The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-04-27
FLORIDA NOW POINTING THE
ROAD TO CUBA FOR TOURISTS
( AND AMERICAN INVESTMENTS

among other things that Flaglel
did not build the East Coast Rail
way oven the Florida Keys to de-
veio5 Key West. His primary am
hilton was to develop the East
Coast of Florida, south from
Jacksonville and st. Augustine, for
winter health resorts, with eye
more to Florida's climate than to
the value of its sea coast, the pub
fisher of the financial newspaper
says. The following is a reproduc-
ton Of the article which will be
read with much interest by the
residents of Key West:
Annexation of Cuba
Commercially, and for purposes
of profit, Flagler's ambition was
TO reach Cuba.
Since he started, the United States
has given Cuba freedom from
Spain and national independence,
with some dependence on the
Washington government.
It is not TO be expected with
Cuba, any more than with the
Colonies Of America, that gov
eminent could Immediately be-
come strong and stable. The law
az colonial, national and indi-
vidual development seems to be
that Of ups and downs, hope and
despair, joy and sorrow, and how
eyer the philosophers of life may
sum it up, the London banker
certainly summarized it for
finance when he declared: "Your
Iesses make you smart.
The Cuba Sugar Debaclc
Cuba has reyeled and rioted,
first with the American gold that
poured into the Island ten years
sko to buy sugar mills and sugar
lands at prices never before seen,
and then with sugar in the after
war debacle at more than eight
times It's normal price.
The average selling price for
Cuban cane sugar for the ten
years preceding the war was 2.66;
se -, ~ se.s = 80 =.
70 years was 1888. In what the
s@1sseA. 1872 = soon ~ 49, - III ~
as - l'- ~. sns p ~ sAvs
4, e ..,... a ..'as Isl. ~ aa.ts
IT, rn. s "a ~ @s 49,, 80 ,nao
$780, $780, .,,as 7e 80
$50 :. =. =. 80 A''o' 49, 80.
ssoo
sTh. v...t,. 80 .h;s na~;od c.r
I'm - -. :. !. 49, s.s ~.
9ss.nS "a i, Az 49,. p,-gI ho ~ -, e
1900 ha,,s iosns
Ths wards~ : thst 4ha c,,hans
aid the leland have come through
~ ! nar,od ~ tranou;l;fv and GOOD
gbverrwert withort more scars
nal;t;caI ana Nnarcial
seA - Nos
nut tnens CuDa py years OF re-
neiiion' warfare and revolution
rs peen trained 20 meet disasters.
Ngnt tnrougn tne nearo OF tne
asiand' nortn ana south, IN what
now her pes. sugar district, can
e seen tne Ola me OF mliitary
1loek houses oulit Dy the spanish
$3.50 . ..a $3.50 20 Aay I ~ =
RevoIut;or a The east 80 tha Ts-
lsnd
~Nn. c,,,,. !. ,,r..4,;.. - ,,.;th
hzrhsd wire daSsness nasth and
ss.,sh h,,t ,s,.h az nra,isrs - an
as~t ana wsst rarfraI b,nhw.s, re1,
,sslss wh,~h w;r ans. M ths
sS,,rt~v q, nda.n s's..sg 80.
- as..,sa,s.e.t
&r,,h. 49, ~ AZ. nxah,... 80
..shsl;s,ns hs- ss s,ea 80 $500 ~.
49, = It,....sn. ~ - II :
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~s.S,,r,,cn 80 -, 49, ,~ass.,sis
49, 80 - ,si..r,,,..,.. p.:as '
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a~~alarn.sn. .rd - i, -. '
~ er,,rsa cmh.,s .,a,s;4 80, 49, s.S.. !
a.s,.lonn.aut - Snha. $500
,,an.s -. .,,,.5 svs a;rae.I,, -,
rt wssh ,hs nr.hlsr, 80 .asat;an
nsr,,n-.in~ 5000 .o,,a,.,r,a,ss
u 'S''s'
seS LABOR ana rope
Cuba in modern times illustrates
the history of almost every coun-
try, and OF man. The people are