356 PAPER IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



BRAZIL. 



RIO DE JANEIRO. 



After careful investigation and conversations with some leading 

 newspaper publishers here, I am of the opinion that the paper man- 

 ufacturers in the United States could compete successfully, as to 

 price and quality, with the European manufacturers, who at present 

 furnish all the paper used by newspaper and job offices in Brazil. 

 I would advise our exporters to investigate the Brazilian market 

 thoroughly. It seems to me that they could do a very lucrative 

 business in all the commercial centers of this country. 



Most of the newspapers use the so-called endless paper in rolls, 

 like the ones used in the United States, with the difference, how- 

 ever, that none of our American printing presses are in use here yet, 

 and that consequently the size of the paper is not the same as that 

 used in the United States. 



The names of the daily papers in Rio de Janeiro are: Jornal do 

 Commercio, Jornal do Brazil, O Paiz, Gazeta de Noticias, A Im- 

 prensa, Cidade do Rio, Noticia, Tribuna, and Gazeta da Tarde. 

 It might be well for our manufacturers to enter into correspondence 

 with them, sending samples and giving prices f. o. b. New York. 



There is also an opening for envelopes. 



EUGENE SEEGER, 



Rio DE JANEIRO, December j, 1898. Consul- General. 



SANTOS. 



The estimated population of Santos is 40,000 inhabitants; that of 

 the city of Sao Paulo, 50 miles distant, is 200,000 to 250,000. The 

 percentage of illiterates is very large probably 90 per cent and the 

 mechanical capacity of the people is correspondingly small. 



CONSUMPTION AND IMPORTS. 



Paper is put here to every known use, it being particularly 

 required for newspapers and book making. All kinds of paper are 

 employed. The size required for official forms is that of our fools- 

 cap. The prices are very high. Ordinary wrapping paper sells here 

 for$i6 per bundle of 120 kilograms (264. 5 pounds), the kind that could 

 be easily bought in the United States for 4 cents a pound. The goods 

 are generally shipped from abroad on consignment, to be paid for 

 when sold. There are no statistics of the quantities imported or 

 consumed, nor of the number of publications. 



