New-York tribune., 1907-09-15
THE FORMOSAN CAMPHOR FORESTS.

THE FORMOSAN CAMPHOR FORESTS.
Let me take my reader to camphor camp in
the mountains where our heads will be IN no
Danger for il is well guarded by japanese
so5-iierz Many Of the best camphor forests stiIl
=. beyond the protected zone in disputed terri
- and into these the japanese are gradually
---.r,-iYc as they require the trees, by system
nj block houses IRON which their smalI posts
can resist any attack by the saVages. Even the
rea~9s- of the camphor stills are several hours
coo5 marching from the lower slopes Of the
t-o7,rraius These rise in & beautiful succession
of tiers. one above the other 10 Where ihe hieii-
est peaks are sharply outlined against the cooaIt
hue % the sky.
cents the most enchanting alterations OF scene,
Son7eriules opening out into lawns ana meadows
~ cultivated patches. at others narrowing 70
- - p,orpes through which a little mountain
straerI7 rllsnes down TO the sea The natural
e-nerities of the hill scenery are soIteneG oE
Te3undant vegetation Of palms, oaInpooS' Tree
- Maintains and oleanderS. the face oi the
o,l,s themselves being covered by soft VerC-
.5ra Of beautiful nosses and Snlali CTtteil.-s
17ants. BY ana by. after q steer, di-u 81 sIIl, ,
Climb We reach the camp for whlch We nave
pgT ba Mole air is pervaded by strong odor OF
-,--.,o~ and a big camphoT tree about louF
ii;s15la-7r has been feIled and sawn hon
-=.,-5irsi1y Two men with adzeS are cutting
= - ;-or, srrias 10 feed the retO-tS Of the
a-,1,b,r stills which, having received the relo-
- frsr71or,ts are heated by q slow IRE me
,-'tor - v;,1sor which is thus given of passes
- a tube into a cooling box partially in.nefSrN
in water. where the supl'nated oaInlll"i IT 20, ,
lives IN snoUlike crystals The chlpS are r
.a-,a5 every twenty-four hours. anu tNt =,
5-btb 5ev the fire is put out and the crESta!S
-.oz-ad from the box The crude proGuC' i
+her dumped into watts furnished with noleS .to
a-si1ace and beneath. in vessels placed lon ti,1 ~
-,ose is gathered the yellow caInphor Oh -, ~
l4.Lh ~ .bars is such a universal demand. ne
bor tself. still containing some oil Is lI!tn
,1its1-ad 10 the refining factory at IalPeIl - -
N being sent for a further elaborate treatment
A. the Taipeh works the crude carpiIoL oI,;s+ az
ssoas = number Of further processes. ., =
G7of driving heating and eVapofa1oi. - IL''-. -.
1Io,T1as refined A grade CaTnphoi- IN IL
L-a1iv realized in the foreign nlaTksl ~ ~. -,
80 nicrl of 133 pounds, and the NaLue. NaLue -. b;,,e,
Paroiy P 10 japan is represented hE , ,,sr
., +fraa 10 four hundred thousand t.,.l.C t.1,.
a -lhn The actual workers. VINO 50 IT.! -,
- horrible toll for their industry, - Inc
high rqay Of f3 per picul in corSluei
-fsZs 70 which they are expose 81 o,a-ez- and
Jspan is devoting herself Win ehFlEI FoTIosan
o-asz ia the development OF heI 80 rpt +bn
,,%- and In time no DOUBT VIII t1Lla tEoio,,s
no,,r7+.ir interior and subdue lHe ,I,ar-iy,1a
.-,s-5iars of the camphor forests. 80 of a
fbo ieh price OF camphor IS IT ri'g T r,,,7e,e Il
tro5 Toi1[a price which we shan no, = 20 ~
~ ,.,gi5er that the actual cost of our II 5ied
St.sa nav he represented by ~ u ~ a.,
i,--oaT, heads set VI in Tar a.aE IIio,7rreI
the Forn7osan mountains