Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-05

-,.,ssa de cuba. July 20, is99.--As
gnody knows. the knowledge OF
,,sseeo nrst came to the world from
~ caribbean archlpelago-somc au-
.s,,,,iss say from cuba, others from
WV ...r.bv island Of Tobago, whence
Wv "a derived It's name. At any rate,
- IL explicit on the point that In
I.s Columbus sent cut a party from
~, ~, earavais OF his FIRST expedition to
i,re cuba. and the men brought
~, an aromatic herb called tobacco
,hoy found the Indians using.
.h,rieinal method was to burn the
aver fires. inhaling the fumes
-, through V shaped tubes. tho
y, polnu Of the pipe inserted In the
.,,rls Of the smoker. the other END
~ riose TO the fru About the same
Standards on the coast Of South
80, reported that the natives there
-. chewing tobacco. masucating but
,,v,iiowlng the leaves. and Fran
Ian ffinr. who accompanied Column
,,,sn his second voyage TO Cuba, des-
49, thc habit 10 snuff taling-how
"A. trdians dried and puiverlzed the
- and then drew Il up unto the
~. with distrossful sncczlng.' Mean
-,ns c5rtoz IN Mexico wus making
,i-Ilar dlscovcries--only the Aztecs
,.1si their plant hycieti and consld-
- Il the sacred emblem Of the god
a.. Chihuacohuau. or human SER
,..t IN Mexican mythology this divin-
H. vas the frat mother OF children, tho
a.ise Eve. and IN the legends concern
r. nor one may trace resemblance TO
IN own crrlng nnccatresH who brought
h. raee " men 10 grief through as
shsiiencc A. the American continent
va further explored. II became eNi-
AM that everywhere the consumption
a tobacco. especially by smoking, was
a universal and immemorlal usage
smonr the tribes Of the Western Hem
isphcre. IN many cases connected win
M most solemn religious ceremonies.
Though tobacco grows best In tho
now famous Nuelto AbaJu Of cuba, the
psrhbufhood ~ Havana claims the dis
tInctlon of the frst plantations, estab-
uahci by tho spaniards about the mid
dis u the sixteenth century. The In
dusiry soon grew TO such magnitude
that The crown claimed the monopoly,
and kept II until the recent war. From
the ffat the
PIPE OF PEACE"
In cuba has been a promoter Of insur-
rcgiI0ua During the previous century
% least three revolutions grew out u
The visits of the crown Inspector. who
annually made the rounds Of the plan
tlt.lnH 90 uN the price upon the crops
and aae 90 Il that spain got the ultl-
mate drop OF blood-noncy. Sometimes
he tobacco growers refused TO accept
the offered terms and like the strikers
% modern times would not allow oth-
tfs 90 do what they. themselves. de-
e'lned. destroying the crops 81 those
who acCedcd 60 SpainH demands. and
then spanish soldiers took a hand Ia
The proceedings. killing "a few u the
and depurting othcrs to
African prisons.
The spanish government constructed
he first real fabrlca de tobacas troyal
tobacco factory I'm Havana. In i7di-
he great wooden building on the bay.
lust south ~ the arsenal. which has
Ilnco served as military hospital. To.
are known nH vegas. and
when the late war began there were up
wards u fifteen thousand of them In
Cuba. the crop Of the Nueltn AbaJo
llono worth an annual average Of
hlriv million dollars. The best vegas
rivers. or IN other low. moist locali-
Hes one caballcria OF land. Cubout
hlrty-three ncres). ~ the
Iulc, half Of Il devoted 10
rulring hontatas and plntanocs--
Cuban sweet potatoes and bananas.
The workmcn's stan Of life. The owner
o. tenant OF the tobacco-farm IL called
the "vegucro" ans his dwelling house
he casa de vivicn ln." There must also
h. q drying house. some mule and cat
Ne sheds, and the straw thatchod "bo-
hos," or huta. of the laborcrs. The
latter are usually negroes or mulnttoes.
hn average ~ forty to the cnhnllcria,
under direction OF n "mayornl.' or over
peer. A. everybody cannot keep
hotel, and chorusos are born, not made
80 q requires special talent TO be
ilcceBsful tobacco grower. The ma
i1rlty OF foreigners who undertake IL
d Cuba, N they DO not actually come To
ffiei attain small measure Of success.
Ne Cuban vegtreiUcs claim that their
I,aiuH for picking tobacco properly IN