The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-03-06

taken under the direction of the United
States War Department in 1890 gave
the population ~ ,572, ,T97, or nearly
.? 900 less. Allowing for probable i'll
crease Of population between 1887 and
1898, the date of the bcginnlnH of the
insurrcctlon, the loss of life due to tho
war, as indicated 10y these two census,
may be estimated at nearly 200 900 and
fell entirely upon the three western
provinces, Pinar del Rio, lIabana and
Matanzas. The density of population,
taking the island as Il whole, was 80 I
inhabitants to the square mile, and
varied from 1913 per square mile in
llabana to $ in Puerto Principe. The
urban population Of Cuba, including
cities of 900 each, is Ill per cent.
the Same as that of the United States.
AS TO scX, the proportions were, 81 s.
per cent. males and lS.2 per cent. fc-
males, the excess of males being prob
ably due to immigration. AS to race,
there were GS per cent. white and 32
per cent. colorcd, and the color ,d pop
ulation has for many years bocn dimin-
ishing. The for igu-horn formed . per
cent. of the total population, which
leaves GO per cent. rs native whites.
Ihroc-fourths of the foreign born came
from Spain, the remainder chiefly from
the United States, China and Africa.
Nearly onc-thlrd OF the foreign born
element was found in Uabana. The
proportion OF those married was ~ per
cent. of the population, and Of this
proportion about two-Lhirds were legal
ly married and one third were living
together without marriage. The legally
married constituted only about onc-half
the proportion to the population that
they 60 in the United States. OF the
total population 81 per cent. were able
TO read, iliLcracy being greater among
the colorcd than among the whites, and
greater III the rural districts than in
the cities. The number Of Cubans re-
ported as having gainful occupations
was 40 per cent. of the total popula-
ton, larger percentage than in either
shc United States or in Porto Rico. or
tho males, Is per cent were wage earn
crs or the females, > per cent. OF
the wage -carncrs, Is per cent. were
employed in agriculture, fisheries, and
! mining; 2i per cent in domestic and
|
uiactorlcs ;..l3 per cent. in trade and
transportation ; and | per cent. in the
professions.
There were, in 1899, G0,7ii farms,
having an average SIZE Of ll3 acres,
and an average cultivated area per
farm of l3 acres. Only 10 per cent. of
the farm area and only ) per cent. of
the total area OF the island was under
cultivation. Matanzas and IIabana
provinces are the most highly cultivat-
cd parts Of the island. OF the cult
waited area, less than 80 per cent. was
owned by It's occupants, the rest being
rented and - per cent. was occupied
by whites, rs owners or renters, only
| per cent. by colorcd, the remainder
being unknown. Measured by the areas
under cultivation, sugar cane occupied
II per cent. Of the cultivated lands
sweet potatoes llSpcr cent tobacco 9
per cent bananas little less than 9
per cent, and other crops in smaller
/ proportions. Santa Clara and Matanzas
produced neatly thrcc-fourthS Of tho
sugar crop, Santiago about onc-siXth,
and llabana about one sixteenth.
Thrcc-fourlhs of the entire tobacco
crop came from Pinar del Rio, and
nearly all The Remainder from IIabana
and Santa Clara provinces. There were
in Cuba, i'll 1899, 207 sugar mills, or
ccntrals, producing daily 81 ,lO7 bags
of sugar. There were also So stills,
with daily capacity of lGl ,7jl gal
Ions. Coffee was once an important
Cuban product but little is now pro-
duccd that little coming from the pro.
Tinccs of Santiago and Santa Clara.