The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-06-08

a vssss y . CsSsn sssas Sssats wAsrs ne
a4shes y RssaasasA - Dissa 1saAass.
Those who have nevcr witnessed plAnta-
tion Alsve Acsns can do % n the sud Of four
ldAys ioprpsy from Now York. The Wicked In
.stltutien has not vesy much longer 10 last.
Even now thssa alavss are ths most indspen.
dent and best protected persons on the island.
il , white man strikes one Of them and ths
negro COMPLAINS 10 . Magistrate the hagls-
trate will set him free. That Ia the law. On
the other hand. while free man are starving
thesIavos are well fed.
1t may have bsen because It WAS In foreign
land. Or perhaps II wAs because OF the dis
tressed poverty OF the planters. but the pictur-
esaueness Of plantation hfs was missing from
what l Witnessed In Cuba. On the roRdside.
rising In spow-white ooiunns from bowery
park OF tropic trees. was tho magnificent
hacienda OF the planter-but 1t was empty no
was bankrupt aud those who had loaned
money that he could not repay were harvesting
his cano. The very sight OF the waving cane
WIS saddoning for sugar has been drug In
the market. and ID grown at 4 losR. Germany
and Spain had combtpedIy wrecked the busi-
ness. and with 1t the entire island. GERMANY
BY an over production OF cheap best sugar
and Spain by n. thousand extravAgances Of
stuptdity. ons OF which. the exActiOn Of nm
export tax OF nearly three-quArtsrs OF q cent
a On ~ wss n, snfasns to nut Cuba
g Iast%nsiy 10 rum and % Cuba bas BEEN
dollars n hogshead was, the loss ono planter
said be was ,snfIsrinx, There was another, rea-
the ns t"k tSs esops an naa ssd
them for what they would bring. In the mean
ti,Ss Spain asks this year OF the taxpsysEs
ssasrs %So q are WI snoaah "aS
aa shiss ne .n Sss
carried ont. put Cuba beyond the line At which
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Ss's ssH iq2 ss: ra BY ms ssss 10
whereas CUBAN sds With Sssy sSps s ss soi
bring forth. without extra water. only about
COSTS too much. and new machinery. Which
greatly reduces the present waste. Is needed all
But Tor the slaves. A turn Of the main. road.
which, ran between the cane. fields. suddenly
broaxht 70 yisE . hundred iO!.biask men.
stalks. Kidding them Of leaves and loading
them on wagons The men wore at, straw hats.
than ubsn
under Il, The yhits,orbea Pesninniss wore
only In shirts. There was ,nota pair Of shoss
seem happy. They neither talked nor sang Nc.
They worked with more energy and persist
than one would the climate
WINS wonderful to. see tho dextorliy Of the mon
with their machetes. Swinging the long
they severed tbs issvss from ths TOP p"S Of tine the
stalk. with another they cut the stalk on near
ps hsd ass ia s hsgs sIust
the MIDI so that, It fell in two pieces. The
machete is a wonderful implement. and does
nothing but "a big blade. twenty -four to thirty
Elk Inches iSHns and one to tTo inches br9Sd
6an sns s Nth it. eas Mooa e
houses with II. fight with it. kill cattle with It.
and use Il IN more ways than there is room to
scythe, and knife.
Another group Of slaves made q black patch
loaded tho, cano from the. carts. ripped of
leaves that had been passed by the flrst hand
Pr wh9a
which. at the other end. sent the juice pouring
like a waterfall into q tank and cast out the
called the SOUTH siakea abo%, now Ss az amons
hs Ss the II III d@s nna
its clump Of palms. bnnsnns. and cocoanuts.
formed cool oasis in the hot scene. How DIFF
feront home II, was from that Of the slaves
building. enclosing u sres. open central court
hallway led from without into this
seemed also to have charge OF the store room
4 combination boot and shoe. clothing and
drug emporium. containing slave supplies Be-
yond was the open court. its sides marked BY a
double tier OF DOORS the upper tier being skirt
cd BY a balcony. Everything was plain and
barn-like. Not copper had been wasted for
ornament. Worse than ALL the whole place
the home OF family or two men. Mulberry
street contains no such squalid homes. The
son. UPSTAIRS. one big room was nursery and
another WAS tho hospital.
lyino-in. It is said to be a fact. Significant as
| we'll as curious. That the slave women who
used to be averse to bringing forth children are
now equally eager to be mothers. Children
born to them now will be freemen and free
women. A few years ago to bring a baby into
present to the master. fine addition to his
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