Show ro 2 IMPORTANT INDUSTRY Of U c p CultIvation 01 fI n from o is Ex of 01 Chewing Ite Loaves h oJ n n 1 I U U l u Li U U U Ull ULI U U Ii U U U U Special La 10 Ill Sept lOFer Cervantes wrote lila his tolo tab of Ion Don tie In ha ds of tired lIps lawn hAV e Sancho God time Iho who first Invented seep and In inter yell years Ill with lIh h r rater ater fervor have hlo suffering sed that ot mankind who the tho use USI ot of eo or ga II a means of C puttIng tortured tere to sleep In surgical operations and other Ills to which nosh flesh Is heir Our principal object In making makinI the tho tidbits trip it Ven ot of tho ho Into tropical flu II to Investigate the culture of the tho plant known to n as erch coca For O moro more than harm It a quarter of n fl century crop ot of dried cora coca leaves ions hns averaged a trillo over pounds Of this amount tully fully 5 per cent Is 11 consumed nt at homo home ly hy lito native Indians About 30 per cent of the I is divided equally bo be between tween Chili amid time tho Argentine Peru gets ten tier per cent cont of It I Europe live per leI cent and the United States nono at nil alkaloid has hots latel Irately come coma Into tub general into for iwo local time tho for tor time the coca leaves front which It Iii l malo has hns greatly Increased without sensibly affecting time the markets of oC South AmerIca Soon ns as time tho cation ot of cocaine to surgical uses be caine common the British government nent out 1 it commission to collect tim Iho plants antI transfer them to India and hue plantations of those far oft art are 1110 yielding so fO that they plenty of leaves for tor forthe the who ho supply the tho world with most ot of the thO cocaine that thatis Is used It should be remembered that the tho cocoa cocon palm tho Reeds of which fur tur the chocolate ot of commerce thE tue coco coca from rota which cocaine Is made fire not rotated related to one another In Inmany many way hut but belong to different of limo tho C Er Ery coca 1011 Is not a tree hut bout n a email shrub from two to 10 flee IIvo tot foot high It heat hest at nn an between and feet the sea In sheltered places where the Iho mate Is warm moist without she lIve heat hent lii In this country It attains its lis greatest perfection In III tim Province or of where the tho mountain ridges In every direction leave leoo deep hollows hollow tumid between giving nil ot of climate with the tho productIons to each Not only Is time the bet best coca oln In the tho world In that als the tho bark from which quinine Is malle vanlia anti chocolate henna benn coffee cOffeo oranges es figs bananas gropeR grapes apples poaches peaches pears wheat anti and barley or of both hoth tropic cooperate zones front from the tho cooler highlands tho sunn sunny bill hili sides anti the lower vIllages TERRACED GAUDENS The foothIlls of at the Andes that out outline line IIno nod other Bolivian valleys are oro laid held out In terraces el each terrace about n a yard arll wide witte Mch teil supported by 1 a wall ot of atones In which the tho little coca bushes closely re resembling tel tea plants 01 net set lIet nt at regular The Tho seeds seed are nr first t In bode bells and when the plants are n a tew tess Inches hIgh the they are transferred to the tho terraces Each Ench hUAh yields three generous crops of 1 leaves Ies In 1 a and sometimes tour our here the conditions ot of soil loll and are peculiarly NCI No ers are USO Used 1 but great care Is taken taen that no grasses or other growths are allowed to IC sprIng up 1111 with the coca Each crop is 19 called n a milo The Tho first known Ift as the tha March crop Is picked In January th the second or St SI Johns mita It Is In tay 10 and the third or All 11 SaInts muita Ira In October The Tho harvest time however Is III lI toy no means depending on the tho weather and the tho amount of at rain The crop croll Is b women who pIck It b by l lear M upon time tho In of at n it bush It Is slow work the tI tiny loaves lewel moist not bl be b broken or fiber torn I anti It It is believed that It time tho apex nIec ot of the Is touched 11 ly the tho picker or It if nn any animal britches against t It nil all tito tho lencs will instantly wither HOW Ios COCA In 10 cunti CUmI lion 1111 lImen canto man with Ink who collect the tho rod and carry them to the tho cachi 0 r or to bo be dried The is b by a and Paved with flat lIat stones stone t that hn t are kept perfectly clean The Tho morning sun on these heats theta them so 80 that when tile tho heaves mire lira spiced smoothly over tho they timey become thoroughly dry In Inn Ina n a few hours Timon Thon they are ure recollected more care curo tully folly than ever eo 1 having now become brittle and 11 to time tho III the littler lutter being It a nu ma machine chino chine 1 Ith a wooden cross crolls b When tel dried the leaves retain I their bright green c lor oven titter lifter bay baylog log been packed for tor pres 1145 II a bo Which holds precisely 25 15 pounds A or of dry banana leaves sOft us as silk yet strong n as leather is hI put Into the box the cocoa cocon Is poured In When turned turnell out of the tho press the tho package II is called a anti two fifty pounds whon hashed together form torm a 0 tambo or strum drum The 1111 drum is III wrapped In leaves and sack end lag Ing nod snakes malles It a bundle which omens mens urea about three cubic feet teet In III this shape It is 19 toted on mule mula or llama back backover OVer the tho to La laz Inz to b be deposited In time 1110 Adriano do de coca or coca custom hou IJ After II a picking season Iho roads lending out of at the vol VIII are literally hilled with hea beasts ts ot of laden with coco coca antI troops ot of nit their way to town to sell the fruIt of their labors or on tic Iho way woy home end ancl empty empl ot of Pocket but In a state of Jolly Intoxication the tho women outdoing the themen men In enjoyment of at time the spree pree singing I dancing nn howling like so many lunatics but always docile and respect ful Ui to the superior race though Ihu they Indulge In a little hall hair among themselves Time Tho average of coca to them tho pro ducer Is 22 cents cants c lJ lice pound hut out or of this timi lie be has to pay puy II a tax of 21 about 13 cents gold Iohl on eer every pound Think or of cultivating picking drying and packIng lie tho tin tiny leaves for that entail profit to tn say nothing ot of the tho several days perilous journey over the In Ins 1 Tue Tho government derives no ot of its front thIs cocci rime right to collect the Iho tax tUK Is fainted omit or sold Bold to the tho t bidder sealed proposals being received for the privilege The contracts are ala glen given fo Cot one y year or only running front the tho lith ot of Juno to the tho of the tho following Jun A greater grenter part of the Iho ta tax goes Into the public treasury and ond the tho balance is III lI used ed for tor the tho rough roads over the tho heights an anti l down into Inlo the valleys wh ro the tho coca grOws At least 75 per of at nil all the co coca a that l is raised In Is brought to La In Paz under tinder thesa theeo the being told old by to the tho residents of adjacent vIllages on the great grent Andean plateau The manner of lag Ing In nil as n a fall fair sample ample of the tho mode throughout hout the country Yan YanacachI II ci village neAr the western ter terminus terminus minus ot of the valley nile lien lIell In II a narrow canyon CallOn between Imp impassable mountains through which there l Is but no ne road rond All the streets of the town except that one ana leading Into the canyon road 11 are securely walled up tip just outside time town so o all cargo must pass by way WIY of at the custom house which stands tand at the head hend of the canyon an Indian passes with 1 a p pack ok on his hll back or n a load lond on his mule it If he dots does not stop and show how what ho he carries or I Ipa pa pay the tax It If It be coca ho quickly finds himself In trouble Out rushes a armed with n a long tract Iron pOker whIch hits hns 1 a apparatus tit at one end nd anti II cm heavy rI to time tho other The Tho screw point ho thrusts de deep p Into the tho middle ot of the cargo to determine It if any coca nay may bit hIdden wIthIn withla It anti should any In resist rubt Ito ho does doel not hesitate to uco the tho whip ott on his ilia back bac principal consumers rD It cC coca In I Peru Anti arc the tho anti Indian In the tho tombs a of 01 the ancient lont Peruvians II a small quantity ot of corn loavel is II always found buried with every mummy Ith an earth cit jar that once haiti lime or o To timis potash is II 1101 rf with fotell Ih the tho cora corl It II mado by th root of at ci 11 weed that In III to tho ito soil grown or ci flO fou the tho bark ot of a a a of oC bean benn ot of bet tha rc very ory boil TIme ho of at ore o by Usa UIO of at cora coca In the tho is In t r J It 1 iq to II h nil all ot of hunger roe or I Ti 1 Ia nn an Undoubted 11 fact that tn an Indian Wh voll wih with corn wi 1 J r V f V front t 0 to 75 f mies italIcs n a on onI I his back the tho loal loath of I it lama llama without food for days nys together hue ho considers fool ot of secondary Import face 01 rather nB as third out on lobs his l list t of at diluted alcohol coming next to coca roca All the tho and male and female us tItles ot of both hoth alcohol anti corn coca hlo their allowance lt of oti I itt extremely the tho menu being limited to only two or three edibles trout ono One years to another That tue tho women consume oven mori mora titan than tho Ito men man perhaps is ani only fall faIr since the tho former do 0 nil time tho hardest work ork anti earn CArn most of the tho money Th Time laborers ot of this country tire universally n Indians anti 01 all employers must n it cot cor lain of cora coca to Ilch motto or op hu will not work It at ni all In the mInes mineR time tho least per pcr diem Is five e ounces tor or ever every man amid eight ounces itt In given Thus supplied nn an Ito In ditto lan wi will work tOrk willingly wel from 4 o time moring morning Int until I 7 p ma m taking nothing to eat cat In time tho m 10 Ho has han too food ot of some a sort lort before be beginning ginning hi his labors and after seVen In time tho evening lie he cat cats whatever he cnn can let get Is Ills first cue cud II is accumulated In about tO iso from I t t 0 taking I it leaf leat b by lent tripping stripping the tho central stem between hil his teeth anti from time to time n a fe oW grains of at potash This alkali causes a burning on timo lips but II soon y wih wIth time the cud serving to neu tho acidity or of the tho leaves In at al the tho aetna limo aiding by provoking nn now flow of At 10 n cm rn m time tho employer gives Ia him blob halt built nn an hour ot of rest resl lie gies Ihen throws throw rvay time the mornings chew rhew rinses c hil his mouth with alcohol and In begins time tho accumulation oh 01 II a secant cud at one another rest Is glen which he employs In 1 a chew AI three the same II repeated Stran e to say ay time the most inordinate use Usa or of coca Is not by nervousness I or o ni tiny other erect effect may be noticeable ble bleon on tin Indian even cen oCer after he has lived Oil I it fO for Or three days das taking lit l tc tie or no anti fatigue Whenever opportunity otters hoe ho sIlL 1 et eat the tho back of omit tel ted meals In one gigantic heP heap thus Ihus showing that 10 tie serious disturbance I of the has hns enacts from lila coca ceca IntoxIcation Neither does Is its habitual visit uso leem seem to affect longevity unless It bo be to prolong It One never nOVer meets meele a toothless or Indian though years Is here considered their nel av avage age span or of life A cheerful Methul lab Inh WI was pointed out to us who claim to have Ju just t his on one and year anti the parish priest supports hl his statement b by the church record of births FANNE FANNIE D 13 WAnD WAUD |