El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-21

it begins to decline. The common
method of planting is to put the seeds
in the ground with a stick, ana let the
trees reach a height OF SIX or eight
feet. After that they are cut back
from year to year in order that the
crop may be the more easily gathered
On other plantations a single sowing
IS allowed to do for several annual
crops The cotton begins to ripen
about ten months after it is planted.
and the principal yield is obtained
when the plants are 20 months old
The picking is done by the native
men, women and children, who also
sCrt the cotton by color before it is
ginned. I say by color, for much Of
the Peruvian cotton is brown OF red.
The brown cotton and white cotton
grow on the same tree and there may
be brown and white lint in the same
bell The cOlOred cotton is largely sold
TO the indians, who use it for their
pQnChOS and hammOckS.
OIL Fields Are Extensive
The Peruvian steamer upon which
am sailing has brought here two barge
loads Of galvanized iron pipe and OF
eight inch caSurOu castings for the LO-
bitOs oil regions, which are situated
about 40 miles up the coast. The pipe
comes from the National Tube works at
Pittsburg and the shippers are a
branch of the Standard OIL company.
do not know how this freight got to
our Atlantic seabOard but it was car
ried down to the Isthmus OF Panama
and there transferred to the railroad
and thence to this Peruvian steamer
sidering the handling at Panama, the
rate VIII probably be cut in half when
the Panama canal is completed. We
have a great deal of heavy machinery
on board that has come the same way.
Speaking Of the oil fields Of Peru,
could see the derricl1s OF the petroleum
port Of Tarala as we came down 10
Paita- The petroleum is found there on
n - Ia 60 wr~H
other oil fields all along the coast They
are now getting out petroleum in sew
eral provinces in Ecuador; there are oil
wells at Tumbez Peru and there is a
refinery at ZorrltOss where IS wells are
now working.
The petroleum output Of this country.
is now more than 1000, 900 barrels per
annum and the business IS at its begin
ming. More than 600 wells are now
working, and Of these 800 are in the old
fields Of ZOrrltOS. The oil is Of q high
grade and it is good for lighting as Wel
as for fuel. The steamer upon which 7
now am burns fuel oil instead OF coal,
and we have taken on a FRESH supply
here. The oil is stored in a great,
round tank on the bluffs above Paita,
and pipe from the tank runs down to
the ocean and to little oil barge,
whence it is conducted into the reser-
vOir of the steamer.
The landing at ali these coast ports is
done in small boats The moment our
snip came 10 allI4lOL at EaLEA WulL6
boats with red flags started out from
the shore. They were rOWed by bare
footed indian sailors clad in blue with
white caps on their heads. Behind them
came the boats Of the natives bringing
vegetables and other wares out to the
ship and farther back still We're tOWed
the great barges loaded with freight TO
be taken away on the steamer.
At Eten, the port nearest here, the
larbOr is rough and the landing of pas
sengers is by means of a barrel, the
half Of which has been cut away and
turned into a chair. The PASSENGER
axes a seat in the barrel whereupon
ne is lifted by the crane worked by the
engine and dropped over the side into
he boat In the same way passengers
ire taken from the boat to the deck
II the steamer. saw three women
)rOughU up that way today. One OF
hem wrapped her heaG IN her shawl
md evidently prayed all the way up.
Panama HATS NOT Made in Panama
1 bought & Panama hat here FOr f2, or
10 1t was brought on board by an in
Ian, whose first price was &c. / offered
Inn II los and he came down to IS.
At the last moment he again appeared
md took f2. The hat is as closely
soVen as the finest of silk. The straWs
re as big around as a cambria needle.
nd so soft that / can bundle il up in
ny pocket and hardly know il is there
The Panama hats that are now sold
o largely IN our stores are not made in
'anama- They come from Ecuador, Co
ombia and northern Peru, being shipped
rom here all over North America. and
o GermOny. France. England and TO
Their parts OF south America Just now
he EcuadOreaus are exporting some OF
he straw, and a great deal of it comes
own into Peru and is here worked into
ats
The material Of the Panama hat is
rom the leaf of a palm tree, called the
lquiIa. This tree is now cultivated.
becomes fun grown at is months and
i'll continue to bear for 40 years.