New Britain herald., 1929-01-03
RARE EXPORTS
BY LATIN AMERICA
Queer Products Are Received in
United States

and diyizdivi. aigrettes aud sarsa-
parilla, buttons and bismuth. or
chids and ixtle.
In connection with the tour OF
the President elect much discussion
of the product which Latin Amer
lea sends North America has are;en.
Bananas from Costa Rica have been
mentioned and coffee from Brazil,
nitratcs from Chile. auebracho tam
rim wood from Argentina. and pc
.rolam from Mexico and Vene-
,aela, Common products have re-
Ceiyed most attention.
Ba'ata and Molly bdenum
Tut what of the uncommon ex-
ports of Latin America? What or
the items III the first paragra phi:
Why does the United States wan.
aunatto seeds, coraiha gum, castor
oil, tungsten, alpaca wool, halats,
tonka beans, Jobs tears, modybden-
jim. ox-sall and kapol?
Consider what strange expert
encos an American dollar has IN
Latin America" suggests a bulletin
from the Washington, II. c. head
Quarters Of the National Geograpn-
ic Society.
at sends hroWn-Skinned Indians
OF The Venezuela coasts to the al
srette rookerios in canoes to collect
the white feathers OF Noting MOTH
err birds \ United States dollar bin
has dictated the picking OF leaves
from the orange trees near Yagu-
aron. Paraguay, and orders their
Oscillation which releases petit
grain an oil with the smell Of Or
ange blossoms for use in perfumes
and soaps. It has prompted the
shearirg Of alnacas by the heirs 0,
the Incas who own the flocks: ana
the collection OF balata sap from
type of rubber tree that grows deep
in the jungle. 1t has sent men
searching for emeralds in the ill.,
charted mountains of Colombia.
AZ dollar and many more like it
have floated Il mammoth American
huilt dredge in the Condoto River.
Colombia, where the sands yield
platinum without which there would
be fewer platinum rings.
Provide Christmas Candles
"And Christmas candles! South
ern areas which have never seen
snow contribute to the multitudcs
OF multi colored candles for our
holiday decorations. Every hostess
who lights her table and every
church that illumines its altar with
the candles soft gleam is in debt to
Brazil, Mexico, Colombia. Honduras,
Chile or some other Latin American
country.
Vegetable wakes are obtained
from the leaves and branches OF
desert bushes In 1925 Brazil ex-
ported more than 100000 pounds
of Carnauba vegetable wax. Of
which the United States took 10 pet
cent. Cousins to cainauba that also
go northward to the candle shop
are the ceroxylon palm wax OF
Colombia and the candelilla wax
of Mexico. All three OF them lend
hand to modern industry, help |
ing the candlemaker and popping |
UP in other guises few persons could
guess: photograph records, insula-
ton for electric wires. tailor's
chalk. carbon copy paper, floor pol
ish, shoe polish. sealing wax and |
dental molds. Probably these vege-
table wakes do not enter into the |
making OF the shorter candles, but |
they do brace the tall ones. keeping |
them straight and unbending.
Fountain Pens from Pampas
South and Central American
trade illustrates many surprises OF
modern trade. When you buy sea
green or mandarin red fountain pen
for somebody's Christmas present
ask the clerk OF what substance the
barrel is made. Find out II ne
Knows whether it is cclluloid and a
product of the southern cotto:
fields or casein and product Or
the pampas.
"Casein is til, solid substance Of
milk and it might have become
cheese if 1t had not been hardenc:
into casein. Milk IN the form OF
casein. TO the extent of 3S,920.00r
pounds, Was shipped in one rocen,
year to the United States, where
Varied career awaited it. Fountain
pens, earrings, tortoise SHELF for
tortoise shell rims. cigarette hold
crs. telephone receivers. and chess
men are but a few fates awaiting
Argcntinian cascin. Aladdin rubbed
a lamp; chemistry stirred a milk
pail and brought forth casein won
dcrs that give the cattle raising
countries of South America an out
let for their surplus milk.
Gan stones PriZ"d
Chicago stocityards. it is oftc,
said, use everything of pig but lis
squeaI. The COW countries OF Ar
sentiHa. Uruguay, and Brazil claim
equal slaughter house efficiency.
Tanhaee, oH-gall and gall stones
these DO mot figure as Importantly
rs fl1 s and quarters Of beef, but
each earns its bit for South Amer
i"an packers. ocs asionally steam
or from Argentina passes through
the Panama 'snai bound for Can
tpr0Ia and reports q cargo Of tank
age or dried cattle blood. which be-
comes constituent of fertilizer for
Wet Coast f7mg5 NV-Efu has lon,
ser.'f .5 ntsmsrt ror artists. bur
j. figures niso jr the druggists
rhsrupncpori. Gall stones fror,
cattle fare PROVED rs valuable -