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.lso held by them. 

 Sugar, formerly the staple product, has become unprofitable, 



in which scarcely half of the saccharine contents of the sugar 

 cane is secured and that of an inferior quality, is still in vogue. 

 If a central factory were established on a modem basis, the in- 

 dustry would no doubt still be remunerative, but the transporta- 

 tion of the bulky cane over such a rough territory would make 

 the project seem impractical even if sufficient capital to establish 

 the factory were forthcoming. 



Although Montserrat is known to the public almost wholly 



duced on a commercial scale only by one concern, the Mont- 

 serrat Company, a British corporation which owns many of the 

 best estates and has hundreds of acres planted with limes. The 

 output of fresh juice, however, is contracted for by another British 

 company in such a way as to give them a complete monopoly 

 of this product. Although considerable more juice is extracted 

 than this concern handles, it is quite impossible to obtain it for 

 shipment into the United States ; the surplus is concentrated to 

 about 1 2 per cent, of its bulk or neutralized with a calcium salt, 



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,siderable 



Arrow-root, the starch obtained from the tubers of Maranta 



superior quality. Papain, a digestive substance similar to pepsin, 

 obtained from the milky juice of the " papaw," Carica Papaya 

 L., was formerly produced in considerable quantities and con- 

 countries, it is said, has reduced the price so that it is no longer 

 profitable. The large green fruits are scraped and the juice 



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