The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-15

"nu ne nau many narrow escapes A.
oho ti''s ne was captured by tho rival
PA ~ white on one Of tho little Ecuo
w.. az" heh-ot-war, and escaped bv
SWIMMING TO the shore on n hnrrei
As another time he lived for weeks H.
inc wlos OF Ecuador and Colomhi,
beng hunted by the state troops.
hne ffeS don't gees n salary OF Si2,10n
ES,T re rules MS country through
Cabtnee, which, With seven other
ministers, forms council OF st,fa
mere Is Congress elected bv tha
peonie> The President has the no,re,.
to Heto, bus Congress can pass laws
osNr ms veto Just now one of the
| n ,a,,, pS questions is the improve
ineEe Oh the ports, and another is the
buitotnS OF railroads. Both OF these
Involve the expenditure of oopsider-
aple sums Of money and the hoIdinp 20
innusnce and power 1t may be that
this is one OF the causes OF the reyo.
luton,
c,e Thf ep snnF er the canal and tho
hasinsss with the United st aRes.e The isa
i isa nS commerce already amounts to
at present, Great Britain leads all all
countries in sales. In 1909 the Inn
p p'nr. from that country. amounted to
| Ike 100000 more than those of the
| Cni,od States. In 1910 they were more
.ht t,!. ,:Suooo9 more than ours, and that
| Britain.
About nll of tho British goods came
ny. wny OF the Straits of Magellan, and
TINS mas been Sc, Of most of the goods
TO Europe, which constitute by far
the 9ps smI1es d GRF Fto OF the trade With
much the shorter haul, and tho trade
should come TO us,
| - it ~ now Ecuador is getting most
Of its cotton goods from the United
| Kingdom. More than three iftha OF
its WOODEN goods come from there and
OF its shoe leather about one-third
| comes from Germany and n little more
| from Tho United States In boots and
shoes the United States leads and it
! well as in coal although considerable
Is Imported from Australia. AS to
! Innffad cry 1t is nov coming from the
| Germany.
THE exports Of Ecuador amounted
i nna YEN to iiitis les ;han $4,000.
them went 10 France. Germany and
the United States. The principal com
m q,sy VIII cssGo and iy3;S NUTS the
the hitter for something like $4,000, 900.
IT. addition thee was rubber to the
ivory nuts conc enost Ito fT ana
| the tropical lcwiands along the pa
ellie and the chief port for them is
! Guaynqutl \ great pa-t of tho land
about here is given up 10 cacao: and I
am told that there are few plantations
! which do not net az much IL
| per cent per annum, and that some
are bringing four or i've times that
amount. The cacao bean is that from
| which chocolate Is made. The fruit
| grows on n tree. which is much like an
Immense mnr, iila9 bush 1t Is ragged ant
close to the branches: when ripe it
! In are OF Il reddish brown. The seeds
are the beans of commerce. They are
about rs big. as a lima bean and oe
much the same shape There are from
twenty eight to thirty of them IN each
! fruit. They arc washed out OF the
PUN, that surrounds the'a and then
| dried and packed up tor shipment tc
all parts OF the world.
The ivory nuts that form the second
great export comes from q low palm
tree, known as the tagua. The fruit
OF this tree consists Of burrs, which
look for all the world like chestnut
head or bigger. Each burr contains
from sixty to ninety of these vegetable
ivory nuts. as big as the fist of two.
year old baby. The nuts are as hard
rs iron when ripe. but when green
they are filled with soft. jelly like
substance which tastes like cocoanut
milk.
The ivory palms grow wild in the
forest, and the natives travel through
woods gathering the nuts. which they
bring down to Guayaquil. OF late years
the business has greatly increased. and
there are now organized bands of
taguaros. OF. ivory nut gatherers, who
camp out in the forest and bring
boa tloads of this crop down to Guaya-
quill. am told that the United States
annually buys 20.000,0Go pounds of
these nuts and turns them into but
tons, paper knives and the many other
things which are made from vegetable
ivory. We have twentY-three yege-
table ivory factories. aud more than
$4,000. 600 is invested in the business.
! The chief centres of manufacture are
1 Rochester and Brooklyn, in New York,
| Newark in New Jersey, and Springfield.
| Mass. The greater part OF the buttons
we use are made Of the fruit of these
palms, so that IL may be truly said
that this little land OF Ecuador upholds
| Uncle Sans pantaloons.
| Copyright. 1914, by Frank q. Carpen-
finish with it it will rival in luxury and