New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-26

quantities b Of rubber and coffee hgnd de dur
pany's plantations and equipment at its tropical
divisions is over s15,Oo0.OO0 Of which nearly
$4,000 Is in Costa Rca and over 81 800 coo in Cuba
Owing 10 the quick handling OF fruits from the
lent Ta8aT an sr 4nnGs soPsed ie bg the
Inlted Fruit Company, IL has been enabled 70
very limits OF the DakOtas and throughout the
canadian Dominion, TO which until recsnt years
The United Fruit Company is in excellent hnan-
ea eohdi1ion TO maintain its go-aead policies:
$l00C70. while accounts Credits given upon
up to beyond oS T Pis sns ample ies Work
ing ing capital even for The immense - business
ana EXHIBITS a continuation Of the same healthy
S1 A., that mas characterized u rom tne start
ne surplus now amounts TO nearly SS@O1O Cen
eraI 3n1ces arc at No la Safest, Boston and
Baltimore and Mobile,
The population OF Panama Is now at a minimum
anu anu vii De unit! the new currency system goes
INTO eject ana the work OF sanitation and canal
little or Industrial movement there. As saon
however as these matters are under way and neces-
oPnaen{ VIII go ahead at rapid gait and business
The Republic OF Panama cannot undertake to es-
ia bsh new tariff system without the consent
Of the United states The Canal Commission has
i tSs me country ianhIra would be al a dectued
from that which will be established by the United
The two chief cities Of Panama are Panama.
with population Of thirty thousand. and Colon,
EoW19e being on S Aanc sGa Of the f sthm9
VIII undoubtedly record The greater growth. and
man believe VIII be the principal city.
Business on the west, Pa aihc side continued
Mr.. Adler, SIS mainly done with San Francisco ana
Europe. New-Orleans at pres I does little bust
ness on the Pacific Slope, Owias to lack of salts
Tho trade Of A. Adler & Co. is largest with
NlC2rag qua though splendid business is done with
British and Spanish Honduras and Guatemala.
rounded Immediately after the war by Matthias
IiiTsCh and Abraham Adler. that partnership round
81 out the fun complement for success. With the
death of MeSsTS. HirsCh and Adler the control
passed to the estate of the latter with William
Adler as managing partner. Jacob Adler. ia
now the managing head entered the partnership
The success Of William Adler in the wholesale
mercantile business has been followed By a like
success as banker. He is president Of one OF
-OTleans'S strongest financial institutions. the
State National Bank The growth Of the State Ma
tonal has been noteworthy, the deposits being
over Sc 100000 compared with 81 600. eco only
fed with the financing OF important Central Ameri-
can enterprises and is especially equipped handle
United States and foreign collections in those coun
tries.
In addition to the general business done in
groceries, wines and liquors, this firm handles
heavy ConFignments Of rice and other Louisiana
staple products and receives large importations OF
Central mertcan rubber and coffee
The transportation companies plying between
every way 10 give the merchants OF New-Orleans
and other cities the most accurate knowledge of the
COuntrys needs and commercial conditions. When
possible they induce the manufactures or merchant
TO make q personal trip and for himself the
vast opportunities afforded. Among those who have
awaited themselves Of these facilities is Mr.. Jacob
OF A. Adler & Co. Mr. Adler made the trip short
time ago. and on his tour visited the important
where. In speaking OF matters that most strikingy
impressed him, ne said:
In the cities OF Colon and Panama everything
was IN state OF chaos. The new Congress OF