The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-04
CUBAN LIVE STOCK
subject OF MESSAGE
President PaIma's Report
to His Congress.
ADVOCATES RAISING HERDS
Urges Use Of UHoccupied Lands to Pro
vide fer the Island All the Animals
Necessary for Domestic CONSUMPTION.
Gives Interesting Figures.

The state Department today made pub
d.. the text of a message sent to the
Cuban Congress by President Palma. OF
Cuba. CT live Stock in Cuba" The
translation received through Minister
Squicrs says in part,
Republic Of Cuba.
Executive Mansion
Congress So inpcri0us IS The Hcces-
sity Of re-esta5lishinE the "a sing Of live
stock. Tie nlst natural and certain OF
all the resources OF this country. that
ne executive beIieves-and without pre-,
iudice to the direct aid which he pro
poses to ask Of congress for its a.
Couragemeut and deveIcpneIr-tfla Ur5-
vate initiative should De stimulated bv
all possible oceans. furnishing il way
to enable g. 70 contributr. under favor
able cir5Umst ances. TO The same a1d.
To demonstrate this necessity and
the incaIcula5le benefit whiciI providing
for 1t would bring 20 The country. the
following considerations are. IN the
opinion tf The executive. sufficient:
Strong Line of Argument.
81. OF she 100000 acres OF which the
land comprising the territory Of this is
i7ra is composed. 1G-6o0.CCo acres. ar, at
resent unc1I-ivated fo9 when reason
tHys p~cdi-e nothing. The are. how
e2er. adlDred to the raising # cattle.
and in them Al least oe0gg9 head could
De spIeudfdlv cared for. Al me rate Of
30 ID acres
- Seine &o0.ofG mead being on m av-
craze the number consumed II the is
lana in one year. when Cuba succeeds
by the restocking of her cattle farms In
producing the same. their -aiue-reasoh-
ably estimated a S5U per head fhe pres
ent value OF - CvLan doliar. or peso.
is about 60 cents II United States cur-
rcnCy} would amount 70 5000. eco. a
sum which WcGld remain IN the country
instead CT gCing 70 the foteirn lands
ron which cattle are now obtaiueG-auti
tHis aside from the S2.0C0 eco approxi-
mate value Of the 5erEed beef AT tres
ent consumed, aside from the value Of
the hides. which can To estimated NJ
q $50 eco and aside irc1a the amount
derived from cattle which coulds be ex-
ported 10 other countries from The s.lr-
plus Of Cuban stock: and
FatteDing Cattle for Market.
3 OF the 100000 head received
throughout the island during the year.
2Ae. o90 should BE- sent to pasture before
being slaughtered. according TO reports
from authentic sources As lean cattle
in the six months pasture which it re-
quires to fatten. should. according u
The estimates Of competent persons.
yield a profit of at least SO to the ca
tIeman for the greater weight obtained
it results that Il these 100000 head are
brought in lean to be sent to pasture in
stead CT coming in fattened for imme-
date slaughter, their fattening in iris
country would yield $. 900. GEO. which
would be distributed among the cattle
men and planters; or, that is 70 say.
by receiving them fattened the country
would Tot enjoy this considerable profit.
but il would 90 to Increase the treasure
OF a few merchants and Of the foreign
raisers- However, While we are arriv-
ing at this I0nged -r7r resuit-that IS. o.
producing in Cuba the number # cattle
required for its eonsumHtion-it be
comes indispersa ble to enact efficacioas
provisions directed not alone to the re
production Of this cattle. but TO causing
shat Fhich is received from the exterior.
in the meanwhile. q yield a profit 10
the country before lis slaughter. instead
Of obtaining it sole,T-a5 today happens
in the majority OF cases with reference
TO fattened cattle The executive 81
Of the opinion tnat TIT (
thing 10 do is 10 amend The present Gus /
toms tariffs to attain the end In view. as /
a principal means for stimulating rri- /
vate initiative n this matter; ne Gus |
toms tariffs j. force today tending more /
TO favor spectators than 10 protect the /
raising OF CatJI1 in Cuba.
The decision which Congress Iray /
adopt as a law VIII Tot take effect be /
fore ten days after its publication The 4
government viii issue the orders and in I
structions necessary for the enforce i
ment Of what Congress may resolve n !!
case the preceding bases are approved. /
THE president. /
Havana. June p, 1902