The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-06

cultivation q oranges in Jamaaca: they
grow wild. and always win DO 20. f&
there Is not place on thelsland where an
orange orchard could b made. There 4
no lsvel or nearly level expanss Of suft-
able soii that could Be used for orange
groves. You cazi't rian. thsm up ahd
down the sides Of precipiees. When the
freeze occurred In Florida several years
ago several planters came 70 Jamaica
starting plantations there. I told them
the situation and hade them so ana look
for themselves: and not one Of them amer
the exam1natlon made the attempt. IN
short. It may be said that. now that
Porto Rico Is ours and Cuba Il open TO Us.
there Is no possibility Of making money in
Jamaica BY any kind OF agriculture. Il
ran produce nothing THAI the other ISL
ards do not produce bettef. more easily
and In vaSter greater prcfusi0n.
POLITICALLY. the state Of the island Il As
bad as any domain ruled by England can
BE- It has legislature infested by a pes
tiIent tribe Of brown people, as the des-
cendants Of the bastards OF the whites are
called; some OF them have acquired con-
siderable wealth: all Of thin are Ina9a-
dent, bumptions and offensive. forever try
ing to pus htheir way into society" ana
succeeding. too. regret to say, owing TO
what seems to be q mistaken policy of
reconciliation on the part Of the home
government. They are. OF course. highly
divertIng as a phenomenon. though in;ol-
cradle to live in actual contact with.
They talk like Anglo-Indians. about ''so-
ing home'-L e. to England. 81 think III
go home this summer" remarked q Ger
tain fantastic brown politician in the halls
Of state while was there. Such remarks
usually pass unnoticed. and on this occa-
sion q newly arrived Scot. with sense
of humo:. ciapped hi mon the back and
inquired, where to-Africa. old oOy?''
The blacks despise this brown race quite
as much as the whites do. and the browns
hate the blacks land fear thein) with cor
responding intensity. The chief shop
KEEPERS on the island. with branches in
all the towns. are a curious amalgssn Of
Jews with negroes. The trade Is In their
hands and cannot be got out Of .hem.
Whatever Is leSs. desirable In their dual
ancestry GENES TO the surface.
eff war wre TO arise between the blacks
and the whites 4 would be impossible TO
soe3dants Of Spanish negro slaves have
held their own among the mountain fast
nesses in the east ever since Spain quit
jamaica: no one could get at them to
subsection. II would be within bounds TO
say that for every negro killed by white
soldiers in the war. at least three white
soldiers would have to die Neither ia
maiea nor any other place is worth that
to US. or to England. eIther-afid England
is better aware OF that fact than some Of
US seem to be just now.
Jamaica then, Is a gem Of the ocean
spailed. You cannot get the negroes on
1t. and you cannot live wRh them on Il
The island Is. as regards scenery and cli
mate. a very paradise on earth; and the
white society. small though il X. Is as
charming as you will find anywhere.
Most courteous. kind and hospitabie are
these Jamaicans, with the delightful man
ners which are getting rarer in the world
every day. You enjoy every hour you
spend with them; but they cannot make
Jamaica worth owning. And they VIII not
be there very long. They are n6t increas-
ing IKE the negroes-qufte the other way
and they want to get to England and
spend their lives there. 40 one Of them
would live in jamaica II he could get
away from g. Sooner or later the lovely
island will be abandoned to the blacks.
and another Hayti. but more brutal and
chaotic q possible. will be added 10 the
Caribbean. II Is a monstrous pity. but We
cannot help \. and ws would make the
mistakes OF our lives to get mixed up
IN Il"