San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-16
|'YEs, We HAVE
NO Bananas
\. OFFICIAL SAYS
More Truth Than Poetry in
~ Song, Fruit Man
Declares.
STORMS RUIN. CROPS
~ -.
Prospects Good for Bump
w. er Yield in 1924,
\ !. ~, se However. IS
BY j. C. ROYLE.

|copyisft. by The San Au.,nlo- Light.
Nov York, Oct. 16.-There is more
truth than poetry in "yes, we have
no bananas"
The writer's of that popular song
hold 4 trade truth without knowing
HI, according to officials of the United
|Eruit company, one of the main fac
|tors in the tropical fruit industry of
the world.
Tropical hurricanes, which exceed
Did in volume all the wind pressure
which ever will be exerted by from
bone and saxophone players in times
10 come, destroyed more than 1O,OOO,..
| boo punches or "stalks" in Central
hnd South America and the West In
HES the past season. -.
William Newsome, vice president of
The. United Fruit, estimated his COM
|bany's loss alone at over a million
punches.
As a result, he added, the normal
crop of bananas did not reach this
country to supply an ever increasing
Demand.
Prices at the auction sales in the
borts where the fruit is landed, there
fore, advanced, and costs were still
Further increased because the vessels
,f the company were unable to bring
|lull cargocs, arriving with half their
Fargo space empty.
The hurricane losses to British
growers in Jamaica also tended to
Eomplicate matters as the English
market also was short and European
demand also is increasing. b.
Won't asst Vnng
The shortage bids fair to last no
onger than the popularity of the song.
There is every prospect that 1874
sill see greatly increased production"
Mr.. Newsome said.
"The United Fruit company is TAX
ng up the plans for supplying an in
creased world demand which were in
errupted by the war and increasing
he extent of its plantations and or
is fleet.
"Of course, cultivating Of bananas
S, in a measure, a gamble with the
Elements as banana trees, largely COM
bosed of pith and water, are particu-
Early susceptible TO damage by wind
forms and when one is broken or
beaten down, it requires fifteen months
o grow substitute which will pro-
luce marketable fruit.
However, with the hurricane sea-
on not past. there is every prospect
hat 1924 will be a big year. -
1.-THE banana is sealed fruit, pro-
|ected and rendered thoroughly clean
ty its skin and that fact, in conjunc-
ion with its palatable qualities and
Its food value, is bringing it into con-
family increasing popularity.
political and industrial conditions
re excellent in Central and Northern
central America, and the weather
Gems the only possible menace to the
rowth of the industry.
"Relations between the. Latin-Amer-
lean republic and the United States
have been most satisfactory in the last
wo years and for the most time mer-
hants from the tropical countries are
oming to New York and other Amer
can ports to buy their goods. This
rend is fully shown in the volume of
ravel northward on our boats. espe.
tally during the summer season."
Tourist Traffic Grows.
Mr.. Newsome declared that the tour
st traffic to Central and South Amer
ca was growing by leaps and bounds.
This traffic, he said, would result
q many of the larger vessels being
but on special cruises this winter.
These boats, however, will take on
ruit cargoes as usual.
New estimates just completed indi-
ated that the crop of commercial win
err keeping apples in Washington state
viii exceed $4,000 carloads OF 100
oxes to the car
The figures for some of the apple
rowing districts show a decided adj
ance over estimates of month ago.
Large shipments are going steadily
orward to Great Britain and the
English imports, both from Canada
nd the United States, are expected
0 show a marked increase over the
922-23 season.
Demand for export is heavy on both
he Atlantic and Pacific coasts, but
n some Middlewest centers the mar
et is flooded and considerable fruit
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