Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-04
SUGAR is KING
IN CUBA'S ISLE.
Car Load Of Saccharine Matter for
Santiago.
FIRST LOT FOR TWO YEARS.
Timber Land. on the Island are In
mtg Demand survey II Crcat-
~ Needed.

santiago de cuba. Fob. 2O.-fCorre-
spondence Of the Associated Press. l.
The frst car Of sugar that has come
Into Santiago since long before the
blockade and the first that has been
produced since the spring u 1877. was
marketed last week. II came from the
Santa Ana plantation near san Louis.
the FIRST 60 begin grinding. There was
quite celebration among business men
In the warehouse district and senior
Auza. proprietor ~ the plantation. was
warmly compllmcntcd on his enterprise
In starting the new era of prosperity.
Sugar IL king In cuba. on the big
plantations ana their dependent coloni-
ala has practically depended the pros.
pcrity Of the island. Many mills have
been destroyed and will require time
ana new capital TO restore. but those
remaining arc rcsumlng tho work OF
grinding NE rapidly as possible.
one " the difficulties encountered by
planters whose mills have escaped de-
Hiruction ~ lack Of oxen to haul the
cane. OF the hundreds Of thousands u
work cattle formerly employed on the
big plantations, scarcely any have sur
viycd the war. The cattle business IL
the most active ~ any here at present.
Cargo lots from Jamaica. Gan Domingo,
Porto Rico ana Carthngcnn have been
rushed IN and even Texas had taken adj
vantage Of the excellent market. al
though West India bred stock IL pre-
frrtcd. Well broken oxen sell readily
~ from $40 10 $500 per yoke and the
demand greatly exceeds the supply.
one ~ the largest planters. Mt. illg-
ncN, has imported "a number ~ Amcri-
can traction engines ~ an experiment
and II using them successfully In haul
Ink cane.
4 number n representatives NJ Amer
lean HyndlCnteH are examining tracts Of
land IN the Interior with a View ~ pur-
chasing. Captain e, g. Vaughn and
Lieutenant r. g. Cnusoy ~ General
Lees stan. have purchased from the
urinon liros.. uf this city. tract COM
priHing 1880 acres % choice cedar and
mahogany land In the Nipc bay district.
This the FIRST big real estate TRANSACT
ton IN this province since the war. The
tract contains some ~ the best tobacco
land east ~ the Havana district. and
n admirably adapted e. sugar aud
coffee culture when the timber has been
removed.
The demand Of northern Investors IL
Tor umh"f lhn1H. Most or the available
timber Of value has been cut 81. but
there " a practically unlimited supply
IN the Interior that can be- purchased at
from fifty cents 10 s. per acre Much
of this land viii be- practically without
value. however. until railroads are built.
but N regarded M an excellent invest
ment FOR Hyndicntra able a. walt for the
much desired railroads or 10 build them
Tor themselves.
Land prpspectors In the interior ind
a serious difficulty In the lack OF rcii-
able maps
Native guides know the roads. such as
they are. hut 90 locate tract NJ land
FROM such descriptions ~ are found on
deeds " sometimes almost Impossible
Frequently owners ANA their agents
have only a vague idea ~ the location
ana confess themselves unable TO lndi-
cate the exact boundaries
a complete and accurate survey IL
greatly needed,