| Show SUGAR PLANTERS IN DISTRESS conditions created by short crop and low prices s washington june 21 24 consul bak baker er at grand cuba under date of 0 june reports to the state department upon the sugar crop he says the sugar crop ot of 1888 89 having been marketed leaves no doubt of a material decrease from the yields of the p previous reial year this together with the very low price realized by the planters for the advance came too late to benefit the producer leaves the sugar grow ers ot of cuba in a most helpless condition they now frankly admit that they will not be able to secure loans to make the cane crop which means that not exceeding one halt of the usual acreage ot of new cane has been planted and charge neglect in the cleaning of 0 the present crop in truth the condition of the planters of tills this Is island Is distressing and the end Is not yet for when it Is recalled that fully one third of the inhabitants depend on oil the plantations for employment and a living and that the owners thereof cannot obtain enough to engage in their labor actual suffering must ensue |
