| Show opportunities 71 the 0 of tt inter linter iron luc NN hen I 1 ched in the island of tamal ci CL t british possession I 1 was greatly kith ith the com mendal ot of the winter inter vegetable ege table groba growing ing sas colliers dur lug aig thoe months ahen hen inter fruit an I 1 aro are practically an alln billt in ili the markets ot of our north in and saint writ northern cities they beat in J imilce i and of catir couri L in other islands f the as uil all jain dri Is about HO ito mills conr nd ind froin from tN tant nt to 11 ll miles 11 u I 1 its Is mountainous NN ith mill ain valleys valles ind few plains of moderate extent oranges and coffee are tl it I 1 allt iff products tiro ducts 0 of tie tle mountainous 1 I 1 t ugar and I 1 ail buas ot of the 10 louir r I 1 lela 1 and alles N ege vegetables tables are cult hated at all the I 1 Iti I 1 luli ulion on numbering oer over la Is laz an ani I 1 erthle q and can not be d k ulon as laborera laborers hey they grow row a ft w arns on their ht I 1 ie le clearings nd nrc then content to lie in the shade ot of tl it r co oas ind and let the at t r ho 0 o b the cobee industry I 1 lin gill gilldes hes there la Is hardly any sugar suga it aking orth talking of now going on n there Is nn on oil the hole island a sn sit ele gle oringe groe rec 0 aa as such by an american cu cultivator all jam jamaica tica oranges arc are practically ild and ani of numerous varieties solie poor rome of 0 the best in the world but a ill 11 alike jumbled together for or export to that jamacia oranges hie a bad name I 1 hen hert lg 13 an american company loni pany in control of the banana ira arale le and the export is as large aa as the consumption warrants warr ints but no vegetables are e exported at all the steady ork on the Is done by coolies brought under tinder contrat Cn en trat from india and regarded alth dist ivor by the now if it li 10 JOO acres only were eel apart for the cultis stion ot of vegetables during the months from december to april ind the produce policed for or sale in our seaboard cities the profits over an ani I 1 above iboa e all expenses expense a and accidee a would be so enormous that I 1 shall not riot wite them the balance sheet his len ken carefully worked out and revised the taci would amount to many ninny millions of dol lara jars every season N hy haa has the n ter prise ne never neer er been attempted attempt because the cost of the plant required renders it impossible for any or ary i ry individual or aggregation of coill duala duals to undertake it IOU ou ro in have in the first place a fleet of six or tight freight steamers which will make the trip to new york inside of three days tho the distance la is a little over 1000 1 miles then ou all mustham mus thae wharves vh arves and warehouses a in the principal cities to receive tho th cargoes and men to ban die dle them promptly and skillfully and shops lu it the cities whre whore the best of produce can be sold directly to private buyers meanwhile in jamaica th re mist be a large and trained force of cultivators and overseers with farm tools and buildings building of all kinds and an abundance of 0 facilities for or transporting the produce a swiftly attly from the del fiel Is to the ports altogether the preliminary and working expenses would he be very large but the returns wo lid he ile so 0 large that in two average years the outlay would have been repaid and a clear annual gaan gan of millions could I 1 depended on I 1 often discussed this with the governor of jamaica sir kenry blake and he saw as much in it as I 1 did and proffered the good offices of the government in cage rase a company P were organized an lied to work ork the industry xo laica a Is at present the best oi of the e lattal islands elands tor for the purpose simply sime because it Is under government and you are assured of peace ind quiet but when han cuba achieves achley ps her independence and has quieted do down n she will III serve serse better than jamaica because ehe she Is so much larger and more than miles nearer ui |
