The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-12-08
THE OPPORTUNITIES THERE
Fruits Can BE 5rown Abundantly--
MARKET at Their Very Door
Canal Zone Equally as Health.
as City OF Washington.

s. Taylor. who was In charge OF
.hc lir'd Investigations in pomol.
aly. department of agriculture, and
u. IT, Bennett of the bureau OF
cil. to make trip of inspection.
They l.ft Washington for the 18TH.
mus November l5 Taylor secured
his early experience in fruit grow.
ing ON farm in Michigan
The direct purpose of Uncle Sam
in sending agricultural experts to
the canal zone is to develop knJwl
edge regarding crops which can be
raised ON the isthmus in intensive
farming
The canal zone is suited to trop.
ioal fruits. and will have incstima.
Bile advantage that It will be on the
main highway of the world Fruit
growers located near the canal will
have every market of civilization
at their back door so to speak, FOR
,he water freight rates on boats
passing through the canal will be
low. The present difficulty with
many varieties of tropical fruit Is
that they are grown In out--fthe-
way places. whence transportation
!, difficult, irregular and expensive
Now, this agricultural development
of the isthmus is important enough
iu Itself, but from the national
standpoint. is of little consequence
e. impaired with the question o. the
permanent population Of the 'anai
zone. The isthmian canal zone will
presently become the mos, strrrcg'c
bit of dirt under the flag ~ the
United States. If not in the world.
l,s possession, If insured 20 the
United States under ala clntingcL-
cics. will mean the control OF the
Atlantic and Pacific.
II will give the Waited S,atcs. in
effect, two uayics wn'rc it nov
has one But If. through the misf1r-
tunes of war, that canal should go
into hostile hands It would become
a doubly effective agency of this
countrys destruction.
OF course soldiers will he there;
lots of them. There viii be fourteen.
inch guns, too. mounted on disap-
pCaring carriages ana sheltered be.
hind hills of sand and concrete.
'ut the point with Uncle Sam Is
whether he cannot have also pa
triotic auxiliary army close at hand
He would Ike to have the canal
zone pcoplcd with whites in whose
hearts will be- such feryJr or the
stars ANA stripes that. if 'rouhle
comes. they will rush to the .anal's
defense, at whatever risk to them,
selves. And with such a citizen
army, akin TO the national guard
of the states, would be great
stcadying influence in times when
the cXcitablc South American TEN,
permanent st.rs up revolutions in
the territory near AT hand
For the present there is no dan,
ger about population. In construct
ing the canal great host of men
Is employed. which would consti-
tuto q citizen army But with the
comp ugu of the canal the great
proportion of these viii depart.
leaving only those necessary 10 the
operation OF the canal And the
realization that this time is coming
has started he national govern
mcnt into the solution OF the qucs.
tion ot permanent population.
The national population of the
canal zone would be little Spanish.
American and much black, That
much is sure from the previous
history OF the tropical country. The
citizen Of the United States does
not venture into the tropical eli lte
unless he can see great opportu
nifty, and 1t IS just this opportunity
which Uncle sam now hopes 10
furnish In the cultivation OF high.
priced tropical fruits, for which
there is an unlimited market.
This sort OF agriculture also fits
In well with the desire of our
mutual uncle to secure a thick set.
tloment To grow tropical fruits
requires intensive cultivation OF
the most intensive kind. and no
fruit grower would desire to have
arms such as are common In the
western and middle staaes. A few