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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[July 1, 1913. 



Dr. Muller, Special Ambassador from Brazil. 



DK. LAUKO SKVICklA.XO iML'LLKR, Minister of Foreign 

 Affairs of Urazil and Special Ambassador of that country to 

 the United States, reached New York on June 17 and, to- 

 gether with the other members of the special embassy, was received 

 with marked civic honors and with great 

 corihality by various commercial bodies. 



Undoubtedly the Ambassador has led a 

 busy life, but it is safe to say that he 

 never has had a busier day than his first in 

 New York. In the morning be was taken, 

 witli the other members of the embas.sy, 

 on a special sightseeing tour that carried 

 liini from the observation tower on the 

 W'ooKvorth building up to Grant's Tomb, 

 eight miles away. Incidentally, he received 

 a formal call from the Mayor, at his hotel, 

 and shortly after returned the conipb'nu-nt 

 at City Hall. 



At 1 o'clock he was tendered a luncheon 

 at the Plaza by the American Manufactur- 

 ers' Export Association. This was attended 

 by about 150 members and guests. Speeches 

 were made by Assistant Secretary of State 

 Dudley F. Malone, who had been appointed 

 by the State Department to attend .Ambas- 

 sador Miiller during his American trip, and 

 who spoke briefly for the Federal Govern- 

 ment ; and also by Assistant Secretary of 

 the Department of Commerce Edward F. Sweet, Collector John 

 P. Mitchel, of the Port of New York, and James A. barrell. 

 president of the United States Steel Corporation. Dr. M. de 

 Moreira, president of the association, presided and made an ex- 

 cellent address. 



L.\uRo Muller 



In some respects the most informing speech of the occasion 

 was made by Assistant Secretary Sweet, of the Department of 

 Commerce, as he gave a great many facts relative to trade be- 

 tween Brazil and the United States, stating that our exports to 

 that country had quadrupled in ten years — 

 being only $10,000,000 in 1902 and $40,000,- 

 000 in 1912 — while our imports from Brazil 

 have doubled during the same decade, now 

 amounting to $142,000,000. 



Mr. Farrell at tlie conclusion of his ad- 

 dress presented the guest of honor with a 

 loving cup of gold standing some 20 inches 

 higli. Dr. Muller made a brief but felic- 

 itous reply, and proposed a toast to the 

 health of the President of the United 

 States. 



Following tliis lunch, and more sight- 

 M'eing in the afternoon, the Ambassador 

 was given a reception and dinner in the 

 evening, at the Knickerbocker, by the Pan 

 .American Society of the United States. 

 The function was in charge of a dinner 

 committee including Lloyd C. Griscom as 

 chairman, Robert Bacon, August Belmont, 

 President Nicholas Murray Butler, Jacob 

 Schiff, James Speyer, and others. It was 

 an elaborate afifair, admirably "staged," to 

 borrow a dramatic expression. Mr. Gris- 

 com acted as toastmaster. 



The speaking was considerably curtailed, as the dinner did not 

 begin until quarter of seven and it was to be followed by a theater 

 party. The toastmaster — who was very popular among the Bra- 

 zilians present, having been formerly Minister tn Brazil and being 



Luncheon Given to Dr. Muller by the Americ.sn M.\nuk.\cturer-s' E-xport Associ.mion. 



