Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-29

Gated and we'll posted on local affairs.
! lie was much Interested IN us and our
| trip, and could not resist the tempta-
| ton Of asking us where we were from,
| how long We had been coming. and
what our business might be. He par
| ticularly desired 10 know how much
| money We were making on the trip as
| though to measure us by our income.
His hacienda 50 he told us was small,
| consisting of not more than a hundred
| and ifty acres, on II he had a sugar
| plantation Of forty acres. and q rice
! field OF twenty or thirty acres. sugar
sells for re per pound silver and rice
| for cents. As he pays his hands but
| Poe per day his profits are comfortable.
After dinner the gentleman nerycd him-
self up TO ask US what religion We had.
Our answer was I'VE are Mormons,'
which did not seem 20 convey much to
him. as he had not heard the word be-
fore. We explained the best we could,
and finally seemed 90 enlghten HIS
mind by stating that we were Protest
ants. He was a Catholic, so he said,
but did not do very much nj his re-
ligon, as his farm took all his time.
Continuing south We came more and
more into "A country Of richness and
verdure. II became more and more
rolling and the hills high, but there was
plenty OF good land, and all was culti-
waited. Mango trees loaded with ripou-
Ing fruit were plentiful, Orange groves
were seen but the end OF this years
crop Is near Alligator pears, (Agua-
cate) We're abundant, the large trees
loaded with ripe fruit, looming up at
every turn. Banana orchards We're
large and abundant and the fruit plen-
tiful but this fruit Il always plentiful
as its season Is every month in the year,
As we approach san Salvador, coffee
iincas became abundant. and some Of
them, so We were told were very large
and productive Coffee grows best in
the shade, hence the large trees Of the
natural forest are left standing and
the coffee plants form the uuderbrush.
From the large valley spoken Of
above We crossed a low range of hills
into another valley, the valley Of Saliva
dor On the right and forming a part
Of the low range Of hills is a high vol
cano cone. measuring | should judge,
5000 feet, and forming one of the piin-
cipal land marks for miles around II
Is called now the Volcande Salvador. It's
crater on top is several hundred feet
deep, and Is almost filed with water,
doubtless the accumulations from
the rain. On our left, or on
the east Of the valley, stands
another volcano. but not so
well formed nor so high as Salvador
though still beautiful. It's top is some
what broken, and from It runs for sew
eral miles a low range Of volcanic
mountains.
RESOURCES OF SALVADOR.
From lake Guiia, southwark, and
from Salvador west, in a section Of
~ the center are the great coffee
farms Of the republic. At one time the
crops were very profitable and brought
IN the major part of the revenue Of
the country. But ] learn that now the
profits ore not so great and steps are
being taken by the government TO en-
courage the cultivation Of other plants.
Maguey for cordage secures o bounty
on all plants where FIVE thousand or
more are cultivated by one person. and
JUST now bill is before the egIsla-
ture offering a bounty on all ilberous
plants Cotton grows Well and doubtless
its planting viii receive a great inn
retus should the bill pass Next TO
coffee now produced Is sugar, for the
production Of which the country is
we'll adapted. There are no large
Ildl tatiuns, however, and most Of the
Mills are OF the crudest sort, but the
sugar is Of excellent quality. Indigo
was once a source of great wealth, but
II fell of few years ago. Now, how
ever, it Is beginning to be grown
again. In 1865 over four hundred thou
sand dollars worth was shipped 10
foreign parts, The cultivation Of rub
Der Is Just beginning to receive atten-
ton, and as there Is much good rubber
land along the river bottoms and In
the lower valleys of the coast it will
doubtless in the near future become a
productive industry. In q report by
Consul Jenkins recently made 10 the
state department at Washington the
zone 81 rubber growing lands Is said to
contain two thousand square miles
that can be utilized,
1t Is thought by many that the tropics
furn sh no more profitable business than
the cultivation Of rubber The product
Is worth dollar a pound gold on the
market and II costs less than twelve
dollars per hundred TO collect II and
prepare for shipment. Each tree ought
to produce from two 70 four pounds
per year, and two hundred can be
grown on each acre. But there is the
long wait Of from five e. six years while
The trees are growing, in which there
are no returns and there is considerable
outlay
The suburbs Of san Salvador are beau
tiful, so far as nature is concerned,
The country Is rolling, but not broken,
the moisture is sufficient TO produce a
rank vegetation, and some Of the
most beautiful locations for country
cottages are seen at every turn. But
man has done nothing except 10 build
some mud houses. that rather disfgure
nature.
People were stll going to market as
We entered, Mr.. Kienke and / ahead Of
the party 10 secure pasturage for our
animals and a suitable place to camp.
Along the road We're little stalls
where fruit. tortillas and other edlbles
are sold. Mangoes we're plentiful. 0~d
for cents one could purchase a peck.
A street car line extends out three miles
from the centre Of town, which with the
whistle Of the engine Of the railroad,
and the appearance Of electric lamps
I'm the street and stores rather reminded
us of home. But the language Of the
people the women carrying loads Of
fruit and Vegetables IN large baskets on
their heads the strings Of OK carts with
their low wooden wheels. and the yoke
dashed 90 the horns, the trains Of pack
mules loaded with rice or coffee from
the country, the groups Of half-naked
with a sprlnkllng Of entirely naked
children playing on the streets. all Of
these told rs that we were in a foreign
land in spite q the electric light and the
street cars
Having secured the needed accommo-
dalton for ourselves and animals we
were all comfortably located and ready
for a three days visit In TIE capital.
BENZ. CUFF. JR.
San Salvador. Salvador May 10, 1901
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Read n In Ills Newspaper.
George Schaub well known German
citizen Of New Lebanon, ohio, Is con-
slant reader Of the Dayton Volkszei.
tung He knows that this paper aims
to advertise only the best In rs col
umns, and when be saw Chamberlain