The Hawaiian star., 1906-03-27
The Development :
| of Cuba

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( have been uniavorable reports in
regard the Cuban crop,
though the reports have been
eng information does not seem to bear out the belief
that there has been damage shortage Both We
Gray and the American Sugar Industry give
tackwardness marketing the crop alone the rainfall which has
mleriered with the harvesting and density OF the juice and
cases with the production but the installation nearly every Cen
tral OF machinery more than any previous year. which
amount calculated above fifteen million dollars and to the fact
that the planters are holding back trying to reduction of freight
But these features only present market What OF
great deal importance the general
Cuba and The methods by which developing AS indicating
methods me the following GoGspondence OF the American Sugar Indus
deruy the development sugar The Eastern
Railway has just built through of the richest sections and doing
wonders in the development country which has heretofore hardly
been touched The railroad exploited by the Knckerbock
Trust Company OF New York and this company has formed branch
companies for the purpose establishing great plantations The
result that all along the railroad
cane hye been planted and the st harvest has been reaped this
The companies have erected large sugar mills with capacity
for double the of they grow themselves and they
divided up other thousands OF acres into coono and have loaned
money to the small farmers while they have been bringing their
But a scale has been
done elsewhere larger scale Van Horne the great Canadian
road has been built the entire length OF the island and thousands of
OF land has been opened The policy has been pursued by
Van Horne described above
Railway Sugar mills have been built "Coonos have been organ
money to carry them through
the period producing crop The promoters
not sought all the available land They have given
Inducements others to in and start plantations Land
MT suitable for has been devoted tropical fruits and
have been inducements in fruit growing
Every effort has been made develop the country
matter OF production but in other lines Of agriculture The
productive industry and the development and cultivation Of the
The sugar industry of Cuba developing Some the
statistics calculated take the off of the aunty
nes with which have been accustomed speak the
Oroduvene OF Hawaiian plantations There has peva-
eh opinion here that in amount OF production of larger
plantations lar ahead OF anything anywhere else in the world
However hereafter, had better be little careful how
The largest plantation Cuba is the Chapara Sugar Company with
estimated output in 1906 which exactly the es
mated for this of Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Com
There Cuba in all this year. 7o sugar plantations
there with estimated output this 10000
each the output OF the two being estimated $4,000 tons Hawaii
had only three plantations last with output of 3oooc
tons cac and them together had $4,000
Cuba has plantations each with estimated production of
10000 Hawaii has that many that class Cuba
has pana aons each with estimated output of between
5000 and 10000 tons So between and 50 between
1000 and 1000 tons, and 81 under 1000 tons.
OF the whole 170 Cuban plantations 80 owned by Americans
70 by Cubans and 73 by English Spanish French This
increase OF four plantations during the year.
The output of American owned plantations Cuba il
1905 Of Cuban owned plantations
all plantations Cuba tons The production
all Hawaiian plantations during 1905 1893 tons
1t will thus be with what rapid strides the industry
Cuba has progressed since the country independent
by Of conditions has given encouragement
capital to go in there.