The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-10-21
HONDURAS IS FULL
OF INVESTMENT CHANCE
Opportunities for Capital to Earn
Rich Returns in Southern
Republic.

In "A recent report United States Cor
sui Linard, of Celba, draws attention
TO the commercial activity in that
part of the Honduran Republic. He
says that Ceiba, a port on the north
coast of Honduras, less than LOO
miles south of New Orleans, popula-
ton officially estimated at 500,
probably offers tn the enterprising
American business man or investor
of modern means better inducements
and opportunity than may be found
in anv of the Central American towns
bordering the Caribbean Sea.
The steady growth during the past
seventeen years from single hut to
the present population and CONNER
cial importance as Il shipping port
and distributor of merchandise for
the adjacent towns and vicinity has
been due to the large trade in tropi-
cal fruit to New Orleans and Mobile.
These cities send no less than ~
steamers monthly to Ceiba bringing
cargoes of hardware, canned and dry
goods. boots, shoes and leather goods
sawed lumber, corrugated iron, ana
general assortment of mixed mer-
chandise, and return laden with
| bananas, cocoanuts. and other tropl-
| cal fruit
The climate, while tropical is fam
ned continually by the coming trade
winds of the Atlantic and extreme
heat is the exception; the percentage
of sickness is very low as compared
with many of the American Gulf
ports, and Ceiba is declared both by
resident and visitors to be healthful
and agreeable. The radius of COM
mercial industry is not alone con-
fined to the boundry lines of Ceiba.
The gradual agricultural development
of the rich and productive farm lands
in close proximity are showing i'm
Droyement and the result of such de-
velopment should mean a good mar
ket for agricultural tools and i'm
plements, light and heavy wagons,
harness, etc, in the near future.
The further development of the
| timber tracts and consignment eX-
portation of the millions of feet OF
mahogany. cedar, and other valuable
hard woods only wait the investment
of capital to construct means for its
| transportation to the seaboard, Ma
hogany trees measuring fet in
diameter and Is feet to the first
| limb are not uncommon in the vast
and virgin forests of this wonder
| fully rich but undeveloped section
The day of the pioneer is past here
enegertic men with capital will find
ample opportunity to become captains
of industry and greatly increase com
merce between the United States and
this part of the Honduras.
The absolute protection of American
interests during the recent reyolu
ton should be an assurance of safety
to timid capital contemplating invest
ment in Honduras. An American
citizen is immune to the government
custom of forced loans during the
war time while his Honduran EN-
ployees are rarely impressed into
military service. Sailing from New
Orleans and Mobile are frequent
three companies operating their line
of mail steamers to this port direct
Freight rates are reasonable, Will,
the cost of passage occupying fou
Gays in transit, is $50.
White and colored washable clothes
are worn to some extent by the bette
classes but their more general us'
is restricted owing to the lack o
laundering facilities at modern cost
This would suggest the installation
of small steam laundry, which
would, doubtless, be a profitable in
vestment to the owners from the
date of operation and certainly a wei
come boon to the residents.
The custom to follow the line o
4 least resistance in the accomplish
ment of duty is recognized ant
respected there as elsewhere il
the tropics. This fact should in
terest people who construct and OPP
crate telephone exchanges. FIT.
subscribers could probably be signed
and the extension of lines to the ad
jacent towns would further increase
the volume of business and incom,
of the company operating
The freight and duty charges upol
bottled beer and soft drinks, import
ed mostly from England and German.
make the cost almost prohibitive il
Ceiba. A brewery and bottling es
Enlistment upon small scale would
not lack a large patronage. Fol
good water, an important factor il
such an industry, the surveys have
been made to pipe it from the mount
aims close bV