The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-19
CHEERFUL LITTLE SALVADOR
WHOSE PRESIDENT ENDS REIO-
LUTIONS WIN KINDNESS.

neously reCerredtb as San Salgador. tho
name Ut lts capi,all. WhcA u is Feforred 10
ataI One reason u tliat it's the smallest
Ut the twenty -ous republicS in ths western
continent But a. Jorge Mslendez. a
wealthy coffee And'sugAr PLANTER and cat
de raiser. who u GA his way to Europe.
pointed ont yesterday. salvador 10 almout
A. big a. New Jersey. % which We hear
a great deal and Il 10 the most densely
populated country IN America. having
80 PERSONS to the square mile. or more
than ten times the density IN population
OF the United states
They don't get up as big revolutions
down Their. as they do IN Nicaragua
kither though they have them once in
q while when the warm southern blood
Of the younger statesmen gets a bit over
heated However. according tO senior
MelendeZ. they don't dignity these hy the
name OF revolutions any mOre For in
stance. the last, according % the IN
formation Sehor Melendeg possesses.
took place just about three weeks ago.
Just after he and SehOra Melendez he'd
packed their trunks and were getting
Feady "a catch a train, but the sehor
thought 80 little Of II that he did not even
buy the latest extra q the local paper in
order toseS VINO vas getting II up, Gen
Fernando Figueroa. the President of the
republic has become such am accom-
plished artist Ia dealing with such out
breaks that senior Melendez Felt sure the
the country would he there pretty much
ksaas h -.
tinued ON TO ACaiutla caught steamer
for Salina Cruz and came on up by train.
with stops at Mexico City. 81 Louis
and Washington
President Hgueroa. can truly saw.
knows Just how 10 put down uprrngs.-
aAid senior Melende1 az the Imperial.
fsHe just catches q few ~ tho leaders
and puts them in Jail Then after a few
days. When fbeiT ipal 1Dtic .arJor has had
a chSneS to. AnodktAi6 lndef me cooling
effects Of a dungeon. no lets them out
and Esegitra them. ~ far the plan has
worked very successfully ! must add
that ] admire Flgueros for this reason
When he was elected there yerr y lot Of
AIsif ho didn't like n I vas president OF
a UOlitical club and some Of " started no
a reyQlQtion. Nc satMiNa--haye won out
hut we hadn't arms onaugh % the move
ment csilapsed, Well faler0a acted
very decentlv about the matter didn't
shoot Epy Of ~, acconting 20 ancient
custom and -his Subsequent sets in
hpits of the tect thNi there have heen
several rsvolutiOns since that time have
Indicated thai he has been doing the hest
he could for the country. should not
aay that the President h pOpulHT. bat the
feeling toward ham IL turning that wav
j think he 80 very E0od lfrn
We have had f-irlv good crops IN
6alvadrT have tour other brothers
and We manage our estltss together
I i've IN S,n NiivadIf the Genital nd
reach .ths Elr tBt,ons ar tha O. ttle rauve
klther ~ tram ~. IA horseback We
have quite a good siyed number Of Amer
cans duwn uiere some planting some
banking nj others working on In r,il-
roads Ahour month 40 a party -
about btiy l1sysd through the country
They we-a loHl ing about tnr Opportunities
60 make WJney, There IL consider BE
mining 5aue ia the country the biggest
enterrr..e heinE the SIN Sebastian mine.
Rhioh h Operated hy IN tnglisn oompnnv
English ~ spoken a great del VI. nv
of the wealth or families send their s. ms
o. tglfrrnla Co school I am afraid.
though. thu few 1t Oh" Youngsters gr" tly
NNLeNL from NNlA hN INK To- FL. Wei ItF.FNr
Dred propensity Tor getting into trouble
salvador ~ a very rich little country
and there - hig IRON mine down there
whose ore has been pronounced among
the hest on the continent for manIiactur-
ing steel II u a. Matapnn. which -
ninety miles from Ne coast and 10 gegcra
iniles from the Santa Ana railway
The revolution In Near EIe has done
Salvador bot ~ good neC7usa We have
to nd
cronS readily OF our coffee We sell some
g. the United States and SOME 10 France
and some o. Germany Our sugar UrtI-
narily goes ~ Panama under contract
thOush sometimes shipments are made ~
San Frg nCiscl Dr Vancouver or our
total exports the United States gets
About 81 nm U1n worth Germany coming
next with less than half that amount
with France q close third France usually
takes more than third ~ oar coffee
We have NOT gone into h1naus Cultiva-
ton FOR export though there ara fine
hlnana lands on the Pacific cast. but
\ would he ~ M Use O. niaut hananas
bee Ise several u our important ports .
are cl0sai THIS was done about thirty .
yerrs aCn. the reason beng that they .
ATarad fine opportunities as landing
pieces Tor arms and owing 10 C1ndi- .
as 10 teutrtl America Governments .
aTe extremely On r"fIl about letting arms .
b. landed Some II these closed ports .
have eKceilenfta r1lorg to- One - them.
griunfn. WIS opens1 about three years
ago a. the expectation n coffee only
and nothing 10 allowed 10 ha brought
lnp inc country through the place
The United States gInbnat Bennington
made q survey ~ the hlrbOr several
yelrs 20 end me n the officers sad IL
had water enough In y ~ hnld the whole
nsvv ~ the United States and more
besides u o. a be7 uiIful hay, thirty-six
miles long tud Ia some places AZ much ~
three Dr four miles wide
Another port la ConcOrtiia was Omen
in .ln time - President Rarring. about
thirty year-'ago but was closed Ivy Presi-
DEM LaldyHr fDr political reasons, ~
ths' ~" hav" "nlv three ports that are
ou"r foo importation and exDortat0n.
AcAlut's, Ia lih-r'sd ana Ia Union
Will" NJ" h,g steamers hat 20 between
Son Fra uCi-co and South American ports
make siops ~ Aoaufa tho Salina Cruz /.
railway operate a small steamer between
the two nprt, and has protnissd another /
The lnuru"y takes thIrtv-sN hours Much
freight nov comes Yut e salvador by
th5i route. especially coffee. Il
Dur schools are numerous. huf / am I
afrAid atsy are not ~ a very high order
ard they 10 not sh1v much advance.
Nsnt Ia reason D. p.rhaua they do
GOT hold Iu' much i1duoauent 200 the wav
" salar,. Zoe t~uchers. hut We ara
putting mp lot II new buildnRs in the
caR,tal III ssv palsog o. Government
arfIso q narninrrnt building Il almost
completed The prusident will net ~
cd. tharn Sc lives N a private house
N front " fhn ha-racks Tho palane 90 /,
cupses = Vhlln block aud has taken two
and a IaIF years 10 build Then 10 ara II