Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-29
CHANCES FOR AMERICAN CAPITAL IN PORTO RICO.
Not Prospect for Men Limited Means and Mono at
All for The Poor Man-About Land Titles
Adios O Porto Rico.

Special Corr srondonce "Ncwa"
Ponce. Porto Rico. Sept. 2o.-Alihlugh
you may nos make the circuit of thi-
Island by railway and visit several in-
iorior towns in u r1rlor car. it is lun-
ut,iy pleaainicr. if time Is not press.
lnr. % travel over cheese tropical roun-
tries on horseback. or en- cochc where
ever practicable. Nothing moro delight
ful can De- imagined than o. saddle
Journey from San Juan to Ponce. tho
cap.ni-a distance OF 90 miles as the
CROW nlos. but nearer 90 by she Wind
logs " The old canine real. or "rlya'"
vld. built 10y the early spanarIa ale
most four centuries ago. 1hc Interior
% Porto ll.c0 iB extremely fertile and
~ well titled that the entire island
looks like one e1utInuuus garden. o. 10
remarkably we'll aupphcd wish towns
aud villages, shore being ~ tower than
seventy thrcc with upwards OF 10 thou
sand population. besides inuumefiblc
hAmlgif, ut AraaH-C0v hua aur-
rounding some size rooted church ur
bodugl. Al the towns are connected
by good h.rhuayH. with many -uus.
curac roads. ana Sine railway .lr.uu boz
1898, follows thH Irregular anHHnailue
some slI miles and already sends rUV-
gral short branches Into thr interior
Whom fuliy cIuWotUd--aH % DO Iiioly
soon Go De-, under energetic American
mhnagcm, Porto lacO's railway Hya-
tom VIII include i've lines, Wiuu tNDlNt.
sections, about 600 miles niI .H.i. NOT
"a bad shpA iur fur the llttie ihre.-cIr-
urryd Island which ia only about uue-
thlrugth the a.E. 90 the state OF MIch.-
gAn, ur somewhere about % miles long
by D. mIlCa W.do, Ice liH longest and
widest part Before the war ia.rD were
go miles Of telegraph iu operation 100
Porto Rico aud a duep-sca cable cone
meeting 10 wih The United State Eu-
rope aad tho other Antilles. Do had also
agil established bauslnK iuautuillu,
whose headquarters were lu SHu Juan.
with branches extending ihrIurhUut
The Island. and 10 1890 charter y.tH 80.
tended Tor another bank. with sac OK.
elusive privilege % note issue. th,
original capital being Lt09o 600 pesos
Though Porto iilco % only une-twglfth
she size Of cuba, % contains fully hall
aa many people. the largest Island hay'
ms % much waste land, while ever
aero ui the smaller la occupied ana cul'
t.tltUd. Tho comparatively Lowell utfIl
between the highlands and the sea l'
nlOd with coffee groves. cotton. cane
rice and tobacco. Then comes mla'
~ Irregular hills, apparently piled hap.
hlEIlrd. around cloud-cappud Nunquu
ih|r upper heights yet covered Win
thc magnificent forests WhlHh Columbus
Hl mu.h admired. FLOUR rhuE uhutn.
upus extend O. long way up the Hlup'
lnE billie So and down Into she greer
valleys that liU between. while in hun
drriH Ii narrow canyons grass grow
and nsgka and herds md rdh pastur'
uEe. Porto Rico ~ famous for Ia. oN
cHiiont cattle. ana rtr'a particularly
nuo breed 0f horses from ~ mountain
/ districts Through The methods % farm
iuE are naturally most primitive unt
. The lazy people invariably put on unit
. tomorrow everything which should hI
done iulHy=loHH than quarter % IN,
vr1pH rnrHd by Tho present slip
rhll methods arc needed Of the supper
uf che population. Never wal
fhere small country bette