Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1892 — Stealing Sisal from Florida. [ARTICLE]

Stealing Sisal from Florida.

It is suit! that the stealing o£ sisal from the Florida Keys by the people of the Bahamas has become so flagrant that the Governor of Florida Ims had his attention called to it and has taken measures to stop it. The sisal plants were introduced into Florida from Yucatan by a Dr. Perrine some fifty years ago. Little or no profit has been derived from thorn and they have practically gone wild and overrun the country, especially in the vicinity of Biscoyne Bay. The Governor of the Bahamas, Sir Ambrose Shea, seeing their value, has set out a plantation of thousands of acres with plants taken from Florida, and has encouraged his people to follow his example. It his thought that the sisal will soon be an important industry in Florida.—New Orleans Picayune.