The evening times., 1898-07-26
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CAaness for Fertsnes IN 0ne New
Possessions.
New York, July. 2s.-rhe functions OF
the Cuban Junta promise soon to be
transformed into those Of an intelligenes
ONCE for the new Klondike Of the tropics
Cuba
There is about to begin a rush for the
Pearl OF the Antilles that will far sur
pass the rush for the valley Of the Yukon
few months ago"
This was the view expressed In semi
Official way today by member OF the
Cuban Junta, to whom the immediate
commercial future Of the richest Island
In the world is just now OF more concern
than are the governmental results OF the
war.
News has reached the Junta that the
superintendents Of the Jaragua mines
have today reached Santiago. and It is
confidently expected that the iron ore
business between Santiago and the
United states will again be ia full blast
within month.
There must be men to work these
mines, Hundreds Of workmen In and
about Santiago have been either starved
to death or killed since the appearance OF
American ships outside the harbor. ana
their places are to be filed-
But this Is Incidental. Every American
who goes to Cuba, as a prospector goes
to the Klondike, win not be required to
work In the beds of Iron ore. There are
other and more profitable fields open to
him.
That a rush for Cuba is about to begin,
compared with which the rush Tor Okla
homa and the Cherokee strip were milo
waves of immigration. In told BY the ac-
ton of Americans who are desirous OF I'M
mediately establishing system OF nation-
al banks in the island.
Comptroller of the Currency Dawes Is
today considering several applications for
this privilege. which are being taken up
with reference to the priority of date A
syndicate of New York bankers headed
by Henry W. Cannon. Of this city. Is par
ticularly anxious to transact the financial
business of the thousands of Americans
who will soon make their residence In
Cuba.
President Mckinley and his Cabinet are
at the same time considering the final de-
tails of the new government for Santf'
ago province. They have decided to open
the port Immediately for the resumption
of commerce, and as far as practicable
the province 10f agriculture
That Cuba is a veritable Klondike. with
energy, perseverance and American pluck
substituted for the ungrateful and un-
certain element Of chance. Is perfectly
apparent from the most cursory examina-
tiOn of the islands resources and present
conditions.
There are no million-doliar deposits of
gold in Cuba, but there Is to be found In
the province Of Pinar del Rio land used
to-. tpt, s, h
a million dollars an acre, a thing not
known of elsewhere in the world.
After the rainy season Is passed. which
| will be when the real influx of American
! Immigrants begins. nature will smile up
| on the new corners in the province of
Santiago In striking contrast with the
| frozen frowns and Arctic views with
4! which she faces the miner of the Yukon
1 Valley.
II the United States Congress had had
| the privilege Of selecting that portion OF
| Cuba best adapted to the development
| Yankee hands. Yankee brains and Yankee
dollars insure. it would probably. have
| taken that very territory that the Span
! iards have surrendered to Gen. Shafter
| 1t Is there that the richest deposits 01
iron ore in the world are located. YIELD
| ing from 62 to 81 per cent of pure iron
and free from sulphur and phosphorus
~hree big mines. worth 3s.0O0.e0 are al
1 ready in operation by Americans and
there are numerous, undeveioped mines
OF equal richness that will soon be the
property of Americans who go there to
open them up.
The war interrupted Cuba's youngest
and most promising industry, the raising
| Of coffee for which the mountainous re-
gions of Santiago are best adapted. The
province was just recovering. .fpm. the
setback the coffee industry received in
the rebellion of 1858 when the present war
completely destroyed the plantations.
Today there Is scarcely a coffee planta.
| ton left in the western end of the ISL
and. The houses in which the planters
lived have been burned and the fields de.
| stroyed
The product of the Il. 600 900 acres of pri-
J meval forests in Cuba. including mahog-
any, cedar logwood redwood. ebony lig-
numvitae and that peculiar wood which
| is more durable in the ground than iron
or steel. saiguairan. a large proportion OF
which passes through Santiago. will. in a
/ very short time. afford work for an ar
my of many thousands
| Even in this richest end of the island
agriculture has been neglected in the
1 most prosperous times. The chief busi-
\ ness of the city and surrounding coun-
| try, aside from the manufacture of to-
bacco and cigars. has been the exporta-
| ton of raw materials and the importation
| of manufactured goods.
| There are thousands Of acres Of land
| in that part of Cuba over which the
American flag is already flying that car
be got by Americans almost as cheaply
as the public lands that have been OPEN
ed for presumption in recent wears along
the lines Of our Western railroads.
Only one-tenth of all the and in this
| richest little country in the world has
ever been opened up for cultivation. This
| applies to Santiago as much as to othei
/ portions of the island. 1t lies In valleys
/ where rich alluvial deposits exist. and
/ on high plateaus where general health
may be maintained as well as in the
| United States.
These hills and valleys are covered with