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a railway station, and a few native huts as a background. With a rail- 
way camp close by, and with the many Americans constantly going and 
coming, the town really presented a busy scene. The hotel is run by 
Major Elliott, a powerful man with a military bearing, very friendly to 
those who behave, but a trifle stern with the semi-worthless natives that 
are ever to be found at a railroad end. We had an excellent dinner, 
WILD RUBBER TREE ON COATZACOALCOS RIVER. 
partly of native food, and partly canned goods from the States. Speak- 
ing of the latter, American manufacturers do not seem to realize that 
one of the best supply markets in the world is to be found among the 
planters and small hotel men in the tropics. Some do, of course, and 
some of the great merchants and mail order houses are cultivating the 
