1000 miles and run up nu- merous tributaries for several hun dred miles. The possession of this great Amazon waterway and it's net work of tributaries greatly cheapens transportation in Brazil in comparison with country in which dependence must be placed largely on railroads.
 Heart of Brazil Is Southeast
 In addition to its northern forests, Brazil has a prairie country in its Middle West"-the south central pos tion of the country lying north of Par aguay and extending northward into the hill country. Large herds of cat tie are grazed and there is room for great expansion of the industry.
 The southeastern edge of Brazil par adoXicully, is the heart of the .cOun- try. The white population, numbering probably between 100000 and 10,000,- GOO is largely concentrated in the re- zion of temperate climate in the south ern coastal highlands which extend in- land POO to 300 miles. This reglon in cludes the southeasternmost states of Rio Grande do Sol, Santa Catharina, Parana, Sac Paulo, Rio de JaneirO, Es- perito Santo and MinaS Geraes. Northward along the coast is Brazil's "black belt" where negro eX-slaves and their descendants are more numerous than elsewhere in the country. Inland are the Indians, many of them unciv- iliZed.
 Brazil's temperate region along the South Atlantic coast is the region to which manufacturing enterprise is largely confined, just as it was to our own North Atlantic coast half cen tury ago. AS yet manufacturing plays only an unimportant part in the coun- try's life, but textile factories, tan- neries and meat packing plants, as well as various other industrial estab- llshments are on the increase, Thss portion of Brazil's map is peppered with cities and towns and is covered with a close network of railroads, It Is In this cIimatically delightful re- zion of Brazil that is developed the country's chief industry-coffee grow ing. Thousands of square miles are covered by the orchards of trees which make Brazil the foremost coffee pro-