New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-09-11
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
INDUCEMENTS FOR EMIGRANTS.
pauapud ,nte II TIE Baltimore Patriot.
SAN CRIsTovAL, ISLAND OF ST. DoNIVGo, I
Saturday July % 1854.

SAN CRISTOvAL, ISLAND OF ST. DOMINGO,
Saturday, July % 1854. (
Iseid something in a former letter about the pro-
priety Of Baltimore opening direct trade with the
Domipiesn Republic by becoming is own and lnde-
pendent merchant for its bome production and ex-
shspge and by opening more direct avenues Tor tho
inlet of capital immigration and manufactures Bal
6more will support working population mich
cheaper and better than that maintain Itself ia
colder ard more rugged country
Rut A direct trade will sutServe other purposes OF
no small social Importance The free colored labor
era which You IN well spare, aud can easily make
sood ty European emigration, absolutely needed an
H. Island Of 81. Domingo 10 work the waste lands.
Coffee groves are abandoned ami OvergrOwn with
brushwood for want of the little labor required TO
keep them in order and gather the fruit Cool axe
men and teamsters are waned IN the mshostny Tor
esn The work men sre inferior and unskiled in all
trades and crafts and steady, bright mechanics and
farmers would be independent here from the start.
They have free title 10 town lot Of about 80 fact
kont and 100 Deep given 10 them TO bntld %, aud on
fai they can liant their bananas aud coffee trees,
and enjoy the fruit and shade OF both IN one year.
There are colOred Americans, Out unluckly there
are few mechanics among them,) wtfs have growing
on such a lot witoin an easy walk of the shipping
where anything can be sold orange lime, pantains,
bansnas and tamerDda beside keeping chickens,
pigeons and bees in any quantity
These are great helps 10 family comforts, and IN
fhis climate here il q succession of fruit the whole
year round, and | do not think there ~ any one
month in which there are not at least half dozen
kmes OF run IN rtasOn, anu anu vi VI
kssh vegetables Green peas and beans and green
corn for instance in season almost oil the year
But conceive the advantages Of this country and
climate TO be most inviting to men OF some small oapl-
nj and good farming capacities With s2 O0oOr % 0J0
veil invested and properly managed, man Gao have
more Injuries and higher social position and indie
p<pdence here than in the United States with 200
capital equally well managed. speak only Of those
Who GO on a farm with the view Of living on Il and
byh
10 four hundred acres of land be bought for
thousand dollars within six mites or less from tue
seaport City Of San Do ningo On Thu, tract there
should be wood and water and there "a no difficulty
10 finding one with fruit trees, and the remains
Of hsdges aud clesrings left by the old spanish osa-
ere when they were driven away by the Hayden 10
vasions. With two hundred dollars a snug cottage
Of two or three pleasant rooms can be baut OF the
cabbage palm bought at any time at half dollar The
doIen four inches wide and about twelve feet loas.
The roof is thscbed with the leaves Of the same palm
that produces the boards and with the help of cou-
ple Of native hands, active man ought ~ have 3
cottage built and bis home lot fenced IA aud planted
N two months after his arrival. Suppose he lands N
November or December the best IN ,nths Of ths yesr
for his purpose he has the dry cool sesSou before
him for choosing his ground and building and after
thst lie done he can 60 ON putting in crops Of one
hind or the other the whole year
have allowed twelve hundred dollars for the land
and cottage, and we must allow three hupdred more
Cor the expense Of coming out for fsrmi6g tools ani
provision supplies until their farm produces them and
there will remain S5o0 out Of twV thousand dollars
fer the purchase OF stock Cattle good here, ana
the borses active and hardy, though small Stock is
almost as dear in ST. Domingo in the United States
boGl b cannot understand why, IS they are raised
almost without locking after and there beasts
Of prey ON the island 20 disturb the yonng. -