The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-19

while the most of the imports come
from the British and us. The Germans,
Who have less than a hall mii bnit d tbe
same of the imports. have large hnan-
cial interests. and they are doing what
they can to capture the trade.
American Trade In salvador.
Indeed. il behooves the Americans TO
be up and doing as to central America .s,
End the Germans everywhere; and the
British have long had d hold on the
various countries Is it Is now. Great
Britain is supplying twice as muSh cot
crowding US close in hardware and in
certain kinds Of machinery. We have
the bulk Of the leather imports ana
most Of the -four. and we are shipping
several hundred thousand dollars worth
Of drugs and medicines-a business IN
which Germany tries in vain TO compete.
As 70 our imports. we are buying
about a million dollars worth OF saliva
dor coffee six or seven hundred thou
sand dollars worth OF goid ana rev
thousand dollars worth OF rubber and
skins The total exports TO the Onlted
states iii 1910 were just little over two
millions bagatelle IN com paris3n
with the population and wealth OF the
Salvador Farms and Farming.
Salvador is different from the other
Central American States IN that II Is
divided up into small farms. There are
many landholders. and nearly every
family owns it's own home farm The
soil is fertile and the rainfall abundant
There are thousands OF little coffee
plantations. many indigo farms. ana
here and there q field of green sugar
The government is doing all It can
20 encourage farming and IL mas estab-
liehed a school Of agriculture, which mas
an experimental farm situated on the
sides of the mountains, about thirteen
hundred feet above the sea ms fdrfn
is between Sonsonate. the second city
of the republic, and Izalco. II is nGt Tar
from Acajutla. upon a little tabieiand,
on the highest part OF whlch are Ihe
school buildings and laboratory kx-
Derinents are being made there in conee
and sugar planting, and also IN cattie
breeding and dalrylng 1 ne schooi senos
as our Agricultural Depart ment does
although on an infinitely smarter scdie'
Coffee and indigo
Coffee and indigo sre the Two chlei
duct amounts TO something Ike s,Uocy
mounds and it brings the highest OF
prices The trees grow IN All p 5s!, 81 .,
The republic between 800 and 400 rect
above sea level The plants are grown
in seed beds and are set out when tncE
have been well sprouted ihey DC
gin 70 produce al abou. three years
II costs from ) 10 cents pound 10
raise the coffee. and 1t sells at retail
from 70 cents TO . cents pound over
half the crop being consumed at nome;
am told that that which Is SENT ABROAD
brings very high prices and the Cen
trail Americans think Salvador coffee
hetter than that of Brazil and supe-
nor 10 the coffee of Jamaica or Java
Indigo grows almost everywhere.
and N once was he chief export OF the
country, It * produced from q plant
which iourishes upon nearly ali soils
The ground il first burnt over and then
scratched with the piOw- The seed
soon grow TO the height OF your head
They are then cut and the indigo ex-
frscted by soaking them in water IN
watts. IL takes about 100 pounds Of
inc green plants to produce four. five
or six ounces Of indigo. Inc business
i not so profitable as II was IN the past.
v-bon as much as 500 coo pounds were
nroduced in one year. a value equal TO
about s. 10000. The output to-day IS
largely driven out OF use by the cheap
Perfumcry From Salvador.
Another queer salvador export IS
minds me ofthat which Senator Palmer
chose for his log cabin home outside
Detroit He called the place Font
Hin. and when asked why replied thai
II was because it had no fountain and
no hill This IL the case with the pal
sam of Peru. IL does not come from
about the only place where II grows
vol This bslsam IL largely used IN
perfumery and medicines
II j. sometimes called cocoa baisam
berausc " was once shipped in cocoa
nuts r. really comes from q great tree
of the tropical forests which. when fuii
grown IL over a yard thick and from
white bark. and the wood Is hard and
durable It mas white blossoms. anu
it, fruit is much like bean pod, Win
a single seed. ne~e trees grow VA the
forests and the balsam IS collected al
ncsf altogether by Indians. VINO tap
fhc trees in the winter by sCrapinC on
tho harI, IN patches 10 tho depth Of one.
terth Of an inch After this the scrapcd
rtsccs are heated with burning torches
and then covered with scraps OF old
cotton cloth. The cloth sticks 20 the
tree. and IN a DAY o. Two inc saI has
- and boiled in big iron pots. They
arc then put under pressure ana nc
haiSau Juice sGucclcd Out. ~ must
nov bc refined and put up IN cans for
he market. The product y a grayi-h
rrd mass. which smells like vanilla II
- said 20 be especially good for skin
diseases and a. an anttseptic- IL sells
Tor 81 or s. = pound
The Cities 81 Salvador.
Secretary Eno1 toOF q run through
Salvador during ms stay "a central
- me prcffir.t % our sister republics.
rbc iosglands and aides % the noun
tain- are covered with farms. The VII
Zee. arc quaint and the cities have
,o.rv beautiful buildings
rho biggest town ~ Santa Anna
len about ~ &C ihcn comes san sal
vador. With 3 -, ana thcn san Niisuf,i.
ro.d ehons arc has y ooo. and the port
81 Ia Ttbcriad i almost - large. The
total city Dopuiaf ION. including towns
ransfng from 500 upward. y about
80 %.
JooE ~ the Capital.
The .apif41 san Salvador. ~ ore or
enc bcaufifuliF located towns 81 central
America u Hes in the foothills ~ TIC
noun s's,osaa s'i sne about sooo feet above the
parifr ocean IN some respects u
compares with Mexico City Nest q y