New-York tribune., 1901-04-02
FOR RELIEF OF CUBA'S POOR.
LARGE CONSIGNMENT OF NEW POTA-
TOES GROWN ON INDUSTRIAL
FARMS Is RECEIVED.

The steamthip Curtyba. from Matanzas. brought
TO this port yesterday a large consignment
OF new potatoes grown in the fields of the Cuban
Industrial Relief Commission a Ceiba Mocha
Cuba. Another consignment is expected on April
i. These potatoes will be sold IN the wholesale
markets in this city and the proceeds used for
continuing the work among the rural poor in Cuba.
Most Of the work Of planting cultivating and
harvesting the potatoes done by widows and
orphans left destitute and helpless by the war.
The Cuban Industrial Relief Commission has
been at work since November Il. 1895, with its
central Office in the Tribune Building this city,
The plan of work is to help the Cuban poor help
themselves by providing them with employment
industrial relief farms Ordinary food crops are
grown on these farms and sold in the best avail
able market. the proceeds being returned to the
fund 10 be used over again In the same way
William Willard Howard. general manager ot
the Cuban Industrial Relief Commission. said yes
terday that after two full years OF continuous
work for the relief Of the Cuban poor he was
satisfied that the Industrial relief system not only
met every demand placed upon il for the relief of
the destitute and suffering poor. but also demon
stratet that by its operation there could be no
danger of encouraging pauperlsm assisting un-
deserving persons.
THE objective point in work" said Mr..
Howard. is the restoration Of the home by the
direct efforts of the family. In Cuba the homes OF
the country people destroyed during the re-
concentrate period. The Cuban Industrial Re-
lief Commission has worked steadily the resto-
ration or the ruined homes and the preservation OF
the family life our first work establish
two relief farms. where starving people might
find employment in the fields ordinary farm
labOrers. In choosing the workers preference has
always been given to widows and orphans. Our
next work select the most deserving OF tho
heads Of families who worked in our fields and
assist them build small houses their own and
resume the cultivation OF their lands. To
this end sold work long time at an
easy Of interest. and in other ways encouraged
ba Il 7i-,.O1i ed IN hog To
have given oxen and tools and seeds outright
would have been in The highest degree injudcious,
II would have been no better than a thought
less gift Of aims
we have established in district about thirty
farms. besides giving almost constant employment
a village of a thousand inhabitants We have
by furnished all the relief needed. but
we have done much as the funds at our disposal
would permit. The work will be continued. and 1
hope. extended. gift or loan Of few thou
sand dollars would place US IN position to
farninc operatfons We need a larger irrigating
plant. with which to supply water TO our potato
-Our work IS keenly, appreciated by the Cubans.
paftcu!IIy ps + bite e III, ~ TIC M " w. conI ,'hr
sician Of Ceiba Mocha went TO our headquarters
one day when ! was absent and; with grave
countenance. denounced me a. robber. Before our
American superintendents began the Work OF
eliminating the doctor as a Ieitt4[e OF the ldIiu
scape. they inquired who had robbed, whereupon
yard OF hundred persons! This sounded biz
uncertain, but the doctor explained that II the
dred persons now alive and well would have died
Of starvation Only person died of starva-
tion after / reached Ceiba Mocha, and did not
know Of HIS condition until too late
THE potatoes that we are offering for sale in
this market" continued Mr.. Howard, ARE no
longer an experiment. They are. In fact our sec
ond Years crop. We brought our first crop TO this
city as an experiment year ago The potatoes
were so attractive in appearance and OF such su-
periOr quality that they found favor Immediately
/ had calls for them long after had sold out This
year the wholesale dealers have been asking for
1,ur notatoes for several weeks. One wholesale
bouse hought one hundred barrels Of to-day's con-
stgD,neDt Of potatoes before they out OF the
trSornd Wholesale dealers and jobbers are selling
ar nofatoes to-day s. 80 barrel. As the best
Her-ruda potatoes in market selling from IS to
SS "a a barrel and ordinary Long Island potatoes
81 e 20 the superiority of relief farm potatoes
can he seen at a glance. The superiority of our
,1otatoes lies in their white. dry, mealy charac-
t@r after they have been properly boiled. Only a
GOOD cook by the way. knows how to boil new
potatoes properly. ., o.. .,,, .h
genuine Cuban Industrial Relief potatoes through
tbeir local retail dealers can have the potatoes
sent direct any address in this city by Writing
% Tbe Cuban Industrial Relief Commission; IT'D
une building The potatoes will be sent by ex,
Tress delivery charges prepaid, for seven cents
bound which is the retail price for Bermudasi TIE
,,otatoes can be seen at the warehouse or j. NJ
PPennett A. Bro No SO3 westinghouse. or at the
Tarebouse of the Valentine Produce Company IN
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