The New York herald., 1866-07-09
The Amalgamation Of Races In ths
West India Islands.
OF PORTO RICO.
The Sugar and Coffee Crops EX-
cessively Short.
Proposition to Abolish Custom Houses
in the Island.

in the Island.
Oar lfsyaguez (P. r., Correspondencs.
MAYAoun. p. R.. May a, 1904
IsLAND PORTO RICO.
do not know by what law It happens thas
tho moro barren . country and the les 20
munerativs It promises to prove, the more
highly cultivated 1t becomes This is observable =
all the colonies Barbados for instance, is one Of the
smallest and least fertile; consequently Il think the
word well applied) there Is not square inch len
uncultivated Jamaica and Trinidad the largest and
finest In every respect yet the former rapidly going
to bush while OF the latter not third 10 under cuva
ton; and, at the same time, Barbados has much
population than either in proportion Barbados is nos
the only case At short distance from st. Thomas lies
the island Of Santa Cruz st. Croix not fertile nat
uraly as many of her sisters farther south, but which
the industry OF man has converted into garden-an
fact little paradise Now in the case OF this island q
Porto Rico every one knows that It Is much smaller.
poorer less fertile than the island Of Cuba ycs
there a difference observable sufficient to exemplify
the curious law question. There is more industry
here than in Cuba; there Is less waste and there is
larger population and what more remarkable, thero
tone In the population which lifts above that OF her
richer and more luxurious as well as moro luxurans
sister.
TIE CHrET TOWNS.
Perhaps the least worthy Of notice OF all the towns s
the capital San Juan, st. Johns generally called
in our language. While on the other hand, tho most
worthy Of visit is this town Of Nayaguez account oe
Its trade, its appearance and the picturesque country
around IT, San Juan resembles Havana in its small,
badly built uncomfortable houses and street
S Na more Sem
streets wide and In tocraby good order considering
that 1t is town in Spanish colony
PORTO RICO COMPARED WITH CUBA.
There is marked difference between the people OF this
island and the Cubans The former very industrious;
there is greater diffusion Of at least elementary educa
ton; that IT, there are more persons who know how
read and write IN Porto Rico than in Cuba and better
10 The other with BAG Of douboons on your shoulder ny
night well a. by day. and will moest you. ThS
grea, crimes which stain the more nourshing communi
ties 0f this wicked world almost unknown. The po-
lice few In number and have little 10 do In the a9
here end only six or eight prisoners, all negroes snd
muatoe charged with nothing more serious than pes
In rido round the envlrons Of this town noticed he
@ a % S
pied with something other; not Stretched ON The
ground asleep. or gosspping with one another.
DEcHEAsB or SLAVERY
The population OF the island Is between nve and ax
hundred thousand, about one-half white, or repusee
white The slave population exceed thivty-hv0
thousand and is probably ess for every year the mum
Der dminshes by some Thousands who are manumitssd
" 'neh o"nci~ -, vn,, x.,,o .o,r,.-,o.
s therefore fully as large as the white and Is proc
Of wisdom and good sense on the part Of the Pors1
s obliged to have Rbta, or pass book to show wheN
he is employed. Any one found by the police loannG
without the proper ontrss his pass book, IL put q
prison and made to work certain time determined b
This system springs directly from the people thsss
ssvcs for the home government at Madrid interfere. Y
no manner with tho legislation Of the municipalities
which are elected By the people and make all the lee
islands few yess longer Porto Rico win lose no,hina
which nlls the atmosphere Of this nineteenth contuy1
and which no community can resist.
AMALnAMAros ~ Race
From observing tho people Of all these West Indies
have arrived at the conclusion that unless there be q
o soG os ss
war; In short, whore color Is the distinction betwesa
opposing castss each rcpeiling the other In such
worst passions Of human nature In the English colonies
thcre IL likelihood OF anal aIgamation the othsa
in tho may One day or other the class which Is nos
powerful from numbers must prevail But In the cass
isned .hat whether for good or III the smsaanaon q
races will be certainty and therefore consider thess
islands as presenting In many respects happier pros
pcct Tor the future than their sisters OF the Carbbean
sea-happisr, undoubtedly, socially and politically.
AsoLpsAxos AVERSION 10 AnAL0AxArIoN.
The next consideration which In connection wiA
this subject IS why should certain European nations
show this indifference 70 mixing with and II were,
becoming identified with an inferior race whllo otheu
ncuraby and uualtcratsy opposed to It Tho Ger.
man and AngIosaxon belong " this latter class Il
In the vanguard Of freedom and aboo arc those which
view this thing OF practical amagama,ion with intenss
rcpugnance the LATIN races are more plant and con
prevent them from governing themselves In Amers-
can precisely thoee characteristics which snas
them IN submit with To the condition OF things of
which we speaking. The Anglo saxon Ia more de-
cidcd In his ideas, and steadfas, n adhering "a
them. Once let contempt hatred take possession of
his mnd and farewell TO all chances Of compromise Now
In regard 10 the negro tho Anglo Saxon, While lnduIg
and brother" has nevertheless made up M mind A.s
Quashee Ia an inferior being This Is simply contempt;
but u Is enough. Il makes gulf II circumstanoes
tnge with fear, then II becomes . deadly hatred,
which our Ango-Saxon never parts with.
rHy TRADE. SUGAR AsD coryu CROPS oy roRro RICO. q
Tho sugar and coffee crops this year will be short
From the best Of information learn that neither
will amount 20 than half the usual average. Ths
might have been expected Of the coffee crop, which s
never large two successive years. fuetuntng pretty
much M 40 the peaches in the United states but The
immense falling of In sugar is q calamity which this
year visits, believe Porto Rico aloue; for far
could ascertain, the sugar all the other ssnds
from Cuba 70 Trinidad, will be quite large.
Contrary TO my expectation, and there are very fsw
Americans residing In this island Here In Mayaguex,
whore certainly expected 10 find some hnd one.
though there considerable trade carried on here with
the United States On the way here the steamer toucheA
4 little port from whence considerable quantities. a
sugar and coffee are shipped. This port, In which
found but one vessel closed 70 foreign trade La
WINTER but has lately been reopsned.
pRorosrIror 10 MAKE HIs PORTS pLASp yR1
Tho newspapers here and at the capital arc warmly
merchants of this island 10 convert all the ports into
FREQ ports and abolish custom houses altogether n
must strike anyone who reads this that there
thing strange In the 1ntendents making 80 excellcnt
proposition TO the merchants who would be supposed
would jump At IT, In fact there 10 something In II which
rcquircs expanaton In the hst place. the propossnto
abolish the custom houses does not appear spring from
any enlightenment on the part OF the nenden though
the idea has occurred 10 him from seeing what free por
has done for 81 Thomas and how much the Danish gov
ernment Is benefited by liberal treatment Of their
colonies The Inendent evidently cannot be serious.
since he puts terms and conditions which be must know
perfectly well VIII render his proposition unaceeptabls
He proposes thai the merchants OF Porto Rico shall nav
each, proportonately, 10 the government yearly SUM
equivalent In the aggregate 10 thai received from
the customs In return for the abolition OF the dirscS
du,iss The merchants laugh The proposition a. abb
snrd since they do Nos perceive any difference between
paying ont money with tho right left hand; IN add
ton 10 which n the difcuty of making fair amor
tionmens Of the tar 70 be levld on each. conss-