Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-13
HERE'S A NEW
FOOD PRODUCT
Banana Coffee is Said to be an
Excellent Substitute for
The Real Thing.
A PRODUCT OF THE
MEXICAN BANANA,
Its Sale is Already Enormous and In n
Few Years 1t Will be Known
Everywhere

Prof A. f. Spawn of RIO Blanca
Vera Cruz, Mexico. Is the inventor o.
the process that takes bananas nom
the stem and transforms them into
a substitute fcr coffee a drink that
is declared by those who have tasted
1t as being the nearest substitute for
coffee yet offered the public
Prof. Spawn mas not offered HIS
product for sale in the United States
except to limited extent. IL enjoys
a wide sale In Mexico where the de-
mand Is said to exceed the supply.
PrSf Spawn has a daughter liv-
ing in Salt Lake City; she is Mrs. l..
II. Davis, wife OF real estate dealer
of ehis city by that name. Mrs.
Davis was attracted by reports print
ed in the paper about banana raising
In Mexico and read the report OF Mr..
George Y. Stevenson of Layton. who
recently visited the plantation OF the
Tampico Fruit Company. ar. Stew
enson referred IN his report to ban
ana coffee and Mrs. Davis clipped the
notice and sent IL TO her father. Prof
Spawn replied by sending samples OF
his product with the request that Mrs.
Davis call on the Tainpico Fruit Co.
and invite them to correspond vita
him with view to making a contract
TO establish a factory on their PLAN
tation. The plantation is located
ideally for such a plant. There Is no
other place In the entire Republic
which affords such facilities for ship
ping either inland or TO the coast
cities. and il would be to their mutt
ual advantage to form such an ar
rangement.
II will increase the value OF the raw
porduct at least 100 per cent which
means great deal when added TO the
already remarkable profits this In
dustry yields, and viii also Insure nice
profits To the manufactures.
a freight rate OF sl.25 per hundred
pounds to common points In the Unit
ed States win make Il possible to ship
the product to this country and IN
such an event the possibilities are un-
limited. There's millions In II,
That Utah people can handle such
a problem is matter OF congratula-
tlon and as time goes on, it is demon-
strated more and more that the pro-
moters of the TampicO Fruit Co, have
made no mistake. In fact there is a
fortune awaiting those who engage
In raising what Edward w. Perry OF
New York calls THE Golden Treas
ure Of the Tropics"
FitSgerrells guide 10 Tropical Mex
leo says OF Prof Spawn:
Great credit IL due Prof. A. II.
Spawn. for making known the value
or the banana as "A food product He
has travelled over q greater part of
lllt lTopitdl lIuil cpulliIitk OF lflt
world, and for twenty years has made
n study OF pure, nourlshlng foods:
preserving fruits and vegetables, and
transporting the same I'm the fresh
state to distant markets. II Is his
opinion that there Is nothing on earth
az valuable for food. as the banana.
lie made banana -four eighteen years
ago In Australia. His latest disoov-
cry Is banana coffee, and 10 transform
the most nutritious fruit OF the world
into a beverage is great triumph.
II Is an excellent substitute for cof-
fee and although Ii has been on the
market for but short time. many
are drinking II for itself: not because
II Is more beautiful than the real cof-
fee. IL possesses a taste and arr
oma heretofore found lacking In cot
fee substitutes,
Following Is a menu OF Spawn ban
ana -four products Cream OF banana
soup. breakfast food. niush, griddle
cakes. waffles, frittera fried mnsh.
bread. brown bread, biscuit, crackers.
fruit cake, fruit layer cake. sugar
cookies. cup cake, cooffee cake. pie,
plum pudding. coffee, Ice cream. con-
fecuonery. etc, etc.