The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-06-24
prADyTo GOTO CUBA
-.s SOUTH PREPARING TO SHARE
'n 2, ,ur ISLANDS, REGENERATION

-, There When the D"fs Aio
r,. Figure Galveston Expects TO CUT
r,,o committing of poultry before the in
- has turned loose its product Is
cup" ".d;uarily deemed a safe system OF
NV ,ot;on. but that does not deter the
arootic hustlers of south Texas from
urn;ng what part they will play in
~oceneration of Cuba, and already
49, arc indications of an invasion of
.So Gem of the Antilles far more impos-
mo than that of the armed host that
~i T sweep Blanco and his men from
c,,bon soil and displace the flag OF Spain
'r;th the stars and stripes
VT" The gulf ports have been in closer
.oucb with Havana than have been the
s;ties along the Atlantic shore, and 1t Is
0I..o ootod that the new era soon to dawn
- Cnba will play mighty part in the
:. of the gulf. Cuba is supposed
~ have n population of approximately
ol0 600 persons. Men who know the
Island and its capabilities predict that
within ten years after the expulsion OF
.he snanish the population will be
ooo 600 That Cuba can, in any even
tnoiitv remain under the rule of native
Cnbans they consider impossible. They
declare that within two years after the
denarture of the Spanish the Cubans in
Cuba will be outnumbered and outvoted
ty the people of the United States seek
inc residence and fortune In Cuba.
Galveston has for many years had
considerable trade with Cuba and the
other islands of the West Indies. Two OF
tbe big transatlantic steamship lines OF
snain. the principal of which is the
Sierra company of Bilbao, have had their
fleets constantly in the Galveston trade,
and as the Spanish merchantmen called
at San Juan de Puerto Rico, Havana,
Matanzas, Cardenas, Santiago de Cuba,
or other ports in the Spanish West In
dies going from or coming to Calves
TON. this city has had we'll defined
commercial relationship with the Gu
ban and Puerto Rican merchants. Not
only that, but Galveston has for long
time been supplying the Havana market
with cattle and -four For flour, one
steamer, the Norwegian Gyller, has been
in commission for four or five years to
the Texas Star flour mills of Galveston
and thousands upon thousands OF tons OF
Tidal Wave flour, made in Calves
ton, has gone to feed the people of Cuba
and Puerto Rico. In return, good
share of the products of the Spanish
West Indies has come to the United
States through this port.
The idea prevails that the KlondikC
Of the south is in that lizard shaped
island of Cuba, and that a field fol
American pluck, American brains ant
American enterprise is going to b.
thrown open there THAT will settle for {
decade the spirit of dissatisfaction ant
unrest that was being manifested in thu
United States previous to the war. l
you listen to the men who talk Cubs
and Cuban possibilities, you are likel.
lures they will draw. They will tel
you the Spaniards have not scraped tn
surface in Cuba, and that the agricul
tural possibilities of the island are al
most incredible. They say the mos
vicious, grasping and intolerant syster
of governmental oppression and unjus
exaction has not succeeded in chokin
the industrial development of Cuba
and that once the island has the stimu
lus of American enterprise its revivif
cation will surprise the world. 1t is i
talking of reminiscent Cuba that the
are most glowing They talk of til
plows of the hardware, Of the lumber
of the breadstuffs, of the mill machinery
Of the railroad supplies, of the boot
and the Shoes of the clothing and til
furniture, the cattle and the horses thu
Cuba will want in illimitable quaint
ties, in addition to thousands upo
thousands of hustling Americans, in IL
good times that are coming.
While it may take longer for Cut
to recover from the desolation and de-
astation Of war than these enthusias
believe, they are in the main correct
the propositions they advance. Cub
In the minds of the vast majority
our people, offers most attractive fiel
Tor commercial and agricultural Ell
deavor, and that combination of Amer
can shrewdness, courage, pertinacit
and, alas mendacity-the promoter
Will be largely in evidence when Il
gate is opened at Havana.
In this freight and passenger trafl
to Cuba Galveston expects to cut qui
afgure. 1t Is pointed out that hereaft
the coastwise vessels that ply betwet
Galveston and New York will in q
probability call at Havana instead
Key West, as heretofore 1t is also su
gested that Havana will be q stop {
station for the transatlantic liners al
tramps that come to the gulf port
While the United States will undoul
euiy be the great supply station {
cuba 1t is but in the ordinary nature
tnings to expect that Europe will get
snare OF the business The great car
SHIPS that now come empty across t
Atlantic to take cotton or grain fro
.he gulf ports to Europe can, when Gu
Is Tree, carry merchandise from abro