Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-04

~ VERY school boy Is familiar |
~ With the ordinary twine. Ev-
cry housewife uses It i'm her |
daily work; people in thous-
and pursuits find II necessary article !
In their respective lines. But how |
ever commons the household Irvine has
% history with which few are familiar
Would you not like to know some-
hing about the growth cultivation.
and the commercial value of this one
rroduct2 Then let us take an mag
mary trip to the south, TO the lard
who're formerly the Aztec held regal
sway and where today monuments of
trudc architecture proclaim londly 90
his accomplishments. We are In ihe
lRnd of M.Nico, IN the city of Tompico,
he largest harbor of our sister Re-
rublc. We sail UP the Panuco Ry-
er, which IS nafiEatdble for diSt9nrc
81 OPS miles, and and ourselves in
Paupcp. % miles from Tampico, ln
Ne state Of Vera Cruz What Won
drrs OF spontaneous growth pTcscut
hems"lVes To- our unaccustomed eye
~ NC behold The stately palms of
hundred feet in height. the manrcl
trcc of massive size, corn stalks IN
which tho mounted rider can caeily
ie lost 10 sight, and miles OF guinea
grass growing TO a height Of six ar
c'fht foetl Surely one would conclude
bat such a land might rightly ne
Hnmed the land Of Opportunities, !"
nnd 80 il is fur after sleep OF cent
rrieS. during which time her most
fertile lands have lain desolatc, the
'anuco country Is awalIing 10 a SENSE
'l her wonderful agricultural possi-
hilities Thanks 10 Inc gcnius and
Nstutencss of the American, the magic
wand has touched The soil M d
transformed Tho Wild, crude. neglected
A. ,F
nile crops
Less than q decade ego 1t was pos
slhle TO purchase the choicest lands
for onO-hfth To one-tenth the price II
now commands. As q result the eyes
ni the prospective colOniZcr are gay-
ing longingly toward this most prom
ising land. Farmers ana fruit grow
CPS are becoming better acquainted
With the tempting returns from farm
ms m tho tropics IL is true that
certain enterprises nayc failed, due. ~
course, 10 reckless mismauagemcut on
pycrspccplaton. The truth remains
HAT in the hands of 'ongcrVatiyc men
an moneys invested are sure 10
prove ag bread cat upon the waters'
10 return with blessed increase 20 the
Investor
rut we were going 90 ton you sninc-
thing about thc fiber plant known ~
the Henequiw Il Is only in recent
years lhNi attention npA neon given
10 cultivation cf this important plant.
IN the first place the hbcr plan, Ia IN
dieenous TO the soil Of Panuco n ~
IN every regard native OF this rcc-
ZION Of country The prolific fertu-
ny NJ the soil ana the steadily lncrras-
ing demand for this product together
With the large margin made bY The
producers warrant the promifc
of It's becoming one u the most Inn
portant commercial plans In thu world.
IN consideration on those fpi'ts local
men have developed marked Interest
in this hitherto unnppreciated fiber
and have for months past made care
ful experiments and study with "a Wow
OF establishing themselves Ia this LAND
OF inexhaustlble resources.
For centuries pas, tho native Ioul
has used he hber In the manufacture,
OF the various crude articles such al
rope, bags. lariats brides cordage
and seines. The natives knew thai I
possessed many advantage over othol
fimilar hbers and soon learned Ia ms,
" exclusively In making his ropes ,,n,
cords. The application of mode,
IDEAS Of agriculture have obtnin.,