. Reports of the missionary and benevolent boards and committees to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. i^V^ ^-i^^c _tauatoi- V^<*vu /^f ^; laJbia. Tnjpl V J F Buenos Ay^.J^^J^^Waeo CPr***. »^ FalEmidir 7SlatrAl y^y Cape Hor^i CENTRAL BRAZIL. 309 the crop below the cost of production. News of destructive frostsare now greeted with ringing of bells and blowing of trumpets. Inmany places the crop is left ungathered, and the laborers, who werebrought from Europe at the expense of the government, are turnedadrift. The majority of cofifee planters
. Reports of the missionary and benevolent boards and committees to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. i^V^ ^-i^^c _tauatoi- V^<*vu /^f ^; laJbia. Tnjpl V J F Buenos Ay^.J^^J^^Waeo CPr***. »^ FalEmidir 7SlatrAl y^y Cape Hor^i CENTRAL BRAZIL. 309 the crop below the cost of production. News of destructive frostsare now greeted with ringing of bells and blowing of trumpets. Inmany places the crop is left ungathered, and the laborers, who werebrought from Europe at the expense of the government, are turnedadrift. The majority of cofifee planters, addicted to prodigal habits,contracted in their days of prosperity, are now hopelesslybankrupt and must be displaced by more thrifty and indus-trious owners before prosperity can return. The prevalentdistress is made still more acute by grinding taxation and by regu-lations that would seem designed to discourage the introduction of for-eign capital. Import duties and export duties are laid upon nearlyevery article of commerce. The poor mans loaf and sausage mustbear a revenue stamp. The visitor from abroad must pay a tax of$ for the privilege of leaving the country. Obstacles are thrownin the way of foreign enterprise because
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