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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 2. KM. Money MakingOpportunitics : of 1 i I ORANGE GROVES IN CUBA $2,500 A year Invested in Orange Groves in Cuba in annual, semi-annual or monthly payments will, yield after the fourth year a yearly income of $1,200 increasing every year and offering after the tenth year an income yearly of ... . $4,000 The man that makes ‘money in these days is the man that .sees his opportunity and grasps it. The greatest fortunes ever made have been those obtained in a new country before keen competition lowered the profits and increased expenses. Cuba and her opportunities for Fruit cul ture is a source of wealth becoming recognized more and more eac.h day. Thousands of far sighted business men of America and Canada are taking advantage of the opportunities offered by the island and are laying the foundations by investments there of future fortunes as great as any ever made in a new country. The average person wants an investment which will give him a REGULAR AND GOOD INCOME, and to this end there is no form of investment that offers as large profits and steadily increasing dividends as does Fruit Culture in the Island of Cuba. Cuba. By locut ion, climate and all natural conditions Cuba is the ideal country for fruit growers. In Cuba there is never any frost. Fruit shipped from her ports ean reach the markets as soon as Florida fruit and long before California products. The soil is rich and alluvial and fruits grow there with prodigal profuseness unknown in this or northern countries. The Climate of Cuba is delightful. There are rainy and dry seasons, but it could he said with truth the sun shines every day in the year. The Island is tilled with running springs of good water and with proper sanitary conditions Cuba is one of the most healthy places in the world. The nights are almost invariably clear the yenr around, and during the dry seuson a heavy dew keeps the ground al ways fresh and cool. Hurricanes and storms are almost un known in the eastern part where are situated the grove:, of the Bartle Fruit Co. Elevations along the Northeastern part of Cuba also make this part free from fevers of any kind. The temperature of the Island varies from 52 degrees to HO degrees Fahrenheit, there rarely ever being an unbearably hot day as is found in more northern climates. The atmosphere Hag that peculiar dearness found in the Rocky Mountains. ? ' ■ ' Fruit Culture. Up to the present time little lias been done to profit from the products of Cuba, The natives are too indolent aud lack the necessary capital. The Island, however, offers the best opportunities of any country for raising such fruits as Oranges, Lemons, flrapefruit, etc. Oranges: Cuba offers the finest oranges grown. The skin is thinner and they are sweeter than any other oranges, and of exquisite flavor. Orange trees grow and flourish %ith but lit tle care and a lack of attention that would surprise the Flor ida and California Fruit Grower. Lemons and Limes are growing wild over the island. With a little care and attention they could he made to yield a large income to the grower. Grapefruit will grow in tin* greatest profuseness and is a very prolific producer yielding a fine profit. Orange trees on the Island of Cuba begin to bear during the third year and yield from 1,000 to 10,000 oranges annu ally. The trees bear from 50 to 75 years and increase in produc tivity as they grow older. Trees are planted 20 feet apart each way, are trimmed each year aud kept free from weeds. Apart from this there is no trouble or expense beyond gathering and shipping the fruit, which is inexpensive. Shipping facilities in Cuba arc improving each year. To day there are thirteen railway companies there, most of them owned and operated by Americans. A fair estimate on the net profit from Orange Culture iu Cuba is.$1.00 per box. Some groves have averaged as high as $2.50 net profit.per box. Reasons Why You Should Invest Opportunities for large returns from a conservative, safe investment (tome rare ly. The safety and security of this investment has been appreciated by some of the* most conservative business men of Atlanta who have bought groves. A list of these can be seen at our office. The Co-Operation offered by our plan enables you to get the care and attention for your groves that would eost ybu a prohibitive sum if paid for by you alone. . Satisfactory arrangements can be made with our Company for the care of your groves at an exceedingly small cost to you, thus doing away with the necessity of your presence on the island. The Faint Hearted will see others stepping in and gaining for themselves the rich reward offered by Opportunity when she knocks at their door. Your Courage and Good Judgment will build for you a Competency for life in this invest ment. THE TRUST CO. OF GEORGIA This Company will act as our Trustee and every payment after the first will he made to them and they will give you a receipt for same. After all payments are made they will deliver you the deed to your property. Every possible safeguard is thrown about your investment hv this Company. Every six months they will send a special representative to Cuba to look after your interests there. This representative will make a careful and exhaustive re port on the condition of your crops and you will he kept in direct touch with everything pertaining to your property. The Bartle Fruit Co. The Bartle Fruit Co. is an organization of prominent Ca nadians and Americans who are interested in Real Estate/ in Cuba. The Bartle Fruit Company own 1,000 acres clear and un encumbered, which were purchased from the Cuban Realty Company, of Toronto, who are owners of over 25,000 acres of land in the province of Santiag • dr Cuba. The Company gets its name from the Cuban town near which it is situated. Bartle, Cuba. This is a thriving town only a few miles from the port of Xipe, on t lye Northeastern coast. Only a few months ago" it was a wilderness. Today it is the home of over sixty Canadian and American families, has a beautiful concrete railway station, ns good a hotel as is usu ally found in small American towns, and Dr. Preston, a promi nent specialist of Utica, X. Y., is now erecting a handsome $50,000 sanatorium there within 300 yards of our groves. Bartle is one of tlie healthiest and most delightful plaees to live on the Island. To investors there it offers, apart from the immense profits, a most delightful summer and win ter resort. Transportation from Bartle is unsurpassed on the Islanf). The Culm railway runs'directly past the groves of the com pany. The port of Xipe is twenty-four hours nearer New York than Havana and fruit reaches New York within tlire'e days af ter being loaded at Bartle. Our Proposition. The proposition of the Bartle Fruit Company to the inves tor in Cuban Fruit Groves is a legitimate business one offer ing large returns and easy methods of investment. The Bartle Fruit Company will sell you an acre of land set aside for this sale for $500, payable $10 down nnd $10 per month for 50 months. Immediately on receipt of your first payment, we will plant your property with budded, stock two years old in oranges, lemons or grapefruit as you may desire. At the end of your payments, we will deliver to you the deed to the property. IVe guarantee the property at this time to be benring at least eighty trees with a marketable crop of fruit. The annual income from your property per acre at this time should be at least $240. This is based on the lowest re sults now being obtained and the average price of oranges. The sixth year it should'produce at least $400 to the acre. At the tenth year a very low estimate would be $800 to the acre. As the trees grow older they produce more every year. It should be borne in mind that the fruit grower in Cuba has none of the evils to fear that continually beset the growers in Florida, There is never any frost in Cuba. When the crop is planted it will thrivp and produce where ordinary care is giv en the groves. This is arranged for by the'company employing two of the most experienced men they could find to give their entire time and attention to the work. There is no 3,000 mile haul as from California. Freight rates are about tile same as from Florida. New York, TORONTO, Bartle, Cuba. Bartle Fruit Co. CHAS. T. PHILLIPS, General Agent. 1406-7 Fourth National Bank Building, ATLANTA, GA. ‘ ——