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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-09-05
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-08-24
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banana leaves the fruit Is safely brought to the
railroads.
Bananas grown for the market are planted,
as a rule, on the border Of navigable waters
Plantations are divided into sections or zones
Of about ten to twenty miles In length, and the
zones are cut in rotation, thereby cleaning up
the available supply of fruit In one or several
sections while it is maturing In others.
In Costa Rica the system which has been
evolved for handling the fruit from the time 1t
is cut from the plant until 1t is placed on the
dealers little stand in the far interior cities Of
the United States is indeed marvellous.
When a steamer starts from a United States
port to secure its cargo a cable Is sent advising
of the departure, SO that preparations can be
made for cutting the crop. The carrying ca.
pacity Of the vessel is known almost to a bunch.
Each plantation manager furnishes at the be-
ginning of the week an estimate Of the amount
of fruit he can cut, and one, two, or three sec
tons may be called upon, according to the size
of the ship and the quantity Of fruit available
in each section. About t~hirty-six hours previ.
GUS to the expected arrival Of the steamship or
ders are sent to the plantations, notifying
them to cut fruit for delivery on a specific date.
: The day before the steamer is due trains are
made up and sent out to pick up the fruit, these
trains being so timed that steamers will not be
delayed waiting for cargo.
On the morning Of the cutting, the plantation
is all astir. First out are the Cutters" who
go UP and down the long avenues of banana
plants, closely inspecting each hanging bunch.
In cutting the fruit long lances are used, palm
poles armed with broad steel blades. The stalk
of the tall plant is half severed at a point about
eight feet above the ground. The weight of the
fruit causes the top Of the plant to bend slowly
to the earth, where the bunch Is cut from the
stem by a stroke of the machete. Following
the cutters come the picking-up gangs, who de-
liver the fruit at the receiving platforms along
the railroad track. An inspector watches the
fruit as it Is passed into the cars. He counts
and grades each bunch, rejecting those that
show signs Of ripening and those that are un
dersized or bruised.
After cargoes are discharged in the United
States, solid trains Of banana cars run as 'spe-
cials" every day In the week from New York
Baltimore and New Orleans to all Of the large
cities Of the country. Carloads are even shipped
to Calgary, Canada, over 1000 miles from New
Orleans.
The front ventilators Of the forward cars oil
these trains, and the rear ventilators of the
last cars, are connected by means Of canvas
tubes run into a main trunk chute. A powerful
exhaust draws off the heat thrown out by the
fruit in its ripening process, and the fans cir
culate cold air through every car in the train
During the winter months the operation is re-
versed, and fruit In transit during. very cold
weather is warmed while proceeding to its
destination.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-08-24
SCENE OF SUCCESS
Where Grant Received His Com
mission as General.
Old Lindsay Cabin Headquarters
Where He Planned the Campaign
Which Won Promotion and
Started Great Career.

Ironton, Moot all the events OF
the Civil war that are being recalled
in the h~alf-century anniversary reVi-
val Of interest, few are of more gen.
eral interest than the story of Gen.
U. s. Grants receiving his commission
as Brigadier-G General on Missouri soil.
A movement has been started to pur-
chase the site at Ironton of the deliV-
cry of this commission for a national
park.
The campaign which Gen. Grant
planned at the cabin which was his
first headquarters as general brought
him advancement FROM Brigadier Gen,
eral to Major General and was the
real beginning Of his career as a vic
torious commander.
A graduate of West Point, who had
seen service in the Mexican war,
Grant had left the army because he
could not support his family on his
salary. He tried farming near st.
Louis, became a real estate agent
without much financial success, and
in 1860 moved his family to Galena,
ILL.,, where he became a clerk in his
fathers leather store.
At the outbreak of the Civil war he
drilled a company organized at Ga
lena and accompanied them to Spring.
field, when 1t was sworn in and in
c%orporated into a regiment.
Gov. Yates obtained Grants serv-
ices as inspector of state troops to re.
port to the government, and when
President Lincoln issued the second
call for volunteers Grant was sent to
Nation to muster in the regiment, Of
which he became colonel.
He has confessed that he was NOT
confident Of the outcome of his first
skirmish. but he found his opposing
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-08-24

ly restricted to the eastern coast line, for the
banana is one Of the thirstiest of plants, and
cannot sbe expected to produce Its maximum
amount of fruit in districts where there are
less than 100 inches of annual rainfall. I'm
fortunately for humanity, great areas of the
land lying within this belt are high, dry and
sterile, while others are sandy or rocky, so
only a small fraction is SO located that banana
growing can be made profitable. The altitude
must not invite danger of frost, and high tenn
p%erature is necessary for the growth. The
southern coast of the Mexican gulf, the Puerto
Barrios section Of Guatemala, the Puerto
Cortes district of Honduras, the Puerto Limon
district of Costa RIGA, the Blue6elds district of
Nicaragua, the Bocas del Zorro region of Pan
anna, the Colombian province Of Santa Marta,
and certain portions of Cuba, Jamaica, the Do
minican Republic, Haiti and Dutch Guiana, all
combine the favored elements Of soil and eli
mate.
The plant has two natural enemies-the
gopher and the wind storm-but against al
most all other tropical conditions its hardl.
hood Is remarkable.
1t is a matter Of common observation that
the banana is absolutely seedless, cultivation
through innumerable generations having led
to a vegetable method Of propagation. Some
Of the primitive seed-bearing varieties are
still said to exist in isolated regions Of the far
east.
The first step toward cultivation is the clear
ing Of the land. Into the tangle Of shrubs and
vines and the thick snarI Of tropical vegeta-
ton the laborer comes with an ak and
"machete'' and cuts low everything but the
giant trees. When all Of the small timber and
brush has been feled planting is commenced.
Young shoots are obtained from a planta-
ton already In bearing and these are placed in
rows about IL feet apart. When the planting
is finished, the only labor necessary is to keep
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from $40 to $40 per acre yearly. The net profit.
however, averages about $50 per acre in the
various banana producing sections. The banana
often grows in combination with other products.
In some cases 1t is used as a shade for young
coffee plants.
A great many people are of the opinion that
the banana would be much better if it was al
lowed to ripen on the plant, but this is not the
case. Such fruit is strong in favor, does not
mature to perfection, and the skin breaks, at
tracing numerous insects, while the weight OF
the bunch itself becomes too great for the plant,
either one or both coming to the ground. The
punches are cut when the fruit is one-half to
three-quarters matured, though still green and
as hard as nails. 1t continues to feed from the
cut stalk, which contains a great amount of
sap, until fully ripe. Should the cutting occur
too soon, however, the fruit, although turning
yellow, will never attain the perfect flavor.
With the cutting Of the bunch ends the life
Of the plant, for it bears but once and is usual
ly cut down to obtain the fruit, or succumbs a
few days later to the cleaning process, which is
merely the bringing Of a spent piece to the
ground. Cutting the fruit itself involves the
only careful labor on the banana plantation, as
the punches weigh from fifty to sixty pounds.
and even slight knocks are followed by bruised
spots, under which the fruit quickly ripens and
decays, However, by the liberal use of dried
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-08-24

develops rapidly, continually bending more anu
more until in a short time it has turned com
plctely upon itself, so that the bananas grow
end up or in a position the reverse Oh WHICH
they are usually hung. From seven 10 tWelve
months after the blossom appears the Irult
is ready for the gatherer. At irregular inter-
walls along the entire stalk, and only extending
part of the way round at any one place, the
bracts break forth tiny ridges of flowers
which are almost Immediately replaced by
nine to twelve embryo bananas. These are
the future hands" of the bunch, SO called on
account of their resemblance to those mem
bers when held in a certain position.
The banana has a curious and p~rodigal meth
cd of propagation, for before the parent stalk
and fruit have matured new ones spring up.
These are offshoots that grow from the root of
the original planting, resembling sprouts from
the eyes of a potato, and each in turn be-
comes a parent stalk with its fruit. 1t follows
that unless most of the continually appearing
new plants are cut out (which Is the ~practice)
the first stalk in a few years will become the
center of a miniature jungle. The plants grow
to a height Of from fifteen to thirty4fve feet,
spreading in all directions, until the soil is
overburdened with an enormous mass Of stalk
and leaf growth, and stunted fruit Is produced.
In planting for the market about 200 hills are
allowed to the acre. Sometimes the number
can be safely increased to 225, In which case
there will be 500 stalks. However, after one
year all of these stalks do not produce a mar
ketable bunch Of bananas, and the average
yield is not over 800 full punches to the acre
per annum.
Perry, the well-known authority on bananas,
estimates that a grow can produce a bunch
for from ten to fifteen cents. which will have
a market value Of 80 cents. The cost Of pro
ducing after the first crop is confined to cult
waiting and harvesting, which may be done for
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-08-24

Forty years ago there were very few people In
this country who could boast of having seen a
bunch of bananas. The fruit was practically I'M
known. Now, in even the most remote country
store, this pride Of the tropics is a familiar
sight.
Despite the fact that millions of punches are
consumed, they belong almost wholly to one
member Of the family, the common yellow
Guinea.
Scientists have recognized and classified as
many as 40 different species, ranging from the
ornamental groups that do not develop fruit, to
the giant bananas, the Platano of the Spaniards.
The red banana is not common in the Ameri-
can markets. In the United States it is used
only to dress" fancy baskets of fruit, but in
the tropical countries it is quite a favorite. The
Individual banana is large, but the stalk does
not carry as many hands as the yellow varie-
ties, so as it does not bring as large a price to
the grower and wholesaler, its extensive cultiva-
tion is not encouraged.
Banana culture is one of the Oldest of indus
tries. 1t has been known since the origin of
the human race. Long before the dawn of his
tory in the old world, perhaps long before the
old world rose from the waters, man lived on
the fruit of the Musas. The banana was gen.
orally considered a native of southern Asia,
and to have been carried into America by
Europeans, until Humboldt threw doubt upon
its purely Asiatic origin, quoting early authors
who asserted that the banana was cultivated
in America long before the conquest. 1t is
claimed that at the time of the Incas IN Peru,
bananas formed one Of the staple foods Of the
natives Of the warm and temperate regions Of
the Montana. In spite of the uncertainty as
to Just which country may claim the fruit as
indigenous, all tropical lands assert their right
to 1t.
The first importation Of bananas to the
United States occurred In 1904, when the
schooner Reynard, on a voyage from Cuba,
brought into New York, as a commercial ven
ture, a consignment Of 80 punches; but the
real beginning of the trade dates back to 1866,
when Mr.. Charles Frank undertook the i'm
portation of fruit from Colon to New York.
Previous to that venture small cargoes con-
sisting mainly Of the red banana had been re-
ceived at irregular intervals from Cuba. In
1870, Captain Baker, an owner Of a Cape Cod
schooner. took a charter to carry gold miners
and machinery 400 miles up the Orinoco river
In Venezuela. After discharging his cargo,
Captain Baker ran into Jamaica to secure
some cocoanuts as ballast to- New York, carry
ing a few punches of bananas on the deck as
an experiment. The result promised a great
future for the industry on that island, which
has been fulfilled, the exports last year reach
ing $4,000, 900.
On the American continent, bananas are sue.
c~essfully grown through so degrees of latitude,
from Tampico, Mexico, rs degrees north, to
Asuncion in Paraguay, in the Tropic OF Capri
corn, 20 degrees south-a belt over 5000 miles
In width. Cultivation Of the fruit is practical
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-08-24
! GET POWER.
The Supply Comes From Food.

If we get power from food why not
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From not knowing how to select
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1T seemed as II I would never be
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MY weight gradually increased from
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Mich.
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-08-24

pain, my nerves are stronger and I can
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-08-24

officer had less confidence and had re.
treated before Grant and his men ar
rived. Grant said that the memory of
that incident always gave him cour-
age when preparing to make an attack
or when in the thick of the fighting.
August s Grant arrived with his reg.
iment at Ironton, to relieve Col. B.
Gratz Brown, who later became gov
ernor of Missouri and who was a vice.
presidential candidate in 1872.
August 8, President Lincoln signed
the commission of Brigadier General
Grant, ald this fact was telegraphed
from Washington to Ironton. Grant
vas encamped near a spring on the
James Lindsay property, not far from
the Iron County courthouse. When
Lindsay learned that Grant had be-
come a general, he moved Mrs. Lind
say and their babies to his farm near
Pilot Knob and rendered his mud
chinked log home to Gen. Grant for
his headquarters. The offer was &C.
cepted and the Lindsay cabin became
the first headquarters of Gen. Grant,
although he spent a largo part of his
time sitting at an old pine table in the
shade OF an oak tree in the yard work
ing out plans for a campaign. 1t was
while sitting In the shade of the now
historic Grant oak that he received
by mail. August IA. the commission OF
which he had been notified by tele-
graph. August 80, Grant took leave
of his regiment on the river campaign,
which won his promotion to major
general Of volunteers in February,
1852. His later achievements are his
tory.
The Grant headQuarter premises
have been known for many years as
Emerson Park" the late Judge ]. W.
Emerson having acquired the property
and erected a fine brick residence on
the site Of the log house. In 1886 the
surviving members of Gen. Grants
regiment erected a statue of a fed
eral soldier to mark the spot where he
received his commission.
The property Is now owned by j. H.
York, who maintains it az his resi-
dence, but a movement has been start
ed to have the government purchase
this property and the battlefield at
Fort Davidson. a mile away. as nation
al parks.
Mrs. Lindsay. whose humble home
was Gen. Grants first headquarters.
lives in st. Louis. but visits the thrill
ing scenes Of her young motherhood
each summer.
Lindsay, who died several years ago.
was a union supporter and active In
the Ironton Home Guards. He inti-
mately knew all tho surrounding coun-
try and did some valuable scouting
for Gen. Grant, who rode over to the
farm several times to see that all was
well with Mrs. Lindsay and her babies
during Lindsay's absence.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-08-24

will help to put China In accord with
the rest of the civilized world. The
Importance Of the reforms that are
following one another in China and
the extent to which they r radical
may be appreciated when It is con-
sidered that until the present genera
tion outsiders, in practically every
part OF China, were foreign devils"
Thefs were no railroads. and no dis
position to permit the construction
Of any or to encourage anything not
already tested by centuries Of pracr
tice. China not only has railways
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-08-24

rest Of the party went off to find a
spring. When the searchers returned
with the water. they found nothing
ready but the coffee. which, being In
temperature-retaining bottles. re-
quircd no preparation.
where's the bacon?" asked one OF
the men. Didn't the fire burn well
enough|
"The fre's all right" said the
would-be cook, but we'd like to know
how you expected US to fry bacon
without any lard ?-Lippincott's Mag
azine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-08-24
Disrobed by Lightning.

Grover, Colo.-Mrs. Henrietta VIII
son, living ten miles northwest OF
Grover, was struck by lightning and
every stitch Of her clothing and her
shoes were torn from her body. The
bolt melted the bowl OF a spoon she
was holding. leaving the handle in
her grasp. Not q mark was made on
her body. She was unconscious for
some timc.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-08-24

now, but is building more and has
in prospect a network Of lines to grid
iron the empire. It has a parliament.
Q constitution and a cabinet, all the
acquisitions of asdecade, China SCENT
destined In a very short while to take
q much more important position that
iS now occupies IN world affairs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-08-24
Sunday Observed in China

Of western civilization and is Fastening
to make up for lost time. Its latest
move Is embodied In an official de-
termination TO observe Sunday as a
day Of rest. While the considerations
prompting this step, may not be re.
ligious. the result is sure to be bene-
fetal. Six days Of work to one OF
rest constitute proportions ~justiiabIe
on scientific grounds, and furthermore
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-08-24

NATION
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