The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-05
AEROPLANES MAY
TRANSPORT MAIL
Slow Work in Nicaragua Re-
suits in Change of
Method.
GO ROUNDABOUT WAY
Letters En- Route for Over a Year
and Distance Between Cities
Is Not Great.

Bluefields. Nicaragua. Dec. AR
engagements are now making. il rs
said. for the Importation OF cargo
Of aeroplanes. They are to be used
I'm carrying mail between Managua.
other cities on the west coast and i'm
terror towns. and the ports along the
east coast.
At present the transportation OF
mail is as slow as the natives can
make it. Bluefields and Port Ne
lava are about seventy miles apart.
Doth being on the east coast. yet &c
frequently takes three weeks or n
month for mail to reach one point
from the other. Residents in Blue
fields desiring 10 send mail TO Cape
Gracias. 100 miles to the north. find
the best plan is 10 send Il By steam
er 10 New Orleans. thence back on
the same steamer to the Cape. in
this manner a letter will reach its
destination in about two weeks
Mail sent from the City OF Mexico.
the middle OF October 1909. for
Bluefields. reached there less than Ten
DAYS ago Mail from Bluefields for
Managua is frequently sent 10 New
Orleans. thence TO San Francisco and
down the coast on a Pacific mail
steamer. This can be accomplished
in month. and Is much less than
is required to get mail to the inter
Tor. But the elimination OF the rail-
way and the installation Of the air
ship viii insure rapid delivery OF
mail.
Too Busy Fighting.
Nicaraguans have been too busy
fighting among themselves for per
sonal gain to plan Industrial devcYop-
ment. Lying along the river OF the
east coast are still millions OF unde-
velODed acres that could be made TO
yield fortunes. Buried but n few feet
beneath the surface at the head wa
tiers of these streams are untold ouan-
titles OF gold, silver and other met
ais. More nuggets Of pure gold have
been picked up along the mountain
streams OF Nicaragua than in any 9TH
er republic or monarchy OF the world
In no other climate does fruit
oranges. grape fruit. pineapples. ba-
nanas reach such a stage Of per-
lection. Knowing these facts. the
natives. Indians and Spaniards. "A
mixed breed OF fifty-seven varieties.
have gone along eSing out an exist
ence with a possible exception here
and there. Graft has been their
watch-word, their idol. there one aim
i'm life. Work is a new word- for
them.
There is plenty Of liquor I'm Blue
fields. and all other settlements i'm
the republic. Whisky may be pur-
chased i'm practically every store
There are nearly as many saloons I'm
Biuefields as residences. They are
only another index to the moral con-
ditiOn OF this people. immortality is
the curse OF the nation and before
Nicaragua can ever assume a sitting
posture among the nations. its moral
code must be reversed. The United
states government may lend assist
ance. and by the use OF the iron hand
keep down revolution. but before Il
becomes a real nation. the white man
who comes inside its gates must he
clean and wholesome. Therein rests
the blame Of the immortality OF the
natives.
Banana Revival.
From the incoming tide Of immigra-
ion-those foreigners who have
flocked here since hostility ceased
and the United states government
recognized Estrada as president. much
rs expected. For the major part they
are men who have invested and are
/ investing money in agricultural OF
mineral lands. Just al present a re
vival in the banana industry Is fak-
ing place. Men from the middle west
and north are investing heavily IN
bananas rice and fibre lands. Along
the Rio Ora uda river funo1ae ore he