Evening star., 1925-06-21
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On our way home we took the train
to Sac Paulo and spent a day and a
half there. This is a city of 100000
people. 1t is located on a rolling.
hilly plateau with a general elevation
of about 5000 feet. There is some
scrubby growth over this territory,
but much of it is covered with high
grass and II is largely agricultural.
Sac Paulo is growing very rapidly.
1t is great railroad center for a
vast agricultural territory. Some who
know the situation in South America
very well prophesy that 1t will be
the largest city in South America.
Great coffee plantations are near there
| and II is an important manufacturing
center.
We We're met a the station by the
aid to the president or governor of
the State of Sac Paulo. He was
dressed in splendid military uniform
and showed us every possible cour.
tesy. He was fine-loOking man,
every inch soldier. / was told that
| when the revolution broke out in Sac
| Paulo he organized a small force and
held the revolutiopists at bay for two
| or three days until the government
forces could be organized. DIR. Sc
| bastiao Sampaio. the aide to the for.
| eisn minister at Rio. took great in
terest In my trip. He wanted to do
everything possible to make it pleasa Mt,
and the arrangements for the jour.
ney to Sac Paulo were made by him
with Mr.. Clifford Smith. who repre-
sents the shipping board at Rio and
who. l want to say. Is wonderfully
well qualified for that work and is
discharging his duties, in my judg.
ment, in most competent and eff
cient way.
The president Of Sac PauIo wanted
| to send battalion of troops to meet
us at the station. but Mr.. Smith as
sured them that I would much prefer
| that this be not done, although we
appreciated more than we could ex.
press the honor that they wanted to
| do us. He finally prevailed upon
them not TO do It. largely on the
| grounds that ] was not visiting Sac
Paulo on an official mission but sim
| ply as a private citizen. They gra-
| ciously acceded to this. hut did insist
on sending the military represe ntative
of the President TO the station. They
placed two splendid automobiles at
our service for the whole time we
were there. day and night.
We got into Sac Paulo about noon
After luncheon they took sus to the
snake farm. That seems 10 be the
first attraction at Sac Paulo. Every.
body goes there. 1t is very interest.
ing place. OF course. the visitors do
not set close to the snakes unless the
snake is securely held by some at
tendant. This snake farm is a splen.
did institution. The primary purpose
of it is 10 find antidotes for poisonous
snake bites. This renders a ire
mendous service in Brazil There are
many poisonous snakes there and
l.p
bites. We saw several different kinds
of rattlesnakes and many other ven
omous snakes of Brazil. the names of
which I cannot give. The. have de-
veloped antidotes for all their poison
Gus snakes except one. This is the
most deadly snake in Brazil. II is n
rather small, Misunderstanding snake.
with bright green and brown, mark
inGs.
The next day they furnished spe-
cial car TO take us out 10 Campinas.
where we visited a large coffee planta-
ton of about 3 900 acres. with mag
nificent home plantation building. The
coffee trees. we were told. were pla
about 20 years ago. They had what
looked ike a good crop on them. This
was about so miles out from Sac
PauIo and really in the beginning of
the coffee territory. We spent the day Y
on this trip. The governor at Cam.
pinas met us at the station and ac-
canapanied US through. the plantation
and then gave US magnificent
luncheon.
We returned to Sac Paulo and were
taken for ride about the city. 1t Is
the newest, most active and most rap
idly developing city that was visited.
New buildings appeared on every
hand and construction was going on
with feverish activity.
When I was in the Argentine I
thought that If i were a young man
and wanted to leave my own country,
] would go to Argentina. When 1 got
into Sac Paulo, I was not sure but
that If / were a young man and
wanted to leave my own country, l
would go to Sac Paulo. Really l
would like to have a ranch in the
Argentine, a coffee plantation near
Sac Paulo, and a villa at Rio, with an
opportunity TO spend part of the year
at Montevideo.
Sac Pauio's Visit Short.
The day and half that We were
in Sac Paulo went all to SOON a
special car was put at our disposal
10 take us by night train to Rio. 1
should have been glad to make this
trip in the daytime, but could not.
We had two or three hours of day
light however. before we got into
Rio, and the scenery was wonderfully
beautiful The country through which
we passed was rolling and hilly. large
ly AGRICULTURAL but is but little de-
veloped The railroad was govern
ment owned and operated. as are most
of the railroads in Brazil and many of
those in the other countries in South
America | was told that these rail
roads did not pay and that there are
MANY more employees than necessary.
These statements. of course, may have
been from biased sources. The train
seemed to be well handled. and it GER
tainly did run fast through the hills
and tunnels as we neared Rlo. l
think 1t made about mile minute.
We unloaded American goods at
Santos nearly all day and all night.
One man said to me:
MY, 1t looks good to see American
products landed here from American
ships, and you have done 1t"
Whether I helped or not. it makes
me feel good to know that men think
so. and l confess that I did not try
to disabuse his mind of that idea. 1
had more kind words, on this trip for
merchant marine than ever before.
Americans in these foreign ports
seem to realize more than the people
at home what an American merchant
marine means to them and to COM
merce.
1t took us about two days to go
from Santos to Montevideo. We
reached there about $50 in the eve
ming. We had decided to get off and
yR. O. U. A. M.
Eagle Council, No. 9. at its last meet
ing, June Q. instructed a committee to-