The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-15
OUR TROPICAL TERRITORIES.
Pointers for Fortune Hunters in Cuba
or Porto Rico.

Inc nearest Oh the new IdiluS W tohit
under the domination of Uncle Sam Is
Porto Rico, says the New York Herald.
There is only one direct line to this ISL
and, and that is from New York. You
may 20 by either sailing vessel or
steamer, as you see fit and according
to the price you want to pay. First
class passage to Porto Rico by steam
ship, occupying from five and one-half
10 six days. IS 500. Second cabin Is
$40, while the steerage is $50. The
landing places are san Juan and Ponce.
Each passenger is permitted 10 carry
$50 pounds of baggage free. Freight
charge on household goods Is 16 cents
per cubic fool II you want to go by
way of Havana the expense Is about
the same.
While it is true that we cannot say
that Cuba is n possession of the United
States, or about to become so, we are
unquestlonably going TO have n great
deal to do with the development of that
country. 1t is true that Porto Rico Is
the nearest of our possessions to be,
but IL We consider Cuba, ms II certainly
will be, a great field for the emigrant
from the United States, the cost and
methods of going there will be of inter-
est. 1t takes just four days to go from
New York to Havana, and the cost Is
$37, $25 and S15. according to the quar-
tiers the passenger engages. There is
no direct line TO Santiago, all passen-
gers proceeding via Havana. the time
occupied being seven days. Cost of pas
sage is $50, $40 and $50. Vessels sail
for Havana from all along the eastern
Atlantic coast, and II the person going
there Is willing TO submit to very plain
fare and a certain amount of discom-
fort he can made the passage at about
one-thIrd the rate given above, proyid
ed he will take one of the little trading
vessels.
The person who wishes to go TO the
Philippine Islands will save time and
money by going either across the CON
tinent by rail- or via the Isthmus OF
Panama. In either case the fare will
be $3.50 to the city of Manila.
To reach Guam, the one island of the
Ladrones where our government seeks
TO establish Il coallng station, as routes
of travel exist at present, one must
either pay from $50 10 $40 extra to in
duce the Manila steamer TO stop there
on its way out, or else must stop at
Hong Kong and await an opportunity
to take passage in a vessel going to
Guam.
Most Americans who go to Ponce, In
Porto Rico, rent rooms and dine at
some other place. In the suburbs,
where houses are most easily obtalna-
bile, a good house costs from S25 to $50
h month. A suite of two rooms In the
city. furnished, costs from So 10 So a
week. II II Is desired 10 keep house.
one must pay 81 "A barrel for an in
iferior quality Of nonr. As for meat,
eggs. etc, all are very plenty
slnd at about one-half the prices eharg-
I'D In the United States.
As for clothing, almost everyone
wears linen suits, which cost $3.50 or
So each. Naturally 1t Is necessary to
a number of these, but the Porto
Rico women will wash them for very
little-so little that to the American IL
seems nothing Mt all.
In Havana, Santiago and other Gu
ban cities the cost Of living In hotels
averages 81 a day. In American board
ing houses the charge is from $50 to $40
a month. Outside the cities the cost of
living is much less than in the United
States. Potatoes are very cheap. Land
is about the same price as In the Uni
ted States. Flour is 81 II barrel. Beef.
with the bones In. costs IL cents a
pound. with the bones removed. 20
cents n pound. All kinds of fish are
plentiful and much cheaper than here.
The milk Is of very poor quality, and
the American who wants to start a
dairy farm will practically have the
field for his own. American condensed
milk costs % cents n can. The native
vegetables are much cheaper than in
the United States, OF a better quality
and always in season. Rice costs FROM
8 to 10 cents a pound. Enough sweet
for u big family In the city
can be bought for five cents, and In the
country less than half that. Fruits
those of the tropics-are very cheap.
There is no scarcity of houses In
Cuba, such as they are; and a very good
one indeed AN be secured for ST. a
month. Linen Is the principal clothing
worn, and here a suit costs from $6 to
81. The material comes from France,
Germany and Belgium. Very little silk
is seen and no heavy clothes at all.
Shoes cost about the same as In the
United States. Straw hats are cheaper
and very much better. The faEorite
materials for women's dresses are
lawn and percale, and these cost from
25 cents to 81 a yard. Percale comes
from the United States.
A very good servant can be hired for
SIS a month, the very best receiving
only $50.
The cost of living and the facts CON
corning the clothing worn in the Phil
ippines are much the same as in Porto
Rico. with the exception of the fact
that occasionally heavy clothing Is
needed because of the fearful storms
that every now and then burst upon
the islands.
In every one of the places where the
raising of the stars and Stripes has at
traeted the eye of the emigrant a per-
son with a desire to make money and n
determination to economic can sue
coed. The emigration movement has
already begun.