The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-15
LAND OF CHEWING GUMS BASE.
Mr.. BOATMaN TELLS or BRIT.
ism HONDCRaSS PRODg'CTS.

WAh~ganS ENpOrting D. q Big Industry
Ne NM Part % mat. hat We Take al
q the G-hlrIe mat Tue, Make It's .
Gum. ana We MAKE % ON ~ TO Che~.
Robert Boatman came up yesterday
rom Belns. the capital Of British Hon
iuras. and. according Ia Mr.. Boatman.
the biggest town you ~ill strike on the
.ast coast Of the continent south Of Vera
ruz until you reach South America.
Mr. Boatman 10 an American, and he
. IN the business Of exporting mahogany
and chicle. Most Of the mahogany and
practically all OF the chicle they turn
1ut down there comes to the United states.
last year this country chewed up'2 40 90
pounds Of chicls in the form u chewing
gum Chicle. according 20 Mr.. Boatman.
vas originally brought a. this country
- a substitute for rubber
There Is cue other product 81 the
country Said Mr.. BoaimaR Yesterday
at the Imperial. -lOgwoOd, OF dyewOod.
wh.ch Is mostly shipped tn Europe. or
mahogany between 1900 90 and 5000
GO feet wsrs sent out last year. Of which
almost three fOurthS came 90 the United
states There are three American firms
operating down there. I have been there
seven years There are freight lines Ia
England. but Ia ship tn New York We
have To charter a stea
a great quantity 10 the forest lands
q British Honduras IL owned NV persons
who 20, a royalty for cutting over their
lands. The logs are hauled TO the rivers
bv oxen and then hoatcd down To Belize,
l.. Haaksa
will nnat Some of IN" mahogany ~
brought from places 7no miles IN the in
terror All TIA. mahogany trees IN the
uei ghborhood - B-hze were cut down
wears ago.
-Chicis comes from WhAt - called 10y
ia. Spanish the -aputs. and by the Eng
lish the sap pdilla. a Nm" looking tres' with
heavy red wood. when It Is tapped =
white milky substance eXud-s. THIS ~
.vaporatsd Nv boiling aud the product
- shipped m bloCk- have not heard Of
any other u-.. Tor II than u make ch-wIng
gum The chIcle industry - ON" - the
MgE'.-t IA Belize
The climate oi 3~llZe ~ like that ~
kingston Jamaica. without the cooling
effect % III. mountains The trade wind
blows most 81 the year round and this
,,uauls.- people to live Their" The INA Kim
mum temperature - ~ degrees. aud ~
dC.-s not 40 down more than sN or seven
degrees at night. In winter ~ gets uo~
10 ~ degrees.
There II very little agriculture IN tina
country The town Iis-it - gwen ul' {"
the exporting business. There are more
scotch than English M the place. few
IierInanz. few AmsUvaus ~ tact .
bcIiz. 4. almost a. cosmopolitan a plaC.
as vou'H lind anywhere There are some
Turks aud ATuseaian- back m the bush.
and some 1t them ar~ very prosperous.
The country II healthy We Try 80 avoid
the mosquito, who - NOR" than neigh
boTly and most 80 all 49, have TO 10
temperate To As.p him from harming
rs n h- bites I remember a Tag TeNan
came down there several years agp
who insisted uEun maintaining his ha'tts
Ot the temperate zone Tie said that any
mesquite that hli MIN would he poisoned
Melt mesquite DID bite ihs Texan.
and u was me Texan that dad. We
don I 60 m much Tor mosquito nesting
IN the houses but e course m" has
% sleep under a mesquite tar
-tOOd ~ rather resi- rtrt"d m Narl"tv
RiCe and plantains are tho staples
Potatoes and u;h~r Vegetables have 10
10 shipped from elsewhe A. for meat.
occasionally an on gets 20" nid 20 do
anV morp hauling and they brinE hum
down To- Bsli>s and slaughter him. and
that ~ the principal article We get m the
way 81 meat.
For Amusement fh"rs 1re the golf
Inks and then Sc have gymAhaua on
national holidaV- and On New Years
lIav ~ have hor-. racing some Ot the
residents have summer cottages on the
Cav- Ten miles -
just nov iney are starting new
industry banana Rr'Ntnr 10" colony
- lutding narrow gauge railroad
INTO The interior " mas been finished
tor twenty five mIlss and rap- good
agricultural lani- ! and - beng bought
vp 90 small 'Vs,f- pns tugitsh Cuuuany.
however. owns nra-th,rd ~ all The land
70 th.- orlp'y ~ -omsthIug like ga $50
sguars miles There are mo- s"ftlsTu"nt-
20 The iut"rirr hat the FESish company
'alk- abou, giving som" II - land away
10 attract SETTLERS Iher" - pracri cally
uuu" - that land under cultivation