The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-11-06
SALVADOR
THE MOST INTERESTING OF CEN
TRIAL AMERICAN REPUBLICS.
Although the Smallest of the Central Anne
lean Republics it Is Away Ahead of Many
Larger Ones in Many kespects-Bankins
and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of Indigo.
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the crudest methods. The usual plan here
Is to merely burn off the bush, scatter seed.
broadcast, and let it grow as best it can. This
IS generally done in May, and by September
the harvest is ready, when the flower buds:
are about to open being the time when tho
plant is richest in ndigo-yielding matter
1t is cut few inches above the root, the
leaves and stems tied into small bundles
and conveyed at once to the factory. In the-
latter three brick tanks are placed close
together, each one being on little lower level
than the other. The sheaves are piled in the
uppermost tank, covered with water, an5
heavy weights piled on top.
"A fermentation, more or less rapid, takes
place, according to temperature, fourteen
hours being the limit. The liquid, which has
become OF greenish-yellow color is theys
run off into the next lower tank, where it
must be kept il a state of violent agitation in
order to oxygenize it. For this purpose it in
beaten for several hours by men armed with
long paddles, thus constantly exposing new
surfaces to the action of the air. It is then
run of into the third or lowest tank where
macerated shrub, known as ''cuaja- tinta''
unk curdlerl, is added, which has the effect
OF preclp1tating the indigo to the bottom OF
inc TANK Then the water Is drawn off, 1eav--
ing the "tinta" in the shape of purple-c
ored mud at the bottom, which is afterwax<
drled and pressed into cakes ready for max
ket There is no doubt that this industry
might be rendered much more profitable il
careful methods and improved apparatus were
introduced in the cultivation and manufac-
ture OF the product. Last year about 10, 500
rador. one serron being equivalent to $50
pounds. Sugar cane is cultivated to some
extent all over the country, and, besides fur
nishing enough sugar, molasses, and rum for
tome consumption, ranks next to indigo
among the exports. The soil and climate
in1y1 r1y o1nnt a6 n
and, with the introduction of capital and i'm
proved machinery, Salvador would soon take
front rank among the sugar. producing coun-
tries. TIE greater part OF that now made
is called pamela It Is put up in small
blocks, Weighing about TWO pounds, and looks
and tastes much like Vermont maple sugar
The mills which make it are Of wood
and Of every primitive construction. Be
sides the "panela,' loaves of compact
white sugar, weighing from twenty -five to.
forty pounds each, are manufactured by 4
lsw mills run by steam, but these plants
generally owned by large operators. who ex-
port their whole crops.
Tobacco and Stock Raising.
Next comes tobacco. which grows luxuri-
antly all over Salvador, but the whole product
u consumed in the country in the shape OF
cigarettes and cigars, used by men and WOE, CT
7 and children. Chewing tobacco and pipes are
not known. The Salvadorian method ct
handling tobacco is simplicity itself. The
growers allow the leaves to dry in the sun
without bleaching them from the stalk
which are cut close to the ground. They are
piled in stacks, three or four feet high, Gov
cred with thick layer of banana leaves, and.
heavy weights on top. Fermentation ensues.
which by its action brings out the color ard
aroma of the leaves When this process III
considered complete the leaves are stripped
from the stalk and tied into bundles for mar
ket. Rice forms another important crop, and
good deal Of it is exported to the neighborinp.
republics. All the rice raised in Salvador is:
OF the upland variety, grown on the dry table
lands and hill sides. A new industry which
may IN time eclipse all others has been in
augurated under government auspices with II
the last two or three years. 1t is that Of
stock raising by the introduction of improved.
breeds. An extensive model farm and agri-
cultural educational establishment has been
started in the suburbs of San Salvador, stocked
with select breeds of cattle, horses, hCgs
and fowls from the United Etates. The GOV
eminent has also offered prize for the best
breed of cattle and horses introduced into
the country, with the object of improving tie
native breeds. Here is promising future for
some enterprising individuals, presumably
| foreigners. Land is cheap outside the cities,
and the fertile mountain slopes and foot hills
| furnish wide ranges and the best of pasturage.
1t seems to. me, at the first view, that enc
AAA6AS UO SoALCAISu " cuu his udyS III DOLL
| senate, that u.s. with the loved ones to keep.
him ccmpany-so delightful is the climate
| and so peacefully beautiful the views In
| the rear Of the town is continuous range OF
VOLCANOES, eleven in all, set close together
like the teeth of a saw, the craters of seven
| distinctly visible, that at the southern end:
| being the celebrated Izalco The city, on the
| right bank of the Rio Senhunapan, is only
| about fifty miles west Of San Salvador. 1t
| contains 1900 inhabitants; it's streets arc.
! wide, rectilinear, and well paved; it has
handsome Casa municipal. . hospital, sew.
| eral churches we'll built houses, and de-,
lightful suburbs. There II a commodious
| railway station, American cabs in the streets.
shops apparently we'll stocked, 4 clubhouse, 4
| theater, and beautiful plaza, where one of
the best military bands in the world dis
| courses to the populace on moonlit evenings
| There seems to be considerable commerce.
here, both export and import, and rather ex-
| tcnsive establishments for the making of
| sugar. cigars, cotton cloth. pottery, mats and
| Baskets, besides several distilleries and salt
works. FANNIE BRIGHAM WARD.
How Flies Hang On,
In our youth We were taught that