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presses, electric machinery and supplies, type 
writers, nails, screws and rivets. 
American fruits are much in demand in 
Brazil, and an excellent market exists to-day 
for apples. Potatoes, onions, beets, garlic and 
other fresh vegetables would also sell well and 
a lucrative trade in these necessities of life 
could be developed without any great effort. 
The refrigerator ships running from the Ar 
gentine to New York with meat could carry as 
return freight these perishable cargoes at a 
low rate. 
Steamship connections between Europe and 
the United States, with Brazilian ports are 
numerous and sailings comparatively frequent 
and as a rule the accommodations are all 
that could be desired. From New York the 
Booth line (English) has two steamers a 
month to North Brazil and Amazon River 
towns, touching at Barbados, Para and Man- 
aos, with a ship every six weeks to Iquitos, 
Peru. One steamer goes each month to North 
Brazilian ports including Parnahyba, Natal 
and nearby localities. The United States