The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-13

lar they make they have TO give about nall
of II 70 the government. A large standing
army |, maintained to keep the Cubans from
trying the revolution business again. Ha-
vanA Is
ONE OF THE RICHEST
place in the world business Of all kinds Is
good; they make money very fast, and they
have 10, or they could no. stend the heavy
burden of taxes placed upon all occupations.
As an example l may mention that u clerk,
or any one In any business relations involving
q salary of $4,000, has TO pay the govern
mont $500 of the amount. Again, Havana
sugar is probably the best in the world.
There is six cents duty on every pound es-
ported. BY the time they got returns II prob
ably meta them two or three cents
The email margin would not pay them,
only from tho fact that the yield us
enormous, and the expense ard trouble OF
Its production AZ nothing compared TO SIM
lar enterprises in our country. They plant
any timo IN the spring or fall and the crops
arc harvested the same way. If they plant
their cane this yoar, they probably do not
have to plant again for five or elk years, and,
on the moot inferior soil certainly not oftener
than once in three or four years. They cuI
tho cane of each year and il grows up again.
When IL shows signs of deterioration they
pull up the crop and plant Anew. They
estimate the value of land by the number OF
cuts, or tho number of consecutive crops, rs
we would cay, that It Is capable OF producing
from one planting and not from the maxi
mum yield of prolific year, NJ we would
determine the value of our lands.
The main predictions of the country arc
sugar, tobacco, coffee, fruits and vegetables,
There aro several varieties Of grapes, and
they make fine vino. Wine ia cheap there
Is comparatively little made for export, tue
duty being SO excess as TO render compe-
titon with European productions Impossible.
Banenas, tho yam and broad fruit grow wild
| in such proiuson that lile could be main
tanned without au effort az labor. Tho ps-
triot army sometimes subsiStod in this way
for months in tho mountains, Until rem
couture with the enemy or N descent
upon village would Iepleniah tbs
commisssry. Their flour is chiefly imported
from Spain, and some little from tho United
s,ta,es-tho duty ON the lattor belng such rs
| to mike the former tho cheaper article.
Fruits and vegatnbies are very chesp and
the export duly light The prices OF all
other commodities of life arc excessive
however.
They have free, municipal and graded
schools, the city, not the government, main
tanning them. Tho government sustains 0
university where physicians and lawyers
are matriculated and perfected in their pro-
fessons.
They have u large, efficient police force
constituting four distinct forcea--.ho mu
nicpal, tho government the night watch snt
the civil guard.
The catholic is tho only religion; they hev,
about one hundred cathedrials, many
converts and several nunorieq. Secret sociu
ties arc not permitted by the government
The priesthood aro the ccnsors. and ut thei
instance the government interdlcts odd lel
lowship, masonry or any other secret orsani
cation. Notwithstanding, there are som'
sub roaa, am informed.
Tho population of tho island ia abou
1900, 600, that Of Havana 100000 Thcl
hsyc rall communication with Matanzss
, UNdenas, Santa Clara and Cientuegos ant
/ the lesser towns intermediate. The construc
ted road embraces about one-lLlrl OF tn
island, which is about 100 miles long b,
IN average width of probably 100 miles
Santiago de Cuba and Puerto Principe Ii
on tho eastern part of tue island, are reaches
! by the gulf and rank next IN population I'M
: importance to Havana. Trinidad, ano.he
a place of considerable commercial imporleno,
. lies on tho south of tho island and is reschc
= by vessel from Cientuagas.
O They have many fine streams and sprinp
3 Of water. Water Is supplied 10 Havana b
! an aqueduct, tho supply being derived froi
y ineIhhuslable springs. The reservoir COZ
Z over 100000. There are many beau
: liful parks and promenados in Havan'
8 marked consplcuously by works of sculpiui
y od art from Italy and tho United State
i prominent among which arc statues of Ferd
r pand and Isabella, Columbus and OIL
n Neptune. Tho parks arc very beautiful, tn
o design and taste displayed not being iuferic
Il to American horticultural art. There ar
omnibuses and street cars of America
I construction, some Of tho latter being pullo
n by curious little steam dummies, much ate
v tile stylc of the New York elevated railroa,
o Tho city 10 lighted--aud not stingily wit
0 gas. They have no wood. burn coal ontirel
J. principally charcoal. Hack hire is chcal
y 40 cts, In Spanish paper Or 20 cts. in silve
;, Their hacks arc small, their hind wheo
n being about tho size OF the forward whee
/ Of ours, and they arc drawn by ono hors
II They charge no moro for two persons ridn
. than for one, and tho price IL unil0r
|, to any part of the city. Havana was former
: walled in like the Chinese aud all tho oil
o Spanish cities, but tho wall has been tol
d down to give place TO fine promenades IN
t other features Of practical utility. There u,
" no bcor gardens, but saloons confront you Q
" almost every square. Thoy have magnliic
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