Show NEAR YANKEE RULES BUlES THRIVING VING COFFEE STATE b Dr Luis Governor of Sao fa Paulo lo Brazil Bears Surname Sur- Sur name name of First P resident P of F the United States 1 1 By U. U G. G KEENER United r od Press Staff Correspondent i t SO 5 PAULO Brazil Dec 7 By ByI I rin to o United Press Press Press-A A near nea Tit n eo governor g is boasted by this state state the worlds world's foremost e producing district m 1 Washington ton Lu Luis s chief ex- ex l ive of Sao Paulo and a likel likely y yi is i successor 1 lf for the presidency of or of l at tho end of tho the present deral ral administration In to 1926 not only has for his Christian name name the surname surname of the first Amer American president but through the progress progress tress ress resS resS' of the the state state so south tar far during og- og his administration ion is ig popularly known I as tho the Yankee statesman of Brazil Bra Bra- zil No other name namo is more closely i connected with the good roads movement in Brazil particularly I progressive in tho the state of Sao I Paulo than that of Washington Luis The governor go was studying good roads for tor a considerable length of or time before he ho became the state chief executive In 1920 He was the first to Introduce the tho highway question into the administration adminIstration administration admin admin- platform As mayor of the city of Sao Paulo and president at the same time of the Permanent Good Roads association Washington on Luis was able to arouse interest in the state toward se securing satisfactory ory roads He lie began the good paving campaign campaign campaign cam cam- in this city and suburbs which when accomplished served as the basis for tor construction of roads throughout the state Today nearly all tho the state is linked UnIted by ample and excellent roads The building of these roads had already started when he became governor This s enabled him during dyrIng during dur- dur Ing the first year of office to compete com complete corn com I pete an lm excellent highway about miles long fong between the city of or Sao Paulo and Campinas an Important important important Im im- town of or inhabitants This road has since been extended as far tar as the Important Industrial town of Pre Preto to It meas meas- ures' ures about miles In l length th ng-th so far About miles of highways have been built penetrating in all directions from this city One of or orthe the most Important of these Is the Sao Rio Paulo-Rio de Janeiro road which has been hn built huilt so sn far to a a distance of or sixty six miles mUes Another Another Another An An- other excellent highway now links I this city with Santos the worlds world's greatest coffee corfee export port a a. distance distance dis- dis tance tanco of thirty eight miles A good roads congress held hero recently marked all ah expressive victory VICtory victory vic VIC- tory for Governor Washington Luis Luls Its principal organizer In connection connection connection tion with this Congress the first automobile show in Brazil was held at which all the latest models of leading loading American make of automobiles auto- auto I I mobiles and trucks were exhibited |