The colored American., 1899-12-16
ror,0R PREJUDICE IN CUBA

ANIMATION Costs an American
soooo-TroubIe wiIl be Caused
br immigration Of Southern Ne
Haters-Industrial Develop
,ent-A Timely Letter.
.g.,r7 The Philadelphia Tribune.)
..t.,r color prejudice has Deeh
t,ralu .ed upon Cuban soil ana IL ua,-'
,,tnD some kind of demonstration
III Downes, OF Washington, ID.
r ,.rsr IN the city on Tue sday stopped
,e and sho we'd letter he had
..-.a rom an cid friend who is now
....r-.-vsrd for the Governor General
-r-...,, which Ill part reads as fol-
low:
,-,. n-.- Fueud Downes:-I'll en-
.,...-..r %, gIvz you sketch of the Gu
\ ...si., general the Negro in particu-
i ,.- -gas came here last January L
have ,s.f close attention to the people.
r...r.a The Negro tJ De very smart, III 4
,-.rr.ogs and Intelligent. Eight-tent
B .:.,s men nave trades such az stone
ns.grs carpenters, painters, talloIs,
F.cssmilhs, plumbers, ETC., and some
.f,bem are even so far advanced as to
1e y.rv line artists. OF the colored
women -gple are very fine dressmakers
and q. lers dothe most beautiful fancy
work TO be found any ywhere. They seem
TO work side by side with the whites
and get along all right. When L came
here ten months ago, there was not a
as.geu nor q restaurant on the island
that would refuse to serve colored
person, but since then several Amerl-
asns nave ap-ued places here in which
the .rIorgi man has been told he is
ua. wanted, simply on account OF
color One man from Alabama opened
aplace hers sad put sign in the win
aaw. We ua.er TO white people only"
In.t -Ign mas already cost him $4,000
and the suit is still going on. 1t is only
our patriotic Americans who hail from
i.s land Of the free and the home of
tne brave VINO make exceptions to our
dark SKINS. or course, there are lots of
good and kind white people IN Ameri-
ca but the class that are locating here
are that class from the southern states,
who are real Negro hsters, and it
would be great help to both the Me-
gro aud the white people of the United
-for"s il they could adopt some means
9ping that class OF mel off the ls
because they will surely make
{, as the people here are not used
kind OF treatment and they Will
not stand it. It's good field here
Just now for cooks, as the Americans
cannot digest the food as cooked by
The Cubans-th5y try to get everything
Ia one pot-ham chicken, beef, fish,
rice, Okra, tomatoes and everything /
else They are not very big eaters g.
cup OF tea or coffee with a slice of
bread in the morning, and the big pot
in the middle of the day. My wife and
] were invited out to dine The big pot |
was put in the middle Of the table and |
everyone proceeded to help themselves,
after which cigars and cigarettes were
psssed-cigarettes for the ladies. The
women here like to dress, and they are
well-dressed. They will really go
hungry in order 10 have nice clothes. |
wish youcould see the Governor Gene
rails palace. II takes up whole square
or block and is jus tgrand. The furniture
is exquisite and everywh you look
you'll see the crown and ooat of arms.
The rooms are very spacious and cell
ings about 80 feet high, and all of the
private houses are furnished mag
niicently. You don't see anything
Ike Ii IL the states, I'll tell you more
IN my next letter. Hoping this will find
you and yours all We'll.
am sincerely yours,
j. E. GREENLEAsE,
Governor Generals Palace, Havana,
Cuba.