New-York tribune., 1896-12-27

pirates and buccaneers of the Spanish Main. are
quaint and curious. one does not have to pos. IS.
he sailed into she beautiful harbor of Santiago
nearly four centuries ago and gazed with dehgh'
Santiago Harbor seen at daybreak,,. says Mr. Mr.:
pSs TGd Of % the o Tatesr wGn and remains
In the memory silhouette OF cntrancins peaui!,
ne snd eTass he entrance to spa
cious bay nanked by mountains One OF the gan, I,,
gray and yellow fortress. SO narrow is the en- IN
trance that the ship seems to pass directy ui,uV ,
the sentinels on the stone terraces and the pris-
oners behind tho barred windows are almost WIN, IN.
in call. save that the breakers underncath me tnc
green bank filling wifh uproar the cavernous
depth of the rocky buttrcsses The harbor is OPENS
expense Of sheltered water with blue mountains ans
tance. transeured in the golden light of tropical
morning Like Rio it lies among hiils WIN nTun ,;
with fortifcations and with seaward deiences
which could be made impreshp1ine. pi ,so even T'', W
foul and shabby town. unworthy of its masmh-
"Santiaso was founded by vclasqucz in 1914, and
the streets have never been swept 10 TINS DAY;
There ncrustations OF mould on the Ch,hf1raI %
walls and there is the dust of ages on the low
hrowed tiled roofs of the crumbling diapida,cu. an
T sd r IN over GoTr or at least once
In decade: but here il passes for tiIng.staih ana
are padded with lime and Nth. ana the city. with
It's population of $1,000 is in the worst poSsipe
sanitary condition.
b y
Cuban railroadng is simplicity itself The
trains run about when they please and now 'heE
please and in making up the trains cattle instead
of engines are employed to draw the cars TO-
gether. ono argue from this that 1t Is great
deal easier TO obtain good catte-driver In CUBA
than an expert engine-driver.
Matanzas not far from Havana on the north
coast is in n decadent mood. 1t once ranked next
10 Havana but the rich planters have become I'M,
poverished. and the best plantations nave passeu
,.. hand Of Snsn nieh
An is changed" says Mr.. Ford, save the
beauty of hs of sfnE ha marine ri % views from
hillside and headland NO granheT proSfrg Prom t thn
Chapel Of Monserrate. back Of the town ,,l,h Ihe
Yumuri flows through gorge four mics IN leiih. .
w1ti' "nd pcturesGue hisidcs There is widcreach-
Ing vista beyond with plantations OF sugar GoliSe
cocoanuts and orange trees. thickets. of almond
trees and lines fields Of corn ana roya 81 balm
From one of the highest coigns Of vantage near
wSich yae f' svery lS' fruit and product in Cuba is
under cultivation; and the mnnSenpe obonv and
What might have been has always been the
6pr@Sh n nbs oi T The ga World has shown than
picture of decay and gorcS o oSt far nWv and
do not shock the American does the picture OF
Cuba
WHAT CUBA MIGHT BECOME
CUBA under American administration. says Mr.
Ford. would nave heeh to-udN oi', " Wv +,
most prosperous and most healthtui countries j"
tho world Mountainsidcs which within fow
wears have barely been scratched by mining en-
gineers voud have been in high state OF de-
velopment. Forests which are now el'h'r '"'h,
less or the haunts of lawess marauders wou'u
have been paying tribute to tho commerce OF IA
tions. Coffee. sugar and tobacco piah'a'lo'lS' ""
der intelligent supervision and with improved ma
chnerv would have been quadrupled IN Na'ur.
yellow fever would have been sianpeu . ou. i Uy
sanitary science. and the picturesque niouitsiins
of the south coast converted into the mos. pop"M M
y.intrr resorts for Northern invaids Every N
dustry of the island would have received an III
vigoratng impulse. -, 49,. h,,dor,
Tho mast cannot be undonc. but the apunuah,
,.ita,v that cuba has shown for centuries pouii'i
down as she has been by an indocnt pop ii aiai
nv a Government whose policy has at every Point
hcen opposed development angurs WeiI l9i ~
future The island has suffered learluA u,i ,h ,,6
echoes and ravages of the bitter cohltS, Wpul'
fade away and Cuba would surely DecH,"e o''e "a
nc enduring wonders of the New w ofld