Salt Lake Telegram | 1906-09-29 | Page 12 | Americans in Cuba

' " . 1MERICANS IH CUBA. In Appleton's Magazine Atherton Brownell says lat.there is not much in the phrase, "the Ameri-janization Ameri-janization of Cuba." So far the customs and insti-rutipns insti-rutipns of the country have been but slightly affected y American influence, but in a commercial sense ihere is a growing significance in the term. -It is estimated that $150,000,000 has been in-rested in-rested by Americans in Cuban banks, railroads, slectric lines, sugar, tobacco, telegraph and tele-)hone tele-)hone systems, fruit lands, cattle, mines, mortgages tnd city and unimproved real estate. lie puts the and holdings of Americans at 4,307,000 acres. The ' rugar, tobacco and cable investments aggregate 30,000,000. -Americans control electric transporta-Uon transporta-Uon and the telegraph and telephone. "Taking the island throughout its. length, the American inter-tst inter-tst in the total product is about 23 per cent." They lave invested $6,000,000 in fruit lands and orchards md this will be doubled because California with its 1000 miles of transportation cannot compete with 2uba, which only has to pay water tolls and a tariff s rate that is not oppressive. Then in trade facilities aniericans are liable to crowd out their European rivals, for American' trade and commerce take precedence over that of all others. Cuba's buying ower is about $100,000,000 per year, and she spends lalf of, that in the United States. The people of Cuba, although only 1,700,000 In number buy of the United States more than the half billion people of yThina and Japan, ' " . ' . . It will be seen by the above why the United States has a special interest in having peace maintained main-tained in Cuba and preventing the looting of the island by that crowd which are too lazy to work, but not too honest to steal.