The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-23
BULL FIGHT AND
INVESTMENTS
Noble WaTTum, Back From Mex.
leo, Tells of Both.
MONEY TO BE MADE IN SUGAR
RUBBER ALSO OFFERS GREAT
POSSIBILITIES FOR PROFIT
MONEY TO BE MADE IN SUGAR

NOBLE WARRUM, JR-, returned
N yesterday from Mexico, brinEfr.-
with him many tales of the Won
ders of Uncle Sans neighbor % The
south. Mr.. Warrum has been in AIsx-
leo since last October looking into The
possibilities for investment in behalf
of himself and of several Utah and
/ Indiana men. The trip was highly sue
/ cessful, and he intends to return soon
/ He Saw wonderful rubber forests. great
| cane and coffee plantations. and Ian
| fights. In fact, according to Mr.. War
rum, the part of Mexico he visited is
a modern garden Of Eden.
II saw bun fight in Mexico CITY In
/ my way home" said he. six balls
/ were killed during the afternoon.
/ suppose there were 10000 people Ile-e.
/ The agility Of the bull fighters is Tee
/ markable. as anybody who has seen a
I bull fight viii testify. This is partfeu-
/ larry true of the banderiIleros, who
stick the little spears carrying little
/ banners into the shoulders OF the bull
/ to enrage him. They would stand in
/ front of the bull until he was rfgh+
upon them, then stick their banda~fI-
I las into each shoulder and step aside
| like a fash, letting the bull charge mast
| them. The matadOrs, who do the kin
| ing. have wonderful skill I saw one
matador there who stood directly in
/ front Of the bull and never moved. So
( sure was he Of his aim. He plunged
/ his sword right through the animals
/ spine and the bull never moved after
J that struck him, except to sink TO the
/ earth, with his horns at the matador's
| feet A bull fight wouldn't be so bad
/ if it were not for the horses. The bulls
and the men can fight and defend
themselves. but the horses are blind
! folded and helpless.
Sugar Raised Cheaply,
81 spent most of my time in the
! southern part of Mexico, in the vicinity
of Orizaba. and along the Rio Tinto
and the Papalopan rivers. This is the
| tropical part OF the country. and il is
a genuine paradise. It has the richest
| soil in the world, and vegetation grows
/ luxuriantly.
THE opportunities for investment
| are great. Rubber offers the largest re-
turns for those who can wait eight
| years, until trees mature, but sugar
| presents the best chances for imme-
date returns. Sugar can be reased
/ into the United States with tariff add
ed and sold at a profit at half the price
| Of beet sugar.
-Four crops of cane can be raised al
one planting. The yield is on an aver
/ age Of fifty tons Of cane to the acre.
/ Each ton Of cane yields 200 pounds OF
/ white graduated sugar, making 10000
pounds TO the acre This can be sold
at a net profit of 3 cents American
/ money a pound, making the annual
/ profit $500 an acre. AgUardiente. or
cane alcohol. is a hY-prOduct which
/ pays the entire cost of cultivation and
manufacture.
Money Made in Rubber
The big money. however. Is in rub
Der. You would be surprised at the
number Of Americans who are going
I IN there TO plant rubber trees. for
many realize that the natural rubber
forests are being killed and that the
| future supply CT crude rubber must
come from cultivated trees.
Rubber trees can be planted 400 to
the acre. Crude rubber sells for 81
Mexican a pound, or 50 cents Amerl-
can One tree viii produce about four
I pounds a year, making the gross in
come s. gold a tree. The only expenses
are clearing of the brush each year
which can be done for S2.50 an acre,
while The cost Of gathering and mar
keting the rubber is so small it need
scarcely be considered A man who
plants 100 acres TO rubber now ought
10 be sure in eight years Of an income
of $4,000 a year.
The cost Of labor is so cheap there
| that the cost OF production Of every
! thing is low Average wages for ID
borers are about . cents American
a day.
There is money in coffee there. too.
was talking with the owner Of a big
plantation just before left. and ne
I Md me that he sold his coffee at 1s
cents a pound and made a profit Of 10
cents on it.
THE laws are good. The government
protects investments there. The people
I IN that part Of Mexico are hOspitable,
willing 10 work and easy 10 get along
with, and altogether, IL is an ideal
place. / am going back"