The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17

of labor, as is the case with th, nor,
of these plantations. The CHI. mn.
walton here Is arrowrOot. which on be
carried on by humble laborcr, . Won
as by rich land owners Nru. ,.orv
stream in the island one may n.. ,hs
rude arrowroot mills, made lbs f... ma.
tives themselves, where they pf... ,bo
products Of their "provisiun ~, de-
The price of arrowroot. huw,.,. has
fallen also and yields scarcely . .rrer
profit than sugar Thus the r.... ma.
tlves of these islands can no mur,. .,,d
being affected by fundamentu ,.rdi.
tons than can the manufactu,rs md
merchants of New York
The last place which | visi,,.I r,,,re
reaching New York was Mass Like
others of the West Indies these, g.. lam.
Islands were discovered by e, rpus
i They consist of a group of sew. hun.
dred islands stretching over Coo ,r,lcs
the principal of which IL known d.. New
| Providence, upon which Nassau /. In
Gated.
AS the town Is so well known nv
American tourists since Henry NJ slap.
Ter built his fine hotel, the Co,nu..I I,
would be out OF place for me, VIII. Wis.
tied II for only one day, to say ,ru,b
about 1t. For those who have no, I,.cn
there II may be stated that the, are
| coral Islands probably CONSTRUCTED ..pon
the top OF land which was only silently
covered by water. Had Florida boon a
| Few feet lower in elevation 1t would n1ye
been only great cluster of lt'l, is.
lands like the Bahamas: while y tho
elevation Of the Bahamas were sl.4,y
greater they would be a part ur ne
mainland Of the United States oX-
tension of Florida.
With this thought in mind It II. in.
teresting to study the map and mole
how Florida, the Bahamas, Cuba, Ha,tL
st. Thomas, Martinique, the Barbados
| trinidad and the various smaller Islands
| between are only a submerged portion
| OF the Appalachian Mountain range con-
meeting North and South America AS
does the western range via Panama
1t Is true that there Is not much to
see in Nassau, the principal exports he
ing sponges and turtles. However has-
kets are in evidence while the ever
present banana is still to be found in
fact some very fine fruit is now raised
In the Bahamas, especially pineapp'os.
grape fruit and cocoanuts. 1t is the
climate, however. which appeals To- mo.
Certainly the day which / spent there
was the most beautiful climatically IF
any / had seen for many months. Al
though warm In the sun, yet there was
crispness in the air which all the
other Islands seemed to lack Thu c,l-
mate In most places was both too hot
and too humid for permanent Residence
talthough pleasant for trip lik, ours).
Without the life giving trade winds
Jamaica and the Barbados would be in
tolerable for Americans. The Bahamas,
however, apparently have all the ad-
Nantages OF the other more southerly
islands of the tropics without SO many
or the disadvantages. In other words.
/ think one could live In the Bahamas
without deterlorating physically, mcn-
tally and morally.
Nassau is owned by the English and
English is the common language. and
enough white people live there to pro-
vide society for one another | really
Tell quite in love with these little islands
and II compelled to remain in anv ~
the southern parts which have visited
in the past few weeks / should choose
Nassau.
If living in Nassau I should max.
speciality of either sponges or turtles.
producing, buying and selling one ug ,le
other. 1t Is surprising how litr. IS
known to-day about either of those
products, especially sponges Very title
]
sponge industry and am awaitlnp with
interest what conclusion the new United
States experiment station In FluriH. vii!
reach as to their ages, habits, methods
of propagating and other characteristics.
whenever coming into Contap' with
an unorganized industry such as this
| cannot help wondering at the wasted
opportunities of the average young
man. Were I younger and wthou'
profession I would like nothing better
than To study some one product such
as sponges or turtles. and to learn more
about this one thing than any one else
knows
1t makes little difference what
young man chooses to study. Let Inn
choose any one of n thousand different
products; he has only to devote cnn-
scientiously all of his time to THIS one
thing and he can easily become more
efficient therein than any one Else n
the world. Now the man who is the
most efficient in any one thing what
ever II may be-has solved his futur"
This brings me to my conclusion.
went to the tropics to compare thu OPP
portunities there. evident with thosr APP
parent, during n trip OF similar lons'h
about the United States. Briefly there
is no comparison. From every point OF
view better opportunities to-day '\St
in the United States and Canada i"r
bright, American young man than III
any part of the tropics which ! nave
visited. OF course the time was snort
and the examination exceedingly super
fetal, but my inquiries We're syS''Wa-
tic and impartial
When studying products, howeN'r'
was surprised to find how ltlh
known about the various things W. -"
wear and use. Here is an opport' ~,
As above suggested, a man WI" VIII
study one thing-how ever insi@u''''"t
| 1t may be-until he knows NOR" '.'N
1t than any one else, has solve" ms
future.
The products OF the countr"~ 'nu
| islands which I have visited D" Ns
past few weeks are full of 'thN-'
Here are raised sugar, coffee. ~
indigo, pineapples, oranges, grape 10 ~
mangoes, bananas, yams, cotton arrow
root, cocoanuts, sponges, turtles I" ''''
| snices pnts ~ all kinds and hard MIt'A