The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-05-25

considered as an element toward the
buildina up Of the resources Of rural
Cuba. In spite Of the war. several
>yndicatcs, with-an eye to the fnturc.
have lately purchased large tracts Of
land. Last winter i company Of New
f.nglandcrs bought 5000 acres in the
beautiful Trinidad Valley, near san
tiago They are not doing anything
with it now, but say they can afford to
wait for years and then realize heavy
interest on the money which they
invested
As to business cntcrl Uses on
smaller scale, they are innumcrablc
for men with little money, and more
energy. a few acres in market gar
dcning, with their continuous crops
from one years end to another, would
perhaps yield the largest and quickest
returns for the smallest amount of
capital. Chicken raising, too, has al
ways been strangely neglected in
dustry in Cuba. Fowls and eggs fig
urc conspicuously every day in the
Spanish American menu, but nobody
on the island has ever gone into the
business of supplying the demand on
large scale, with incubators and
broodcrs, as is now done in the Uni
ted States.
All winter, before the present siege
began, eggs sold in Havana at dollar
the dozen, and poultry 80 cents the
pound-and wha. it is now, goodness
knows, with beef, at the last adviccs,
- a pound. a man with eyes his
head and the business instinct OF the
average American will see avenues
for profitable investments Of money
and labor in every direction, so soon
as peace il, restored in this beautiful
island.
1t seems pity to take advantage Of
| other people $ misfortuncs but many
are the fine old casas in Havana and
other cities which will be bought for
Il song These stately palaces Of i'm
povcrishcd grandeur, with their mar
bic floors and pillarcd corridors and
inner courtyards, their fountains and
palm trees, are fairly begging for pur-
chascrs, owing to the financial dis
trcss Of their owners.
1t goes particularly hard with the
proud hidalgoes to have to sell their
property to the hated Yankees, who
are looked upon as horde of greedy
shop keepers.
If any nation under the sun has
shown herself more anxious for gain
ing money than Spain has since even
the earliest days Of the conquest we
should like to see it. Everywhere in
Spanish America you hear great
deal about the invincible valor of
Spain and tb, sordid character of the
Yankees. Their literature tells us
that Spanish patriotism is unconsuer-
able, while North Americans love dol
lars more than country, and that when
the Litter seek to "mcddlc" in the
affairs Of Cuba, illustrious Spain will
teach item lesson in international
maunors.
a pamphlet, widely dist ibuted in
Havana not long ago, furnished rich
reading to the few Americans who re-
maincd in the city. It says shat in
the event of the aforesaid 'mcddling'
all Europe would rush to the rescue of
Spain, whose evcr-glorious history
constitutes the grandcst page in the
annals Of the world 1t reminds the
money grasping Yankees that when it
comes to war, valor is q necessary clc-
ment, and that they must not think
they can fight SPANS heroic soldiers
with dollars alone.
Then the Little book goes IN to give
the dcnouemcnt. 1t describes the in
vasion Of Cuba by American troops:
rccounts battle after battle, in which
the immense superiority of American
humDer IS always overcome by the
''invincible valor Of our illustrous
army And finally, after an unbro-
ken chain of military .r;umphs for
Spain, extending over series Of
months, and eliminating in stun
ming defeat for the United States, the
"sordid charactered" Yankees humbly
sue for peace, pay Spain heavy in
demnity and withdraw from the
island, with many apologies for hav-
ing learned that Spain is Unconqucra-
bic by reason Of the superb valor of
her sons.
Mr.. John Peterson, of Patoutvillc,
la, was very agrccably surprised not
long ago. For eighteen months he had
knn l. L.