Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-07-26
Rio in Its Valleys Among Towering Psa~s.

prepared BY the National Geographic
Society. Washington. y. c.
Just as tire TaItvd states celebrated
with an exposition In 1876 the compile
ton ~ the first century Of It's indie
peudenre. So Brazil will celebrate next
September her first centenary as na-
ton by means 81 q great world fair In
Rio De- Janeir0.
II Is an occasion and a ceremony
which the people ~ tire United States
are particularly well fitted 10 under
stand and appreciate. In a number 81
WAYS Brazil stands where the United
States stood 46 years ago. though in
many others. Of course. this neighbor
10 the south. equipped with modern
machinery and assisted hy modern
methods. Is FAR In advance OF the
United States ~ 1875.
Brazil IS much more than zone Of
the South American republics" In
era Cd is in a class with the United
States. It's Gag floats over practically
one-haIf IL South America and one
fifth ~ the western hemisphere. Leay-
Ing Alaska cut 10 consideration. Brazil
Is actually 10000 square miles great
~ than the United States, II has
boundaries OF greater or less length In
common with every other country in
south America except Ecuador and
Chile. The land boundary al Brazil
following ala the tNistings al rivers aud
mountain ranges. J. probably not far
from $1,000 miles long. and there is "a
c1astlIne ~ COCO miles as well. The
largest river In the world. tremendous
potential water power. and huge de-
pusits 81 minerals are among some ~
the other physical features that mark
Brazil out for big things.
IL Is particularly In the possession
~ vast. undeyeluped resources that
Brazil Is comparable % the United
States ~ half e. century aEo. IL too.
has It's West: but Il is a West strik-
in-iy different from the plains country
Of central North America. The equa-
tor cros~es northern Brazil. end more
than nine-teuths II the huge country
Hes within the tropics BraElFs West
consists for the most part ~ a dense
tropical forest-A veritable ocean ~
verdure-rich In hard woods and rub
her trees. Into this largely undeyel-
oned country stretches the broad Anna
zon and SIS tributaries up which ocean
vessels steam Tor 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 100 miles and run up nu-
rcrous tributaries for several hun
dred miles. The possession Of this
great Amazon waterway and It's net
work ~ tributaries greatly cheapens
transportation in Brazil in comparison
with a country in which dependence
must be placed largely on railroads.
Heart Of Brazil Is Southeast.
In addition 10 its northern forests,
Brazil has a prairie country in its
Middle west'-the south central poS'-
ton ~ the country lying north OF Par
sgrGy and extending n0rthward into
the hin country. Large herds OF cat
tie are graEed and there is room for
great expansion OF the industry.
The southeastern edge II Brazil, par
adoxically. j. the heart Of the coun-
try. The white population, numbering
probably between 100000 and 10000
COO Is largely concentrated in the re-
glun 81 temperate climate In the south
ern coastal highlands which extend in
land 80 90 80 miles. This region in
cludes the sOutheasternmost states of
Rso Grande 10 Sol. Santa Catharina,
PARMA. Sac Paulo Rio de Janeiro, Is
parito Sanf0 and Minas Geraes
Northwari along the coast Is Brazils
ablaek BELT where negro eX-slaves and
their descendants are more numerous
than elsewhere In the country. Inland
are the Indians. many Of them unciv'
lized
Brazn's temperate region along tie
south Atlantic coast Is the region O.
which manufacturing enterprise Is
ar-ely confined. Just as Il was % ouI
own North Atlantic coast n half cen
turv ago. As yet manufacturing plays
only an unimporiant part in the coun
TVS lie. lut textile factories. tan
reries and meat packing plants. az
well a. various other Industrial estab
llshments are on the increase. TIL,
p0-tion - BrazIls map is pcpperec
with cities and towns and j. covered
v,-f.h a close network 81 railroads. II
= IN this cllmatically delightful re
xson 81 Brazil that IS developed th'
.-ourfry's chief iudustry-co4ee grow
sr~ thousands ~ square miles arr
covered - che orchards u trees which
r-ke Brazil tie foremost coffee pro
snrrr country in tie wori4