The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-06

a stable government Is established. bur
before the American occupation ends
there VIII certainly be a passsable high
way for man and beast from one end o.
the island TO the other. In tho heart Of
the country. IN Porto Principe Province.
I saw the other day the rapidity WITH
| which gaps are being closed TIE same
work is going on in Santiago and Il may
be that within a year II win be possible
to drive matter OF go miles between
the two cities IN q comfortable coach.
That means everything for the agricul-
tural development OF the interior
! General Lee Is also buihiing roads
| through the least accessible parts OF r.
I mar del RIO Province. 80 that most of the
/ tobacco regions win have EDod means OF
/ communication. Pinar del Rio. or ths
/ Vuelta Abajo as It IS better known. e. to-
/ day a feast 70 the eyes The toSacro
/ crop IS good. better even than last year.
and the whole Province smiles with agri-
cultural prosperity. Tho people are all
working and are contented. This years
| crop viii pour several million doilarB inte
their laps and will enable them 20 repair
the few evidences whfsh yet remain o.
the Of the havoc that was wrought dun
! ing the instruction.
Sugar cane is a slower growth than to-
baceo. and the ruined plantations Of Ma
tanzas and Santa CIaca have not yet ben
freshened by @ new growth OF cara Bua
the crop will be at seatt 5000 tons larger
than last seasons. and IN tho following
year there viii be a heavy increase
American visitors eea1o see the walls Of
the ruined mills YET standing gain ths
ida that the siigAr industry Is not recup-
Grating. and the American machinery
firms are Disappointed at the lack ot
greater demand for new nachnnery put
tho planters say that rhe first thing l. %
get their cane plansed after which they
have from fifteen TO eighteen months 20
prepare for inc grinding
They do not seem 20 Be worrying about
lack Of faniiNiss IN the way OF suraS
mills. and am fnciined 10 think that
they vii find means q getting their cane
20 The mills. Which arc alreAiy m opera-
ton. Planting oa1e ami securing the eT-
tension OF their MORTGAGES - ne chief
concern now. A planter IN Santa Clara
told me that ne had succeeded n planting
:, 90 acrss more this rear than ass.
though he did not know Just how ne RAD
managed 70 do #. with everybody hold
ing his rnOrtFaHes and notes A PLANTER
in Puerto Principe told mo that since tho
end OF tho war betTobn the United States
and Spain he had spent 10000 In bring.
ing his plantatsonA hack % their f0rrns,
pro5uctivsnees. and ne hoped 70 get ls
back within the next tvo years Another
planter. 70 his own surpTiss. s,icceeded n
spreading out half million % fnde5tsS-
ness over 4 oertoa ~ ysars ara wss
straininx every nerve for big crop next
year
Ths American promoter r. stfl tbs
most numerous f7dlvidoal IA Cuba Tins
and repeated rebuIs DO not stab him
During tho last few weeib have NET
him all over me isianA he "a hers "a
Havana. with his air OF propriosorship,
bis taIz OF fnillions ard lts empty podAst4
book. n thu besinufs7 ths people bad
s0me faIth IN the grad projects watch
be was planning AID Tor With ~ ~ns
promising Unlimited American casl,al ILs
was welcomed By ehs Spanish prop~rty
owners and business n7en and wss given
ne opportunity which n gantsa % ez-
,lolt their p15psr.aes
But ere American 1atf:ai sail4s % cons
ind after e tine they dscoverea nat ~
American "pror7otsrs'' were trying 20 get
'ontrci % thair properties without pay-
ng soT yhsm. They are vsfy p-stts
,epDle. sn5 they eonti1osA % - cosr@
eo-ls n th4&r treatment a ne entsrprsz-
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