The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-02


tation will yield about So per acre annual
~, and the labor bestowed applies a.so
10 the cultivation of corn, which produces
an average Of forty bushels per acre with
out cultivation, except to cut out the Ten
der briars twice with tine machete. after
which it shades the ground Fertilizers
are unknown. If Honduranian concludes
he wants little rice he plants il. rest
ing then until it is ripe, when it is thrown
on the ground and a mule turned loose
over it, tramping out the grain.
Sugar cane grows twenty to twenty-five
feet high, renewing Itself for twenty years
without replanting; runs 60 tons to the
acre and yields two cuttings per year. The
quality of the juice is without doubt the
hnest in the world: yet there are no mills
and no sugar culture on a commercial
scale. fair quality of rum is made from
it. the sale of which the government con-
trolls, but contracts for its distilling with
private parties. BY proper migration Hon
duras could easily become one of the great
cotton countries of the world. for the plant
is indigenous and in its wild state assumes
the form of tree producing a fiber longer
and finer than the best grade OF sea is
land. The labor of planting is unneces-
sary as a plantation lasts twenty years
requiring only pruning. Some years ago an
American near here managed to get a few
bales together, and shipped them to New
Orleans, where they brought the highest
market price. There viii be large fortunes
made in Honduras cotton when Americans
out soij loorn oe tti M r,.,,7, ~,
80, +l,o,,, - s 60 C,4
farmers coI,rI find Iore al,,ns+ = 7,Ir1Jo7to
az tbei o, -, ,..I
lands nyol,,oi,,e, 81, ~ -, 80. o1,
as all of the delicious vegetables and mel
ons essential to the comfort of family and
labor. one is at a loss for suitable words
TO exnress adn,iration of ~ bo,,,,teo,,s
resources and genial climate thai awails
the guiding hand of intelFieent Iahor Thai
noble tree. perhaps moi king. but saw nrince
of the forest. the nine is, found here in
more grandeur and extent than have n,,a,.
seen. Our own yellow nine with rich b,,t
latent stores of turpeutine and lumber suf
ficient to stimulate the commerce of two
worlds-Europe and America for uncount-
ed years is here resting. lust waiting lis
turn in the course of events to take the
place of Georgia ana Florida's devastated
forests in supplying the world with naval
stores and lumber. Bordering these plains
of yellow pine are broad savannas of
choice cabinet wood, among which cedar
mahogany and rosewood are most abund-
ant.
A party Of Georgians is now maturing
plans for the construction of a railroad
that viii penetrate this vast area of TIM
Der, and arabic lands, which when com
pleted, viii quicken the pulse of trade and
industry in this garden spot of America
Steamers from New Orleans, Mobile ana
Charleston regularly comb the coast for
bananas. Only an average of three DAYS
IS occupied in the outward trip, while
sailing vessels frequently make Key West
or Tampa in three and one-half to four
days. This in Itself is an important fac
tor, and when coupled with the excellent
qualities and large size of our fruit. pre-
sents an attraction for the steamers and
fruit merchants difficult to resist. In the
savannas through which the new road ia
to go punches of bananas are grown so
large it is difficult for one man to lift
them, while all the country traversed is
the home of the orange which in thet,
wild state are fully up to the standard Of
F'loridas product One of my friends mar
lIeted O00.00G this season, which We're sold
In the states as "Floridas," Indian Riv-
err etc
Speaking of bananas and oranges Hon
duras exported during the Dast clever,
months bananas, $S72 379; oranges SCI GAG
Georgia and Florida shipped this uav
$146 $40 yellow pine and turnentine Ne
cause Honduras is resting. The cold 7ort1,
winds that so MANY seni-tronica1 conn
tries suffer from are broken hora nv, tba
Bay Islands and a tier of coast noun
tains from 1000 70 5000 feet high On that
while we enjoy the exhiljratinp trade winds
the chilly northers are barred out NAV
add that it would be unjust 10 tba readers
10 omit snealsino Of the cocoaput ind,,s-
trv for his already has assumed 1arga
nroportions making good second Win
bananas in the race for commercial sn-
premacy. One having attained The 400 of
hearing (sav eight to ten vearsl The nro-
duct is perpetuaI one vie,ding daily an
amount equal TO the number of frees
p1anted so if one mas g COO trees he nicl,s
= daily average of g O0o nuts which are
aluJa1Js In demand INF NOV ba etor.,I
even tbrea rnonths 10 await I'm ir,nro,,ed
market
"Tbe cattle industry has for many vears
;,td,.;o ol 800 ,lnir i,no,,, o,,d ca