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Boston does not Haunt flaunt these dls- dls dlstmctlons dis distinctions - tinctions tmctlons tincttons ; ; : yet seek and you find she shehas shehas shehas has America's Americas ' largest drydock drydoclc , the theworld's theworld's theworld's theworlds world's worlds ' greatest fish freezing freezmg and andstorage andstorage andstorage storage plant . . Here is a center of ofAmerIca's ofAmerica's ofAmerica's ofAmericas AmerIca's AmerIcas ' paper , wool , te'Ctbook teCtbook textbook textbookand ' , , and cotton manufacturing manufacturmg indus mdus- mdus indus- industries mdustnes industries - - tries tnes , and the second port in m Amer Amer- AmerIca America . - ica rca in m volume of ocean occan borne pas passenger passenger passenger senger trafficHer traffic trafficI I Her deep channeled channclcd harbor , whose whosemodern whosemodern i imodern modern piers connect with rails and andhighways andhighways ! hlgh\lays hlgh lays highways \ , is us one of the most accessible acces acces- accessIble accessible - - ' ' sible on the Atlantic seaboard ; It ithas ithas has 40 miles mllcs of berthing space anddeep and anddecp anddeep decp deep water to accommodate the thelargest thelargest thelargest largest vesselsWhen vesselsWhen vessels vesselsWhen When "Boston Boston " ships " traded hard hardware hardware hardware ware for California hides before the thedays thedays thedays days of ' ' 49 , the shoe and leather m to mdustry todustry industry dustry of New England began To- To Today Today To Today - - day , a large share of all hides used usedm usedin usedin m in American leather and sho shoe fac fac- factOrIes fac- fac factories factories - - tories is bought and sold inside rnside one onesquare onesquare onesquare square mile of old Boston , where whereeven whereeven whereeven even in rn the middle of the street you youcatch youcatch youcatch catch the acrid whifl whIff of newly newlytanned newlytanned newlytanned tanned leather . In Bombay is an old AmerIcan AmerIcanicehouse Americanicehouse Americanicehouse icehouse It dates from the perIod periodbeginning , begmnmg beginning 1805 , when Boston skip SkIP- SkIPpers skippers skippers - pers took cargoes for sale in rn Jamaica Ja- Ja Jamaica Ja Jamaica - - maica , , Cuba , Brazil and India Now Nowhigh Nowhigh Nowhigh high grade electrical machmes machines machineswhich , which include refrigerators , rank rankamong rankamong rankamong among Boston cxportsBoston's exportsBoston's exports cxports exportsBoston's Boston's Bostons ' pioneer place in m the im lm import Import lmport port and processing processmg of tropical tropicalthings tropicalthings tropicalthings things is still hers She and her herneighbors herneighbors herneighbors neighbors make now more than a athIrd athird athird thIrd of all America's Americas ' rubber shoes shoesthe , the trade name of one cocoa made madehere madehere madehere here has been a household word for forgcnerations forgenerations forgenerations gcnerations generations Jute , burlap , goatskms goatskins goatskinsfleeces , , fleeces , bales of cotton , sisal , fruIt fruitsugar , sugar , coffee , all pass this wayAsk wayAsk way wayAsk Ask how long skilled shIlled workers workcrs have haveserved haveserved haveserved served in m the same plants , hear hearhow hearhow hearhow how many generations of a gIven givenfamily givenfamily ' famIly havelorked have \ worked \lorked lorked Worhed at the same sametrades sametrades i itrades trades , and you begin begm to account accountfor accountfor accountfor for the vitality of Boston Industry IndustryHere industryHere industryHere Here is pride in rn good work , inher Inher- InherIted inherited inherited - - ited knowledge , genius for crafts crafts- craftsManshIp craftsrianship craftsmanship - manship rianship manshipMade rianshipMade Made Banana a Staple Food . John Hancock probably never saw sawa a banana At the Philadelphia Cen- Cen Centennial Cen Cen- Centenmal Centennial - - tennial tenmal exhibition cxhlbltIon , m in 1876 , curious curiouscrowds curiouscrowds curiouscrowds crowds gazed m rn in wonder at a abunch abunch abunch bunch of them Now everybody everybodyfrom , from Quoddy Light to Golden Gate Gatefrom , from Key West to Alaska Alasha , knows knowstheIr knowstheir knowstheir theIr smell and tasteBoston's tasteBoston's taste tasteBoston's Boston's Bostons ' United Umted Fruit company companymakes companymakes companymakes makes the banana , once a rarIty rarItywrapped raritywrapped raritywrapped wrapped in tinfoil tmfoll , today a staple stapleAmerlcm stapleAmerican stapleAmerican Amerlcm American : foodYet foodYet food foodYet Yet its greatest feat is not in indIstributIon indistribution indistribution dIstributIon , but production About AboutIts Aboutits Aboutits Its success in rn turning turnmg jungle mto into mtorIch intorich intorich rIch plantations andits and 'ts ts its ' , ts conquest conquestof of tropical disease , piles of fat boohs books boohsare booksare booksare are written All that is far from fromBoston fromBoston fromBoston Boston , yet it was a Boston BO.ton BOton : . man manAndrew , Andrew W Preston , who conceIved conceIvedthese conceivedthese conceivedthese these incomparable tasks When he hebegan hebegan hebegan began , long ago , the world banana bananacrop bananacrop ! crop barely equaled what New York Yorkalone Yorkalone Yorkalone alone now eats in m a few . weeks v.eeks veeks ' To get bananas the company had hadto hadto hadto to raise them ; so it became a vast vastagrIcultural vastagricultural vastagricultural agrIcultural concern conccrn . Jungle areas areascleared areascleared areascleared cleared and planted plantcd total thousands thousandsof of square mIlesWhen milesWhen miles milesWhen When Minor Mmor C Keith , of Umted United UmtedFruIt UnitedFruit UnitedFruit FruIt , started his railroad to Costa CostaRica CostaRica CostaRica Rica from Puer Puerto + o Limon to SanJose San SanJose SanJose Jose , a 19 year job yob that cost more morethan morethan : than 4 000 lives from fever , there thereI therewas therewas therewas I was but little rail in all Central CentralAmerica CentralAmerica I IAmerica America Now the company ownsand owns ownsand ownsand and operates its tracks , trucks , and andaerIal andaerial andaerial aerIal tramways in m a dozen tropic tropicregIOns tropicregions tropicregions regIOns It has built bUllt towns , piers piersradio , radIO stations , hotels , harbors , hospitals hos hos- hospItals hospitals - pitals , stores , schools , churches churchestheaters , thea theaters ters , playgrounds , shops , ware warehouses warehouses warehouses houses , markets , water , light , and andPO andpower andpo\\cr andpo cr PO\\ PO POcr power \ \ cr plants , and workers worhers ' homes homesby homesby homesby by the thousandsCentcr thousandsCenter thousands thousandsCenter Center Centcr of Fish Industry . Besides growing growmg bananas . , It ruses raises rusesmeat raisesmeat raisesmeat : meat , vegetables , and other toodS- toodS foods toodSfor foods'for foodsfor - ' for its armies armlcs of workers , and op operates opcrates opcrates erates crates sugar plantations , mills , and andrcfinerles andrefineries andrefineries rcfinerles refineries , grows coconuts , cocoa cocoaand , and other tropical products , and andannually andannually andannually annually carr'es carres carries ' some 40,000 40000 , pas- pas passcners passcnbers pas-senders pas senders - scners scnbers { , on its 97 ships from Boston BostonNew , New York , Baltimore , New Ncw Orleans Orleansand , and San Francisco to 25 dIfferent dIfferentpOl differentports differentpoits pOl ports ts between betwecn Habana and Carta Carta- Cartagena Cartagena Cartagena - - gena , , ColombiaThough ColombiaThough Colombia ColombiaThough Though Boston , remote from fromgramfields fromgrainfields fromgrainQelds gramfields grainfields and ranches , must go far farfor farfor farI for bread and meat , she also covers much of America Amcrlca with fish , as well wel wellas welas wellas as bananas bamInas bananas"But bamInas"But "But But " what profit might arIse arise7"That arise7That ? " " That v w . v.as vas > as King James ' query when whet whenPl1gnms whetPilgrims whenPilgrims Pl1gnms Pilgrims asked him , in m 1618 , to per per- permit permit permit - mit them to sail for the New World"Flshmg World"Fishing World World"Fishing "Fishing Fishing "Flshmg Flshmg " , " they replied . 'So So * ' So , God save my soul souls ' " he ex- ex exclaImed exclaimed ex exclaimed - claimed " ' 'TIS TIS ' an honest trade trade'Twas trade'Twas tradeTwas trade'Twas 'Twas Twas ' the Apostles AposUes ' own calling callmg " There's Theres ' a reason why the Sacred Sacret SacredCodfish SacretCodfish SacredCodfish Codfish is an emblem of Massa Massa- Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts - chusetts , why its effigy hangs novin now nov nowm nowin m in the statehouse , and has hung , In Inone inone ii iione one assembly hall or another , for formore fo fomore formore more than 200 years It saved savcd the theearly the theearly theearly early settlers from starving , pre pre- preserved preserved preserved - served with salt from : England Ingland It Itbccame i ibecame itbecame bccame became their first export , their theU ' first firstsource firs firssource firstsource source of revenueBoston revenueBoston revenue revenueBoston Boston , like Gloucester , catches catche catchesmany catchemany catchesmany many other kinds kmds now , from lobster Iobste lobsterto lobsterto ; to mackerel , and helps feed the thewhole the thewhole thewhole whole United Umted States And cod is no nolonger n nolonger longer the favorite , haddock IS ISmore 1 ismore , more in m demandGo demandGo demand demandGo Go for a trip in m a trawler He He'1d He1d He'1dIng Heading ' id iding Ing for the Ule Stellwagen bank , the thedmgdong the thedingdong thedingdong dmgdong dingdong echo of your radio depth- depth depthfindcrs depthfinders depth-finders depth finders - findcrs finders warns you that you are ove over overthe overthe , the fishing fishmg grounds , and the bil bilconical big bigcomcal bigconical comcal conical net is let goWooden goWooden go goWooden Wooden wheels , set on its loweilip lower lowei lowerIIp lowerlip IIp lip , let it roll easily over the ocean oceanfioor oceanfloor oceanfloor fioor floor , big wooden gates at each endopening end endopening , openmg opening outward keep it 11 stretched stretcher stretchedl1de stretcherhide stretchedwide \l1de l1de hide \ open , so that it scoops up everrthing ev- ev everything ev everything - erything errthing that swims or crawls , from fron from"sea fron"sea from"sea fromsea "sea sea " eggs " to sQUldComs squidCoins squid sQUld squidCoins Coins Coms , spoons , buttons , even ever evenplCces everpieces evenpieces plCces pieces of jewelry have been beer beenfound beerfound beenfound found in fish taken off the New Eng England England England land coast , apparently npparently they seizesuch seize seizesuch seizesuch such bright objects as may fall frorrpassing from frorr frompassing frompassing passing shIps'Green ships 'Green Green ' Green , " or unfrozen , fish IS ISshIpped i ishipped isshipped shIpped as tar far west as MISSISSIPPI Mississippifrozen Mississippifrozen , frozen fish , really fresh fish pre preserved preserved preserved served by freezing freezmg freezmg.hlch which \.hlch .hlch \ . will keep keel keepm keelin keepin m in perfect condition a year or more morereaches more.reaches morereaches . , reaches the Pacific coast whIle whIlesalted whilesalted whilesalted salted and dried codfish , or 'baca baca 'bacalao * ' Baca Bacalao bacalao lao , " is consumed as far away as assouthern a assouthern : southern : Europe Iurope , the CarIbbean Caribbeanand Caribbeanand , and the coast of BrazIlDwn BrazilDawn Brazil BrazilDiwn Diwn D\wn D wn Dawn ' \ brings brmgs the auction in m a big bit big"pIt bit"pit big"pit bigpit "pIt pIt " " at the pier's piers ' end Signs on orr onthe orrthe onthe the walls say all bidding blddmg must be In InEnglish it itEnglish inEnglish English ; : bids are called in Eng Ing- Ing Ing11sh Engllsh : English - lish 11sh llsh , but debates rage with confu confu- confusIOn confusion confusion - sion of tonguesThen tonguesThen tongues tonguesThen Then this big , busy fish pier pierechoes pierechoes pierechoes echoes with excitement Men m irr mrubber irrrubber inrubber rubber boots , wearing wearmg caps WIth wits WIthlong withlong : long visors like duck bills , throefish throw throe throwfish throwfish fish into mto rope baskets and swmg swint swmgthem swintthem swingthem them to the docks Others run hith hIth- hIther hither hither - er and yon , pushing pushmg bright colored colorec coloredcarts coloreccarts coloredcarts carts filled with fish , followed by bysmffing bysniffing bysniffing smffing sniffing , hard faced wharf catsBostonians cats catsBost001305 catsBostonians Bost001305 Bostonians Arc Are Good Sailors S31lors . These Boston people love the sen sea senFor seaFor seaFor For generations they sailed it to tc tomake tcmake tomake make a living hvmg Now many sail forfun for forfun forfun fun , yet with all the skill and grIm grImrntcnt grimintent grimintent rntcnt intent of adventurous clipper daysBe daysBe days daysBe Be asked to sail in yacht club clubraces clubraces clubraces races , especially if J1 all JOur your our racmg racing racmgc'Cperlence racingexperience racingexperience c'Cperlence cCperlence experience ' has been on the deck of ofa ofa ofa a mustang , and you hear a naw new nawlanguage newlanguage nowlanguage language On the first day of "soft soft "softspots "softspots "softspots softspots " spots " in m the air aU ' , of tacking tackmg , luffing luffingcrossing , crossmg crossing of bows and sterns , andshutting and andshuttmg andshutting shuttmg shutting off of at the rival s wmd wind windsailing , sallmg sailing seems a sport not only of ofodd ofodd ofodd odd speech but mysterious mystenous motIonsThen motionsThen motions motionsThen Then , , all at once , you begm begrn begin to tosense tosense tosense sense these tricks of jockeying jockeymg wIth wIthboats withboats withboats boats Here Hcre is horse racing racmg , but on onwater onwater onwater water ' Instead of crowding crowdmg the oth- oth other other oth-i oth i - er , riding ridmg in 10 to the thc rail to slow slowhim slowhim slowhim him dov down . n , you shut off orr his breezepower breeze breezepower breezepower power . Ship lines hnes are only bridle bridlererns bridlereins bridlereins rerns reins , stiff breezes are spurs , and andletting andletting |