Show i Special Agent Cook talks encouragingly I encour-agingly of Porto Rico He has been Investigating it In the Interest of the Department of Agriculture He docs not think it is a good place for poor men to go at least unless they have a little capital but he says tropical fruits and plant products the like of which wo Import to the value of HO 000000 a year grow most abundantly and the island is capable of raising onclKilf of our coffee supply Porto Rico has only about the same area that Great Salt Lako hns and If I it Is true that It can produce 30000000 or 40000000 n year what might not the island of Cuba and the Philippines do The Philippines have one great advantage oer the West Indies they are much healthier Islands and have a much greater aea and we suspect that It will be demonstrated that they have many more elements of wealth that is we have a belief that they will prove to bo very rich in gold and cop I per and possibly coal I |