India rubber world . on his andadjoining plantations. He is also Regidor del Distrito,(c\\\^{magistrate) of his district, under the Mexican government. By the way, to go back a little to his first trip to Mexico, itis interesting to note that one of his four companions who wentwith him was Fred. Funston, who recently has become famousthrough his capture of the elusive Aguinaldo in the Philip-pines. During the past ten years, Mr. Torros has not only suc-cessfully operated the plantations mentioned, but has beenplaced in charge of the Ubero plantations, and has planted cof-fee there so largely t
India rubber world . on his andadjoining plantations. He is also Regidor del Distrito,(c\\\^{magistrate) of his district, under the Mexican government. By the way, to go back a little to his first trip to Mexico, itis interesting to note that one of his four companions who wentwith him was Fred. Funston, who recently has become famousthrough his capture of the elusive Aguinaldo in the Philip-pines. During the past ten years, Mr. Torros has not only suc-cessfully operated the plantations mentioned, but has beenplaced in charge of the Ubero plantations, and has planted cof-fee there so largely that within a year this plantation will bethe largest in the world. In order to give himself the best knowledge of rubber plant-ing, Mr. Torres has also traveled everywhere through Mexicoand South America, meeting with the rubber gatherers whobleed the wild trees, and also visiting the large and smallplantations of both natives and foreigners, the result beingthat he probably has as wide and practical an experience in. FRANK L. TORRES, Islhmus General Manager Ubero andPlantations. Rubber rubber planting as any other person. Coincident with thesetrips has been the installing of coffee plants and rubber trees,until now the companies with which he is connected have thelargest nurseries in existence. Mr. Torres, speaking from his own personal experience, isemphatic in affirming that there is no trouble in getting labor,and of the best kind, and during the last month more than ahundred men have applied to his company for work, for whomthey had no need. One reason that Mr. Torres gives for thisexperience is thefact that their plantations are right on the lineof the railway, which is an advantage, as the natives are loathto go to plantations that are distant from it. Mr. Torres, who by the way, married Miss Grace Nebeker,ofIndianapolis, daughter of a former treasurer of the UnitedStates, makes his home in the city of Mexico, which is within aconvenient distance from the Isthmus and Ube
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