mine a cooper keith death united fruit company controlled seventy five percent of the global banana trade. but feel competitors existed but the united fruit company tolerated them in order to avoid the us north on monopolies. the core young male fruit company was the company's main rival at its head was samuel's the marry. a tall and gruff man with a strong russian accent he was seen as a visionary capable of making bananas grow on the most hostile land. in one thousand nine hundred ten he had overturned the government of honduras which had tried to get his way and he didn't hide the fact he became a legend. his rags to riches story began on ellis island in eighty ninety two.