Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1901 — Pan-American Congress. [ARTICLE]

Pan-American Congress.

Relatively the progress of many of the American republics recently has been as great as that of the United States. From every part of the hemisphere come reports of enterprise and activity. From Alaska to Patagonia tfce story is the same. In Argentina a dozen railroads are building and projected. At Belle Horizonte, the capital of the state of Minas Geraes in Brazil, a permanent exposition of the state’s industries and products is to be Inaugurated. This state, which has as many inhabitants as Illinois,is making great strides in every particular, and its gold product last year exceeded $3,000,000. Scores of new factories are •being established in Brazil. New coal and copper mines are being developed in Chile. Woolen and cotton factories are being established there for the first time, and beets are being raised and sugar refineries built. The most important railroad enterprise in Chile is the Central railway, which Is to be extended to 1,300 kilometers, at a cost of $30,000,000. Nearly every republic has railroad enterprises on foot and agricultural resources are being developed everywhere. This information is gained from reports to the Bureau of American Republics at Washington, and it is said that with the industrial revival has come a change in sentiment towards the United! States, which is looked on with more friendliness a year ago. Capt. Henry S. Eastman, who died in Berkeley, Cal., a few days ago, began his naval career as a common seaman under Commodore Perry and was one of the barge crew that rowed the commodore through the crowd of Japanese boats on the famous visit to the Mikado.