The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-04-25
Condition IN Cuba
Shown by the Census.
Far Better Than in Most of
the Southern States.
TWO WHITES TO ONE NEGRO

TWO w RlTES ~ ON = G1AO
Washington, April 10 Gen.
Sanger today made public the com
pendious results of the Cuban census
taken under his direction. The
figures are very instructive, aod 10
the opinion of the war department
officials. fully justify the decision
of the administration to allow mum
cipal suffrage in Cuba at an early
stage. The officials are gratlhec to
find that the native Cubans constitute
so large portion of the population.
that the whites 80 greatly outpumoer
the blacks and that so large a
proportion of the native population
can read and write In their opinion
there seems to be no reason for the
objection that the proposed basis of
suffrage would result IL turning the
island over to the control of Spain
The total population of Cuba is |,
573 .797, including S15.2o5 males
and ISL, 1892 females. There are AL,
372 white males 462,926 white
females of native birth. The foreign
number 1l5 100 males and 26, 6,459
females There are 121,S9s male
negroes and 122,74o female negroes
The mixed races number l25, 500
mates l45, 800 females.
The population of Habaua city is
235, ,99l and of the province of liaba
ma 24,So4
The population of the province OF
Matapzas is 202,444; (; of Pinar del
Rio l73, ,064 Of Puerto Principe SO,
234: of Santa Clara $50. .536; and Of
Santiago 327,715
Of the total population of the Isl
and l,l18,7O9 are set down as single,
246,35l as married; while 1918
live together by mutual consent
There are s5.1l2 widowed persons
Of the total population occording
to citizenship, 20,47S are Spanish; !;
1,296,367 are Cuban /; 1881 are
in suspense 1885 are of other
citizenship. and GIG are unknown
The Spanish by birth number l29,
24o OF the children of 10 years
of age and over 1914 have offended
school Of the total population
443 1926 can read and write and 10,
15S have superior education
The table on citizenship, literacy
and education is specially important
as forming the basis of suffrage
about to be conferred Because 80
many citizenships are still in sus.
pense. and for other reasons, the
returns are not quite complete, but
the conclusion is drawn that there
will be at least $4,000 qualified ma
tive Cuban voters under the propos
ed basis of suffrage. and against this
there will be 55,767 spaniards whose
citizenship was in suspense when
the census was taken, less the num-
Der who have since declared to
preserve their Spanish citizenship,
and plus illiterate Spaniards, not de
clared who are the owners of prop
erty 1t is not believed that there
will be any great number of the
latter class, ss the total number OF
illiterate Spanish males over 81 is
only II, ,426 The comparison shows
a much greater prepobderance Of
Cuban voters than was expected.
There are l87 1926 white adult males
who were born in Caba as against
96,Os3 born in Spain 6.794 born in
other countries and l27 800 colored.
Males are in excess in the total
population, except in Santiago.
though the female whites outnumber
the male whites, except in Pinar del
Rio. Among the negroes and mixed
races the females are 10 excess !:
while among the foreign whites the
males are largely in excess
lne negroes are IN tue minority
in Cuba. constituting only 81 per
cent of the population, being the
most numerous in Santiago, where
they constitute 43 per cent The
native whites constitute more than
one.half the population, or So per
cent. The proportion Of children
under 5 years is unusually small,
bu. the proportion under 2l ie nor.
mai about one half of the popula-
ton Only 157 per cent of adults
were married Nearly nine.tenths
of the inhabitants we're born in
Cuba. Nine-tenths of the children
leas than 10 years of age do not
attend school 43 per cent above 10
years are litera.e