Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-12-04

(Noto-Thc following interesting
sidchghts On the methods of the cx-
dictator Of Nicaragua. whose arrest
and release have just excited consid-
cradle attention In this country were
written during the time Zolayu was
In power, hy un albuquerque man in
tcrcsted In a rubber farm la Nicar-
aqua. ana who FOR obvious reasons
did not want 1t published at that
umcD
70 Is allcgel 60 nctimcs Wltn pride
ana sometimes with humiliation that
tho Uuucd states has the world beaten
in The pruduc ,uu ui artistic, success
ml, bona hdc grafiers In the fullest
sense of the word. Residence for
even u short period In the nt,i, oun
ana republic OF Nicaragua tends 90
weaken this conviction, Il Ia 'o~ls n
ON even tho most dyed ln 'ht wool
patriot from the bailWirk II Uncle
Samuel that there are ia sooth,
others Nicaragua Is small n IS only
about the size OF the sta'c OF Sew
FORK. when % comes 90 tho e,ut.c
art OF flim Tanning In high places,
however. Nicaragua can gt,e even the
Justly celebrated Empire state points
and make the prince az its political
card sharps resemble "A half baked
amateur
II rumor Is 90 be believed. pref-
dent Zclnya Of Nicaragua, from a
careful study and successful tpil Ca-
tIou OF cardinal nciplJs. o. 10y tl
odds the past amateur OF th. uNlpl
shell game ip this count. F,gr5
where on" con hear inter ftls |uc
anecdotes at the vay Zcl,yl operates.
official confirmation OF 'b,sy stories
OF course being neither tcls.bI. % O.
desirable.
SIdcstcppug minute Co display
the stage upon which tn -',,Elt Of
n1ud Performance b. p'so1. Ni,.r.ENt
is one OF IN, I've Independents r.uuh-
lies of Central America. with $4,000
square miles ut territory MIA pope
ulatiun OF over half "a million 'r about
ten persons 90 the sludr. wIln. N,c-
ucHsuU Is 0y no means pbr sN .tt-
tied jungle. general imur' t.IoI Co
tho contrary There are tNI .hiugs
about the state which cannot bp ,N-
JRgctutcd even by utAspHicr man
-hcr fertile soil and her vast .o-
sources. The foreign cumuvrt, co.
the country amounts to over seven
millions per year. of which four l'l-
lions ia exports and three millions
imports Nearly four millions at this
foreign commerce rs with tho United
states. The annual income for gov
crumcnt expenses is about twenty
millions. Nicaragua furnishes for
shipment coffee, bananas, rubber cu-
Gao. dyc-Woods. valuable lumber such
AL M htr ..fa moi
woods, hides and skins rice sugar.
indigo, balmm tobacco ana minerals.
Among tho imports are cotton and
wooden cloth, machinery. railway,
electric ana mining equipment. wheat
Hour drugs ana medicines, sacks for
exporting coffee. canned provisions,
boots and shoes As 20 climatc--in-
stead of the uuhpartblo heat expect
ed in tho tropics the temperature
ranges from 20 90 900 degrees with 20
heavy rainfall ON the Caribbean Side
and .ch lighter precipitation ON the
Pacific coast,
Takc 81 altogether Nicaragua rs am
CXtrcmcly rich little country with 90
simple minded people, offering fvor-
able conditions for officials with some
brains ana less conscience 10 garnet
On "a tat harvest. lh1t the shruNra
arc being brought in udustriously rs
tho general impression. That tho
chief executive also has his harvest
hands well organized would appear
That once upon time. for instance.
the president was moved 10 bcstoW
upon his new son-in-law Silt
worthy the occasion. Tho present
selected certainly filled the bin. The
government import duty ON keroscne
Was az that time nine dollars e case
of ten gallons. iE Nicaruguuu money,
q littlo over one dollar United states.
After how many slecploss nights rs
not known, tho president was seized
with AN inspiration Ho granted
permission to his son-in-law to sus-
pond the duty on kerosene ana Inn
port 300. 900 cases free of duty. Son
in-law was thus Gin" about one mil
Hon cartwhcols For naturally his