Show manama anama Hats Arent Aren't Made Mac in Panama Ecuador Makes Them Roger W. W Babson Finds Famous Statistician Finds N Nation alion of Four Zones of Climate Producing the Worlds World's Supply of F Famous Fa- Fa amous a- a Headgear and a Large Part of Its Choco- Choco late This Is the second of Roger W. W Bab sons son's observations on Ecuador In his tour around South America as a correspondent cor cor- respondent for TH THE E TELEGRAM The third will follow shortly and then he will take his readers over the equator to Interesting I I Dy ROG ROGER ER W. W BA BABSON GUA Ecuador March 17 Ecuador r really has lour four zones zone of oC climate cli- cli mate as the tho altitude varies from sea Je cl to over OOOO teet Ther loro there are the tIlO or hot lowlands the at an altitude of oC from to feet the frias including In- In the tho plateau on which Quito Is 15 situated and the Nevada or Andes Ande whose tops arc always alwa's covered with snow The lowlands the usual tropIcal tropical trop trop- Ical fruits such uch as cacao tobacco sugarcane coffee coerce bananas Ecuador 1 possesses great reLt wealth In her cacao groves Although scientists claim that we should use tho spelling cacao Instead Instead In- In stead ol of cocoa yet Jet ad- ad causing us to see flee the latter word on every billboard and In over eVer newspaper make mako It hard to alter the orthography at least In English so tha that now thero Is the trade distinction cacao referring to the tho raw Product and cocoa to the finished fin In- article Cacao Is different from the cocoa a Peruvian plant whose leaves are chewed by the Indians for their stimulating effects and which con cocaine from the cola nut grown In West Africa which Is very slightly like It and from the cocoa nut to which It Is not even related The great popularity of chocolate and cocoa cocon both oth as beverages and as hay hay- oring for Cor C candies cakes and such makes the market for tor it unlimited anti and with the opening of the Panama I canal the great c cacao cao estates that areto are arf to be found Cound In Ecuador will be more I 4 n. n t v fA 1 r L f i i t i V F D t 45 t itI x f 1 d f ff t 1 t J f i 1 f r. ry 4 4 4 T c. c t. t J. 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T t H 7 x g 4 m f kt J Wf j t. t r Y fo 4 v 1 1 y r r t j 4 I r. t v fk t C T J I f r r t t ia t r I l r f t l f n t t I IS w S 1 t I oM to t. t s I X 1 rA 1 t I X t P L V I I I u 1 I sa v- v I IS S It t 9 I iI iII I if J JI I I j l r jJ 1 Women of Ecuador making Panama hats The best belt hats take five or six months to complete The map shows the trade route from Ecuador to Panama the distributing center and from which place the tho hats take their n name a me accessible for supplying the Increasing demands of oC the for lor this favorite It must lie raised In the torrid zone below helow an altitude fo f feet et so the actual labor probably could not be performed per per- formed by the Northerner who ml might ht I want to Invest est In the Industry but his capital would without doubt bring him himI great results In 1912 about eIght times Umes as much cacao In value was exported I as Panama hats or coffee coHee which come next In quantity I A rich planter of Ecuador Is willing will will- ing to pay as high bight as for tor a l Panama anama hat and It Is or of the finest texture such as are seldom seen In North Northern rn countrIes These hats of the veT very best quality are so soft and flexIble that one mn may be folded and carried In the pocket WIthout injury One which was sent to a former prince ot of Wales could be folded Into I a package e no larger er than thana a watch The Panama hat was not nally made In Panama but reo re that name because that city was the distributing port It was manufactured In Manabi Ecuador and Its native name was Jipijapa a name now used In the markets for or the Inferior gr grades ldes not real P Panamas a n a m as Now however under the fosterinG care or of the government s a school has been heen established In Panama with teachers teacher brought from Ecuador to Instruct instruct In- In In the weaving or of the hats so that the name Is no longer lons-cr a misnomer Honduras also has haR n a school and a flourishing flour flour- Industry In hats S. S The l long ns oven tine fine threads make we most delicate hats and a worker always ahva's likes to make malte the entire crown without having to piece a thread You Youcan Youcan can tell whether this Js is the case caRe by I looking looking- on the under side to see seo Ir if there are any short ends The straw must be kept moist while being w woven ven and the weavers work only In the late twilight or early d dawn the only time available for tor making the best grades A skilled worker will finish a 1 hat working these few hours a day In fIve or six months and the women and children are the most deft with their fingers In this Indu industry try When done the tho article Is light durable dura- dura ble elastic and waterproof forming an Ideal and almost Indispensable head covering for use UIO In the tropics These hats may also be cleaned again and again without Injury Resides exportIng exporting export export- Ing about a million dollars dollars' worth wOIth ot of hats In 1912 Ecuador sent to the other countries employed In the industry many thousand dollars dollars' worth ot of the S straw t raw |