Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-04
The Fiber and Operated Utah Tropical Fruit Fiber

leaves made up in bundles. tied. and
carried to the nearby cleaning shed. In
many instances the machinery is crude
with a cleaning capacity of 3 600 leaves
per hour, but where modern machinery
Is employed a capacity of 100000 leaves
in the same time is reached.
Consider the meager costs OF produc-
ing the fiber. The plant may he had for
IL cents each. The frugal Peon asks
for his labor 80 cents day. with which
TO board himself and provide for his
other simple needs. One pound of fiber
is marketed at from 2 to ~ cents per
pound on ship board In New York II
is worth from s to 8 cents. Where the
yield Is 2.15O pounds of fiber per year
tan average crop the cost of produce
ing Is but S61.S7; shipping charges to
coast cities IN the United States are
S6,3i per ton, or on ESQ pounds, sS.75.
making the entire cost of production
including freight. duties, etc, on one
acre, S10.62; at SIC cents per pound one
acre yields s23375. leaving a net profit
of Sl6S.lj, Accordingly, on a planta-
ton OF 1000 acres, the handsome profit
Of Sl63 1900 can be realized on the fiber
alone.
This one source of revenue would in
.tself prove sufficiently tempting 10
prospective investors. but this same
little plant offers even additional revo-
the pulp of the leaf Forty To nftv
pounds of glue selling value cents per
pound, can be made from 1000 leaves
I)educting the cost Of production which
Is comparatively high, being about SO
per cent, we have from this one yield
about 1913 to the acre, which pays for
all operating expenses, freight and du-
/ ties Did you know that some very
line soap Is produced from this leaf and
that muciiage Of high commercial value
comes from this same little plant? II
is not necessary 10 base these claims
on vain expectations or empty homes
for the future; years of experience Nv
trained observers and agriculturists
have proved the absolute safoness of In
yestments IN this industry. Read what
the New York Herald says OF this prod
uct: THE market ls good. the demand
being greater at all times than the out
put; the crop rs certain: there is little
| or no risk; no skilled labor is required
| for cultivation ur the overseeing of the
| work; the plant Is one Of The hoartiest
| known, and the prospects for it's fu-
ture as an article OF commerce are I'M
! bounded one may asked for what
/ purposes this fiber rs used, Think OF
| the numerous articles, such as binding
| twlne. grain saCks, hand bags, mat
| tlngs, brushes for securing and toilet
| purposes ana all kinds Of cordage from
! the very finest threads 60 the coargest
| ropes, It's greatest use in our country
- tile manufacture OF binder Irvine
the demand for which N being greatly
augmented by the introduction OF nu-
merous harvesting machines and other
agricultural labor saving appliances
which call for the use of binder Irvine.
Then too the increase OF our merchant
marine VIII mean vast consumptlon
OF ropes and cables so much used on
ship board There Is also constant
increase with the development of civil
ization of the structural iron Industry.
bridges, buildings, etc. which causes
a growing demand for strong and
heavy cable, IN short this fiber Is a
prominent member of the flora OF
the earth that seems 10 have been cree
ated by Infinite wisdom for the uni
veIsal aud daily use of the human race
Summing up the vast inducements
which the Panuco country offers 10 the
careful, sagocious agriculturalist one
may say, the suitable location, the rilh
soil, temperature rainfall and general
climatic conditions, the great profu-
sion of citrus fruits such as oranges,
lemon and lines, which as children OF
nature spring up everywhere spontane-