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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-08-17
Old Time oratory Unpopular.

The definition Of "oratory'' is diff
cult. but in the public mind that form
Of public speaking called ''oratory' is
either amusing or offensive. 1t is sug-
gestive of the mouthing and ranting Of
some old time tragedian who reared
and beloved on the stage. The public
of today will stand for eloquence
which bears the mark Of sincerity. but
the old form Of "oration" with gestures
Of practiced grace, frequent allusion to
Greek and Roman history and plentiful
quotations from the poets no longer
stfrs men to great depths or heights.
Exchange.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-08-17
PRINCESS PROGRAM
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


Friday, August 1S-
"The Law Dodgers" being the ninth
installment of 'The Red Circle"
Pathe News, showing recent world
events.
"Luke's Late Lunchers," a highly
amusing Lonesome Luke" comedy in
one reel. %
Saturday, August 19-
Triangle Night
"Hell's Hinges" in five reels, fea-
turing William S. Hart and Clara Will
liams. A Thos. H. Ince production
with Hart in an intense portrayal of
a western Bad Man.
Also Keystone comedy-full of
riot-in two reels, featuring Willie
Collier, called "Wife and Auto Trou-
ble."
Sunday, August 20
"Blue Blood and Red" in five reels,
featuring George Walsh and Doris
Pawn. Full of action and excitment.
Monday, August FL
Dark.
Tuesday, August 22-
Special Attraction - Annette Kel-
lerman in the stupendous and spec
tacular production 'Neptune's Daugh-
ter" in seven reels. One of the most
magnificent pictures ever screened.
Wednesday, August %
Dark.
Thursday, August "a
Triangle Night
Lillian Gish in the five-reel drama
Daphne and The Pirate" A romance
of the sea such as Robert Stevenson
wrote of-full of red blooded action
and romance.
Also Chas. Murray in the two-reel
Keystone comedy "The Judge"
Coming soon:
Bessie Barriscale in Bullets and
Brown Eyes"
John Emerson in "The Flying Tor
pedo."
Mary Pickford in aThe Eternal
Grind"
Marguerite Clark in "Molly Make
Believe"
William Farnum in "a Man of Sor-
row."
Duke r. Lees big vaudeville show.
The Nashville Students with band
and orchestra.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-08-17
Keep to tho Ridges.

When tramping through country
that has many streams it is usually
better to get upon the nearest ridge
and follow that than to try to make
your way along the course of some
stream. The ridge will give you bet
ter o6tlook and drier walking. while,
the stream may have to be crossed a
number Of times and, If it's windings
are followed, will add miles to your
Outing.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-08-17
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

Chapel, Third street, 11:OO a. m.
Subject of lesson-sermon, mind"
Sunday School, 1000 a. m.
Wednesday, testimonial meeting, at
eight o'clock.
The Christian Science reading room
is located in the chapel and is open
every Saturday and Wednesday af-
ternoon from two o'clock until five.
To these services and this reading
room the public is always welcome.
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BAPTIST

BAPTIST
w. p. Osgood, pastor.
Snday School, 1000 a. m.
Morning service, II o'clock. Sub
ject "Christ versus Diana"
Union evening service at 8 o'clock.
Rev. D. D. MacLauren, of Madison,
Wis.,, will preach at the Congrega-
tional church.
Young peoples services at z p. m.
Mid-week services, Wednesday at
8 p. m.
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AT THE CHURCHES
CONGREGATIONAL
IililIIInHIt1lIIrinU

CONGREGATIONAL
4. S. Tontz, pastor. 81
1000 a. M, Sunday School.
11:O5 Morning service, subject:
"The Lift Of Love-"
700 p. M, c. E., topic: Growth:
Body, Mind and Spirit" Leader Me-
vada Dague.
500 p. M, Union services in this
church. Rev. D. D. MacLaurcn will
preach.
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His WAY Out

Wife-"Do you object to my having
$500 month spending money!"
Husband-"C certainly not, if you can
find it anywhere. Judge.
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A Great oak rr..

Audubon park, New Orleans. claims
in the Washington oak the largest tree
OF its species In the world Its wide
spreading branches are festooned with
funereal Spanish moss.
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The Best of Reasons

Mrs. Parker - SNOW, young man,
why aren't you at the Front 2"
Young Man (milking cow" Cos
there amt any milk at that end,
missus!". Bits.
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Bay Prince Albert every.
sUhsrs tobacco is sold 4,
topPy red bags, Sc; tidy red
fins. Zoe; handson,e pound
and haE-pound tin hun,i.
dors-and-fhaf corjking fine
pound crystal glass hun,i.
dor sOffh sponge-moistener
top that keeps the tobacco
= such clever trim olwaysl
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-08-17

TYPEWRITER for sale; slightly used,
in first class condition; visible writ
ing; all latest improvements. $35,
cash; SO down and SIS per month
for six months. Call at our office
and look at the machine. The Pro-
duce company. -17tf
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-08-17
Back to Nature

"Serve the champagne in tin cups,
Oscar" directed the owner of the bum
galow.
Every good, sir"
"These hunting parties like to
rough it trifle."-The Wasp.
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1ouqh.

What kind Of bird do you call this,
waiter?''
"A canvasback duck, sir"
well. If you'll get me a pair OF
scissors so can rip off the canvas I'll
try to make meal of it"-St. Louis
Post Dispatch.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-08-17

PHONE your orders for some home
grown Eastern wild plums- make
the best of plum buffers and pre-
serves. Supply very limited, so or
der at once. Riverside Orchards,
phone 2137. 2Op
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FOR SALE-My fine herd of Jerseys.
Many are giving 40 pounds of milk
per day, and several between as to
so. Health guaranteed. Ages two
to six years. E. E. Watts, Hills
boro, Or. 2O-25p
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200 ACRES, 100000 to 10000 feet
OF cedar and yellow fir, fine min
eral springs on place; also fine
stock range, liz miles from s. p.
railroad station, $23 per acre, half
cash, balance time. w. D. Moore,
Roscburg, Ore. 2Op
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FOR SALE-We have full line of feed
and grain and are prepared to make
attractive prices to buyers in ton
lots. If you wish to buy in Gear
lots" delivered at any adjacent sta
ton, see US for prices. We compete.
Empire Grain Co., by R. E. Pratt. If
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For Rent

FOR RENT Store building where
Mrs. Chores is now located at cor
ner of Second and Yakima streets,
August LIST. ]. e. Tull, 1716 Sec
ond Ave, North, Seattle, Wn. lift
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Sure Reward of Patience.

Never ask woman for her REASONS,
If you will only keep still and wait
awhile she will give them to you
Boston Transcript
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-08-17

FOR SALE OR TRADE-Ten acres
irrigated land four miles north of
Richland for Kennewick city or
country real property. Address
box 81, Pasco, Wn. gin
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-08-17

FOR SALE-A good eight-acre home,
near schools and depot; well i'm
proved; good location; easy terms.
C. E. Hoyer, Marysville, Washing
ton. 20-21p
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WANTED-To rent a small ranch
suitable for poultry and few cows.
Apply this office. 5000
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Wanted

WANTED-To rent a piano for the
winter months. Apply this Office.
2Op
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WANTED-A few more young calves
also will trade heifer calves for pigs
or steers. H. w. FELTON,, phone No.
AXIS. 1s-20p
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TRUE CHURCH OF GOD
Bible school, 1000 a. m.
Preaching, HOO a. m.
Hover preaching, 1880 p. m.
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WANTED - One or two boarders.
Mordern house, two in family. Com
forts of home to right party. Mrs.
e. c. Harlan, Beach street. Zip
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FOR SALE-A high grade Holstein
heifer with calf. Making "a pounds
of butterfat per day. Price $1O0
H. H. Bowers. 19tf
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FOR SALE will sell at bargain
the C. o. Anderson fine residence,
Northwest corner Washington and
Fifth streets. For particulars see
]. Sercombe. 1871
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CENT-A-WORD ADVS

CENT ADVS
For Sale
FOR SALE-One large Durham bull.
r. E. Pratt. lift
FOR SALE-Sacks suitable for pota-
toes. Empire Grain Co. 17tf
FOR SALE-Five- passenger Max
well touring car. Phone Beste, I'll.
se.a 20
FOR SALE REASONABLE Winter
vetch seed. Art Gleason, r. F. D..
No. 2. - 20p
FOR SALE-Sweet corn, cucumbers
and tomatoes. Also one milk COW.
Phone 43x5. 2Otf
FOR SALE = Twenty 3-months-old
pigs. w. B. Paulson, at old F. v.
Hoyt place. @. 19-2Op
FOR SALE-Thorobred English Set
ter pups. Also pickles for picking.
]. G. Breithaupt, phone 37x5. 23p
FOR SALE-Five-acre tract in Sec
ton Seven; cheap. If interested
write Box 313, HOLSTER, Cal. 1stf
FOR SALE-A high grade Holstein
heifer with calf. Making "a pounds
of butterfat per day. Price $500
H. H. Bowers. loft
FOR SALE will sell at a bargain
the C. o. Anderson fine residence.
Northwest corner Washington and
Fifth streets. For particulars see
j. Sercombe. 18tf
FOR SALE-A good eight-acre home,
near schools and depot; well i'm
proved; good location; easy terms.
C. E. Hoyer, Marysville, Washing
ton. 20-21p
FOR SALE OR TRADE-Ten acres
irrigated land four miles north of
Richland for Kennewick city or
country real property. Address
box 62, Pasco, Wn. Zip
FOR SALE-My fine herd of JERSEYS.
Many are giving 40 pounds of milk
per day, and several between as to
so. Health guaranteed. Ages two
to six years. E. E. Watts, Hills
boro, Or. 2O-25p
PHONE your orders for some home
grown Eastern wild plums- make
the best of plum buffers and pre-
serves. Supply very limited, so or
der at once. Riverside Orchards,
phone 2l37. 20p
TYPEWRITER for sale; slightly used,
in first class condition; visible writ
ing; all latest improvements. S35,
cash; $40 down and SIS per month
for six months. Call at our office !
and look at the machine. The Pro-
duce company. -17tf
200 ACRES, 100000 to 10000 feet
of cedar and yellow fir, 8 fine min
eral springs on place; also fine
stock range, IL miles from s. p.
railroad station, $23 per acre, half
cash, balance time. w. D. Moore,
Roscburg, Orc. 2Op
FOR SALE-We have full line of feed
and grain and are prepared to make
attractive prices to buyers in ton
lots. If you wish to buy in Gear
lots" delivered at any adjacent sta
ton, see US for prices. We compete.
Empire Grain Co., by R. E. Pratt. If
For Rent
FOR RENT Store building where
Mrs. Chores is now located at cor
ner of Second and Yakima streets,
August LIST. J. e. Tull, 1716 Sec
ond Ave, North, Seattle, Wn. lift
Wanted
WANTED-To rent piano for the
winter months. Apply this Office.
2Op
WANTED-To rent a small ranch
suitable for poultry and few cows.
Apply this office. 1902
WANTED-A few more young calves
also will trade heifer calves for pigs
or steers. H. w. FELTON,, phone No. j
AXIS. 18-20p !,
M A AIUI,1> ------ - ------ $500 I
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FOR SALE-Five-acre tract in Sec
ton Seven; cheap. If interested
write Box 313, Hollister, Cal. 1877
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FOR SALE-Thorobred English Set
ter pups. Also pickles for picking.
J. G. Breithaupt, phone 37x5. 23p
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FOR SALE : Twenty 3-months-old
pigs. w. B. Paulson, at old F. v.
Hoyt place. sz 1920
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FOR SALE REASONABLE-Wi Winter
vetch seed. Art Gleason, r. F. D.
No. 2. 20p
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the national JOY smoke

has a flavor as different as it is delightful You
And that isn't strange, either
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-02

military commander and governor Of
Yucatan by virtue OF the appointment
Of First Chief venustiano CarrRnza.
Under Governor Alvarado the regu-
lating committee obtained a 100 per
cent control. The openmarket for sisal
was closed-hard and fast. New York
Offices were opened by the Commit
tee. No planter could sell. and nd con
sumner could buy, except through the
Regulating Committee.
But it took an American. railroad
man Of Yucatan, to see the way 10 an
even more profitable monopoly to a
tighter grip on the green gold oil Yu-
catan." This man came back home
hunting capital. He found his open
ing in New Orleans, where two hank
ers saw his wealthy dream as he saw
it-only with him left<ou He led
them to Dr. Victor A. Rendon, Yu-
catecan long resident in the United
States. and to Governor Aivarado, and
then the railroad man faded away into
the background with a minor Job nader
the Pan-American Commission Cdrpo-
ration.
BY November 1915, the sisal mo mop
oily was complete-the production and
the market controlled, to the last bale.
pound and shred. by the Regulating
Committee, backed and headed by Mill
tary Commander and Governor Alya-
RADIO, whose will is the only law OF
Yueatan. That is the Yucatan end Of
the monopoly.
On the American end is finanting
company, composed of a few bankers
and their associates. Il Is the ban
American Commission Corporation. the
handiwork of the New Orleans bank
ers to whom the American railroad
man took his dream. It has $1,000000
cash capital. with s1.000,000 comIhoh
stock paid for by the transfer oR .
contract which the New Orleans bank
ers had secured from the Regulating
Committee. In return for its guaranty
to find such loans as may be needed
to move the aisal crop, with fiber
warehoused in the United States as
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-02

you to pay cent moreznext year.
every time that they raise the
price Of sisal fiber it costs the
farmer a cent, and It costs the
farmers Of the State of North Da-
kota q quarter OF a, million dol
lars. There is no question about
that"
There IL plenty of evidence to be
had IN support of that clear statement
OF the sisal situation.
From it's small beginning. about
thirty-five years ago, the sisaI indus
try Of Yucatan operated through
an open market until last year. Its
price was fixed By, the law of supply
and demand. Merida. the capital OF
Yucatan, was the worlds sisaI market.
Some OF the big producers built ware
houses and docks and spur tracks and,
in addition to handling other exports
and imports, became naturally mer.
ehandisers of their own and their
neighbora' sisal. The industry flour
ished. The plantations widened. From
499, 1914 bales in 1900 the exports grew
to 964,S62 bales IN 1914 The plant
ers grew rich. In Paris and other
pleasure places OF Europe some Of
them came to be known as the 'hene-
qnen kings"
Quite logically, there were attempts
to control the market artiflcially. AS
sociations Of various sorts were formed
to regulate the industry But these at
tempts were never more than indif-
feTently successful. IN 1919 one OF the
last legislatures that sat in Yucatan
created the Gomision Regulators del
Mercado de Henequen. which Is, in
English, commission for the regulation
OF the sisal market-or Regulating
Committee" as it is generally called
in the United States,
But not until the summer Of 1915 did
the Regulating Committee come to con
sequence and power. The government
tai turmoil Of Mexico had at last
spread to far-off, prosperous Yucatan.
Rapid scene shifting Of politics and
reshufIllng of the cards had put in alb
solute power Gen. Salvador Alyarado,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-02

security and with interest at current
market rates, the Corporation takes 4
bonus commission that will yield Il
from 100000 to $1,0O0.00O year-4O
to 100 per cent q year on its cash
capital.
OF course the monopoly has put up
the price of sisal. From an average
Of 53s cents per pound it has already
gone to rs cents. An agent OF the
Regulating Committee has been quot
ed as stating that it would be cents
pound By July LIST. 1916. The man
ager of the Regulating Committee In
the United States is on record as say
ing that he and his associates could
make the price 10 cents . pound Il
they saw fit. =
And binder Irvine prices have
climbed with the price of sisal. That
is inevitable. There are at least eight
cen competing Irvine manufacturers.
including eight State prisons. None
Of them takes or can take more than
a reasonable manufacturing profit out
of binder twine. The consumer-the
American farmer-must pay the IN
crease. Already It amounts to from
s3,000.000 to S5,00O.000 this year: what
1t may be next year no man can tell
That is why there was an outcry from
the country: that is why the three Sen.
ators are patiently unwinding the story
Of aisal. digging after the facts of the
Yucatan monopoly that takes all its
income out of the United States and
all increase OF its profits out OF the
breaches pocket Of Mr.. American
Farmer
II is serious enough matter, this
story OF sisal. but it has its funny side
there's joke in it.
The Joke lies in the monopoly's JUS
tifieation OF high and higher prices.
That justification is the relief of the 1.
"poverty-cursedn sisal planter Of
1ucatan from the low prices of the
open market system. Part of the joke
lies in the fact that under these OPP
pregsive conditions the sisal industry
doubled in volume and output In four
teen years. The other part Is that
there are about zoo sisal planters IN
Yueatan 200 poor gentlemen dividing
q crop worth s2o.000.O00 yearl Two
hundred men to share With a eoterie
Of American bankers and their assoc
oiates the added profit OF from $4,000
600 to $1,000. 600 a year, taxed out Of
the American farmer by this benevo.
lent Mexican monopoly!
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-02
It's Americas Yellow Gold That Gle
t. Story of Sisal is Story of Binde
TDine-Inquiry at Washington Med'
Many Millions to u S. Farmers.
By Charles M. Carroll
ofths Extension Department. la'sFRafO

ing that you are farmer-order what
Irvine you think you'll need and get It;
the neatly corded bales are tossed out
to you. There is nothing in the me-
chanical evenness OF its winding, in
its freedom from knot and imperfec-
ton or in its warm brown tone to sug-
gest green gold or to hint at the
colorful tale that unwinds between the
Yucatan sisal field and the American
farmer. A ball of American binder
Irvine is as staple as pound Of sugar
and as prosaic.
Now and then you may have read
in your newspaper that there is some
kind of an inquiry afoot at Washing
ton as to Yucatan sisal-some talk Of
monopoly; of rising prices of the
fiber; of the oppressed and poverty
smitten planters of Yucatan; of wit
nesses with Spanish-seeming names
telling of their struggles to make a
living. You may have tried to match
up these brief, vague and apparently
pointless reports with intimations in
your farm journals that binder Irvine
is going up" but it all seems far off
and unimportant.
But if you could have dropped in on
some of the sessions Of Senate Sub
committee at Washington during the
last few weeks you would have heard
things to open your eyes and awaken
your iRterest-your self-interest.
The room is that of the Senate Com
mittee on Agriculture and Forestry.
There sits a Subcommittee Of Sena-
tors-Ransdell Of Louisiana, as chair
man, Gronna from the great wheat
state of North Dakota and Wadsworth
of imperial New York. They are in
quiring into the matter of the importa-
ton Of sisal and it's sale in the United
States. By the slow, patient process
Of examination and cross-sxamination
the three Senators are getting down
to the answer of the sharp and peril
nent query from Americas agricul-
ture. WHY IS BINDER THYME
HIGHER? HOW MUCH HIGHER IS
1T GOING?
The senate subcommittee inquiry
began February II, 1916, and went
on internationally for about ten days
of actual testimony taking. March 27
was the date set for the resumption of
the hearing. Up to this writing almost
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-02

1of the Philippines-is the only other
fiber that will adequately serve in
stead Of sisal; and Manila, as they
lcaIl it in the trade, is too costly. Il
lis better fiber than sisal for rope and
lcordage, but typhoon damage, the scar
city OF ocean tonnage. Japan's grow
ling demand, and the wartime shortage
Of wire rope, have combined to seAd
Manila up and keep it up. Also. mch
/ little Yucatan is our next-door neigh
bor-wit Progreso only six hundred
miles from raiI-end at San Francisco.
! SO sisal stays master Of the Irvine
market and Yucatan queens 1t over
sisal.
Smoothly balied. neatly baied and
corded, each ball licked with the max
er's guarantee of 800 feet to the pound
the sisal Of Yucatan comes to the
grainhelds Of America. YOU assum.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-02

$VEN now, atter a llaSAN SiAA0 -
70 political turmoil that has
- brought all the rest of Mexico
To economic ruin, one State OF the un-
happy republic remains prosperous
far-off Yucatan down under the sweat
ing tropics, on its low-lying, sun
idrenched peninsula upthrust from isth-
milan America between the Gulf and
THE Caribbean's turquoise blue. FOR
lone thing, Yucatan is remote from
the seats of government that are the
scenes of revolt and rapine; for the
other thing, it has henequen-and
lhenequen Is gold, the green gold OF
iYucatan."
Henequen's other name ia sisal,
(which is easier to say. You can't
livery well mispronounce that name; It
sounds as it looks. In Yucstan sisal
grows in an abundance and of an ex-
lcellence not yet approached in any
lother land. 1t is the worlds chief
lsource of sisal supply Seven-eighths
LOT Yucatan's export trade is in sisal;
lthree-fourths of its population Of SOO,-
lOOO-and-odd people take their living
from it.
Nor is it a pinched and narrow liv-
ing, as far as figures go-not, at least,
flor the sisal planters. Our own rela-
lively populous California. for exam
lple, takes pride and repute and some
of its prosperity out of the $20,O06,0OO
la year that its mines produce in pale
yellow gold. The sisal of little Yucca
tan, with only enough people TO make
la fair-sized American city, returned
better than that four years ago and
has done much better since. Accord
ling to the Mexican year book, the sisal
exports of Yucatan in 1912 amounted
Ito $21,430,O61. The United States Gag.
lerly absorbs virtually all the sisal that
Yucatan can send up from sleepily
busy Progreso-the worlds greatest
sisal port. and Yucatan,s only real port
Of commerce--in the chunky freight
ers. that carry this rich and unique
trade.
It is the yellow gold of the Ameri-
can farmer, the cash from his golden
wheat and other grains, that gilds the
green gold of Yucatan." For sisal
fiber is essential to the American spin
ners, who must turn out something
like 10000 tons of binder Irvine a
year to be fed into the harvesting
machines that gather the grain crop
OF America-the machines that have
made wheaton bread the food Of the
world and the cheapest thing we buy;
that have made America a land
of plenty, the granary of the world;