Show II 1 HERES HERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR AMERICANS IN ECUADOR ITS IT'S VEGETABLE IVORY By ROGER W. W BABSON GUA Ecuador March Some Somo button man find might It all all- advantageous ad- ad invest est in forest ot of to a tagua who whose o nuts furnish the vegetable Ivory of oC commerce In Ecuador or This tr tree wild e grows and the natives which tall s gather the nuts and anel sell them to local a It would 5 seem a as It if this Is not a highly merchant or organized org industry and the nuts nutH are such goOl substitute for tor a the Ivory obtained Crom rein the tIe tIe- pliant's tusks H that thero is 18 always a demand for tor them 1 Everybody wears buttons and the tho manufacturers have havo material The Ivor ivory Is also used for tor making makinI umbrella must the raw and other small articles but the principal Use Ue for tor it is 18 In handles the tho manufacture chessmen of oC buttons Ecuador exports annually about tons ot of this sharing tho trado with Colombia Colomb a. a product Limited amounts of at e vegetable ct ble Ivor Ivory are sent out from Africa but Is the real homo home of the taGua palm and the South big wealth from It n has been the IeSt customer principal this gain gain- for tor taking over OOOO worth In iii 1912 and tho United In that export movel ll year ear tip to the second place more than doubling h her r figure or of the preceding year ear and reaching nearly worth |