The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-30

them. The reports show that the state
tax at the present rate will bring In
half million more than is needed. The
officials have made the fiat statement
that the levy Will be reduced to one-half
q mill Minnesota now derives its revenue
earnings OF the railroads, the earnings OF
other corporations and a direct levy OF
mill on all taxable property including the
Iron mines. The iron mines. or land con-
ad valorem basis, to an amount of more
than $500. 900. 900, The income goes into
what Is known as the permanent trust
funds for schools, the state university and
the reclamation OF swamp lands. Only
the interest on these funds can be used
Wiping Out Banana Industry.
How will 1t strike the householder if
the banana industry is wiped out-if
instead of being able TO get bannas-
from the pushcart men and the corner
fruit stands at 10 and 10 cents q dozen,
the humble and heretofore plentiful fruit
scars to the dignity Of a luxury, to be
bought wrapped in tinfoil and tissue pa
per from the high-cass groceries at 10
with grapefruit and pomcSranates as
feature OF the bill OF fare in high class
hotels? This does not absolutely have
to happen, but there is d disease now
wiping out the banana plantations Of
the West Indies and Central America
which. if unchecked, will mean the total
extinction Of the industry, and there has
SO far been nothing done to check il;
The blight Is not known to the world
at large, because the world at large does
not go where the banana grows. The
consumer knows merely that bananas
have been cheap for a long time. and
that while not a staple OF life like
bread and meat. they arc nice and con-
venicnt 10 get whenever you want them,
or less. The blight is disease that has
not so far been satisfactorily explained
by science. II starts where The crown
Of leaves spring from the trunk Of the
tree, turns tho leaves yellow and finally
kills the entire plant There arc mani
fcstations Of il IN the trunk and the
leaves when scctious are made OF them,
but what it is or whence il comes from
is "A mystery. There arc no conditions
Of soil rainfall to account for it, Very
wet weather or very dry weather seems
pruuine does not stop it. and fcrllIizIng
and cultivation seem 10 make IL worse
Instead Of better.
Emigrate to Texas.
"a stream of 100000 cmiGrauta pourg
into tho state of Texas every year said
Ben *, Burroughs OF Houston Texas.
"Ncary 900 PERSONS day come 10 the
conclusion that they can make moro
money Iii Texas than cls" where. Tho
cmigrant cutsrinis Texas and the immi-
eraut at Ellis island 1rc not Identical.
Tic fortune seeker from across the sea
has come from a land bs rrcu of "ppor-
tunitv and any part of tic Western con
tincut is promising TO him. But the emf
grant 10 Texas Is gencrall" an American
who already knows prosperity, lIn has
studied Texas. sold his farm In some
state farther north. and goes whore the
land is cheaper aud the soil moro pro-
UuctiY". TN" iiisctting tide creates new
ina rhnts. one OF thnsc is n market for
money at very high rate Of Interest
The American farmers Who go down 70
Texas have Il cash capital" continued NV
Burroughs, " iu IL a banker. i'TheN buy
TO the limit Of their capital and borrow
ing capacity. because the land Is cheap.
IL Increasing In value. and tho more acres
they cultivate. the quicker they can re-
tire. The demand for farm mortgages
on ample security Is unprecedented. II
| IL I'm direct ratio Ia tho Inflow nt reso-
| lutc. orderly men with capital. their cx-
pericnce aud their industry.
Wheat Lands in Plenty.
! Texas has more wheat lands than
| North and South Dakota combined; ;
more corn lands than Michigan: more
| New Hampshire; more petroleum than
! Pennsylvania. moro iron Than Alabama,
more rice lands than all the other states,
! Its coal field. cover 10000 square miles
| and In richness rival those Of Pcnnsyl-
| Yania. IT haS more nllcs Of railroad
| than any other state. Tie cotton belt OF
| Texas contains l2G, 900 O00 acres II has
| hardly been scratched, less than 10 600 900
| acres being planted: aud even this
limited basis Texas products onn-fourtl,
| of the worids y cotton crop and ono third
| Of the crop OF the United States.