The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-24

this country amounts 10. Ii probably
ranges somewhere between ten ard fifteen
raiilien dollars a year, the imports being
less than the exports. The bulk OF the
imports come from Europe. ard the artl-
cles We send here are these which we can
ity than the Europeans. This Is especs-
ally the case with hardware The Amer
lean hardware has. l ind. a better stand
ing wherever I have been than any ofhef.
The axes ard knives made az Hartford,
Conn, are celebrated here. and the Ger
mans and other Europeans are initiating
them almost 10 the trade marks. They
make much poorer and cheaper article,
and sell chiefly by their fraudulent irnisa-
ton. The American firearms command
the highest prices, and they are also M
itated. Smith Il WesSoB revoivers for
instance have been copied by the Span
sarfs and labeled in large letters. Smith
4 Wesson cartridges are 10 be used with
this revolver. When the South American
customer who esnno; read English =
shown the revolver he IS tod that II is
Smith q NILSSON, ard the above words
are shown him. He hays the gun. 70
find il useless. or that 1t bursts after Il
few shots. The genuine American re-
vofvers 3S-calaeer, sell for S3s In silver.
while the imitation Spanish-made revoi-
vers sell for sli The most of the cot
Britain. About 81 rocco worth of English
while We do not sell Saoao worth. Ii our
cotton factors would study the market
and maze the gloGs these people want
they could easily nat this trade. fer our
cottons are better than the English
There are practically no iron manu-
factories in Ecuador. and ali iron work
and hardware must he imported. There
osats ...9ff Arrss Ftstfa
weave cotton. linen and woolen goods.
and also & silk hat factory. for the
Quito swe,ls all wear plug hats and black
kid gloves
Here at Guayaauii there are a number
OF chocolate factories, which grind up
the cocoa beans and make them into the
chocolate of commerce. As - lumber.
doubt II there s. modern saw mill or
planing establishment IN the country.
Such boards as | have seen made have
been sawed out by hand from the logs.
one man standing on top OF the log and
pulling the saw. while another below fur
nishes the force for the downward strokes
The most OF the lumber used on the coast
and on this river IS brought from Oregon
and Puget sound. and IL often sells as
high as 10 cents a. foot. Georgia pine is
brought around Cape Horn. a distance.
l judge. of about S.o0o miios. All i'm
ported lumber pays duty Of about A
cent for every eight pounds. and, in adj
ditson to this. one of 80 per cent, al
valorem. Our chief exports 10 Ecuador
are lumber. lard. kerosene. -four and
barbsd wire for fencing. The great dis
advantage that the United States has in
with Europe Is IN the high
freight rates and n the ract that tina
Americans do not drum up their trade by
means OF commercial travellers as the
Europeans do. France or England can
send goods 10 the ports OF Ecuador for
% shiilings, or about $625 a ton. The
freight rate from New York aroGnd the
Horn is 21l1 cents cubic foot, or nearly
s12 In gold per too. while the rates by the
fsthmus OF Panama are fully one-third
more. The exchange on New York Is
about per cent. higher than on London,
so that the American exporter laeors I'M
der decided disadvantages. When an 18TH
mus canal is built this will be all changed
in favor of the United States. and the
trade OF this western coast of South
America will come TO us
FRANK G.. CARPENTER.