The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-26
JAM iTCI.
An Account Of IT'S Re>ources. Products
and tommerce


The island Of jamaica has quite s0ooO people
one-hAlf OF whom quite poor and lDO Of
whom live on an average income Of About !, cvnts
dsy. The Government dos What n can 90 cu
plON the poor all the stone FOR repair and buiId
ing OF roads II got ont by hand labor and brok'n
ready for 49, a. - ceo;s cubgc yard and have
been told that n iaSrs woman two days - earn
Tits Nrn
The island rNnor'ed In 1879 EoodS TO the valve
Of n 'rnc ovrr SO Ga.rso Of vi hitch the ni,ri
States bought STOUT ~ M an worth or say a.
per cent Wfilc In the sAmc year the lslaud am
ported msrChs ndlSe 10 ne valuc Of shout 81 sD
m, and NJ this Nmoun' ne n,ied states sold
jamalca aboai 'N.'cO on worth. or shout 49, p~r
cruf The average percentage Of ,si~s by the
ulird >'atc- FOR = prr'ui % i've wears i - pSr
cent % at wear shows gooI = In m trade
hmo>i al The NrrTIran lr ports from fAmHlrs
are bananas 81 NE.yh over '-.sUOU b.nch-~
acre sH,9r~d loo 81 WIN rhl- Arty.s Iamaics Is
almost one crop island twas not AWAY, ~
In - he year 90 Jamaica meridian o. pro,
prriy 'bs island exported g'.p short too, ~
gar sui inmcn,r Quantities %. ~.l. There =.
ls-sc srrN a'Ausn'- 'or sugar cultivation now
and attention has been ssAtrbrd 80 the pO-sibt
tiles O' that business. TIE land I, very rich .
Eas tod ~ msn interested In he business 'ta'
hr could shoS MANY thousand acres OF lsnd
Vhlch had been producing sugar zach surresslye
year for over forty years Without rrpanung
The resources % jamaica are remarkable a.
shoSn Nv the follow ng facts 80 Nc A,slhh'r
land sn The island seam acres are Tiled lands
iDs"ar" u>ed ;or grow 'ng gro, anI 'or pasture.
ami over i.7o0,0 acres are wood laui - ne
q. sD Acrss 10 llt AieI and. iu ru. 0l numbers
,s,n are IN cans lssO la coffee .o u cocoa
r.ts 3; 4" Ia n.nauSA 1000 20 '~xr''b'> aHd
root crop, i's0 acrrstn rArao snd srp.t '.o
10 minor prD.Iur', The s'b'U,Uu vur,h ~ o.,
.-or,s der, 81 from 'uis cuiu, auon more than
hat ne fruit while uea-lysSl as ISL rrprcseu j.
jamaica rum dsrI-I from molas>r-
There FHnt.t acres . Iarh
- sllsb'~ Tor Cultivation ~ .ugar oT almost an
ming ,l>e one van. to nl1rt - crop. grow wei
There ~iNgti %" danger - a drl s-1spn Tor sh'ch
The ...s. PROV $500 'h1 be oAsN made The
oo.uuy having nearly natural r-s-r. oir-. ony
dame are needed
The .arge proportion - .rso-krd ant on the
STA nj might give .lr lr.vrr,,iou mat agriculture
q, stagra0' bar 'r- figures - r,po-'s snd Import.
for period, ~ tea years 'or ~ years show =
graruaI Increase win at year - me top Inc
cultivation - gar tas drcIinsd fror1 - pp acres
~ Ne 10 - acre, m Iss caused o., he a'r,I
tlon % avery and abandonment o. plAu'atiors
Frpn 80 - ~ ther- Wsrr afN estates aban
dnued and from sSi 10 so there we're siN'y four
abandoned
Tn, SHOW. e'ssr.v hat non -sSisnr IN lori
srn docs not pay where nrErp labor 10 smpIr' ed
or many estates would not have bsen Absn
donrd ~ grrsSat he situation - lsri owner
- y must he 'cry rr~o rrsg'0E No psnssn'ry
largely osu'rE ne holding. 'h'1 r.uu'ai. % ne
n
uhilr nc n.nher - prop~r'ies worth ~ BTI
IL ,-A-o The neg-p rHs gtrduri' acquired Isnd
but he evident, meets hrtp 20 vprAIf
The imports - tH~ Island IRE Distributed 'hra-Rh
thirty i've importers. s"'"ni one .bor- S~prf,
and $50 r"'alrrs. or rrAu. . N'r~ o,sr ,eNrn
rrnue> Of disiripgton 70 every mo. sand ~ In
hAbNan'- Ianv Of hose shork c-p~rs are Chi.
neS~ and vbolr>A'~rs 'ru no ny are desirable
ci'lEens and good merchants In every VAy psring
promptly ani ''tcndins =, ilbsrsi cred,' - con
t.i'ons warrant This small uuulh'r % distrthut-
~ mediums cannot Indicate that no geople have
zone into Merchandising for ne percentage IL
small The Island has vast uni~vs iop~d r-.ourrss
i near a nnArEri thai vii 'Aae ali n ran produce
but iIscss capital 70 s,pIo' me re,d- Tho Go,
eminent Il sable. 'h~ climate Il druEh'NIi nsre
arc rood railroad 'arilities "apshls % s,t~nsIon.
IN 'eedeTs tapping 'rrtc districts ana the island
has about ".nn miles NJ Eood roads
Ranking fariHuss are AT pie for ne vsnts Of re
people money can ~ hat fnr an m~Tcial purposes
- per cent. Ani goosi fuo name paper rFn
as' II ~ Canadian hAnt "r. srs IN the neld Money
dsro.l'sd 9th the hams draws per cer' This
cNe,p money ~ Industrial or agricultural pur-
po.es II not 10 be rad In many other West India
islands a. In poTto Riro the Interest ratr l. Der
crn, IN tns I,pminicsh fe?ublI, IS 20 - per cent
IN Haytl not b"inS Is p~r cent and IN cuba 30
y per cent
The Jamaican Government has done n,uch To
h.lp the sApor' trade and thus stimulate sgricuI
uIre but from REPORTS Il would rem that one
expensive experiments had no, been sc-cs-rl
n appears that ths island and the rrtush home
Arthorues sgrred tn = subsidy Of t-n0n yesr
20 encourage ne etpor' Of bananas 20 the United
kingdom In ipA ~ mere 0ere eHporpd 'hiih~r
onIy aslO0D Bgnch~s Of bansnAs. OF Ehlrh ;sn6O
we're rarri~d under he Subsidy contrsct. In the
Ssue period mere verr exported n the United
stAtes - ssS.Oo hunrhes I'iS currently reported
here that he subsidy viii not b. renewed
Janslra rAisS~ sryrrat Kinds Of tobacco. some
suitable for nilsr aud w'appsts Of cigars and Tits
class 81 tobacco appears - suffer TO- Iark 81 =
market Itii T. a. rood ~ cuban tobacro no one
Knows n snd England l~,i~~ "a ~ 'h~ Same I'm
port dgur> a. ca ottsr 'obacco- rh-re j. ag,o
a class ~ tobacco grown rallied lac 49, ROM
Witch II largely u~ed b me nAuvss In Isp
tanatra exported sbout 81 IS 0uO worth Of ioha~So
Thrre vas ton much rain fOr m. tobsrro last yrar
Al Easiish view Of the Repsbticsa Csatest