Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1898-05-27
CTBA'S FINE FUTUR
IT'S Full OF PROMISES AND GRE
POSSIBILITIES
Once Free From Spanish Rule Cuba
RecupeYnte. says Charles Rabadan-
Has Wonderful Natural Resources.
Has Been Badly Crippled by War.

RecupeYhte. says ehhfies hAOouSu
Has Wonderful Natural Resources
Has Been Badly Crippled by War.
Business men who look beyons
era OF bullets and bloodshed III Cut
already specializing on the comm,
future Of the Pearl of the An;
When the dons have been eiinin
and balny peace has settled over &
land once more, it Will require ca
legislation on the part of the Anne
government to bring the devastated
back to a condition of prosp,
Charles Rabaeian of the New York
uce Exchange has spent much q
time in Cuba during the past d
and knows the Cuban and Spanish
acters we'll
Concerning the past and futurel
poets in the island Mr.. Rabadan
Prior to the present troubles in
our exports 10 the island amounl
from $50. 600, 900 TO $25. 600, 00f
In addition to provisions
kinds and -four the exports in(
articles of almost
description, as well as machinery 4
1t was the Gripping &
substantial trade with Cuba, aco;
to Mr.. Rabadan, and the disgust Z
among American exporters by
inability to restore peace on thefo
that were largely responsible fe,
present war When Cuba becoiu
American possession, the logicfe
come will be the opening of tho
ports to the traders who followIea
upon the heels of the soldiers afes
ors. With the entry of this peafs0
into Cuba will begin the dawn scl
perity for the emancipated isl4aV
the dawn will become bright eer
very slowly. Z
Machinery ON the island is sea
of the past. What is not RUSTIC os
fields has been broken and sl1poIs
America as old metal. Cuba nj u
an entirely new outfit of maaKs
and this viii mean an enormq
ness for the American house4 Gu
port machinery. But first Gu
have the money to buy mach
to get the money she must q
ON a hand TO mouth trade wi
lea and practice until she can
make purchases of expensive aeNs
CHA after the war NAV he lfkD'
AN i'll used individual who has q IL
rescued by a powerful friend sete
secution and poverty and tuy
ahead and begin life anew.
promise of every possible aB
from the benefactor. The res a,,r
must work and save, begging -,
small way, and patiently mou So
der
1T may be stated at this POI 60
Mr. Rabadan, that the perse& -
is not so poverty stricken as
think. Much gold has been y ro
Cubans during the days of int ar,
and this will be brought ots n.
hiding place when peace isl mi
First, then, with peace will 2 =,
in Cuba a big market for the p AZ
of life. The nucleus of the CT -
ers in the new days will b -
chants who are ready TO open m e
Just as soon as a substantial gnt
is assured TO the island. TN
ment must be an American PSI
emphatically it cannot be arensl
The Cuban NERD ih
not settle down to business uni IN
Cuban administrat1r
full legislative nursing will bsIee'
out their own saivatiddH. The ma
Cuban ports free exclusively told
lean goods is one of the many f.,
tant questions that will be left fqb
ident Mckinley and the govern1b
decide. FL
Paying for the initial tradiIt 4
the money that they have hoard Ia
with some credit from America
will be given with confidence w !,
United States controls the island
will be no reason at all why
should not advance to a manufa5. !,
trade and then to trade in maj
and SO get the wheels going an
once more TO export sugar and E !
TO the United States in excha
our products 1t may be many u :.
fore capital will be attracted
1t was only when the north had
fully assured of the restoration
and order in the south that CAPT
available after the civil war
northern capital has done for tnei'
northern and southern capital Np
for Cuba.
Continuing, Mr. Rabadan2
when once the barriers with
Spain has restricted our commef
been swept away by the aboA n
discriminating duties, not an a. |
Spanish manufacture or of
origin can be exported to Gu :
cheaper price or of better quail n
by direct importation from the ]
States. Cuba under an Ameri =,
tectorate pending reconstructioIF n
throw open her markets for the
tation OF American pork produc !:
corn, potatoes, beans, fish, cannS
and all food products, of which h,
stand in sore need the monl&
blockade of her ports is remov3 :
der sta...ie form of governnS |,
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