112  SELLING  LATIN  AMERICA

The  total  exports  in  1912  amounted  to  $13,-717,884,
  as  against  $10,652,843  imports,  the
leading  articles  being  boots  and  shoes,  candles,
ready  made  clothes,  crockery,  drugs,  food
stuffs  (flour  and  canned  goods),  hats,  hardware, ­
  machinery,  oils,  paper,  perfumes,  textiles, ­
  wines  and  liquors.
I  cannot  refrain  from  repeating  that  Ecuador, ­
  due  to  the  prevalance  of  disease,  is  passed
over  by  most  travelers  and  as  a  consequence
there  is  little  competition,  and  one  is  sure  of
doing  business  here  if  his  product  is  appropriate. ­

A  small  license  or  fee  is  one  of  the  legal  requirements ­
  to  sell  goods  in  this  country,  but
is  more  honored  in  the  breach  than  the  observance. ­

These  towns  should  be  made:
Population

Guayaquil  80,000
Quito  80,000
Cuenca  35jOOO
Riobamba  18,000

There  is  but  one  city  in  the  Galapagos  group
of  islands,  namely  Floriana.  They  are  un-