The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-25

I structures at fairs have often bas,
of such temporary character aS5
| SO cheaply built that the materials
were not worth salvaging. NJ
money spent for such buildins.
was an outlay without any diras
return. At Rio, the United Stat
is to create a beautiful background
for its panorama of progress ana
| at the same timeit will ACQUIRE =
much needed government buildins
1--WE own only a few embassies aR5
legations; it is claimed that H.
Brazilian embassy is to be IN
finest of these.
To Prevent Duplication.
Representatives of the 10 govern
ment departments are holding meat.
ings to plan for the exhibits 10 4.
sent by this government, so that
there will be no duplication. Tbers
will be many exhibits from the 6a.
partment of agriculture, for Brazil
is greatly interested in this indus
try, and our department does won.
derful experimental work. Per-
haps few of the demonstrators
from the extension servics nav he
sent to show the Brazilian women
some of the applied science that l.
available to American housewives
The Brazilian people will>be in.
terested also in our forest work. on,
system of public parks and reser.
vations, our mining methods, and
the life saving work of our coast
guard. There will be small dis.
plays from the army and navy, and
probably one or more naval vessels
will be stationed in the harbor Tor
public inspection.
A moving picture theatre is to he
erected temporarily next to the ex-
hibit building so that the Amert-
can exhibits can be made clearer
by pictures.
Both the United States and Bra
gil hope to come into closer touch
through this exposition. There is
a friendship of old standing be-
tween the two nations. Brazil is
of Portuguese speaking republic
in a continent of Spanish countries
In the Spanish-American war, Bra.
zil out of all South America sided
with the United States and many
years before that Brazil sent a
diplomatic representative to the
United States to show her feeling
of friendship.
New Expression Of Friendship.
Closer friendship will be ex-
pressed now largely in closer IL
dustriaI and commercial relations,
Yet as far as our official exhibits
are concerned we can show our
commercial progress only from the
government point of view. The ex-
hibits which are sanctioned by
congress and paid for out of the
treasury may be of government
work only. Some of them show
what the government is doing in
commercial ways, as in the dis
plays of the department of com
merce, but there may be no display
of private enterprise in the gov
eminent building. American pri-
vate concerns will be represented
at the exhibition, however, n
buildings financed by business con-
Germs.
Brazil is eager to have the Unit
ed States well represented at the
exposition. To further the trade
relations between the two COun-
tries the Brazilian government has
sent Senior Sebastiao Sampaio
commercial attache and member OF
the consular service, to visit the
principal cities of the United States.
He is now travelling in this country
and speaking in the cities on the
possibilities and the importance TO
the United States of South Amer
lean trade relations. Senior
is also instructed hg the
Brazilian government to inform
and his government rgg2Ed-
ing the commercial development Of
this country. Brazil hopes TO turn
her centennial celebration to very
practical account.