From stereograph, copyright 1906, by Underwood & Underwood, New York 



Gathering Cacao Pods 



La Clementina hacienda, Ecuador, the biggest chocolate plantation in the world. The trees are 

 under constant cultivation and are continually growing more prolific. Laborers receive 80 cents to 

 $1.00 (silver) per day, with house-rent free. 200 are employed all the year and 150 additional 

 during harvest season on this plantation. 



