New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-14
CUBAN PEOPLE DEFENDED.
ROBERT T. HILL SAYS AN EFFORT Is
MADE TO DECEIVE AMERICANS
ABOUT THEM.

PEOPLE OF THE GEM or THE ANTILLES THE
HIGHEST PRODUCT OF THE TROPICS TRIB-
UTE TO THE PRESIDENT FOR HIS FIRM
NESS ~ ENDING THE WARFARE.
Robert r Hill Of the United States Geological
Survey. lectured for the American Geographical
Society before large audience at Chckering Hall
last evening His subject WAS Cuba: It's Re
sources and People" He spoke, in part. as follows
Cuba IS essentially n maritime country. II has
200 miles Of coast line or twenty mics 10 fscd
square mile Of land The narrowness ot me lslahiu
and the abundance Of good harbors make nearly
Tho shipping trade is extensive. American tonnage
tonnage Of Havana and eight other ports Ter 1871
amounted 70 353s539 tons. carried by 5IISl Tes-
sells. The chief mineral resources are IRON o'es'
asphatum and manganese. ,s.....,.- ,,oo,,
those OF tobacco and sugar. have been encour-
aged tho persistent policy Of spain having De.h 10
promote tie importation Oh M ,,ar
cane OVERWHELMINGLY predominates , ana h. Of
fore has been the mainsay or tne lssa.SS ~ M
wcstWard to Pinar dol Rio except where hrqS{enn
bv Mills IS one continuous field Of cane. whlch
Welded In 1So2- % fOj42l4 tons. valued at sou
cuba in times Of peace produces about one NIL,
Ton tons OF cane sugar-more than twice az mucii
as Java the next largest cane sugar CoT.,.' :, va
the world Among the beet sugar countries II a., rs
SURPASSED hy GERMANY alone The Cuoah slhul H.
dusry has prospered ~ spite OF eu'e ~ o,.
fageous railroad freghts bad SHIPPING f aciice5
and disc-mirotlon 10 ~ ,1ae Tho climate and
sol arc admirably adapted 10 the needs OF VIZ
tas ~ o'D o,-r,ge 70 coufralize their sugar houses
and 70 a. the business individually on " scare "7
oquailed IN any other country
Nj I'M then described Havana, Matanzas CEN
fuezos and Santiago and continued as fo'o"S
n, tre total population Of cuba about 5000 are
Chinese male laborers The spansh-1orn pro9So ors
are not over 5000 Caucasian foreigners. IN aun ~
zion TO the white crfoe Popql9.s2",w ~ 70 indicate
c,ihan negro z that be will work The male heslo
Si, o.supes the same ndoen positon IN ha imam
society s. haf ordinarily a'LItn-.-up III .to harder
3, the beehive IN cuba no performs a.l tue u",r
tasks o. manual iator nor as mo1opoiized
In IN. United Statas. ouf foHl ',..rN 1"-,i "a
ny no, - he C.rban darkv is ;he equal as
opinion lt"t "a, b-o,bor in our Southern states. and
auoarior ~ the darkies Of the othfr West human
islands.
HA1FA MILLION OF AFRICAN DESCENT
-,, zoo mn r4ople Of African descent. black and
olors5 vho Inhabited Cuba before the present "a''
represented me diminished survival OF over one
million African slaves who had been imported -
the island 1t IS my ee,IG[ tda' IN he late in
sr~recti0n. There II no tear or ipa "a. t-,,,to.a,
Africanized without constant reneWaI pS u-tat
lion. Those persons VINO uHueI aIi5 ba Under in
fra social con titOus or 'ilt "''iI - rI,t.tF
ep ccon'narison TIE colony % Jamaica Touia
furn.sh better contrast AtAou-n r&[ ne the
poqulation .nr 80 one vet under the henefcent
influence oi the English colonial sys,gi" ,rossessir,g
za-ion is one Of IA much higher, $40. PUhI,c inn
highways scn0o'7' - hose Of our own country, and
aucb as have never permitte ed 10 CuoS. ia 1oT
fo,ind the Cuhans class neither - inca tion
aan3 rsanement skilled in agriculture ana one"
learned I'm the arts ana proiess,I2mS % environment
49, he eone a different class from me people W
The mother country. Thef nave 49, IN racs not
gentle Industrious and noIT43uS pr isvcloDei IN
der tyranny such as mas htN mans ia bis and
relieion are different from ours facts " Rcm hTSe s
differences racial ana raaIG,n onI mar they
nfire into them closely we VIII ~ r,-s~lv h.
iong 70 fhe environment Of the pcopee S,,tarss
them The etiquette and hospli y Oh ,ress,,cs
even OF the pcssantry am cons5S; ctfrv ana
q It's supeTioTiy 10 tbe% must he shocked by the
Ga. dsreSs ana brusqueness OF many OF my fellow
cltizens Iors ~ The United states England and
france has always been the hlshrsI a'i'"'''''' -
the creoes OF Cuba.
THEIR MEN OF EDUCATION.
--ta ,,auo,oe Of their educated men IS felt N
many countries q most distinguished professor OF
I'll orginee-,ug TWO leading civil engineers OF our
~. and the most eminent authority on ys.ooWw
fever .u our country belonging l1 tL''1 '5 ava tr
s ss4or r., r"S yrity to The Ango-saxon race w,
grant that the conditions OF n uoFloa &c no
Hv-T1gl9nd climate. These conditions, pe.rg
/ .,.t,r,.--af should teach us 10 welsh me 'NlHI
cr,r9~-er from a philosophical! standpoitl. ra''ei
,t.r IN he9p upon T. abuse and defanatoh
49, reonie represent the highest product tnat
tho tropics have "a Yet SHOWN thtHla,ttsca 80
~ -rosii@,ng They are the highest survival or iouI
b,t-, 4rej years OF colonization -,
Tre most rugged New -E1gIander VINO Wouu tdNe
,,- re-iJonce i'm cuba would IN course o. t,iIe a.
s,,r,a fropl-al habits and his chiidren Noui ps III
I +Lc-o,,gniy cuban as the natives oi inc lsldu"
yItaf.ysr may b. our sentiments 'oh''.iH.i' VIC
I -, -aCter Of Tho Cubans or our personal "Silmate
~ .heir ahiiv there Is no room IN me true Amer-
g., t.-r. for any pro-Spansh sympathy. II was
no. .ba Cubans who murdered me Nf9nlus prs
one~s blew up the Maine. or SUNK ana eatroEtu
tt'si- stirs after they had flown the nag OF sur
rerGa- and those people VINO uel"ir 1He ,ilIlt,t
go 't-+erfared IN the cause % humanity ana VINO
49, sn loud In their pr0-Spanish prejudlces ana
u.bo are now so vigorously continuing WIN none
- ~. motives their h-ttlement of fh' tu-an PEG
.fo ~ hest beware FOR public sentiment IN this
~. nm nor much longer endure the deception
?, nos fortunate for cuba and FOR our generation
,rot we have had IN our Presidential char a man
,.ifh the fruucgs 20 have ended the WARFARE VT
L,-oio measures Although OF opposite political
Sof-b and from i section whose represei "a yes
80 ,-isd 70 thwart his policy. glorr In the faith
~ he has done mat which was rieht ana o'st.
/ 7 Me qeen his high character ana purpose snape
tba-aares into proper policies. despite the clements
,.bicb have clarnored around him cannot pre-
~. r-bst he future ~ cuba may be. her horrid
se. e ended and centuries ~ independence or Eel
r.rrebir with the American [ Mon can never pro
s,,oo tLA to--oe nts ~ every day Of Spanish rule.
THE WEATHER REPORT
49,, 70 NAYS FORECAST