Show Porto Rico Farmers Farmer Hid Money Cle Cleverly erly About the the Nineteenth century Important business houses hODS'S made their first appearance in San Son SanJuan SanJuan Juan Junn and other towns of ot the 1 of J Rico lUea Then TileD the tho rich farmers deposited their tl savings s h with these theao Ilou houses ca and obtained from them financing t tr r th their lr sugar mills Throughout th the Nineteenth century a n pent great struggle l gent yent erit on for tor the of ot a n bank In the Island The Tho Idea was successful tIn In the year 1880 when the Banco Espanol now Banco Commercial de Puerto Illco was I eat c i M Money ney also wan 10 kept In to silk stock nock Ings and id hosiery It was IM the custom of ot some nomo- persons to hide their pew pesos and gold old pieces In la the Ule buns bourns of bt the r roofing There Thero Is la an old 1 tA y of un en usurer In Arecibo who used noril to hide his money mane In n a hollow wooden statue e of 01 Saint Idas Ulu two to feet high The statue ot or the saint was on a corner filand In hla his room nod and It was his custom to keep an oil lamp lomp burning bunting before It lt Not until hi hit hie death when his hi heirs burs took look of nf his ilia belongings was Will the hiding pinto discovered |