Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-03
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES In JAMAICA.
American Capital Prof,aby nvestedForunes in Ora nses
eananas and Bamboo-Enslish Sugar-Panters Down
on Their Luck" while Foreigners Prosperins in
Othor Enterprises.

lars In extensions, which. when COM
pieted. viii open up the richest lands
Of Jamaica. us well as some
Of the most enhancing tropical scenery
In the whole wide world.
one American ~ my Acquaintance de-
voted himself 10 the raising Of oranges
about i've years ago. and last season
shipped $4,000 boxes " them from Ju-
maica go New York-and cleared a dol
lar a box on the lot. Though oranges
grow wild on this island. and have never
before been cultivated for commerce,
there are fow localities which produce
finer ones. and none wher the climate
II better adapted to their raising. An
other OF my countrymen II making a
fortune In plantations. another In sweet
potatoes and another In bamboo. The
latter spontaneous growth nourishca
wonderfully In Jamaica, and there IL
almost no limit 20 the uses to which II
may be put. from the building Of houses
TO the making Of carts and furniture.
After many experiment. and almost as
many failures. our Yankee friend dis
covered that bamboo fibrc has certain
elastic and incomprosslblc properties.
which make n without rival for some
purposes So he built a big factory
away up on Black river. In the In
terror OF the island. and set down 90
the converting OF bamboo nbrc into
wheels OF railway carriages. II IN said
20 be the very bert article now used for
chat purpose. holding oil like n sponge.
never hardening and never wearing out.
ana the demand Tor n Il great, both In
Europe and In America.
The Yankees show more originality
than the Suns Of Britain In their ways
u moncy-gciting, and are always on
the look out for new avenues Of enter
- al al NaN
raising and lta sidc-isauos. rum and mo-
lsSses. do not return from she fleid In
disgust. OF sit down and growi. ~ the
EngllFhmen do when the market IL
Fiuitci and sugar depressed. hut make
shift with other crops tiil times Inn
prove. They get along n good deal bet
/ ter. too, with thc negroes. who are the
! only lahorrra 90 b. had here. While
4 the EnRiishmcn are forever In trouble
1 with the blacks, hiifvlrg thnm 10 he
| incurrigihiy laxy. the American rail-
road builders. manufactures AMI plant
| err, who employ hundreds ~ negro la
| horers. declare that they work we'll
| enough. N fair wages are promptly paid.
unds~ English management man re-
= reives n shilling day and female
house-servant three Fhiillna week,
and both "nnd Themselves" nut .hls
scan,y hire IL purposcly kept In arrears
20 tina; n the iahorsra come late and
lrrcguiaTly u can he cut down 20 what.
ever the employers choose 90 give. I'm.
| der such conditions men and women II
any color could hardly he expected "a
he very keen for working particularly
/ when living" from the black mans
standpoint. costs next TO nothing.
The negro peasantry appear 10 be 4
| Eood-tcmpsred set. kindly disposed and
respectful when properly treated; hui
easily spoiled by too good treatment OF
had. like fhfir rice elsewhere. In mind
they are like children. easily excited and
turni IN mischief. but Just ~ easily
lead In the right direction. Prominen,
among their befeitinE sins II n tendency
| 90 confuse mruin - teum In the matter
| OF cattle. plump chickens. roasting
ears ana good ripe MELONS. Nothing q.
| gained by bringing them Into court Tor
pllferlng. for they VIII never testify