The evening times., 1898-07-26

s " ASH N7S|aO ONs IUES
high value and ane ALREADY market in the
port OF Santiago. = =
..The unclaimed ixpdH Of Santiago and
the other provinces IL Cuba.' member
Of the Cuban Juntal sasd. will without
question be the property OF the Cuban
government. Such part OF II as Is not
given to the Cuban s0idiers who nave
fought through the Three years war will
be disposed of as the government sees
IT. 1t is the desire Of the Cubans to have
as many Americans settle in Cuba as pos
sible. Cuba Libre only asks to be given
a chance to govern tile island for five
years. when 1t will be ready to apply for
annexation to the United States. AS in
the Hawaiian Islands. the more Ameri-
cans there are in the Islands the easier
it VIII be to bring about this annexa-
ton"
So the way of acquiring this rich land
by Americans with small amounts of
money will be made sas easy as possible
by whatever government is set up at the
conclusion of the present hostilities.
In addition to this the opportunities
that will Immediately exist for that 9TH
or great army Of Americans which will
invade Santiago-those whose funds have
been exhausted in paying for transporta-
ton from the United States-will be In
numefabie. The great plantations con-
tanning many thousands OF acres which
have heretofore been worked In half
hearted way by inehicient native labor
VIII anord employment for those Ameri-
can wOrkmen who win be satisfied with
| modest beginning while they become ac-f
Quainted with the country.
The City Of Santiago will be doubled In
population within very limited time.
Many Of the American soldiers who have
fought their way to the city will either
remain there or else return after visiting
America.
Relatives and friends at home by the
| score will be attracted to the new field
by the soldiers stories Of the wonder
fully productive country. Wounded pris-
oners who arrived two days ago on the
Oiivette told Of the open air military
hospitals on the outskirts Of Santiago
whose only shelter was a canopy Of
mango trees and where the chief incon-
venience was the lodging OF ripe mangos
| that fell on their heads. The resources of
Cuba In the fruit line. which are thus so
strikingly portrayed. are almost without
| limit.
A small coffee plantation devoted part.
ly to the cultivation of fruits and vege-
tables and looked after properly can be
made extremely profitable. The coffee
| rtpens between August and September
while the coffee shrub will bear fully for
from forty to fifty years. Even by the
rich natives, white labor IL very much
preferred to the native labor. Many of
| the planters have their inexpensive
| houses made of palm trunks thatched
with the branches and bark. In a place
| called Barbacoa under the house roof.
which is reached by ladder. are the
sleeping apartments where the ham,
| mocks are swung. A comfortable abode
| OF this Sort much better than the abins
| first erected by the Western homestead
| ers, can be built for 500. and two or three
cabalrenos Of iand-eaeh containing thir-
| ty-three acres-wouid shortly produce
sufficient profit to enable frugal Yankee
| to build a pretentious bungalow costing
several thousand ddlfart.
| The Sabillina and Maroted Railway,
from Santiago to San Luis. twenty-five
| miles IN length, with twelve
| mile branch running to Alto Songo. which
is owned chiefly by Americans. is the
T, only railroad line entering the city. ..ex-
cept those running to the mines. The
railroad system will be extended as soon
as considerable number of Americans
|. take up their residence IN the city. This
will afford opportunities in the way of
contracts for Americans. Men now
! working by the day Ia american cities
| as street car conductors, carpenters. ma
| chinists and who may be among the early
| settlers In Santiago. will in a few years
| be rich planters, street car magnates and
influential citizens in the eastern end OF
Cuba
Vegetables ripen much more quickly in
Cuba than they do in the United States
and several crops can be raised in the
| course of single year. In Santiago the
mean temperature in the summer is IS de-
! grees while in winter # is g degrees.
which makes as nearly an even tempera-
| ture the year around is to be found
| anywhere In the world.
In no part Of the island are fertilizers
necessary. Some sugar plantations have
been in a productive state for one hun
dred years without an ounce Of fertiliz-
ers being placed in the fields
| While the capabilities of the island in
the sugar raising line have only been in
| an experimental stage. a single years
product has already reached l.l0o. .0oO tons.
If all the land suitable to the growth of
sugar cane were occupied and cultivated.
| Cuba could easily supply the whole Wes-
tern Hemisphere with sugar. The own
| ership of a sugar plantation. however, is
a matter which involves the outlay OF
considerable money. Only men of capi-
tai may engage in the undertaking. al
though the new impetus which will be
given the industry when the war is end
ed and the sugar estates are redeemed
from its ravages will create hundreds of
positions as overseers. clerks and super
| intendents for Americans and open up
another great field for American labor.
A Cuban planter. to ride through whose
sugar estates two days are required. was
in New York last week trying to raise a
loan of 81. .0O0. He thought so much of
the bright prospects of the island that.
though absolutely without funds. he
would not sell one acre of his ground.
| The majority Of the sugar planters are
now land poor and an enterprising young
American who is willing to go to Cuba at
the end of the war and cast his fortunes
in with those of the native planter. wait
ing for his salary until the sure profits of
the plantation accrue, will eventually find
himself in an enyiable business position.
The chance for this generation of Amer
leans. is here. Cuba. for the ambitious
young man. will more than fulfill the
golden promises of that wonderful West
to which Horace Greeley advised his
young man to go.
| The cost of getting there Is small Forty
dollars will cover 1t. The cost Of living
will be less than at home, for in the trop-
les clothes are few and cheap, while food
can be had for almost the asking.
All the means of making not only liv-
ing but a fortune will shortly exist in
Cuba that existed in the new Western
States when those men who are now the
white-haired. pioneer aristocracy went