The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-12
1t IS Nice
In Summer

New York June Stake your choice
of the most attractive summer resort In
America" said Charles Rabadan, In an
swer to the writer's questions regard
ing the value of Porto Rico to the Unit
ed States. When you have decided
which one possesses the most delightful
features as a holiday resort. multiply
its advantages by two and you may
have a resort the equal of Porto Rico.
IT the armed forces OF the Emitted
States gain possession Of the island l
predict that Porto Rico will be the most
popular summer resort in the western
hemisphere. and 1t mountain sides Will
speedily be covered with hotels and cot
tages.
HThe notion h IL is an unhealthy
place Is erroneous The scenery In SUI
perb, the climate all that could be
wished, and the position OF the island
an ideal one for an idling place for the
people of this country who wish to re-
store to a healthy condition nerves
overtaxed by the strain of the busy life
of the United States Porto Rice IL not
so far away as TO render a long ocean
voyage necessary. and yet Is sufficiently
removed from the United States TO ne
cessitate a temporary forgetfulness or
home worries.
yellow fever is known only in the
coast towns, and then comes by way
of Havana. from WHICH point II can
| easily be guarded against. Spanish
careiessness is mainly responsible for its
existence. American sanitary precau-
| tions would easily shut out this pest.
! With yellow Jack at a safe distance
from Porto Rico. the island would be a
paradise ~residentially. and a mine OF
| wealth commercially. Tit scenery Is
| magnificent. the ranges, lofty
peaks and tropical verdure combining to
| make II the most beautiful In the West.
Porto Rico is justly entitled to be called
the Switzerland OF the western hemis-
phere.'
TT is safe TO predict tha once "
| nag floats over Porto Rico there will
be no Opposition N the United States
to it's staying there permanently. for
it's advantages to this country will be
very great. Besides making a con
venient coalinx station. II possesses q
soil unsurpassed for fertility and very
little developed.
THE population. according to the last
census, taken in 1887. was sl4.o00. OF
which number SEQ. 900 were whites.
Spaniards control the commerce almost
entirely, a few foreign houses being en-
saged in the exporting OF coffee and
sugar. Eleven million lila worth OF
confee was exported in 1892. France.
Germany and other European countries
take most of the coffee and but little
OF IL comes to America. as the outbid
our merchants abroad. The coffee Is OF
exceptionally good value. Sugar ex-
ports In 1892 amounted TO 81. ooo. 900 and
tobacco 500. 600. The tobacco grown In
! Porto Rico il OF good quality. but does
not equal the Cuban leaf grown in the
Vuelta de Abajo district.
Porto Rico imports 5000. 900 worth
OF goods annually. chiefly rice. cotton
wool. linen. silk textures and hardware
England and German are the countries
chiefly engaged in this trade. Spanish
merchants reaptng q harvest on account
OF the discriminating duty on four art
icles and u port charges TO p
ish ships. There Is one good road run
ming from northeast 20 northwest Of tn
island. II is used chiefly for the trans
portation of merchandise. There are M
railroad lines OF any importance.
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