Show et Basket Habit abit and Merchant Horseback I Lower the Cost of Living in Cuba Says Babson m W fl Si b son aon famous writer business iea if ie tour tour- and study studs its trade trado America to relation to the Ii a their TELEGRAM has hasto nm us to to a series serles of t thiS f is rhoa tho rho fourth on e trl a a stop en route route- W. W BABSON Thero Thero Bro aro Feb 15 Cuba Havana I in bias markets Jackets or eity city has bas one Cuban rr wore nore of comparative In U Havana Tacon TaconI K it is I tie the largest t Chris tine Una is the tho oldest and Colon Is tho the newest All are aro worth north careful careful care care- ful study Hero Here wo find tend on sale jale the fruits fruit vegetables vege tables and ADd other prod prod- of ot tho island island- UtI Bet Bot yon yea must not the of ot ci cities ties I t the 1 Cl J theo t to o t tb the e i tale l ot of garden and teed tit has haa Indies West the dt j 1 in ia of its own one aim one oneika if s ika ke bats 1 U another city may 1 sad nd another baskets nil can 30 be found in In MI 10 products well as generali general 1 a as i tte ee I wanted to get got some somo Did and ind envelopes eD todal today obi hi tor tort No So o I wen ten went to tho Act ke and there thera found just Rated Mated for half hlf tho the regular o cannot cunot I el et space at tho the ket et to se sell their goods go o streets with push carts or orin I hc in the morning h is to be Milkman raan sitting on his horse bit can In of milk mUk on each ch side ide j I the baker on horseback 1 a great basket baskot of ot bread on oni i of cf the horse horte i tiers chets travel tl about on horse horse- cah they give gire one tho the imi im- im i if a bor horse e an and rider which has hasi i ito bv by ft a locomotive slag fag m I even saw sav a n man rid rid- pith th three live 11 pigs hah hanging ng side ride v J ot hi his caddie and a string Mcken dangling from Irom tho the 1 ne I tM reader is probably askin asking rint such inch mc men r riding din u up and ana and loot frt streets in the United fv y Jr rf It is Yes Yes if wo we aro are tort tot to t rt acs the tho cost of living living- It is 15 t fitter t the e farmer or yes res which n makes our grocer grocer- I try Roods Foods cost so fO much For ROGER BABSON'S WARNING TO FOLKS BACK HOME HOMES II Before you OU invest cst your hard earned money in great bargains in Cuban lands lands' go o down dowel and look the land over yourself If you Jon cant can't do that dont don't buy I 1 I co 11 tP F I t ey I t k 1 Ar y I Ir r r rj j a ar r 1 i e er r i r 4 t F Ft t YIM I 1 k ks s r xa y y 4 t. t S. S rEa p One of tho the beautiful avenues of or Havana tho capital of or the tho Island republic Roger W. W Babson writes about instance apples which soil soU for a barrel arc are retailed Jed by bv tho the grocer for several se times this thit price CJ Cloth th which sells for G cents a yard rard at the tho Dl null mill ll is marked 40 10 cents a yard ard at nt tho the store We Ye have havo seen cen considerable in the newspapers of late lato about public markets mar mar- mars kots in our American cities But let Jet mo ma tell you that our municipal governments governments governments govern govern- ments must do something moro more than erect tho the buildings tJ and provide the tho homes for or such markets Tho The children of ot tho United Stat States Stales s must be bc trained to visit isit and to patron patron- izo ize markets as are arc tho the children of Latin America American children aro arc trained to telephone the thc butcher hutcher to havo have tho groceries gro gro- ceries conies charged and to order the store storo to deliver cl vcr tho tic shoes But the Cuban child is rs s taught to visit tile the market and to select personally personal the tho meat for dinner llo to then pays cash and brings it homo borne in his bis basket Thus wo we in the tho United States need not only to learn from tho the people of Latin Lalin America how boor to pIa play lay but wo we also need to learn how hov to buy For Por fear that some omo om of In my readers may mar get i H too good idea ideo of Cuba and tho other places which I am about to de describe Cribe let me rue by warning all I a against land agents and others who aro are offering II great gren t bargains in Cuban I lands Of course man ninny many of these mon non are honest in their representations but I strongly advise readers you ion rea never to buy any land which you OU have not personally personally per per- seen It is an old but true truo exceedingly say say- ing jag that distance lends ench enchantment to o othe the view This is certainly true of real roal e estate tate promoters' promoters schemes chemes whether located located lo lo- in Cuba Florida Idaho California Califor Califor- ni nia or any other t section e tion of tho the worl world Moreover r what looks good to one does not look good to another There Thero fore foro dont don't invest nn any money in m Cuba uba or an any other place about which r I write until you ou personally ll it visit it the place lace an and see seo f for r yourself what it looks like Moreover rore er dont don't think of If going to Cuba with the idea of raising raisins sugar planting orange trees or producing an anything any any- thing else cite for export The Tho middlemen steamship people and United States customs officials will take all the profits Were I 1 to go o to Cuba I should either be bo merchant s or manufacturer producing producing ing goods for the tho homo home market which are aro now imported or else I should raise general garden truck such as corn COrD rice rica toma tomatoes lettuce squashes etc The way to maito m mako money in this world is to ilo 10 what others are not doing Every try farmer in Cuba is raising fruit and aDd other tropical products Hence I should raise raio general farm products with a few pigs cattle and other ani ant mals male For diversified farmin farming is tho most most profitable in the thug long run whether in Cuba or elsewhere I |