The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-02-05


recei'e the blessings of the Virgin
Del Cobra, and Ne we're told thar
hundreds q canes and crutches are
llelt q evidences 81 the benefits ~
ceiyed from her blessings
Now We are turning our faces
homeward. AS many as 20 Ameri-
cans are on one trail, an bound for
home, some sailing every day and
some 70 every port reached via
Havana Today the Cook County
Club are b land By special steamer
via South Coast to see tile wrecks of
that 3rd day Of July, left by SehleY
and the American boys and % on is
San Juan and Elcaney and see the
boys Of Battery B, and the Rough
Riders charge the hill again. i
wonder how many 81 your readers
know that fully 4 hlndred Of our
sailors sill lay beneath the wreck
of the Maine. 1t is burning
shame and disgrace to every Ameri-
can citizen and my word for it
something will be done to lift the
stigma soon. Every American /
have met has referred to it in no UNI
certain language.
As we travel towards Havana cane
catting is the order of the day. Al
ready many fields have given their
crop and the new green shoots are
Jap. To most of your readers this
docs not appeal, If it did there
would be a West Virginia mill here
by the next guide.
Today | had the pleasure of meet
ing Mr.. John NJ. Patterson, former
ly Of Mercer county, Pa, and you
know what the late Henry Grady
said bout Pennsylvania. Mr.. Pat
terSon i the manager Of the Cuban
Fruit & Sugar Co., of San Marcos.
| asked him to give me some figures
for publication under his name. He
says Americans cut and market from
90 to Is tons Of cane per acps /
tSpaniards are pleased with 40 ana
satisfied with 800 Louisiana pla1i-
tiers never exceed As tons. / asked
him what he got for it on board the
cars at his station. Ie said $500
per ton net. What does it cost you
10 plant it, clearing the land and
all? About $1,000 per acre. After
the first year, what does it cost per
acre to tend, cut and deliverY He
said $1,000. How do the Ameri-
cans plant their cane that they get
20 much more than Cubans? Well, |
said he, first We plant our runs 6 to
7 feet apart in the rows and 3 to A |
feet. in the hills. This allows us
10 work it and l have cane today 10
o 3 feet high and of splendid size. |
My cane is cutting IS tons per acre.
q saw Cuban fields being cut to-
lay where the cane was as thick as
,rush on the ground, not longer than
md ! ia inch and A too feet long, i
How about the cattle industry? |
lsked. Its princcly, he said. Cat
lie net 25 per cent. on the invest
nent annually and hogs, where you
nave the royal palm, do equally as
veil.
! met Rev. Mosley, in charge Of
he Baptist Missions, on the train.
made myself known to him and he
inquired diligently for the people
about Clarksburg. And by the way
le said, we dedicated the West Vir-
yinia chapel about month ago, or
gan and all. The latter was a pres
snt from the Clarksburg church. II
said, Parson, how's your cattle IN
vestment2 He said fine, it pays
attractive dividends. in fact, my own
pail 80 per cent. net and cattle men
often clear their investment in p
years. Sugar pays well but re-
quires larger investments.
So it goes, every one has the same
story and all these opportunities
within three days Of West Virginia,
no frost, I'D snow, but green ever
lasting green, all The year.