Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-09
MAGNITUDE OF
BANANA BUSINESS.
Some Surprising Figures Indicating
Amount Of this Fruit Produced
by one Firm.
I2o,00o,0Oo.0O INVESTED IN lr.
And the Industry is Yet in Its In
fancy--Utah People Have
Good Thing

To show the gigantic nature of the
enterprise engaged In by the Tampi-
70 Fruit Company OF this city. and the
faith that capitalists have in the BAH
ana industry 1t Is noted that the Unit
I'd Fruit Company OF Mexico has $40
poo, 10000 invested in this one bust
hess.
In the financial statement OF the an
iuai report OF this company they state
that the number OF punches OF bananas
banded by their company for the rs
ial year reached q total OF 2S,4l3S9S
punches. During the preceding twelve
months they handled 19,636,572. This
shows gain by only one company of
nearly 1000 600 punches In the last
fear. Just think of it--thenty three
and one-half million punches of bana-
pas imported by one company In one
rear-and the industry is still in its in
!ancy,
The uses to which bananas may be
put are many. Ia addition to be-
big used as a fresh fruit, they can be
made Into very fine grade of pastry
iour.
Banana -four Is already an important
Industry, and holds an important place
b. the commercial world.
]. II. Pennington. Promoter of the
Enterprise at Havana, and who had
several tons of the product on exhibi-
don at the st. Louis Exposition, said:
nag on for the last few months at Puer-
10 Principe have shown that we have
been wrong In our figures all along. be-
sause we have been able TO produce
ple flour'and the many other products
from the banana much chea per than we
Calculated upon. We could not be more
Encouraged than we are AT the result
ihown by these experiments.
With reference 10 the value of the
particular tract OF land secured by the
Tampico Company, we reproduce parts
" letter from DR.. q. NJ. Harrison, a
resident OF Panuco near Tampico, who
Iaa resided In Mexico FOR more than IA
FEARS, d.. Harrison had charge OF
he hospital al Tainpico during the time
0le government was building the iettles
and wharf at that place, in which
aearly $4,000 10000 was expended. The
ritter follows
hr. H. r. South, secy,, rampico Fruit
Co.. Salt Lake City. Utah:
Dear slr.--Answering yours of the
Eth Just received, | would say II gives
ne pleasure 10 know sou are going into
yhe banana business in our vicinity.
too, am doing the same thing with
ny place near PanucO
The climate is all right. and the ship
ping facilities better than any places
where bananas are grown. have raised
very class OF bananas I have ever
,lhnted. and have planted every var
fIy cOuAu get ana nave Dffn grow
ng bananas there for il years,
You ought to raise ON one acre COO
lunches per year. and being nearer the
market than ] arm you VIII be able to
fet better price for your bananas
han | get for milne.
NJ 10 health down there, | would say
Is a malariai country and that Ia
about all. ] was IN charge OF the Anl-
rlcan hospital for two years during
he construction of the Jetties and the
Mexican Central Railway. and after
yards for II years practlced my pro-
sssl0n there and | take pleasure In
aging thai l think the chances for
pngeYity are as good there as almost
anywhere. You win fnd no typhoid.
yphus, very llitie rheumatism or heart
youhles. In fact you Will find an OK
mption from many diseases found In
theT parts. As far az malaria Is con-
rrned YOU Will find 1t can be avoide 4
~ taking antl-malaTies. FOR | never
uttered A day with II nor did my
hmlly, There Is no yellow fever there.
hOugll they have had epidemlos In
ranplco. For nifty years they have
lnt had q case Ia Panuca where my
taee Is located
7 think ! have answered all Your III
Dquiries, but III there il any other aues-
Ion you want me 10 answer and | can.
Will he glad 10 give you the beneft OF
That know az thai country
Wishing YOU every prosperity IN your
Nv undertaking, J am Yours truly,
tSigned) G. NJ HARRISON.