New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-22
GUAN0 BONANZA.
Nesc-York Company acquires ISL
ands in Pacific and Gulf of Merico.
EFFECT ON THE WORLDS SUPPLY.

/ for arrangements have been completed by new
corporation of enterprsing capitalists to place at
the service of the cotton and growers OF the
United States. and the agriculturst5 of the world
| generally, wherever extensive husbandry Is pur-
sued. vast supply of unadulterated guano OF the
highest grade.
4 Articles of incorporation OF the American Guano
\ Company have just been fled. with nominal capi-
tai the intention being to increase it to S0Oo0OO In
the near future and soon as certain plans ana
arrangements on foot take DEFINITE shape
None of the stock Is offered for sale. DR. w Grant
| Hague, of New-York. is the president OF the com
pany. Gould ]. Little is secretary. L. r. Broyles'
head Of Spencer, Stillwen & Co. and of the Union
| Luncheon Box Company, is vice-presldent, 4hese
| two gentlemen hold the controlling interest
! The company has arranged for a fleet OF vessels
20 go into regular service early date. deliver
! ing the guano gathered from their islands at the
most convenient ports the great agricultural
! centres Of the United States and Europe
At the present moment of the feet Is on us
zyav to guano island In the Caribbean Sea that is
! secured by the company and is carrying timber
and other material for the erection OF wharVes'
loading apparatus barges and other accessories 10
| 4 large and important guano trade
| The company has acquired ownership IN Iee' hoI
| guano gathering rights merely. to certain guaho
islands In the Caribbean Sea. the Gulf of Mexico
| and the Pacific Ocean, the latter within two days
sail Of Honolulu. and practically controls the suao
| output of the world.
The existerce OF the vast deposits owned by the
American Guano Company has long been known
dealers in fertilizers and others, but the uouoe
has been that they have been unable to make prac-
teal use of their knowledge It being Impossible 70
acquire good title the Islands. or even the prV-
Iege of gathering the guano royalty. by reason
either of acrimonious litigation. that has barred
every attempt utilize the valuable deposits, OF
10 strengthen out the chaos Of legal tangles that
contending heirs have wound themselves up in, or
else because OF supineness or lack Of energy and
enterprise on the part OF those who held the title.
arising possibly from imperfect knowledge OF the
best way realize the potentia! riches at their
disposal.
that 1t has acquired by purchase and settlement all
these conflicting claims and these dormant rights
and expects within three months TO be delivering
10000 tons a month OF high grade guano. equal 10
the famous Peruvian. with guarantee of its aoso-
lutte genuineness and indisputabo certificate
of the chemical analysis OF the guano from each
island, in order that the up to date. scientific
farmer. planter. nurseryman and extensive i'm
proven OF the soil may know just what he Is get
ting.
This new supply comes Just in the nick OF time.
Hitherto the great demand for guano has been
met from the famed Peruvian deposits but mas
much as this source has been worked for long
series of years. II has been an anxious question as
10 where the future supply is TO come from.
What is guano? \ dozen answers may be given
to this question, depending upon the listeners I'M
Outstanding OF the meaning and Of his experience
with the article that he has handled by this name.
To many 1t merely conveys the idea of fertilizer
generally In Southern States there ara factories
devoting themselves TO the manufacture OF fer
be a natural product reinforced or adulerated by
Those who are fully acquainted with the subject
its results the product that nature and natures
fessor Pendleton, In his ''Treatise on Sclentlhc
talns in itself each and ali the feruizinE !ngre-
clients when are mus AT once ana ny
reached by the mechanical mixture Of several sub
of fertilizers generally" The futility of trying to
copy guano IS dealt with by Dr. Noelcker as foI-
position of milk far better than we know the com
make Of casein sugar butter ash ingredients and
water all in the proper proportions can hardly be
milk to produce the same physiological effect as
real milk And SO 1t is with our substitutes Tor
''Guano" is derived from Peruvian word. As at
present used IL applies the excretiOn of sea
6irds, penguins. gannets divers cranes cormorants.
famingoes. etc. The highest quality OF guano is
that deposited by birds that have lived exclusively
G1ano was used by the ancient Peruvfans long
before the spaniards visited their country. prob
Vo3 Tf aI br Ine t"en ~ T3ne IN
1904. bat it untn the middle OF the nine
came generally known. Baron Won Liebig the
father OF agricultural chemistry. In 1870 first demon
scribed the nutrient and stimulating value Of its
component parts and the order Of the effects pro-
For commercial purposes 1t may be said that the
and potash. The potash forms the stem the fabric,
the phosphorc acid insures the health vitality
that are necessary to produce good fruit
me quality OF grade OF Suano depends upon the
natural 1t is found that the largest proper
ion Of ammonia Is e92taired in the guano de-
American Guano Company is especially fortunate.
It's islands being some distance from the main
land in every case, unfrequented by shore birds
the gGano consequently containing few foreign
substances. and showing a large percentage OF
What an excellent quality this is may be known
highest of,
ent time does not contain more than per cent OF
o faa a Psf ee quantities are sold containing
With such variation In the most efficient in
plant grower Is frequently disappointed and loses
faith in the numerous highly recommended com
thing in which he place implicit confidence that
it is what it pretends to be. He knows that guano
quality is still 10 be had Hundreds ana thousands
crs aericuItursts husbandmen piantt rs nurserv
men all over America and Europe are eager for a
Ard well they might be- for the results Of its
intelligent use are simply wonderful. One ton OF
guano will fertilize four to six acres and will ac
cording to authoritative reports: triple the product
OF those acres That Is TO say II is estimated that
OF land will cause that to produce in market
could possibly have produced without the gGano
So that matter how cheap corn. cotton or sugar
TO the interest Of the grower to use glano. Fur
thermore, with the use Of guano that is guano
the land be in continuously season after
season without the necessity of periodically letting
II lie faIlow Tor nature The sun and the air TO
In short for genuine guano It Is generally con-
meet this demand the American Guano Company
state that they have at least twenty-five million
tons in sight on their islands. How long this sup
ply will last there recent statistics at hand
70 show In 1863 It is reported that $3.50 of
Peruvian guano alone were exported subsequent
years showing decreasing figures some extent
bas 49, ~ 81 go wen me demand
these figures are no reliable guide to the actual de-