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" I am satisfied " (continued the Professor) " from 
what I have seen and learnt that this can be made one 
of the largest industries in your colony. You have now 
the sugar industry ; you want others. You cannot have 
anything that will bring you value as the industry I am 
going to establish here. I must have your co-operation 
and assistance to make it a success. That's the way all 
great things are carried out and accomplished. You 
cannot expect foreigners to come here and bring every- 
thing ; you must put your shoulders to the wheel and 
there's no doubt it can be done. If we are prepared to 
pay people a fair price for their fruit, and pay employes 
a fair price for their day's work, I don't think we shall 
have any trouble in getting all the fruit, and all the 
labour that we want." 
Turning to a discussion of the products, the Professor 
first of all touched on banana coffee. There was nothinof 
in it of the nature of a stimulant, he explained ; it was 
nourishment, pure and simple. There were certain 
people who could not and ought not to drink the real 
coffee, and who were looking for substitutes. In Battle 
Creek, Michigan, was manufactured a cereal coffee, 
which, however, in comparison with banana coffee could 
only be termed " slop," for the reason that there was 
no nourishment or *' body " in it. The first experts of 
New York, Chicago and Philadelphia had pronounced 
the product of the banana as the most perfect coffee yet 
discovered. " If that is the case," added Mr. Spawn, 
*' that ought to satisfy anybody that we are going 
to have a very large market for it." From 20 to 
22 bananas were required for one pound of coffee. 
Coming next to the flour produced by the banana, 
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