The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-05
Cuba's imports for 1912.

ment of law and order az in the interior
of Cuba. the chances for the honest
American are sim.
Moreover. a farmer in Cuba Is ALSO
luteiy dependent upon the railroads,
steamships and midd,emen for his profit
Even the cattle rais.rs are limited to
local market. The United States will
not allow the cattle To- be imported into
our country ON the huof ana no cold
storage plant nor canning factory for
beef exists on the ISLAND. bn fact If !
were young and knew the canning game,
| should he seriously tempted to go To
Cuba and open "A plant for meats, fruits.
&cD Agriculture as an industry would
not interest me-, There are better OPP
portunltlcs in our own country, where
We have good markets.
If il were not for the big companies
operating IN cuba il seems as il there
would be some splendid opportunities
in the country as more railroads are
built for certainly there are thousands
Of acres Of virgin timber and fertile
valleys which are apparently untouched
and unnhahitcl. Upon inquiry, how
ever, | am told that the big interests
have pretty We'll bottled mp the island
and that when the young American
goes To cuba with the idea of being an
Independent planter he soon finds that
such a career is almost Impossible and
winds up 10y becoming the employee Of
one of the large interests. Certainly
the sugar business is one only for mil.
| lionaires. while the United Fruit Com
| pany makes the profit ou.iruit Beau.i-
full grapefruit selling unQ5roadway for
20 cents apiece found here selling at
| 81. 30 per box of nifty. -
| OF course it is entirely possible for
an American to 30 TO cuba and pur-
chase a tract of land and lead the simple
| lie. So called but in most cases this
Is not done by purchasing virgin land
Of the Government at a very low price
! but rather by purchasing certain semi
developed ranch land Of some land com
pany. This is what the American usually
does. paying for the land a compare
| lively high price. In other words, the
American starts in by paying a profit
to the land company about equal to
any possible increase in value for many
years to come. Perhaps one OF the
best If these promotions is located at
Cehllos where large undertakings have
been made for the growing of fruits
The following remarks concerning this
colony occur in a standard publication
on Cuba;
"A large hotel has been opened re-
Gently at Cehallos. Orange, lime, lemon
and other tropical trees make wonderful
growth in cuba. ana as there is M frost
to he feared, as in Florida. success in
| this direction seems assured from the
start. This CehalloS colony Is but one
Of several attempts 10 locate CanadiaA
and American settlers on the fertile
spots of Cuba with varying degrees ~
success dependent mainly upon the ca
pacity of foreigners to endure the mo
notony Of life IN Isolated sections. and
ii seems the most promising of all.
There is n colony at La Gloria with
outlet on the coast al Nuev tas: another
at IIolguin with connection for the
north coast at Gihara; another at MlnaA
on the railway line from Camagucy to
Nucvitas; still another near Trinidad
on the south coast, IN" largest Of an
perhaps. AT the Isle If Pines, and yet
another AT Bahia Honda. In truth,
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