The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-07-22
CCEA'S RICHES
AND RESOURCES,

AND RESOURCES.
Few persons have any conception of
the vast riches and resources of Cuba.
W hen the war is ended and GOOD GOV
ernment is established upon that island
many avenues will be opened for max
ing money. New industries will spring
up, and those that have been paralyzed
for the past two years will be resumed
with renewed vigor. No country pre-
sents such a variety of promising op-
portunities.
The tobacco industry, which has
been stayed so long, will be resumed
once more, and smokers will again re
vel in the fragrant weed of Cuba. The
famous Havana tobacco is produced on
the extreme West end of the southern
coast, on 4 strip of land called the
Nuelta Abaja. This stip is only about
twenty miles wide and eighty miles
long, extending from Rio Hondo to
Cuyagueteja and the River Mantau.
Next in value to the Havana tobacco
is that which is grown from an area of
"a miles, called the Mavari. While
these two tracts produce the finest
qualities of tobacco, that which is
grown in other parts of the island
equals, and in most instances exccls,
tobacco grown in any other country.
The silk industry has great future
before it in Cuba. While is has never
attained much prominence, authorities
claim that it is the ideal country in
which to grow the silkworm. The
mulberry tree, in which the silk worm
hourishes so well, grows to perfection
there. For several years silk has been
produced proftably in certain parts of
Mexico, whose. climate. is similar to
that Of Cuba.
SO that little has been done to de-
velop the mineral resources of Cuba,
though it abounds in them. Gold is
to be found in small quantities in many
Of the rivers, and silver, iron, copper
and quicksilver have been mined,
though not profitably. Asphal, in all
its various forms, from the liquid to
the crystal, can be found in many parts
of the island. This will be one of the
greatest industries there within short
time. In some places petroleum runs
out Of the rents in the rocks, and abun-
dant springs of it are to be found in
the eastern part. Mineral springs,
scattered all over the island, possess
splendid medicinal qualities.
The future of the lumber trade is
particularly bright. Some of the fin
est hard woods are to be found in the
forests, such as the quiebra hacha (the
axe brcaker), which for the manufac-
ture of fine furniture, is uneXcelled.
1t was from the lumber of the forests
Of Cuba that the famous marquetry
work in the apartments of the Escu-
rial was made by Philip ii. The ac-
cessibility of the forests from the ship
ping ports will give decided advan-
tage over countries like San Domingo.
About two hundred harbors can be
developed on the coast Of Cuba and
this will give it an advantage for ship
ping facilities that no other country
possesses.
Although production of sugar from
the cane is not so profitable as in the
past, arc many doubt whether it will
be able to compete with the low prices
of best sugar, there will always be cer-
tain productions of the sugar cane that
can never be substituted. The pecu-
liar soil OF Cuba is specially adapted
for growing sugar cane, and it does
not require anything like the amount
of cultivation there that it does in 9th
er countries.
Almost everything that the planter
needs in the way of food can be raised
on his plantation. Coffee, another
product that has not been grown much
for some years, will doubtless be made
profitable under civilization. The
quantity of cocoa that can be grown
on an acre of ground is something
wonderful. The lowlands are particu-
larly adapted to the production Of rice.
Corn, sago, yuca. indigo and cotton
are among some of the other products.
All of the fruits to be found in tropical
climates grow in Cuba and furnish the
inhabit>nts with every delicacy in
this line.
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Of her character The maiden who is
slOvenly in the morning is not to be