Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-12-29
Interesting Facts About This
Island Land Of Unex
Celled Riches.
EVERY PROSPECT PLEASES
AND ONLY MAN IS VILE
A Marvellous Development Of
Wealth and Prosperity Under
American Government


situated m tsrIcnIumI ami clwmcr
r,al development 1'ih0urh periodical
Iy devastated by revolution and indU
i,rtnUy .lsr,rCd u umo oI peace,
was worthy uudpr ihu ud Spanish
domination off hOue called ths
Pearl OFT ho Antilles what might
she become under an Hlm nistuiou
euaIuNiu. ug permanent peace and
ruul governments Jud iHlINlne lho
invest uf uch capital as mas ho niece
,ssary to d.,oIup fh, Riches of ua
tnrc thnI up t0 thC present moment
have b,Hu uuf hulf revealed.
Cuba entirely within lhr .uI.d
tUuo bot naf .' ur sOntn us io make
iis climate chluc'.r.HUCullY inr'i
Ihe climate doe. NOT diner materially
from Hur own fuif ,ut. Hu' thD aIn-I
fnu greater lU IauarIIy usurys
70 moist. .qnlhI, atmosphere. and tho
never failing sea brrr1pa uf thD after
moons and evenings tend t0 make che
nights c1ul and comfortable even ln|
The NarmCsf months
shaped somewhat iikU Long Island
Cuba s Ions AND narrow. being about
900 miles BOZ length aud Boo width
vas, ur frm IS Geo MS. Its area com
prifes ah1u 80 uW Squire miles. By
way uf comparison. DO a larger than
Massachusetts New Hampshire. Yer
mont Connecticut. Rhode island. Della
warr aud New Jersey put together
Tho ISLAND would mako almost four
Maryunds and about two Wnst VIZ
ginias. and iH greater Zoo No." lggrusato
of her suuafe miles than either ln.
diana. Kentucky Maine. ohio South
Carolina. Tennessee pr virginia The
state ~ Pennsylvania has practically
tho same aruH us Cuba. The island
1909 iOo miles south OFF Kew west The
most southern port of The United
states Havana is distant from TAM
100 31f miles mm NeW Orleans ant
miles uuI from New Nurk 1927
miles % controls 'ha hIuhw8, to One
pnums cana
Tho lH.t crnsus oft .be island r1k
rn .u 1888 uu. Ibp population 900 a..
l12 asa Immigration bias hCpu EtUad-
rs increasing the number for 1905
being 1Otif 8 reasonable ys'lunf"
lf ino present population s nN.i hY
those BEST informed at about lin'.
NU0 Ot 'le total population ~ per
cent Wpru native whites - pel cent
furriru whites. aud 22 p.r cent c1Iot
Ud mo r.muuirg I per Cnn. being ua.
signed I1 chinese and others unrIlsrl
nod The Hslr,s u, 600 tho density of
the uapumfiuu lro significant Iha3
Indicate s population of l'2 pofsout
to fh. Square mIr 100 Havana prov
Ircp decreasing f0 Dut to lhr Square
mno Boo Puerto Principe havana
province therefore .s about 1s thick
fy ..Ipt a NDW Nogk state and 'hn
Ias named me,' uco about ts much ns
the tiufc uf MHHhiug' Dr. hls ND"N
estimated Iha Cubl capable nt
supu0rUng .n comfort uud prosperity.
a u0uun.icn ul 90 lo1s. t5unoNu1,
uaicl NruI %. $40 t0 thQ SQUARE
mnp obi .p.. Ihnu .h. density nf tlt
popu.sJlm u Nh le island ut Mnsaa
chusDts rhf tou,ua Dt 1899 found
ei.l,eB clf.e. au 100 island having a
uUnulat0n oI over N.uuU. Ihr chi'i
0f tb,sa ls HAVANA with .3569i. san
fIapu second with i3nYh and Gulurst
Il suburb OFF Ht,bua no ihr No'"m
az m. lkt with Ntt9 inhabitants
Tb. fafal trade between .hI. cIun.
IRIS aud Cuha duIiug thr last fiscal
,caf amounted to St3a ffg5la nur
inn tbaf period uuH sold fD tho Unit
trd siafcs SUGAR valued f61,2ns its.
and tobacco valued 100 NlAlti,@ht mon
foiaI p.unfis 300 th.f country he.ng
gNlR78Sli. nf which all hut 81 non.
600 Was dutmbIp and upon which 'he
duly collected, uCCurdug tu Goo on-
parimpnt uf commerce und Iah"i
nrriitninaf5 figures WAS slj.H2N. tN2.
IN ihp .anp .erjud ihc United States
sold u cuba merchandise aErits1O
nr sia1tt-tt
aan flu4 1900 .luu uuu toms and Cos
e,pers claim ho NioIt uf Cuban
.unas is two nud % balls toms tn thc
acre. the total Number ui urrrs N.
voted to SUGAR clue amounted in u0.
more tbau ilnuuu. There Dr. rtlN iu
ho $1,000 uuu acres of che island Chat
mInh easily aud quickly Doc turned
inin sugar plantations lf lh- este.
mate Boz correct. thg imagination ia
dassl,d hy thr contemplation lf Wha.
s'nbe gouIt Do. capable Oi luug lL "g
snear producing lme H ADVANTAGES
wrre taken 90 thr Cook pf nature b
piris Tho cultivated area nt Cuim
N about .NUUuuU acres. and accord
ine to lhe last census, az per cent
of this Vas devoted tn sugar prnduc.
tlon and 30 per cent t0 tohacco. Ad.
ding tho area oft eiti's towns anu
yer, large tract. ioT PAST asr pun
pls,s. 30 ~ found that onlY about 49,
unN ono acres ur about uurha.t iht
island has urpn developed Ihr Ir-
mining halls awaits future rNplo,ia.
- tlon. ana is claimed tu De-. iur tpe
uinw part as capable uf hlsh develop
meni as ,hat watch has brought srea.
riches 90 the people of Cuba
lu 1903. accurd0ug o official adticDH
from Couml General Steinhari, Slnh.
600 .OOO of American capital was un.
yaeted la Cuba. us follows sugar
plantations. ge50uUODu. tobacco lands
ana factories. Si5unnuuu fruit lands
81. 50OuOO minlng property f'Nnn.-
900. Cuba Railroad company tla uulr
900 street railway fsWnn'h. nihrr
real estate and commercial Invest.
ments. 81 500 .nnn.
The huuus ior 1904 thr lut's. oh.
tainable. show That Che r1'u, go inc
principal pruducts 10 CO., lslauu
amounted to fa3a5i 60 diy.d,t into
classus SUGAR iucudlns mOlasscs.
alcohol and ram. Si2.b2s lo7. tobacco.
SiO.nH Wn pineapple 81 2ln.nno ,