88 SELLING LATIN AMERICA 
rosewood, satinwood and cedar are to be found 
in great profusion. Fruits of the tropical and 
temperate zones flourish. Coffee and cocoa 
are largely grown. 
Bolivia is one of the few countries of the 
world without a national debt, a remarkable 
condition of affairs, more especially for a 
Latin American country, and its monetary 
system is on a gold basis, the unit being the 
boliviano, worth about 39 cents in our cur 
rency. 
English capital is largely invested in the 
various mines and railways but the greater 
portion of the mercantile business, especially 
in the crude drug line, is in the hands of Ger 
mans, who shipped to the Fatherland over 
83,000 pounds of the 100,000 pounds of qui 
nine exported last year. 
In 1913 Bolivia exported tin, rubber, silver, 
copper, bismuth, cocoa, wolfram, zinc, lead, 
hides, alpaca-wool, medicinal and crude drugs 
to the value of $36,331,390. Her imports dur 
ing the same time were $20,600,000, compris 
ing iron, steel and railway building materials,