The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-15
poBAsoO SAUCE.
How Justice White Missed Being
"a Partner II the Business.


"a Partner II the Business.
Cincinnati Enquirer: Justice White
of the supreme court of the United
States was in Cincinnati a few days
ago, and while dining with a party of
friends, rather startled them by saying
that had it not been for a trifiing
thing l would today be a manufac-
turer of Tobasco Sauce instead of a
member Of the highest tribunal under
the government" His friends begged
for the story, and he told them. He
was a young man living in Louisiana,
his lodging being a cheap boarding
house. One day a man dropped in at
dinner time. They had roast beef on
the table, and after being helped to a
! share, the stranger took from his
pocket small box containing a red
dish powder, which he sprinkled over
his beef. This, of course. attracted the
attention of those about him at the
table. Before the meal was through
with, the stranger said to a gentle
man who sat alongside of him:
Il suppose you and your friends are
rather myStified al my actions. l have
been in Mexico for number of years
living in a little town known as To-
basco. The. natives Whereabouts have a
wild plant that grows in that country
in great abundance, the leaves of
Americans do pepper. 1t is a wonder
full thing, and l believe that 1 could
not get along without it in the eating
of meats. All those about the table,
particularly one of the boarders, a
young man named McIlheny inquired
fully as to this wild plant McIlheny
and the present supreme court justice
Mr.. White, then a struggling lawyer
were intimate friends. That night
they discussed the Mexican plant and
McIlheny told his friend he thought it
would be a good thing for them to put
in couple of hundred dollars apiece
and one go TO Mexico and investigate
the matter, for there's millions in it,"
said McIlheny
Justice White was rot so enthusiastic
as was his friend, who for several days
endeavored to prevail upon him to
raise couple of hundred dollars and
they would together put the plant
upon the market if it was what had
been claimed for it. Justice White at
last got into the humor to put up the
money, when he discovered that he
could not raise it, try hard though he
did. His friend went to Mexico alone.
He found things just as the stranger
guest had said, and invested what
money he had. The land was valued
at only a couple of cents an acre and
on account of the cheapness he man
dSed 10 get great deal of it. He
started in al once, gradually turning
out what is known as Tobasc0 sauce,
the name being taken from the little
town in Mexico. His business grew in
wonderful way, as no article of rabia
use ever had the run that Tobasco
sauce had He opened up another plan
tation not far from New Orleans. !
planting a great deal of the strange |
plant. He added hundreds of acres |
more lana to the first purchase in Mex !
leo, and that he uses now as a sort of !
stock farm for his southern plantation. |
starting the plants in Mexico and re- |
moving them to the Louisiana planta-
ton. He is worth millions and millions |
of dollars, and his name is known to |
every good liver. Had Justice White
been able to raise couple of hundred
dollars at the time he would be in busi-
ness with Mr.. McIlheny as a producer
of Tohasco sauce.