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

ton; and he served them 20 wen that
IN spite ~ starving Cuba and impoy-
erirhing spain. he left the island null
u-milll0nnire. Under prvtonce OF some
diplomatic transactions between wash
lngton and Madrid. tobacco continued
60 De- exported by the thousands of
bales as long as any remained M the IT,
land. in the face of the prohihulyc de-
cree and on every pound u Il Weylcr
puckntrd "a liberal commission. After
the plantations were ruined tho great
factories % Havana. some of which
employed from 100 10 1000 mon and
Girls had 60 shut up for want u the
towns were filled with hundreds u
Idle, half-Htarved CubnnH. and tho In
surEent army felt keenly IT, loss OF
revenue from that source. The proprlc-
tor ~ La honrudcl' told me that be-
fore the decree his factory made up iivo
thousand pounds OF tobacco every day.
the average daily output being 10000
cigars, II nearly broke his heart to have
20 play into W"yler'H hands, 10 80 tn
say by discharginE his employees.
knowing that all would auffcr and
many actually
"sTARvE TO DEATH"
but what else could be do. being him
self face 90 face with dcstltutibn2 AZ
ter the insurgents had destroyed the
plantations and stored tobacco. lit
tie continued 10 be- raised. perhaps one
tenth u the usual crop. IN the back
yards OF fortified villages ana In tho
zonas de- cultvn. designated by Weyler
Tor the planting q gardens TO sustain
the recOncentradoes-for 10 give the evil
one his due. / do not believe tho arch
murderer deliberately intended 90 send
the people 20 the doom that bofel them
Happily those days Of darkness and
terror are ended. and Cuba, for tho
nrst time In her history II az liberty 10
make the host Of her resources. nut
tho twentieth century will b. well ud-
vanced before the famous Nucltn Abnju
can flourish again us Of yorc. whole
towns have been wiped out and 30 per
cent Of the population are IN their
graves Neither American occupation
nor absolute Independence can an the
place ~ the Spanish tobacco trade In
cuba or what Il might have been With
out excessive tnNutiun-thc close ulll-
Hnce Of the island with the old Com
pnnin Genernlo Tobacos" Yielding an
enormous revenue 10 both governments.
Inc future Of tobacco production in tho
Island II as uncertain as that u the
Alaskan klondike. Soon nH American
control was assured after the signing
or the protocol, tobacco buyers and
manufactures made advances 10 tho
Nogueros. but too late 10 accomplish
NiA'N tAhA NNAlH ANIN Year. II WNrHHa .
Hiye rains do not luiuro the CROP. they
VIII DO considerably better. Some
Hangulne manufacturers. who have
watched the ups ana downs OF tublcrn
Tor half "a lifetime. assert that Tho old
output, worth thirty million doIlnrs IA
years, VIII soon be- doubled in cuba.
while others ARE equally strong ln tn
opinion that the Industry. as "a national
affair II practically dead as u door.
nall Since the war, foreign cnp,tal
has been Interested in Cuban tobacco
ana wealthy HyndicateH have purchased
lands and factories. The area ~ ~ cui-
ovation has been enlarged; hut not al
ways with best results, Tor tobacco. Ike
coffee, ~ very particular about its en-
yironmcnt Two years ago the cele-
brnted Henry clay" company ~ liza.
vana, tried the experiment OF tobacco.
raising IN tho Isle ~ Pines; but for
some unknown reason the soil there liz
not suitable ana fhp product was almost
In quHilty Americans who
nrr not thoroughly trained In the whole
husincss ~ tobacco rroWing would de-
cldeiiy better turn their attention TO
something else.
FANNIE BRIGHAM WARD.