The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-02


Grown by Them just Received
General Manager Howard De-
seribeS the system Now an Vogue.
NEW YORK. April The steamship
Curityha, from Niatanzas. brought TO this
port yesterday large consignment of
new potatoes grown ia the fields of the
Cuban Industrial Relief Commission at
Ceiba Mocha. Cuba. another consign-
ment IS expected on April Il. These pO-
tatoes viii b. sold in the wholesale mar
kets IN this city. and the proceeds used
for continuing the work among the rural
poor in Cuba. Most Of the work of plant
ing, cuItivaJiug. and harvesting the po-
tatoeS was done by widows and orphans
left destitute and helpless by the war
The Cuban Industrial Relief Commits
sion has been at work since November
II, 1898 The plan of work is to help the
Cuban poor To help themselves by pToyid-
ing them with employment On Industrial
relief farms. Ordinary foyd crops are
grown on these farms and sold in the
best available uafket, the proceeds be
ing returned 10 the fund TO be used over
again in the same way
William Willard Howard. General
Manager of the Cuban Industrial Relief
-DItfllSSittl. Sdh1 AcSltitldN LA4dL -AA1'A
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 it for the
relief OF The destitute and suffering poor,
bur also demonstrated that by its opera
ton there could be TO danger OF eucOur-
aging pauperiS1n or assisting undeserEiug
persons.
The objective point in our work. said
M Howard, lis the restoration Of the
home by the direct efforts of the family
III cuba the homes OF the country people
We're destroyed during the recoucentrado
period. The Cuban Industrial Relief
Commission has worked ste lily for the
restoration OF the ruined homes and the
preservation OF the family life Our first
work was TO establish two relief farms.
where starving people might find employ
| ment IN the fields as ordinary farm labor
ers- In choosing the workers preference
has always been given to widows and or
phans- Our next work was 10 select the
| most deserving of the heads Of families
| who worked in our fields and assist them
| 10 build small houses Of their own and
resume the cultivation OF their own lands
| To this end we sold work oxen on long
| time at an easy rate of interest, and in
| other ways encouraged the discourage
| farmers to begin life anew To have Civ
! en- oxen and tools and seeds outright
would have been IN the highest degree in
| JudiciouS- II would have been no better
| than q thOUghtleSS gift of aims
| We have established in our district
about thirty farms. besides giving almost
| constant employment To Il village Of I.G9j
| inha bitantS- Ne have hy no means fur
! done as much as the funds at our dispOs-
| al would permit The work viii be con
! tinued, and, / hope. extended A gift or
/ q loan OF a few thousand dollars now
| would place rs IN = position % continue
| the work indefinitely on the profits OF
| our farming operations We need larger
| irrigating plant, with which to supply
water TO our potato fields
! Our work is keenly appreciated by the
! Cubans. particularly by the widows who
| have no other way Of earning an honest
living The municipal physician of Ceiba
Mocha went TO our headquarters one day
| when I was absent. and, with grave
! cOuntenance- denounced me as q rGbber-
Before American sGIperinteudeuts began
the work Of eliminating the doctor as a
| feature of the landscape. they enuulTed
whom / had robbed, Uhereupnn the doc
/ tor asserted that I had robbed the grave
/ yard of $50 persons This sounded bit
uncertain but the doctor explained that
| If the relief farms had not beea-eStablisl-
| ed 2Vt DerOus now alive and well would
| nave died Of starvation Only one person
! died Of starvation after I reached Ceiha
/ Mocha. and I did not know Of his cOudi-
ton until TOO late
the potatoes that we are Offering for
I sale IN this market continued Mr. How
| ard. are no longer an experiment They
are, in fact, our second years crop We
| brought our first crop TO this city an
! experiment a year agO- The potatoes
| were 50 attractive in appearance and OF
! such superior quality that they found IA
| vor immediately / had calls for them
long after 1 had sold out This year the
wholesale dealers have been asking foI
| our potatoes for several weeks One
| wholesale hose bought 100 berrels of to-
days consignment Of potatoes before they
| were out of the ground Wholesale deal
ers and jobbers are selling our potatoes
today at $50 a barrel. AS the best Ber-
muda potatoes in market are selling from
s. to $50 a barrel and ordinary Long
| Island potatoes at $50, the superiority 81
( our relief farm potatoes can be seen at
| glance. The superiority OF our potatoes
lies in their White. dry meaIy chara eteI
after they have been properly boiled"