The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-04-17

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not OF France was assassinatcd
while driving through the
streets of Lyons, France. AZ the
time ho was visiting the french city
W here an exposition was being held
an the evening he was assassinatcd
nc was being driven 60 M Grand
theatre. whore n gala performance
was tu Dee given In his honor. Just
as his landau was passing the palace
of commerce. an Italian. named Gaze
.sar Giovanni Santo sprung up4n IA
vehicle, and drawing a dagger. stab
bed the president IN the heart. Tho
murderer vas Immediately seized by
IN" crowd ana before tho police
worth from Porto Rico.
\ comparatively small number OF
countries supply must al the fruits
aud nuts. other than those Of domea-
tic production, consumed in the Unit
ed states bananas are exclusively
from American countries. chiefly the
British Wset indies and Central
America: last Years imports were val
uod al IS million, dollars or almost
double the nguros o. 1903. Sicily sup
Piled most of uhe 6h million dollars
worth OF lemons imported We now
Import over 40 million pounds Of
dates annually, chiefly fom Asiatic
Turkey. Currants come principally
from Greece. from which country We
import from 80 90 40 million pounds
annually Most g tho 20 million
pounds Of FIGS imported annually
come from q STRIP of land ear
E-,yrnu about go miles long and less
than 9nc mile wide. this being the
worlds CHIEF dried fig district. W"
also I'M ,ort from one C two million
cubic r,et OF grapes. nearly an from
spain. Spain rivals Asiatic Turkey ~
"a Source for our imported raisins and
exceeds Greece and Italy in ship
Utents OF olives Co. the United states,
though Italy stin supplies most OF or
imported olive oil. The domestic
orange has almost entirely supplantod
the imported fruit. the few ornnges
still being imported coming chiefly
from jamaica. Mexican rang are
no longer impaired, having been OK
cluded by plant-quarantine order. IN
Hawaii the pineapple Is becoming an
important Industry, that island hav-
ing sen ms last year -four million
dollars worth, or fnrty times as mach
~ In 1903. cuba IS also an import
ant source. while plneapples are re-
cciyed from Porto Rico In rapidly IN
creasing quantities
The so-called ENGLISH walnut Is al
most exclusively the product 81
France. from which country We i'm
port from ~ 60 % million pounds an
nually. our imported almonds are
mostly from Spain and Italy; q NJ
berts from lt5ly nd Spain; cream
NUS from Brazil coconnutS in the
she'll from Central America and the
Wset Indies. |cor1Irut meat, b. copra,
from the Philippines and other Orl-
entail Islands md peanuts, from
Japan, spain. China. and in lesser
quantities from sarlous countries iu
Europe. Asia, % North America.
while domestic consumption SIN
absorbs oar rapids growing produc-
ton oi fruits, tho exports OF that class
are distributed boo an parts OF the
world. Europe ~ he principal GUS
tumcr Tor all 81 mr. exported fruits
except oranges, l,mons, and raisins.
Germany takes about one-half Of the
dried apples and the United Kingdom
a Ike proportion no the green apples
exported. Nearly one-half OF the
apricuts went last year 10 France,
Germany and The Netherlands. while
the United kingdom alone took onc-
third of the total Nearly an Of tho
oranges, over t~hrcn-fonrths Of the
lemons and ovcr oue-half Of the rails
ms exported went 10 Canada Gf--
many and Canada each take about
onc-third OF the dried peaches export
ed. the remainder Eoing 20 about 80
different countries. out Of % mil
Hon pounds % prunes exported last
year 80 million went 10 Germany. ~
million 10 France. N million 10 the
United Kingdom, and AZ million TO
Caundn.
Fruits and nuts Exported last yea
included. Apples, green or ripe, ~
million dollars. dried apples. 2 "a
million; pfunes ga million: oranges.
2-2-3 million; apricoss, 2 Ia million;
pears. ~ million: ~raisins, I million;
berries two-thirds ~ n million; ana
peanuts lemons. and peaches. each
one-thlrd million.