Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-02-02

lua reccu, number of Golfers Week
ly Governor Gcurya, NoOd gives an
interesting description ot cuba as she
is to-day. from which Tie following cX-
tracts are taken:
with the exception Of one or two
districts cuba may bc sad to be fairly
WILL reconstructed Alphabetically and
on the high road TO prosperity.
The tobacco crop OF last year was
very large of the largcs; In the
history Of tile standard this years
crop will equal. il not exceed, 1t. The
sugar crop in the present year VIII be
ia the uelghbOrhood Ui 100000 tons.
and If the present price OF sugar con.
tiuucs the umOugt of money realized
will equal that received from the great
crops of years gone by.
The cultivation of coffee i being r..
stunned In the eastern provinces, a. is
also the extensive cultivation of cocoa.
Mining industries. especially ia the
two eastern provinces. are rapidly de-
yelopiug This section of Cuha has an
unlimited supply of very high grade
iron ore. as well as large quantities of
copper and oxide of manganese: also
there are deposits of zine and Il very
low grade of asbestos. In the prov.
ince of Santiago there Is still an cnor.
nous amount OF very valuable timber.
The commerce of the island j. grow.
ing, as shown 10y the import duties.
There Is n great demand for labor from
4 as..l.. IL. 4
plantations are being reconstructed.
some of them costing Sl.jOO.CoU for ma
chinery and equipment alone. Land in
the eastern provinces Is cheap and Of
best possible quality. When 1t Is re-.
membercd that probably not over ~
per cent of Cuba was ever under cult.
walton at one time the possibilities of
Its future development can be appre.
ciated
II know of no land where young men
of moderate capital and industry have
better chance than In Cuba. The pos.
sibilitlcs III the way of fruit-grow-
Ing have never been even apprcc .ated.
Oranges of the finest flavor grow in the
greatest abundance. aud without any
care. With proper cultivation the pos.
siblltles In this line are apparently
limitless. Frosts are unknown, and
there Is a sufficient amount of rainfall
to do away with necd of Irrigation
What is said of orange, is probably
true of lemons and OLIVES. POTATOES
onions and all kinds of garden trucl,
grow with the greatest rapidty and In
great abundance. The raising of cattle
and horses can also he conducted very
protitably in tie island. The grazing
Is excellent. the grass being always IN
condition from one years end 10 tn,
other.
Many important enterprises are now
under consideration. Immigrants mr.,
pouring into the Island. especially from
Spain. These immigrants are mostly
from the northern provinces, and ar,
a hardy. Industrious race of people
and will make good citizens.
'As to the climatic conditions exist
Ing in Cuba 1t may be safely said tina
one can live there with n much com
fort as In any of our Southern States
and 1t Is believed that rs the recon
stu'Aloi anu 'N'ipr'H'Ht VI Nli' INlHH'
progress the prevalent disease vii
largely disappear.
yellow fever. of which so much Il
said, Is not, after all. so much TO b,
feared as is popularity supposed, an,
we have every reason 10 hope that in 4
few years, with careful attention I,
sanitation, and careful isolation of tn,
diseased. Cuba can he made as safe fol
the European as Jamaica is to-day. l
cannot be stamped out AT once. nor /,
lis removal the work OF a slnglc ynnr