Show BRAZIL continued from hist liet week brazil brazius is decided iusco 20 states hii i tg alie year 1888 tho exports of rubber froni from the city ji para a tb w 6 OOOO while the exports of pre fco A aw cious woods hides 1111 vs corroo sn ar and other al arii ai ie render tho i rubber alb er export hv bv comparison eoin parison A tile the city of f rio aitio do 10 janeiro o des not lot diirr diar oi greatly eiLly frk from I 1 I 1 I 1 other cities savo save in ill such stich re respects pacts as are incidental to its C climate alid situation it is fairly well built well lighted and haj ha lia 3 j good communications niu in the shape of street cars and other conveniences the diamond mines of brazil are famous throughout the world and aro arc almot almost as productive as aro aho thu gold Ti mines lilies in III spite of the fact that in gold old is mined in a most primitive fashion tile yield is enormous find and gold has discovered in many places where as yet yer but little effort lias been i nado made to I 1 1 develop the possibilities possibility biliti i e of alie 11 anines boat 00 al exi exists i ats in almost all the state and iron in an abundance alu ost unknown elsewhere in minas mina garaas A state slate which tt I 1 ako I 1 go abounds ivoun ds in gold the lie iron is is not 1 found in veins and r ao 40 tei strata buried onried deep in the earth but in in 4 f 1 normous normo uh bedson beds on the aul ur t or 0 r in mountain ina mase sizes of often te n h milired lil ired re ds of 1 l ay to 4 4 feet ni ill I night ligh copper copper exists jn urany atly st states 1 tes where im 10 ell chort ort li ha t 1 yet yo 1 t ln made to mine it and the of lead is is inexhaustible I 1 ll 11 ex lia u sti ble marble is if so io abundant that the bridges aro are made of it ay ats the cheapest stone to be found for the purpose whilo while onyx agates and the so called brazilian pebble used in the manufacture of lenses are to ti bo be had bad for the picking up no country itt in the world possesses euch POR possibilities lites of water power as are afforded by the numberless nun streams reals of brazil and in no country save perhaps africa is the superb water power kejs ley utilized there is abundant darit evi 1 deme that this magnificent country is destined to a great futi butlre ro ond and sign are numerous that the improvement has if as already begun lu in 1852 concessions were granted to the first railroad company ni pany organized organize 1 in B brazil I 1 in i n 1888 there were se ve n ty tw orail roads P 1 laving av an aggregate capital cri pital of and an aggregate length 4 of 71 with 1500 miles under cuti construction st ruction and 2010 surveyed mid and ready for con construction to 0 beg begin i iii thus making a grand total of ni miles iles either nui blied or aider underway ay JL are arc in ill tile the youth but the A are gj pushing th their ir wiy WAY to tho ioel alorth ali and ere many yeara the snort af the iron iroil horse livorse will bo heard on the upper tipper Ani amazon azon in the same year 1888 there wore ivore miles of telegraph wire in the empire besides a complete cable system corinee connecting ting brazil with the rest of the world ai A a field for there is no doubt that under a form of government which offe offers rs adequate tt sucuri ri ty to property brazil will be unsurpassed and with hotter better communiello communications and commercial commeree al adoc advantages 4 it will no doubt attract investments of american capital |