Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-22

The price Is quoted now IN the MeXl-
can Herald at from 45c TO soc pound.
The labor question hardly needs any
consideration for the trees require very
little attention and one man can keep
40 acres clear very easily very often
&c acres, 10 all depending on the kind
OF underground,
The consular agent at Tuxpan, where
we are going 70 Inspect land says there
had been experiments made In 1890 Ia
raising rubber in that district and that
II proved a success IN the Interior on
upper lands. The amount OF crude
rubber exported from there In the two
and 0ne-half years preceding 1880 was
g3lSt pounds, but there was no capital
employed In gathering t. the natives
bringing same TO the merchants In
small quantities. The trees were all
wild and scattered all over that por-
ton Of the country
There are some frlenda OF Mr. Allen
down there who own a plantation and
they are very enthusiastic about the
future OF that state The Mexican
government IL going TO drodge and put
In good condition an old canal mat
connects those rubber lands with the
lake that Is connected with the Gulf
of Mexico by a navlgable river and
then the values OF property VIII adj
vance rapidly We shall look about
us well and / viii let you know what
Is going on,
Vanilla and sarsaparllla are grown
abundantly on the lands In the vicinity
OF Tuxpan and boatloads of sarsaporil-
la are seen on the river
here ut Tampico every day There Is
good profit In both these products. The
vanilla vine is planted 900 TO the acre,
when planted with rubber and cocoa,
and win give about GA pounds per acre
The beans measure from six TO ten
Inches In length and the price runs
according TO size, the quotations on
seven, eight and nine inch beans being
as follows last March. Seven men
beans, Sli0O per pound; eight men
beans, $i6.OO, nine inch beans, $1,000,
on one plantation the beans cost $500
per pound to pick, cure ana wrap, be-
Ing wrapped In one pound punches
Corn Is the staple food for the Mexi-
cans lust az wheat Is to the people OF
the United States, and the profits from
same are quite large. Dyewoods are
grown that bring from $1,000 to $1,000
per ton, and on some of the lands small
Quantities of valuable cabinet woods
are found All of the ordinary Nege-
tables Of the more northern climes can
be grown on those same lands, In many
places being grown as side crops TO
assist in subduing the soil for tobacco
and sugar cane" and are source or
profit while the crops that take years
TO mature are being taken care OF.
Sugar can be put on the market at
cost Of 2Bc Mexican money per pound
and will have a market ripht here IN
this country for years to come, the
price given In the Mexican Herald Is
now $3.50 per arroba, an arroba being
equal TO o. pounds. So you see there
are big profits IN all these things II
properly managed. The reason Tor
these big profits lies in the fact that
these virgin soils produce so abundant
~ and the prices paid for labor are so
ridlCulousy low, Sugar cane natures
eighteen month after planting and re-
produces itself for from eight TO twelve
years without replanting, An average
crop is 80 tons to the acre, and the
cane will give ten per cent OF its gross
weight of sugar, often a higher per-
centage than this. Then there Is the
alcohol and other by-products when
sometimes pay dividend besides the
entire expenses of the sugar MILL
l have not decided when l shall 90
10 Havana found there was no reg
ular line of steamers returning TO this
port from Havana, but they usually
80 TO Vera Cruz and then up the coast
10 here. And the fare across TO that
place, without return, Is $500 gold. ]
have come to the conclusion that II l
20 at all It will be by freight steam.
er. and | do not know when that Will
be, The Hotel Louvre is the one |
would have stayed at II had gone. IL |
is one where some people | met In the
city stayed and they say It Is first |
class, reached by cab which you pay
zoe to take you there, Some OF MT
Aliens friends are coming down from
Minnesota, and when they arrive we
are going TO take an eight or ten days
trip up the river 20 look at some lands.
After that we shall also take other side |
trips so It will probably be O month |
before | go TO Cuba. Mr. Allen and |
room together and we pay zoe a day
gold each for room and meals The
place is clean and light, and the meals |
composed OF good, substantial food. |
Have lust had a letter from John of
the 9th. ] hope you are well and |
enjoy your trip as ] am doing. Try |
and run down here.
Yours affectionately,
r.t,fs m ~