19B  SELLING  LATIN  AMERICA

Rosewood  oil  :  $  46,000
Rosewood  19,000
Cocoa  and  hides  2,400,000
Most  of  this  was  shipped  direct  to  the  mother
country.
Of  the  imports  of  $2,000,000,  70  per  cent,
came  from  France,  our  share  being  $300,000.
It  is  doubtful  if  our  trade  here  could  be  materially ­
  increased.  Cayenne  is  the  only  town
to  visit,  and  may  be  best  reached  from  Trinidad ­
  or  from  the  French  possession  of  Martinique ­
  or  Guadaloupe.  French  money  is  in
use  and  while  dealers  give  drafts  on  Paris  or
London,  most  of  them  having  business  with
New  York,  do  so  through  some  branch  of  the
Credit  Lyonnais.
No  traveler’s  fee  is  required.  French  is
spoken.
All  of  these  possessions  are  ruled  by  officials ­
  sent  from  the  motherland  for  a  term  of

years.