FOREIGN  TRADE

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we  benefit  by  it.  Brazil  makes  a  decided
preferential  tariff  in  favor  of  some  of  our
goods  in  view  of  the  fact  that  we  are  the  largest
consumers  of  her  chief  product—coffee.
Everyone  of  these  countries  is  in  process  of
development  and  expansion.  They  have  in
profusion,  the  things  the  busy  world  most
needs.  Their  mines  are  the  richest  known
to  man.  Some  have  been  worked  for  thousands ­
  of  years  and  are  still  productive.  Their
broad  fields  are  destined  to  make  them  the
granaries  of  the  world.  Their  miles  of  pasture ­
  lands  and  their  extensive  acreage  mean
that  Europe  and  the  United  States  will  depend
upon  them  for  meat.  Their  vast  virgin  forests ­
  are  capable  of  supplying  humanity  with
cabinet  and  other  woods  for  several  centuries.
Their  trade  and  imports  must  therefore  increase. ­
  It  is  apparent  that  they  cannot  diminish. ­
  We  cannot  as  a  nation  afford  to  remain ­
  indifferent  any  longer  to  their  possibilities ­
  and  opportunities.
Very  naturally  there  have  been  many  objections ­
  on  the  part  of  our  business  men  to  go ­