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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL'. PORTLAND. MONDAY EVENING. JULY 27, 1008. JAMAICA AS FRUIT ISLE Establishment of Great In dustry by Boston Skipper Spil Made Good by Transplanting Soy Bean Growing Bananas. By FREDERIC J. HASKIN. (Copyright, 190J. by rederio J. Haakln.) Washington, July 27. An American corporation has redeemed the Island of Jamaica, For generatlona sugar waa king In the islands, and men of high and low degree, whether white or black, were hla subjects. Then came the freeing of the slaves and the legislation abroad which made the growing of sugar unprofitable. The price of augar dwindled down to almost nothing where on.e there was a fortune In Us grow ing, and the Island was on the verge of ruin. Then came along a Yankee skipper, knocking about In a little 8J ton schooner. Calling at sume of tho ports on the eastern end of the Island, his keen rye looked with Interest upon tlio bnnanas that were so plentifully offered him. KnowliiK tho tasto the Americans werp fast acquiring for this I wholesome fruit, A rarity in his home markets, he set about to devise a way to pet It to American ports in good shape. That skipper wn.s Captain L. P. Baker of Boston. Purposeful, pos sessed of Hint quiet detei initiation which reiognUes obstacles only to overcome them, he went to work to develop a new Industry, and slowly hut surely he built up the banana trade. Steadily the number of vessels In creased. The native labor was unre liable, so coolies from India were brought over by the British govern ment to aid in the cultivation of the fruit. The business prospered. It was In corporated as tho Boston Fruit company The slow sailing vessels of other days were replaced by modern, swift-moving nected steamships. Then the business outgrew people be buying the best part of their the Huston Fruit company as it had Verona but will be teaching tnem now to tlon, except the gathering of the nut. Ths land t the same time may b used for rasing or other farm purpose. In the course of Its life each tree will earn Ita owner over 1200. Coffee growing la another attractive Industry In the island. In many waye it Is the best of them all. The best coffee crows In the highlands. Here one has a climate of nemetual spring The weather la never hot, and neven damp. The thermometer never goes above 86 degrees or below 86. tn us giv ing ft perpetual oongenlel climate. In starting a coffee plantation the trees are usually set eight feet apart each way. Two yenra after there will be a few scattered berries of coffee, and the third year a small crop, enough to pay running expenses. The fourth year will give a full crop and this profitable yield will continue for 80 or 40 years thereafter. The coffee berry, wnen rlnn. 1m nf a hrlrht nurnllah-red color. and closely resembles a cherry. The ooffea kernels, like cherry stones, are onraaed In the fruit. The preparation of the coffoe for market Is an interest ing nrooesM. After the fruit haa been gathered. It Is run through a'niachlne called a "pulper," which tears orr moii of th fruit from the kernels. These are next run through tanks to wash off the remaining particles of rruit. and are then spread out to dry. After being thoroughly dried the hard hull of the berry Is broken and out of It comes the coffee of commerce. The tax returns fox 107 show about 28,000 acres of land under coffee cultivation, the yield being nearly 6,000,000 pounds, valued at tuu, 000. The scientific farmers of Jamaica are looking to the United Btates ratner man to the mother country for Improved methods. While the British government has two magnificently equlrped ex periment stations on the Islands, where every known tropics., pium is irr men tod with and its value for human ii. i).irmin there Is a areat de pendence placed in the United States for lessons in agriculture ami biok raising. In a rvnl 1pii.ua nf the AarrlCUl tUrnl News, the leading farm publication of the Island, nearly half or its space was devoted to quotations from the Tear Book of the United Btates aepar.men. of Agriculture. Rehabilitated SolL The run-down plantation In Jamaica Is to be seen everywhere. Jlere tney karefer to It as "ruinate" and It Includes thousands of sugar estates wnicn were once sources of wealth to their owners nM tn flirt U-Inndq but are now nothing but waste lands. , The awakening of agricultural Interests Is bringing some or these plantations back Into cultiva tion fruit being grown Instead of sugar. The cow pea Is the means of rejuvena tion. It has been found that the cow peu and Its half brother, the soy bean, flourish In this climate and that one crop will suffice to make a worn out estate blossom as the lily and the rose Therefore, along the lines laid down by the department of agriculture of the United States the Britons in Jamaica are beginning to rehabilitate their soli, and '.f this course Is followed otit as ex- not only will the American outgrown the private enterprise of Cap tain Bnker. and it gave place ill turn to the "big Jln.OOO.oO'O United Fruit com pany, which today has Iti magnificent, yacht-like fruit steamers, plying be tween Jamaica and American ports. Its work bus bePu the redemption of tho island. Its fiipnrls of fruits, chief of which is the banana, amount to more than one-half of tho total exports of the Inlands. Some RFi per cent of this is carried to the United Slctes by the United Fruit company. But the possi bilities of the fruit business are as yet merely touched. There are perhaps three acres of available banana land on tli island where there is one aero under cultivation today. Tho growing of the hnnana is a science. To Ret large, well cleveloped bunches, the kind It is most profitable to grow, requires careful cul tivation and rich land. The banana Is a heavy feeijer and exhausts the soil as rapidly as any crop that can bo found, so the United Fruit company, as well as the Jamaican government. Is put on its mettle to secure a crop rotation which will keep tho soil up to a proper standard. Big Ox Plows. In cultivating the banana the land Is plowed by big plows to which eight or Irt oven are hitched. are tiien set out in rows 10 to 1j feet apart and about eight feet apart in the r.ow. They attain a height of from ii to K, fret, depending on the quality of ilrf. land, and on the cultivation tiiey get At the end of a year the first crop is ready for gathering. Each plant pro duces one hunch, after which It Is worthless and is cut down and left on the ground to rot. But new plants or suckers are constantly coming up from the root. Thus, when the first plant Is cut down another Is ready to bear, while two or three others are In different stages of growth. The process may be continued for "seven years, when the land must be plowed up again. The coolie banana cutter is very expert at his work lie passes around among the plants, selects the ones which are ready tn be cut. and with a single stroke of his machete cuts deep enough Into the stem n the plant to cause it to bend low enough for Mm to reach the bunch -of bananas With one stroke he severs the bunch from the plant, and with another trims off the other stem, tho while preventing the bunch from falling to the ground. The average cargo of bananas car ried away from the island Is about 25.000 hunches. When they are to be carried some little distance negro women are employed and are paid .5 cents for each 100 bunches carried. At other times big lighters are used to carry the bananas from private wharfs to the steamship dock, and negro men pass them from hand to hand until they- are safely stored In the ships hold. The United Fruit company is to Jamaica what the Standard Oil is to the United States, and banana growing and ship ping Is lis principal business, though other f'Uits receive considerable atten tion. The latest returns show that over f.l! noo neres of land are annually given over to the growing of bananas, the yield being more than lti.OOO.ono bunches a yesr, valued at nearly lfi.000,000. Q rowing Cocoanuti. The cultivation of the coroamit is profitable and an cahv way of making a living. There are about lO.OlM) acres of these trees under cultivation and they yield some 11.0dli.0rt0 nuts a year. The plantation value of these is placed by til" Jamaican tax returns at I22S.OOO. which is about 2 rents per nut. or $.2 50 per nrre. It takes seven years to grow n bearing' grove, but after that they flourish 100 years, requiring no atten- nroduce vnstlv more. With tho rejuvenation of the agricul tural interests' of the Island will come other industries, among them stock raising and dairying. It is difficult to obtain good milk and butter or. the is land. Ko rare is cow's milk and so plentiful Is goafs milk that here they f-all gnat's milk nothing but "milk," while thev speak of "cow's milk" to dis tinguish the two. A Mr. Powell, brother to the agent of the United Fruit com pany at Kingston, has embarked In the creamery business In a small way. He finds a ready market for all the milk he can produce at prices at least one fourth higher than those of New York and Washington, and his butter com mands a ready sale of 50 cents a pound. Mr. Powell uses United States methods entliriy In the conduct of his business, American dairying, magazines and the publications of the department of agri culture furnishing him the data upon which he conducts his establishment. Jamaica is a land of opportunity. Of its 2,141,000 acre3 of land not held by the crown there Is less than 300,000 acres under cultivation. i ne son is URGES FARMERS 10 EflHH SOIL Chemist Addresses Master Bakers Association on Abuse of Wheat Land. Calt4 FTaaa Leased Wire.) Berkeley, Cal., July 27. The problem of food supply in this county will bt acute within another generation unless some plan Is conceived to Improve the Suallty of wheat, according to Theodore '. Bartholomae, a prominent Cincinnati chemist, who addressed the master bakers of the Pax-lfln coast at their an nual meeting here Sunday. He rebuked the American farmers for their abune of the land and said: "The day of vengeance is at hand and the earth refuse to be longer abused, and In place of giving 60 fold she only now gives five or 10 fold, and often leas than that. The phos phates and nitrates so necessary for plant life have been exhausted and wheat raised on such starved out land la almost devoid of protein and gluten. ' Bartholomae said that malt Is a par tial remedy for the evil and urged the bakers to make use of It. Following are the officers of the master bakers organisation for the coming year; H. C. Dorr, San Francisco, president; Har ry Banzhaf, San Francisco, first vice president; Chris Mlkkelsen Berkeley, Cal., second vice-president; I. L. Rob inson, Tacoma, wash., third vice-president; A. W. O'Brien, Sacramento, Cal.. fourth vice-president; A. ,WV Olbbs, San Francisco, secretary; A. Kornsthoeft, San Francisco, treasurer. NEW CITY WILL BE BUILT HEAR ASTORIA A. B. Hammond Plans Ex tensive Improvements to His Mill Properties. (Special Dl-psteh to The Journal.) Astoria, Or., July 27. The plans of A. B. Hammond, who is now on the At lantic ocean on a two years' trip to Eu rope, are gradually being made known. While all his Interests are now cen tered at Astoria he Intends to build a city of his own In the vicinity and sur rounding the mill of the Tongue Point Lumber company. He has purchased or has options on sufficient property nn which he will build 100 houses, dur ing the coming year. He has also made arrangements with the Astoria Electric company to have its line extended to his mill during the coming spring. While the Hammond company owns many thousands of acres of timber lands In Clatsop county It Is now oper ating three camps on the Cowlitz, at Oak Point and bark nf Kalnler These have n capacity to operate the mill night and day for several years, but its ca pacity will he Increased as the market improves. Mr. Hammand said that in the delivery of logs to the mill. Astoria has the best of it by 17 to S3 cents per 1,000 for coastwise or foreign ship ments and for that reason he wanted a great mill near the mouth nf the Colum bia. His timber holdings n Clatsop county amount to many thousands but acres unoer cuiuvaiiu.i .I..- ' '"there are others with equal holdings reasonamy goon ni ..-iy iro '"i nu.. r'efu to nssiRt in ittln- their I Mourisnes. do mo ..,....... '" , , tf R markpt so n6 proposes to make to which eight or inere ana iV t tT.tiJ them keep on paving taxes until thev The banana plants the island look to the United States ,,,' ln oi9"way to bring the 'Z that country buys bT per 7et tlr. body of timber to tidewater. everything thev have to sell. Within four days sailing of New Tork, Ja maica's "products reach the American markets in excellent shape, and find a ready sale. American interests are be coming? stronger ln the Island every day. You will see about six American tour ists there to one English. "Buckra Land'" has found that its Interests are centered In the United States rather than in England, and the American with means, or with push, energy and Intelligence is ln high favor. The Amer ican people of BO years from now will have a far closer acquaintance wish Ja maica than they have today. R0SEBUR6-C00S BAY LIKED BY ELECTRIC BUM) PKOFESS0R TO WEI) SCHOOLMATE Strong Talk of Building Line From Douglas County to Sea. (Unlti-d Preaa Leased Wir.) New York, July 27. The announce ment made here today that Professor Vowel Perry, one of the leading au thorities of the world on mathematics ,(8pclal DUpatch to Tba Journal.) Marshfleld, Or., July 27. Both in this city and In Douglas county there Is a revival of last year's talk of building an ! electric line from Marshfleld to Rose- Is soon to marry Miss Millie Kalman. I fa f r jt proposed to form a com-, daughter of well-to-do parents, has dis closed a romance that began ln San Francisco and hud Its culmination In Munich. Professor Perry, who Is blind, used to attend the same school with Miss Kalman In San Francisco and they went to the university of California to gether. . They were friendly, but Miss Kalman's parents objected to the match and Perry moved to Munich to study mathematics. Later Miss Kalman went to Munich to pursue studies in philology and there the young people became engaged. nanv of the capitalists of the two coun ties. The plan was never carried to completion. The Douglas county people believe they would be greatly benefited by hav Inc a rail outlet to tidewater and the Coos bay country would of course bene fit by securing the traffic from south ern Oregon and the quick passenger and mail service from the Southern Pa cific railroad at Koseburg. Tne electric line and the matter of rail outlets In general will be oiw of the chief topics discussed at a convention of southern Oregon and southern Idaho delegates to be held ln Marshfleld Aug ust 24 and 25. Prominent men of Ore- TT.A iTf. lfABIfflVC gon, including members of the railway llJAllVJ JlUIuUo commission, will be present and any af- , fairs that are of interest to the welfare .m,.i ri. ..-, . m.. t. i of southern Oregon and southern Idaho Bolr?5..?W .-p'onTer1 Day" : will by discussed Southern Idaho is re- was observed by the Mormons of this P1"1-" 7, , -T " " ' II" ' . , ; section at Pierce park, a few miles west yi. 88 U !8 tho natural utlet for th9 i of this city, yesterday. The festivities ldanQ country. closed at a late hour last night with a i dance. An extensive program was car- TlTC K UT VTl MTYTPQ rled out and the address of the occasion wuiji' iiiijjiiu was delivered by President Heber Q. Hale of this state Many non-Mormons attended the exercises. PIONEER DAY BY BECOME FARMERS Washing Is Hard Work. Sensible women adopt everything and anything that makes it easier. They use washing machines; and find them useful. They use clean water; or if it is not clean they do what they can to make it clean. But even with a washing machine and clean water, it is not possible to do satisfactory work unless the soap is good. Right there is where a great many women make a mistake. They buy this, that or the other brand of soap because it is. cheap or because they get premiums for the wrappers. They save, perhaps, a cent a cake and they take two, three or even four hours more time to get through their work than is necessary. A best, washing is hard work. And the sensible thing- to do is to adopt anything that will make it easier. The, greatest time, labor, money and clothes saver that has been invented in years is P. & G. Naphtha Soap. Try it. A All Grocer Try It! . t John Mitchell Going South to Bay Suitable Tract for Union, Mobile, Als, July 27. From the coaj studded earth and the smoke-filled rlr of the Alleghenles are coming the dis abled miners, members of the I'nited Mlneworkers of America, to spend their lives ln the salubrious climate of the a-ulf rout Her, thev am to cuitlvatA the ground. i John Mitchell Is due in Alabama this wrek. Some disabled end retired miners have settled on farms ln the middle nest, and Mitchells plan. It is said. In to buy land here to carry out this proje-t further. If the unton should buy a larr trset It could sell plots cheaply to its dis abled memoers. providing small farms where they could make profits on 'ne Investment of their savings GARFIELD TO WAGE AMI-SALOON WAR Crrlc LraTje I Organized Mem ber Will Vote for Principle and Not Political Creed. (Rceeta Plapatrk to Tke fcnrsal t Garfield, Wash, July XT. Citttecs of , Garfield held a meeting at the Paptlst j rhnreh last renins; for the rurpoaw! or rraniztng an anti-mkton league. There ' war rousing attends ' a id a very en thusiastic rw-tlng Ths fbilowiaf offi cers s-fn) lc'd : fenatnr B- C. Me Crof key, rndat; ftaafard vice-president; 8. (3. Leach, secretary and treasurer; C. A. Owlnn, J. E. GUI, William .Laird. Key. Kohx. Rev. Solon MeOoskey and L. J. Westloott were ap pointed by Uie president on the various committees. Henator MoCroskey, Postmaster Owlnn, Ksv. Kohr, Kev. Buchanon. Wil liam Laird. Han ford Manrlnir. O. V. Nya and several others made rousing speeches: The organization Is to be known as the f'lvlo League of Oarfleld. t nhl... I- . . . 1 " uj di, iu juimiuia jffiuu Kovnrn- ment, ood citizenship, temperance end to abolish thr saloon. Jn order to accomplish these ends, each member pledges himself to attend - ' " "i Kiirj yaiijf Nil UJlulcn and to vote for those only who come nearest representing the above princi ples. If the opposhrs; party candidate more nearly represents the principles of the C'lvlo Leuifue thst candidate will receive the votes of the organization. The declaration of principles was signed by all the voters present, re gardless of party, and will fafe signed by many more who wers unable to be present at the meeting. tVlhJLV?n fronl strands of steel is taking the place of haircloth for tailors' use in stiffening clothing STRIKES CAUSE imnpBLE Disorders Among Workmen Throughout Kingdom Electric Wires Cut. (I'Dltrd I'rraa Iaawl Wtra ) Rome, Jul v 27. Th government has received official notn-o from C'hlln of tho Intention of that stnte to set apart the Dawson and other Inlands In the Magellan region for the colonisation of Italian immigrants. nd bus expressed to Chile its approval of t)i. project and willingness to aid Italian emigration to that end. News reaches Rome of strikes among workmen nil over the kingdom. In Padua the strikers have organlxed under a member of the house of deputies to resist the authorities. In several rftles nil works are paralysed. In Dolona the troops have. been called out. The municipalities have bo. gun a general arrest of the heads nf disorder. In Hpesla the strikers have opened the gates of the dykes, pro ducing a rush of water which ban de stroyed houses and killed people In F'nrina strikers have destroyed all the telephone lines of the 1 1 v and nianv of the electric light pouts, and last night, under cover of the darkness at tacked the troops but .were repulsed Today the city remains tranquil. Hut the traffic nf trains ajid ctmrhes on thu streets has been suspended. iiu hun dred and thlrtv arrests have been niada ln the rltv or wnom u. neinng to mo "Chamber of Labor." GASPIPE THUG REMARKABLE MAX (United Pr Lsaawd Wlr- i San Qtientln, Cal., July 27 Louis V. Ibiicr, one of the famous KaN1t" thugs awaiting hanging next FrM.iv morning. Is regarded by Warden H vie as the most remarkable prisoner that has ever corns under the observation ef tha prison authorities. He slept sound ly last night, as though he wr net pimply -onatlng time until tha rop should end his earthly enlmenoe, tal ncr maintains u remarkahls . attltvid of stoicism in d does not aeeiri to car for th" kindness of tha chaplain anil others who bave come to sea him lvir lug hlM laat meek fin liner ' s mother, who lives at Pet liirn.i. vlhlted her son for n hour Bun .lav She cried during the whole of tha visit and left saying that she did not' want to see her son ngtln. Dabnsr'B father died a week sfter he was con vlcted ami his aged mother has nevSf been well since that week. Hoth Hiemsen ard 1 'aimer hava Sm braced Christ lan It v Iiabnor said thai he would turn i 'brls! i.i u to be rid of th priest but Sleinaen seems to be repent ant. He has not slept for a week and trembles sll day. t'lirom-r to Cow lit. (Sp"ll PNiiab-n t'. The Jmirnal.) Chehai!, Wash., July 27. Coransf Charles Harden was called to Toledo last evening In response to a teiepnoiiv message stating that the body Of a Mhin;,'li' bolt driver named Johnson of . Morton, had teen found near that plAC drowned about six weeks ago. w SANITARY M REFRIGERATORS SPECIAL TERMS $1.00 PER WEEK 1 J mi i mm UlllV-U IsULiJ LEOPOLD DERBY In these two lines are represented the highest product in desk manufacture the Derby as a high-grade desk, and the Leo pold as a medium-grade. In their respective grades they are i 1 unexceec n tie Quauty f material, workmanship and finish arrangement the most practical, all improvements that expe rience has suggested having been added from time to time, with the result that these desks possess the most satisfactory features to meet the demands of any office. Our showing embraces everything in the desk line Roll-Top Desks with higft or low backs, Flat-Top Desks, Type- writer Desks and Standing Desks. Most of these pieces are shown in the golden oak and mahogany, in the dull finish, this being the most practical for office purposes. Out-of-town inquiries given prompt attention. Catalogue on request. SALE OF MADRAS CURTAINS AND TUESDAY Closing out our present line of Imported and Domestic Madras Curtains at less than one half of their regular values. Take advantage of this two days' sale for selecting Art Window Hangings. In the Drapery Department Sixth Floor. Three-pair lot of regular $5.00 val ues at, per 'pair , $2.00 One-pair lot of regular $6.25 values at, per pair $2.65 Four-pair lot of regular $9.00 val ues at, per pair $3.25 Three-pair and four-pair lots of reg. $10.00 values One-pair lot of regular $11.50 val ues at, per pair $4.25 One-pair lot of regular $13.00 val ues Silk Madras at, pair $3.95 One-pair lot of regular $12.00 val ues Silk Madras' at, pair $5.35 Four-pair lot of regular $13.25 val- at, pair $4.00 ues at, per pair $6.00 PRINCESS DRLSSLRS SPECIAL $14.50 This exceptionally well-constructed and well-finished piece, selected from our line of low-priced dressers, in the golden oak. Has shaped bev eled French-plate mirror, and the top drawer has serpentine pattern front. On sale today and Tuesday at the above special price. .fin SALE, OF HAMMOCKS Our entire line is offered at greatly reduced prices today and luesday. the variety of patterns and wide range of prices will enable a pleasing selection to be made. $2.50 Hammocks reduced to $2.75 Hammocks reduced to $3.no Hammocks reduced to $3.50 Hammocks reduced to $4.25 Hammocks reduced to $4.50 Hammocks $1.65 $1.95 $2.45 $2.95 $3.65 $5.25 Hammocks reduced to $6.25 Hammocks reduced to $t!.T5 Hammocks reduced to . . ". . . $T.25 Hammocks reduced to $8.00 Hammocks reduced to $8.25 Hammocks reduced to ..$3.95 ij reduced to. $4.45 .$5.45 $5.75 .$6.00 $6.45 $6.55 IN THE FUMED OAK QUAINT FURNITURE, The "quaint" designs have brought within the jrieans of the most moderate incomes the possibility of artistic homes. The style lends itself happily to the most inexpensive of furnishings, requiring only the keynote of har mony and simplicity. With the added touch of individuality, the simplest home may be made truly artistic. Quaint furniture is made for nearly every place in the home, as well as for the club, the cafe, the hotel. Our showing of this popular type of furniture is most extensive the designs show individuality the work of the best craftsmen, designers and builders .a s arm W 1 , Witftl I, kJU V 111 DINING CHAIRS SPECIAL S1.95 A design in the quarter-sawed golden oak, polished f inish.with brace arms, shaped wood seat and well - turned posts, legs and rounds. Plain yet attract ive and su bs tantial dining chair at the above special price today and Tuesday. BS? GAS RANGE-S Are made in many sizes and 1 styles, and so constructed as to meet every demand for an efficient and economical gas range. The scientific con struction of burners enable the proper mechanical mix ture of gas and air to be se cured, and there are many other practical and conven ient features which are WOrt h V of th rnmiantt'nr. of all intending nurchasers of a ras mno-c W n o i 0 o ' - mvui on liberal payment terms. " 7T Prompt and Careful Attention Given to AH Mail Orders and Out-ofTown Iaatiries. 2t- pv Y0W sj3rTi Sy9 SFSQ ffjt r - 1 ,H; , at j! J 1 " A' : J S- Ml S 0r,!PLITE:10U5E-FURin5tER5 2j f fV u fjSAHC TO) FuTTiiturt Upholiterins, Kt pairing and . Refuru&hi-.g, B.st at !fftt l.f it V 1 f L' a Fhon i:x, ;t ))