| Show t I Iii r I 0 1 I i 14 The Isle of Pines a aW West est Indian r l 1 1 I W The United States Senate Must Find an Owner I I I rm 11 11 Isle 1111 of oC Pines incident precipitated d ft h by the Ill American In h II jl J It rests which have hac do de dovi dei i I I vi on the Islet and manifested by hy a 3 11 r l lI j vigorous I the ni 11 lieu 11 lion by 11 he lit Stal 1111 n of oC the k ty the lit island to Cuba Culm hau hu revived tbt public curiosity concerning till p Jt All II till the trouble f to 10 have rl en from the tho Parlous In have hae been made of ot thu article of o the treaty be bo between tween the States and Spain The article over ocr which 00 80 much con luti arl n that Spain od to II th United the Island of Porto and other Inlands now nol In the West Indie The rhe nt tu of oC tho United In to Cuba wasi clearly A that of In to Porto Porte It wn WAil that of BOV RO fOreign Thus fur it plain sailing nut how ho about the other U 11 now under sovereignty In III the W l Indie The ambiguity of Or I n bun ha been b ell the tho cause I of oC n American merle ll promoter promote In III th I hlo lo of o III who 1130 ry greatly d lre Its 18 an 1 Ile to lh thE 1 State lid did not I h to a II In the Iho word wort of o III article arUel which certainly never tb minds of the tho peace who formulated them Ih m Th Ule of IC Pine hall had always been re t HI u of or the of f Ha 1111 ViP All 11 the Ihl mop of or Cuba In which th province are distinguished by tl col or d conn mi Ihl The Tho lies III BO near tho Ih mainland that the channel bo 1 twO twe u might be clo d by 11 nn i t l To upon t It would he like i 1 IIII K Long from any nn convention hi the Iho d wn 1111 n a party l The United states Statu authorities have l W Wl If r 7 l r tl f fJ r I ci I J t J lf v f iJ 1 J Jr r l iX J 1 J 1 I l t rJ r J Jn I to 1 f fI n 1 r oj ir tJ I l il G f J fY W t o tW k fh I Jy Jyly I Ili li ly 7 OO n I 1 I r f M Mi g i iN li i Sf 1 I i lt t Pr J f 7 t r 1 i I t WJ ile t tr z 1 O r ri if L Lr f fI r rs r r C cr f I 1 f z J o rJ r I I f I THE ONLY CHURCH ON THE ISLAND GATEWAY AT SANTA FE I never lIever seemed disposed to 10 favor tho Iho theory advanced by II the American In Interest InI terest I Interests however were potent to tn get et a n hearing In con Krens rN and 1111 lilt Plait was afterward ICI adopted at a part parlor of the Cuban the 1110 Isle hIe of ut shall bo omitted from the proposed constitutional of or Cuba title thereto being left to 10 fu tu future ture turl adjustment by h treaty Situated a It fouth of or the western c tern end of or Cuba and lInd about the 1111 of or the state If of or Inland the Ih Isle of oC Pint Pines prove to be bo a I accession slon to 10 any an nallon Interested In 11 South American affairs In the same Hamo longi longitude I tude tudo 03 Tampa Fla Ia and tho same sarno latitude is Yucatan Ihl hit bit of oC land Is ns u 11 strategic key ke to tho Ca Caribbean I MM OI and the Yucatan channel which connects this sea with the th gulf of or Mexico The fhe Inland l Is about thirty miles In length and forty in 1 and nIl at high tide lido Is transformed rI Into two land areas the tho sea ta Inundating a 11 chain of or lagoons across tho southern j I pari f r it il The northern port part tutu CUt IH III mountainous with i 1 ak more thun thull 00 ret fret bol the sea EI In Ihl hi northern part are ure gathered nil of ot Inhabitants them about ft who i hao hl hi n thither by b the won fertility of oC the Uio 1110 rich richness I ness nes of tho natural features ot of tho Is lili l are 11 raised which brim a 1 higher price In the Havana markets than those from the United States Tobacco grows even een too Ho luxuriantly for rol Hake t Sugar In I cultivated at III a II satisfactory and the tho pineapple which seems sem to be native to tho noil and grew in III uh I us to tu furnish a II name to the Is fA being produced d In III for American tables The chief Industry of or the th Island 1 how however however ever Is I citrus fruit culture and LInd this Is almost entirely In lu the hands of the Americans More Ioro than trees have hae been heen planted plantel and they Iho lire are now beginning to yield abundantly Cuba Cuha has hils a n distinct advantage over oer tho little Island INland In the cultivation of o pineapples for tor the tho foreign market In tho fact that the fruit ripens In th Cuban In Interior Interior and the tho transportation problem I IH less complicated I More Ioro recently the tho American resident of the Isle of ot Pines PincH have turned their attention to vegetable growing for the winter market Toma Tomatoes toes eggplants and cucumber ore are chip chipped ped In Immense e quantities to tho north northern ern markets of or America The population ot oC tho sIc lalo of oC Pines la Ie distinct from that of oC Cuba CU l and seems to bo a 1 mixture of or the o Indian I all the tho Invading Spaniard and tho negro slave Among Amon the American portion of or orthe the present population there aro 1110 moro more persons from rom Iowa 1011 thun from any an other state Several colonies of oC have hac located on Oil tho Island and miny others are prepared to In go there as us soon lIoon ns tho mutter matter of or ownership owner Is futile Iowa pioneer are aI from frum Spencer Kair and Cre Un they already number upward 1 of or OO Some Sometime time agn there w WI organized or at Held field n 1 to develop a plantation and build a 1 town in till tho Inland the tho outcome I the th health mort of nf Al AI which bide to herom ho om popular is IH a i In holm hOIl for northern Invalid Colum bia 1 Iu Is another American town which has roseate prospects as a health center Th American resident 1 in III tet Cee simple considerably over 01 half of oC the Island They The havo hlo built hullt hOlls of or them thern quite pretentious t out orchards I aid prepared the noil II tr ui u A company from Nev e Jer Jersey sey 81 Ins expended over 1111 on a und ond ono OliO tract of oC land re rr recently purchased by an American brought Another company ha Invested tn III a 1 hotel lId and fruit Crull farm At AL present fourteen states of or tM Union are arc represented In the colony colon The rhe southern part lart of or the Island Isla lid U Is ol or coral formation and lg ss u It 1 may appear Is covered by br dense forests ot QC such valuable timber as a mahogany ebony cedar redwood anti and many man native hard woods These havo ha long been beel used with the aro t shameful prodigality by the th who did not recognize their value TM prison p In III which political of oC offenders fenders Condors were elo In the du tho lIall used as a colony Is I finished In mahogany and nOli ov 01 t which whitewash has been hern daubed j lib liberally quarries yielding whir hi green und pink stone of or quality aro now no being operated a compa f Y has been e n organized to exploit th nut springs which abound in II In Interior thermal h hlll v long leen known to tho wealthy cu cuban U ban who hoc have for years cars tho Iho Island In largo numbers In nw J health Tho rho water of CI the springs n U shipped to Havana anti and In Ihl streets Is IH reputed to be a for Cor the form of or muscular rh mall i which Is so prevalent during ti II r In III larger Island 1 been th al OI ot Nuova UI has hus the tho Island uh liS It h Heru reside the governor th the lOun i I T t i also a barrack In tn which ar 11 about thirty rural I guarri no 10 art supposed to patrol the tho Island In the II of RAMON t |
