The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-12
Place ST. Anne, Port All Prince.


and enabling Americans to visit 1t in
large and safe ships.
There are few manufacturers in the
island TAXES are low, and the revenue
is derived from imports and exports.
which amount approximately and re-
spect!vely, to Sj,0O0.00O and $1,000, 900
per annum. Since April. 1905 the GUS
ms have been collected by officials
named by the Government Of the United
States, 50 per cent. Of the revenues being
banked in New York FOR the benefit Of
foreign creditors. This arrangement
was sanctioned by treaty of 1907, but Is
much more to the satisfaction of the
foreign creditor than Of the natives OF
Sauto Domingo. who bitterly resent this
intrusion tas they term iO, though not
to the extent Of combating it by force
Of arms.
Although many Of Santo Domingo's
best harbors are unoccupicd. several
have flourishing towns and cities ad-
iacent. Yet th.r. al. scores Of natural
ports, especially on the north coast,
which st!ll exist in the primitive solitude
in which they We're disco, cred by Co.
lumbus They are scattered all the way
from SANTANA Bay To Monte Cristi.
some OF ;h.m hav" large tracts of fertile
sol cpntlsuous, some immense resources
| Of fine woods ana forestal products Of
the tropics
Possessing a fine climate. which va
r.cs hut littie from :" To- ~ degrees the
year through and. to a great extent
exempt from cyclones and earthquakes
| this island is greatly favored hy nature
and should bc occupied by more nu-
|
to-day. Although the liaytans are still
fearful Of foreigners yet tie Dom.nicans
| usually welcome foreign capital and i'm
| migration, They are not avcrse To mod
| ern improvements, moral or material,
| and the only reason they have not made
greater progress H. their isolation as
| well as the disturbed state Of their coun-
try for many years past.
| did not realize that a place existed
| 50 near New York with such wr.tched
| means of communication as is the case
with this island. Highways suitable for
| carriages and wagons are practically
unknown. all travel ~lng either on
horse, donkryhack or on foot In the
rainy season, that is during the summer
and early autumn. even such travel
Is almost impossible. for these paths
contain pits worn 10y III. hoofs Of count
! less dHllldIS, sometimes TWO or three
feet in depth. To hear travellers tell
their experience when the donkey ac-
cidentaliy steps into one Of these holes
is beyond description.
At the present time there are only
four worth while railroads in the island
and these are mere toys compared to
their possibilities. Two Of these roads
are in the Santo Domingo end both
leading inland from harhors on the
north coast; one from the port of San
ShaZ. about 100 miles In length and
the other connecting Puerto Plata with
Santiago de- los Cahalleros Another
however, Is being built and several con-
cessiuns have been granted providing
for other lines. Moreover. | should think
that some Of these would he good propo-
sitions for young men To go and live
with, although it probably would be
difficult to interest capital in such
propositions.
was surprised to find that the island
has n good tclephon. and telegraph
system, all Of the principal cities being
connected, Moreover, a cable connects
the island with cuba and Venezuela. \
good postal system has also been estab-
!, lshcd, Santo Domingo !, ing in the Pos
, tai Union.
5 did not visit Puerto Plata. referred
to above, hut | am told that very
: intelligent population lives there and
that this should Doe the first place where
r the young American would 80 ia order
4 to get tho lay of the land. Many Amer
!, leans and Germans ar" already located
0 in this city. and since the operation OF
the new railroad referred to above
. Puerto pla,a has been quite lively
p town. Certainty i j. beautifully sit
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