The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-11
THERE'S PLENTY OF MONEY.
MEN WITH ANGIFT FOR MAKING IT
CAN FIND IT ANYWHERE.

even IN The middle OF the Sahara Desert. Hero
and there, Ia out.oi.;hc.yay places that many OF
us nuvCr hoard OF, mcn nrc to-day making
fortunes amply because they have tho money
mixing Instinct end can sec opportunities TO ac-
quirc property where the ordinary map would
think - hard scrabbiinR 10 keep tho wolf from
tho door. Tho illgl' %rations OF this fact that arc
gwen be'ow are proof that tho right sort OF man
ctn make mCICg anywhere. because he is keen
q iog:,I to sec the particular opportunities which
his environment Affords.
Tho story OF the accumulation Of wealth in
Ennc q! the almost unknown corners OF the
clr'h through tho recent effort OF sharp. far.
SIGHTED mcn Is almost MS marvellous as the
I-owth NJ the lntc Cornelius vnndortilt's for.
tune. T%rnty.sovcn years ago u Young physi-
tian namri Ml'hiyu Anguste Dibciro landed on
thc little island OF st. Thomas. not far from, the
African coast. in the Gull OF Guinea. Before he
left the medical school in Portugal ne had de-
,ided that The ranks OF his profession we're over.
crowded 1t home, and he picked out this little
island ms n place without q physician where
he might build up n good practice among the
natives. So lie landed there In 1870, with money
enough to buy u mule and to keep him In fool
Tor about three months. lie had left his wife
md baby ut home. for he wanted to be sure OF
success before taking his family so far away.
Jc began travelling on his mule through tho
valleys and among tho mountains. healing tho
kick, and coon he had u lucrative practice.
He was the first to recognize the astonishing
fertility OF tho soil OF this island. He had the
perspicacity 10 see that In point OF light. of
humidity and heat, 1t had n great advantage
over any other island along the coast OF West
Africa for the cultivation Of the cocoa tree. This
10 the low tree whose seeds constitute the cocoa
beans OF NJ from which chocolate and
Cocoa are made. and. though 1t wns cultivated
81 L., tI, Ny-.at I.lg.a Nf-.. .-l H..
long before Columbus discoveries the Western
world. 1t had never occurred u any one that the
conditions for growing this most lucrative crop
were more perfect In the lslGn nd of ST. Thomas,
West Africa, than in iuost regions where the tree
Ia grown. This fact was the discovery Of the
struggling young physician and it made him u
rich man. He kept his valuable knowledge TO
himself until his operations became so extensive
that all the world could see what he was doing.
Day and night for years he was OFT on his mule,
visiting the sick. and after he had removed his
family to the island. every cent that he could
save wen. into tho purchase OF land. Land was
cheap. and In n few years he was the owner OF
various tracts that aggregated n large area. AS
fast as he bought land no hired natives to set out
tho young plants that he raised In nursery
grounds till they were about fifteen inches
high. lilo took part in this work himself,
and lis wife also assisted him in
setting out plants. People looked on and won
dercd, and II nevc" s'cmci to occur to them
T,,,,,, i,.. ,ho nuu,tan. :, n,ah III ~;
"v'ni s"a IL h''s'ohs U 'ieh' "eli'"atercu
so", humid atmosphere. freedom from cold
FRO eu.erti,i for ,ho .rrcosa,,,, u,,tSs,,n ms - III. ~.
NJ - 'u'~'a'roho inc
io"o tree. They did not begin to wake up until
he began to market his product. and then they
WV that he had another form Of gold mine and
logan to 10 into cocoa raising themselves.
II was four years after his plants we're set ont
e.oie II trees began 10 Dear al all. ana II was
eieht years before they attained fan productive
remilv wcrs i;v;n. o,r,os, t., $500 nH. ~
al" aa" ahe T %one Hl he c a',np'' earn I'm i n"rsr msrs su as4ss'
not oo,row money on any security he could oher'
faith in his experment His work ,hrroaor.
was l,mite hv III. c,n,,a, bn ron,I r,Sn y na
went along. but when he began to send
the finest OF COO, beans TO NJ ,rk,t de.
velopment wa. more rapid. In 1888 DR..
Bibeiro. eighteen years after he had landed on
an obscure island which many Portuguese had
try. was already regarded at home as n very
,c,s NJ liz n,onta.;ons rha.sh In 80
uc,s OF Sis plantations. Though still a young
ness and return to Portugal with his family. az
-. .a,..au ~ =. = oi.uS. -, AZ i'hhiy; 30
ne SOFA al MS property 10 the Banco Ultra
marino for $l.4OO,O 900 ami returned home worth
considerably over two millions. After nine more
years of cultivation and dcveiopment the Man.
iefJons he disnosed ~ ara nnyr naIuad -, 90 90
400 q 'po'' '" arc ~" 'a'"ou "' %-'-
THIS younr man found what an ;sIond ,y,s
good for. and there WAS n fortune; in the Iisc"u,
ery, n WAS easy enough Tor others IN toiiour IN
the path he made; and it is really due 70 Dr.
Bibeiro that this African island tn.day has the
aspect of one great niantation on which Labor IL
richly remunerated. Sixty thousand nersnns
live on the little Island eren I oo1 Ghinns bons
heard Of it and gone there 10 live, and if ia tho
home OF 5000 Writes. The nlant tbnt has 81 Won
the island its greatest nrosperity shonId II net ' hn
COMPOUNDED with the cocoannt uelU1 which IL ia
another thing entirely. ~ " I"
Thirty-ive years ago n DOOR German lad
America and settled not far from, santos In
Brazil. It was not long before 1t occurred TO him
that coffee was In large demand ali over tho
civilized world and that a very good article was
being raised In Brazil. He decided TO give his
life 10 corfee.raisinr' Land was cbean and in
the course Of years he enlarged the bounds Of
the few modest acres win which he heyan
business until today he owns whit ia said
to bc the second largest coffee pIentaJion
a.