From: Santa Isabella, Brazil
6 October 1928
Dear Staats-Anzeiger!
I must briefly report something again from Brazil. One hears around here, that because of the scarce times in the old country, in Russia and especially in Bessarabia, many people want to immigrate to Brazil. Even families with three or four small children, none of which can work, leaving only the father and mother to work. These families should not come to Brazil. A family that has good workers however, may immigrate to Brazil.
Whoever owns land out there should not disown it in order to travel to Brazil for work. Even if someone brings along a thousand dollars to Brazil, he will only be a worker here, because a thousand dollars does not mean a thing. The applicable individual and his family will have to work for daily wages, just the same as someone who does not bring anything along. All are simply day laborers.
Brazil is a topsy-turvy world. The Europeans who come here will be misinformed all the way. Rather move to Canada in North America. One does not have to hunger if one has workers.
With a greeting to all,
Heinrich Ternes