New-York tribune., 1901-08-04
ECUADORIAN EXHIBITS.

tion OF his country's display in the building espe
cially erected for II. 1T Is fact. he continued.
'and there is not grade or specimen of cocoa
that cannot show you here. We have even
brought white 1t is sort of curl
osity and of no commercial value Here is OF
the beans Its outward appearance is similar TO
that OF the ordinary cocoa, and It Is hard to dis
ti1gush from 1t. This white bean grows wild
We show these specimens merely curosities.
and 1 do not think there are any others here
But cocoa production Is not our only occupation.
as our exhibits will indicate when all unpacked-
Coffee cotton. india rubber. Peruvian or qunine
bark. ivory nuts from which buttons made;
corn, wheat and excellent tobacco also grown
in Ecuador and the trade in them is extensive but
confined largely the home markets. principally
on account of insufficiency of transportation fac
ties
PANAMA HATS SHOWN
Senior Carbo was exceedingly modest in his
ments as was indicated by examination of
Ecuador's display The finest exhibit Of Panama
hats on the grounds Is made by this country There
forty different styles and grades. and the mesh
in the best Of them is tine as in the most beauti-
rul linen II Is fine, that at Paris. where some
OF the hats shown the judges cut into the
material before they were satisfied the hats We're
woven and not clever impOsitOns.
The display Of tobacco made by Ecuador is not
large. but IT Is comprehensive. and seems TO be of
quality to maintain the claims of Ecuador's citizens
that the tobacco that they raise Is equal TO that
OF Cuba. The cigars shown sold in Ecuador at
prices ranging from twenty for five cents In gold to
$50 thousand The cheapest cigars are sold in
strings and contain surprisingly good tobacco con-
sidering the cost while the wrapper In appearance
Is equal that of the ten-cent cigars sold here
The display OF cigarettes is extensive, and the
average price for them Is Sc in gold for three hun
dred packages each containing ten cigarettes.
A display OF saddles is made that would be hard
10 equal In Parts two Of these saddles took gold
medals and they beautiful specimens of the art
finished In red leather with silver mountings Lying
In the midst OF the mass OF saddles is a freman's
helmet such village iremeu wear in the
provinces II seems incongruous and out of place,
but people from Ecuador point to 1t with pride
INTEREST IN FIRE FIGHTING.
There is something" said Senior Carlo. pointing
10 IT, that Will hold the attention of man from
my country In a way that may curious to you
people from the north The fact is. that Guayaquh,
principal seaport. Is built mostly Of wood In
1897 fire broke out in the centre OF the city. and
the wind being toward the south all the southern
portion of the city was burned Nevertheless. the
houses are again being rebuilt OF wood Every
young man in the city considers IL well for him 10
belong TO the Fire Department. and we have no
paid service To be chief of the Fire Department Is
a great honor. and. although salary Is attached
the Office efforts attain the position are made
as strong as II the place some high political
Office. Many of our millonaires present fire ap-
paratus the city. and in this way are elected
captains OF companies honors they never decline
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many. Lately have had some American fire
engines and although prefer them, the reason
do not have more is because they cost US twice
as much as the European engines account OF the
enormous freight charges from this country. II the
freight rates between the United states and Ecua-
dor could be reduced the trade between North and
South America would increase TO a tremendous ex-
tent.
We raise excellent cereals. our displays will
prove but We export none. all being used at home
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popular as pork and beans in the United States We
have a seasoning. too, that is unlike anything
have seen here. We call II achiote' 1t is excel
lent when used with meats, and as you can see. is
a small granular substance. brtckhke IN color IL is
what YOU would call Il great appetizer
A small group OF Indian figures designed to show
how the Indians transport merchandise seems com
monplace until studies the group more closely.
Then one sees some startling protuberances. sim
liar TO goItres. the necks OF the images In the
region of the thyroid glands There are two OF
them and the sight is not pleasing one
What do those indicate? was asked
.I do not know what you call them in English"
replied a son OF Senior Carlo. but many of the
r,d,,ps are afflicted with them. They get them
from drinking impure water White people seldom
have them because they careful TO drink only
water that they know Is good
SUGAR REFINING IN ECUADOR
Some specimens of excellent sugar. refined and
raw are shown There Is nothing unusual in the
has demonstrated what she do when she wishes
10 accomplish an end. Until recently Chilli prac-
ticaIly had a monopoly OF the sugar industry of
South America Ecuador discovered she could pro-
duce sugar of good quality, and now she is
competing with Chih for the South American trade
with fair prospect OF eclipslng the more southern
country. Until three years ago Ecuador produced
sugar only for its consumption. and II is IN
these three years that she has taken such enormous
strides TO the front in this trade.
Would sugar raising be good industry for
man from this country 10 go into IN Ecuador! MI
No i do not think SO. because have many
plantations ard modern machinery. he replied
'The business In which the most money IS ulaue IN
nv country Is building railroads. Good civil engi-
neers can command almost any salary ms Is SO
because OF the danger from yellow fever ! Know
OF one civil engineer who got a salary OF SSVVp
year for constructing mere strip or railroaG- An
CsuayaqulI TO Quito and the road is about haIf
done. We think II will be. finished next year.
When IL Is completed we hope Tor enormous IN
creases In our exports For example, We have not
raised much rubber heretofore owing TO the lack
OF transportation facilities There can be no nrt
10 our rubber production when the railroad Is done
The applies 70 our crops, and more particu- |
Iarly TO our fruits. Many times IL has been neces.
.ary to throw away entire cargoes of fruit and |
vegetables at the seacoast because they spoieu IN
transporting them from the mountains.
TO PROMOTE RAILROAD BUILDING
Our President who by the way goes out OF \
office on August 80 has realized the need OF rail-
road facilities and has been responsible for pro
curing them He is progressive. and also has es-
tshit.h.d q school where engineering IS taught