The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-15
SANT|hGIS MANY RICHES.
GREAT AGRICULTURAL AND AIS-
ERAL RESOURCES.
suxar. Coffee ma Cocoa Raised In
AhunAanee-Fopests 81 the Most
valuable Timber ana Mines Of
Rich lroa Await Development.


SANTIAGO. July N--The province o.
Santiago de Cuba, especially that part o.
Il cas-: OF HE drawn between sagUa &c
Tanamo. San Luis and Santiago, 10 tocay
os vital Interest TO thousands IN the CniIeo
States. The natural resources OF the
country and It's fertility. It's products ana
It's industries are Of paramount Importance
Tie richness Of the soil here. as elsewhere
IN tie Island. entities it 10 consideration
from al agricultural standpoint Inc
raising OK cane and the manufacture OF
sugar are the chief sources of wealth in
the province. In the immediate neighcor-
hood OF Santiago are the following sugar
estates:
Santa Ana, owned by Francisco Aura,
an American citizen. whose average annual
output 10 eco bags leach SO pounds,-
Hatiilo, owned by J. Bueno < Co. Gu
bans. annual output ee.oo bags
Union. owned by Santiago Rousseau,
French citizen, $3.50 bags.
SabanIlla, owned by Limo SaloZar. Gu
ban, $3.50 bags.
San Sebastian owned by Brooks & Co.,
British subjects, 1850 bags.
Trfumfo. owned by Mr.. Whiting. an
American citizen, 500 bags.
Majorina, burned and destroyed by the
insurgents
San Luis, owned by Angel Norma,
Span!a-d. now abandoned.
In the vicinity Of Guantanamo the prin-
cipal estates are San Miguel, Santa Cabel,
confiuente. Los Canos and So.edad. The
average annual crop OF these estates is
estimated at 5oOD bags each. There are
many smaller estates.
The estates are on the south coast, on
this side o: the Sierra Maestro chain of
mountains No sugar cane is grown on
the north coast In Santiago province.
Manzanilio. further westward on the
south coast, boasts OF many large cen
4xzf
the cane grown on inland fields Is brought
in and ground.
Guantanamo, Santiago and Manzanilio
are the three important shipping points
Of East Cuba
Next in importance agricultural.y comes
the coffee and the cocoa plantations.
with which Santiago province IL thickly
covered Coffee and cocoa plants are gen
orally on the same 'fincas'' or planta-
tiozs. the fraii coffee shrubs requiring for
its growth the shade offered by the tall
and overhangins cocoa tree
The coffee shrub yields its crop In No
vember but as 1t is not regular and uni
form three harvests are made annually,
the nrst in November, the second in Janu-
airy and the third in March. Large guam
titles Of cocoa have been shipped annually
10 spain and France at prices varying be-
tween SIS and 81 per hundrei-weight, free
on board. but for many years no coffee
has been exported from the island OF Cuba
The reason for this lies In the fact that
Cuban coffee, like Cuban tobacco, is OF
rare quality and aroma. is raised and
selected by experts. and of necessity bring
ing a price that would not easily find
market for the produce abroad In the
heids Cuban coffee sells from s2i to SIS
per 100 pounds In bygone days these
cafetales tcofee piantations) used TO be
the pride OF the Spanish grandees their
original owners, who lived on their pIan:a-
tons in great style with their suites and
reunutS. SIX months ~ the year the
plantations would be the scene of Teasing
and meTrymaking. neighboring grandees
coming from miles around In their s'yo-
lanies' and on horseback, STAYING In one
hhca fortnight at a time then push
ing on 10 the next plantation. carving
their last host with them. until the com
pete round OF the cafetales was made.
ihe spanish owners spent their lives in
gayetF and debauch, paying little atten-
'iotl 10 the management of their estates,
~hhc they yielded handsome living
but gradually their plantations ceased To
produce these kingly incomes. and their
fortunes began 10 dwindle Thrifty ana
ehrewd FreDchmen. driven over from
Hayu, formed a strong colony in Senti
ago IN those early days and they took adj
vantage OF the lax and slIort-sighted
hidaIgos. They loaned their r,o,7ey or
al
overseers. foreclose~i their MORTGAGES ara
hS-oaine the owners of the rich cafetalas
most OF which are 10 this day Owned hv
taelr descendants. OF fifty cafaralss !.
viii be found that forty are owne,, nv
Frenchmer. ~
"A very common parasite creeper. which
cilhSs 10 the rough and sturdy rnabogar,
treas, choking and killing then, incb ~,
ihSh' uhti. AFTER twenty years tho +-aos
are cead ard decayed is still called ",be
French overs.e-'' TIC
Maize, vans. sweet potatoes ana o-har
Vegetables grow everywhere with r.,1a
care or supervision. Coffee shrubs 80
the shade ard these plants oesor - r.
result Is that on most coffee pIan.a.,or,
ne vegetables are grown which arni
Ieen ana sustain the planter who -.
Few years. IS on a self-sllstatri,<r -
profit '''eaa as clean
so nGoaceo 81 is grown extensively at Palma
c co' 1a'1o' san Luis Barre Jiguanv 80
ru'cd' most OF which has hifher.o - -
sAil4ea 10 Germany. Guica ,rnd,~os -
pes Ieaf. although. az course ~ az -
,,tIo. grade as compared VITA Vusjts a.
Part.dos tobacco N'i'1 VI
haIde"a. on the north coas.. Is The ho-,a
Oi tte "ocodnut ard the rlar.af, =; 49,.
WILD. luxutiart state. r. sh'T,ne -! us
'2sse fruits 10 theSnorth nav, for -,
vars warranted two steamship rrss a..
Si"SiFeiF engaged in The fruit ,rcaa ?, -,
o@t"een haracoa and New York. Tba
i'gi', ~ ard bananas are extensively
@ErH u me manufacture OF vinegar.
The woods md forests Of Eastern ,,,,,,
az. aoo ing II every variety q hard woo6s
re f'F'Hc!pal being mahogany, cedar rose-
800 ana ma5asua. wood known no
vera over as the strong, ;; and mos, st~,-
bic - ~ woods. Of green!sA ssbv h,,s
aEd exceedingly close grain Most =
,heT II fact ni0e-tsaths q tho WI
anus ar virgin forests. which II wo.,,5
'aAe years and years 10 ,ferlrnate AMI
"aicA have 50 far escaped ;A,. d4st-t,c.f,.,.
nara ~ nm. ow-GG - the lack = trans
R.I,a,io" facilities 10 The sea coast.
me yaua, or lancet spar. grows ~
Inc thousand acres and 50 does the lfr
NM vitae. 81 n3Vca sought after Tor -
manutac;ure ~ block sheaves ard II heavy
balls used N bowling alleys
PAIN leaf u great Quantities i exported
10 Europe and She United S-a:es FOR ne
man - ~tf.-e 81: hats AMI rar-,,f-r.- - y