Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-09

| chocolate factories all over the ,yorl,
| There Is chance for men who 49,
capital, and who are not afraid Of tbe
miasma of the tropics. to make MONEY
| here in raising chocolate
As for me. would not advise any nm,
to come to Guayaquil or troplcaJ
Ecuador to engage in anything. Mo
( experience is such that If Mount Chin.
| porazo was one solid lump of chocolate
| ana 1t was offered me as a reward far
| staying mere for ten years I would not
take it, Nearly every American VIA
| comes here gets the fever, and nm
| tod that 30 per cent of all Americans
| VINO have tried to live here have died
AS to the profits of cocoa plantations.
| however. wild lands can be gotten very
cheaply. ! was told yesterday OF a
hacienda containing enough land for
15,OOO,O0O trees which could for $4,000
| and good lands can be gotten for from
$40 an acre up. Cultivated orchards
are worth about 60 cents u tree, and as
you can easily grow over 500 trees to
the acre. each of which will Yield you
from one to two pounds of chocolate
n year. you see how valuable tho
yielding orchards are. The only way 10
make the business pay would be to
grow your own orchard. This Is a
matter of about five years. The first
thing Is to clear the ground by cutting
down everything and burning it, Next
bananas are set out about ten feet
apart in order that they may grow
up and shade the young cocoa trees.
Between each two bananas hill Of
cocoa beans is planted. so that the
hills are about ten feet apart Three
beans are put in each hill. They soon
sprout. At first they look like little
orange trees. They grow rapidly and
at three years they begin to produce
fruit After once planting all the cultl-
walton necessary Is to keep down the
nd tgl. ~ Il "a d. IL.
which springs up. Such thing as
hoeing and blowing crop as we do Is
not known In the tropical parts OF
Ecuador Nevertheless a great amount
or labor Is required and the lack OF
suitable help Is II serious drawback.
Most of the planters take advantage OF
the debt laws and keep number of
poor people in debt to them. one mil
lionaire hacienda owner whom | visited
last week, has, I was told, workmen on
ms pay rolls who owe him a quarter OF
million dollars and he complained
bitterly to me that he could not get
enough men to work his estates.
doubt not he would gladly have loaned
another hundred thousand for the debt
slaves which such AN Investment would
have brought him. The lahorers. you
know, are, as rule, the native Indians.
They are thriftless, but hard workers.
They are accustomed to being In debt
and manage to keep themselves so.
COFFEE AND SUGAR.
A great deal of money Is invested In
Ecuador In coffee and sugar panta-
tlons, Six estates We're set out In sugar
about twenty odd years ago at cost Of
sl,O0OOoO. and there are a number Of
Others with smaller capitals. The ma
chinery used Is chiefly American.
have visited a number of coffee groves
and / am told that the Guaysauil coffee
traks high in the markets. Great
quantities are shipped from here to
Europe, the exports last year amount
ing to over one million dollars in gold.
The United States bought about one-
NTH of this product, and 1t was prob
ably sold by our retailers as old gov
eminent Java. 1t Is indeed excellent
coffee. / like that have had here as
well as any have ever tasted, though
Il Is made and served in way that any 2
American housekceper would say
would ruin 1t. This is the process for
making 1t: The coffee. fresh roasted.
a little bag and hot water poured on II
by the teaspoonful at a time. Only
enough water IL used to get out the
strength of the coffee and the fluid at
the end IL as black as ink and OF the
of thin syrup. This Is put
In bottle, tightly corked up, and
when any one OF the family wants
cup of coffee tablespoonful or so IL
poured into cup. which IL then filled
up with hot milk or water The result
g coffee. full of aroma and delicious to
taste. At the restaurants and cafes
they serve such coffee, and the coffee
bottle is more In use here than the
wine bottle in France.
EARNK q. CARPENTER