| Show r nII r L sa l lI ia r rI I I MOW Ai AMERICANS fr IC 11 AI ABE I E I BU BUYING I G j OP U UP CUBA 1 nil BY THE l l ioU a i it t L L B I 9 G t aa i r L A a N P D 0 aa W E A a S A 5 0 OP F m A C I E S SL i rr U Special Correspondence Q of 1 the Deseret Newt New by Frank Prank G Carpenter ll A Since 11 our war or with s AN N pain p al m a orl nrc than Amer l a v have haVI I bought n u lund lundi In III Cuba lIha n h a ear MIU 1111 l their amount to aver nver bitty million dollars dollan Th TherN r are srn i l American titles registered In the prOY Inc Ines of ot Puerto alone I Rt at 1 att ft a tt t value of ot twenty eight hi millions 1 and estates are bring being bought In to large J tracts In ht nearly every Ivery part of ot tho thu Is le Island land lant IL U I Is U said lit that of or J th lb tend hind in the district of or ante nUl Clara Is le now owned by hy Amer AmerI I and nod a lunge number of ot Import Important emit ant purchases have hoen boen made malle 11 1111 N f i treat Great I trusts tracts rael are bought ht along the northern and Ald millions of dollars worth of or real astute V In and about Havana line hns gone Rone Into V American hands Some of this proper property t ty haM ban changed O owners several times but the greater part of It II IH still In ll i large tracts awaiting development or 1 colonisation h by smell mall farmers jr i k AM OW OWN VAST ESTATES f Indeed nearly all 1111 the sales Males so eo far tar tarr r road made Rr an are In to thousands of ot acres The rhe eastern part of ot the Island bland where omit most of et th Ih the sale sales have hava been hen made I Is le divided up IP Into Inlo surge large tracts the holdings rang tug ing In all 11 tho ilio WRY Hay from 1000 to acres t or nr more mor Some Home of at these estates have havi been hen In the Iho hands handl of ot families for tor gen gell gen orations and when sold they must mUll lk KO go ss as 1 H n whole The fhe Cuban who Mho has bus Vii acre t does doell not like to sell lell 1 a 60 00 iP sore aero or even Ilen a strip lie He may Inay be III willing to 10 sell ell acres acrel In III older order i to get II enough nouh money to develop dolop time the te re tev v v mainline but bul as QI u II rule Iule he wants f to 10 sell 11 outright and Unit that for tor cash or on short time lime This has resulted In the American put purchasers chasers being syndicates I 4 4 or Individuals of ot large means I 1 ven venture venture ture tore that of ot the purchasers 5 r have been ben of this nature Most MOlt of th Ih the 1 v transfers are for tor thousands of at Here acres r 1 rind the Ibe aera average sale price Irlee 4 n fI large sum L About Nips NIne bA bay t a tact Mart of ot f i no floras acres of some of ot the test best lands of ot Cuba i i WM was bought five years ago by Mr Hip HipA A I lyte for tOI himself Nod and other x f parties connected N with the tie i United 1 Fruit c dW SI of Boston This Fitts II lies hlll H been heu dl J 1 t Mi and amid his hiM Immediate c taking OOOO acres and tho 1 balance loin going to lu the Nipe Un liny com coin company 0 pulpy pany an association of ot New England y capitalists which will Invest millions r J 1 in sugar euger mills mid end plantations I r have lle V already Ir dy described the banana V plo pie COhe menu orange and sugar auger il upon the purchase J which In full ull bearing I am um told will Mill J brn bring In something like 1118 e H N million dol dollar 1 4 lar tars a year Yer M In that thai same vicinity several other lither I efe tracts are rc rr for lor sale lale They contain d from forty to 10 sixty thousand arms acres 11 and must minuet be bought hought as III a C 1 ft whole hole hol 1 r 1 th the largest hart requiring at al lea least l a n I half halt halff r r f million dollars to 10 buy It Once Onre In the bands Idl of Americans these lands may I b he divided Into small tracts for colon V Ills ble If It f so In they n he sold from faun 30 aid aBd upward Upwards per r sere acre Instead of 10 j Hirt B f CHEAP t rt 01 about shone the only cheap chap land In Int t Calla Cutia Cul Is II In lit large It 11 Is III e caster r to tor r tr b t a form than enn one nf of it tO toe arise arres a and aad In Ih the New r rube ha which tee the large opened up by bythe tb the Cuban almost t everything t I it sold l that AI way of Ameri Amer Americans cans ar are trill traveling over or this thin Is III IsI i h I land nt picking nicking tip up th the desirable pints pint and i holding them for ter speculation II I It I Ion 01 oi further j development Thero era real estalo s lo nt lu III Ih the titles who buy such Vi tracts for sale aal and good lands can n be bey ot y bought In III big hll bloke blocks nt lit from 1 an en err cr r rI 1 I y nil upward Tho Ihl lands IlInd when dl 11 4 I ht an and colonised will lx III worth WO I It e t v or er If more morl per por acme acie I It I t have before m me Ih the lists lisle of ot several ark l of It th the American rent real estate agent f showing Shoeing holn their properties and prices price I t Ido Ido tJ J do not mention names but bUI merely t q quote ote some Mme Items to 10 H It general meral Ide Idea II ft J of ef t the tho prices asked kd tier Here rC Is In a It tract 1 of ut 1000 acre arres In Santa I Clara lara hull province which h has IX 3 acres of cnn nn nn It It II Isy Is III y t tar for r sale salo 16 at 1 5 per arr nn On the Ihl name linn pale page Is I I A n tract trat ot of acme nr lI Including log ing acres of guinea grass at al 1450 4 tM M Ii per JUT sere acre The Th most moat of ot this trot Is II In hi anode oMs but hul It II Is II described is ts rl h land for lor nr HU sugar nr r Imp Hue DM run another Page mae I l see ass I a s tenet II nf of Moon n ac rc re nf of r fired rd nl RI 67 ri per pcr or and mine nf or 11 MO it t I Furth i on I M Is a It tract 0 If f arn u at III t 1 M 4 n per pr are wrt This f ll lies s son on the tho north coast and adjoins adjoin nn on of f fth th Ih the heat of ot Ih the m nl 1 mimes 1 where here lands are r old 1011 In iu r ro tracts Ht Kt 60 per Ier acre There In Is no doubt but that Ihal all good Cuban land will double In It value in III the Ille near future und and sow some orn of or It U II lit III hr l h worth many tines timed what It II la l I now I t meter of ot course to tu undeveloped prop proper er lie lieThe The government laude lands of or Cuba In iii elude dude about O ar n arel rec They are mostly forest lauds rime of them have been leen rented and others disposed of ot In Inthe Inthe inthe the form torm of ot grants the MO government eminent holding an on unlimited mortgage at lit 8 I per lIel percent cent ller Ater er annum upon their value aille A part of nt th the government hold holdings ings Inga Is le now offered for rOl sale walt b by the menu Tres of at the republic The fhe smiles sales will I II III be beat i Rt Rl public auction u and In i payment Vent the Hie und and warrants Issued to the soldiers or 01 o time Will war of ut Independence will bo Ix aa These timber r lands hl leave liue 0 valuable hlll huld they hays haw and cedar the bringing In to tWill tom 27 to 10 1100 per WO feet teel and the c cedar dar train from 20 to 10 no 60 per Jer t feet feel t to 10 the grade and und locality where Hold cold wood Is worth 7 cents a 11 foot toot while I yaino uey and bring In from 52 2 i to 36 30 n II ton IN CUBA CUDA A large Industry In getting out Cu bun t timber number luis lies grown up the war Scattered along time the line Una of the tho Cuba road from Santa Clara Clint to 10 Santiago III me etc e scores of saw nulls mills with Kraal great pUn plies of ot mahogany and flud logs about them and rafts raUB of logs may be seen In to nearly every overy harbor In 1003 1903 Cuba exported about worth ut of forest products und and such Buch ex exports exports ports era steadily Increasing Some tonne 1 have bought houghl a large tract of or Umbel not nol fur far from Rum e which they expect to exploit and end Michigan parties have just purchased ell 2000 acres nere of or timber Umber along th the line Him of or the Cuba ro road lI not far from the time bor hor borders horIer tiers ders Ier of The latter will Mill cut out the most vain valuable BILI able trees end and chip them to the mar kole kl and then uso use the tho land for grazing and anger plantations It expects to establish n I a town lown upon Its lis land lande nu anti will divide H II part ot of if It II Into 40 0 or RO 60 acre n tracts for t to 10 I that the prier price pall paid for tor theland the theland land was In the time neighborhood o of 5 1 l Per cr er sale or 01 about boul OO Cuba has large laige Areas of ot tomcats to II Nearly III the whole holl of or th the eastern p pert it Is 11 covered with Nemly all 1111 time tho I way from to 10 Is hI I through virgin honest lorest Tide Thin IH Is I HO ea on I time the th br line Ilse of I the he Yuba Cuba lIbl road load font mm Alto edro 1110 tn to buy Imy and I under tinder stand that Hint the tho forests extend back for far I mildly many miles malice on oh both bolh aides of that roe road d rhea Cuban toccata forest are tire rank and thick the tha trees ure ere large larg and amid hound to together t th t with vines tines Nearly every on one carries a II machete In it the tho woods In to cut cot his hili way tray 11 from Otto one Ilia place to 10 another The trees tree In III elude II cedar r lar simony hon walnut a oak pines pine rosewood c cottonwood it ton wood ll nv alit ami shout SO M nf ot pRim palms HIA mire 1111 also elan n II of mid maiv many in bushes and plants I ut Much o of the wood Is II fur for fn tit tilie uis Mild dud a lm and t rI till hw Ise acres and Md Is III II about hOIl I 1 n a furi ry In iii th the northern part of ot the Inland to ta stake make furniture for tor Ih the market At AI nt nearly everything of this his hi kind I IH is Im Imported In ported did all furniture IH is high priced AMI I IN CUBA lUA The rho fact that most n of th the laude lands ore for lor sole ale only In lar traits ha has hall 1 led 11 1 lo to the tho organization of eel II onles onlee Primate ponies parties and syndicates are em aI buying up nl estates of ot from to In and them up Imp Into tubo 30 31 0 is 40 4 cud Ow tracts which h ire Are sold tit III u r I rii rk ranging from tI 80 sod up liP upward ward lIard per Irl IOn sera cr There are aro rot at present perhaps n u or so no colonies In 1111 lint hut so ee II far fill they IhlY have hlo not bean In la existence nc long loni enough luv to lu say v tint hilt they will ill b be hI lasting companies present their lands tn to customers in III lil rait growing propositions Thy They send setd out ont nip tu Lust i that such tracts can t tx III made mal to tn II 1200 or and upward an acre per pet j yan ar The They say IllY u a I farm furm orro ofrA or of f fM M ro tn in ride 1 IH Is worth snore more than too or acre In ti lh the limited sod and If It the land Is In rightly chosen as tie 1 tn to lord locution lion tion und std quality I t doubt not nol that this Ihl they nn are correct The Thi HO toll moll here her Is II rich mid 1111 th the pro products II mire are enormous JI IN I have before me Ino a number numb r of ot such prospectuses They cay ay that Ihal lend land landIn plantel In III Ill ra n th he the tree Ire that Ihal yields the beat beni should yield tit at t least leapt tOO an acre per year ar The Tho caws trees mm om Into Inlo 1 In n tour four or r t nl pal ii aid ud full grown should nv nl rag I tight light IM or ten pounds i l er Ir tree Two ro hundred and fifty Ices tre s nun can lie be grown on nn an out acre and the cacao heats beans will whit sell cell s so o I It Il Is III stated at 1 16 lb cents cent nl a II pound pond P As 11 m In pineapples IIII th these prospectuses prospectus fiR tiny can he tie grown IIron on one tiers and they will sell Mil from front 6 tn to 10 cents apiece which seem m to tn me high hish prices The fhe III stories oriel of orange urane growing aren ar arO are even Ien en more mere t A glove tova ae cc to 10 th thew s estimates will Mill make mak a aman man nt and 50 ro acres I will net him a 1 fortune In mimic mie I Isee see that 10 acres of lit oranges should yield 1111 within live years after planting En ear n nI I Moio 1010 Than Fifty Million Dollars u TI Tracts 00 lI l II L Lands and f t The lime Ama American iCan Colonies and ami I low How I I I The They Arc nett Exploited Bi Profits in III Fruit Tho Cuba Cuha and anti Sir ir I If I II I f William WIlliim Van Vin S Nu Nutt uw Farm II I II I II I I v from which deducing Ih the root cost Jilt of if the land and time the trice SS O leases leaH leafa a p cash of t figured are ure bas based tl on lima tho t that u a man cures for fur ii his 1111 la own and that th tins lima ices li If to I hear bear at III three years Itis It ItIs Is III Ml stated ted that after the math year ear Ih yield will gl nU and grove nt t the Ihl age of ot 1110 10 produce from trum ruin to 10 i t 1 year It II Is a II common statement here limit a u good oro grove In hl Florida I Is allied valued at Rt at Ill tenet a n thousand dollars un an a Ir and that Ihal us III Cuba hue has III no nn i if 0 OCt l lC C X t f j I h hY Y I J 1 dv 1 I r I 1 t Ji Jit l r t x xi i I 1 jl It Iti i i I Iti i i y yN N 1 i V 1 ti t I I w S 1 W 11 J f Jr Jt I r ur uri 1 r 4 1 i iI t I 1 f I Ito to s 1 i 1 f f fI fj j I hei 1 i 1 j I It jf t i 1 t h ht f I i Jj 14 r I Iv v 0 1 r r lJ TIMBER IN THE SANTIAGO HARBOR Photographed raphell for tor the Deseret News Newl b by Frank O 0 Carpenter frost trost and 1111 the coat of getting the fruit to IIII he time markets Is III about the same came such Cuban hinds Ind should eventually be worth double that Another estimate which I I 1 Into have h be hc before tote fore me taken from an article In the Ihl Havana HallIna Pout Post states stales that the Ihl tout cost of setting out 40 acres of ot oranges In tog the hou houses eR and other othel buildings Is 14 and that u II outlay will result re result reo sult suit In an excellent 40 acre grove ut al th Ih end emu of or live five years Such ft a grove accord accordIng accordIng Ing to 10 this thill should produce at one box to 10 the tree Iree 1000 a n year and when the oe reaches rouche Its lie maximum In ht the tenth year six elx boxes boxed per tree tier or 01 HOOI pot per annum These are 1111 Interesting fig Og figurea urea ures and even een If divided b by unit half they make orange growing attractive 1 IN COLONIZING INO INOt At t the same time I 1 wonder ti whether I h there Is II not even more mOl profit In lu bu buying the UK big tracts tract of land wed und selling ceiling them again gain than thun In ill putting pulling them then out cut In lu 01 ur M Take for to Instance on tine of th thin best hest advertised colonies it to l t hitched backed h by a IL rich bunker bucker o of N Nov NI yO Yoi K h KIts Its have II acres I of ot lair Kin I most molt of ot which they hll have huc bought hought it at t m liberal estimate from 1 lo to U 16 5 an arl acre arre They The Ihl have havi 2000 acres under cultivation having planted It In orange gioe cc anti and the they thoy are ure selling lund land both bOlh In Iii the wild willi and 1111 cultivated state They began blun by hy selling Helling wild willI lands humus at nt 30 an 1111 more but hove hava since raised rAllied their prices to III 0 60 11 nn mitt 11 acre The land set III out In it oranges Will vas originally sold lold at 1600 mi min acre the being that Ihland litI th lit I land anti would be hI domed m pl mi nil plant planted e d and mint cared for until th the tees were three yearn t nr old aid This Thill year pai 1111 Ih the pile of still li hlll has been In to 10 nn 1111 acre soil nd I sin ID told lold that thaI th the cules sales It nn aro numerous an and This rom late IMS established a 8 hank It U I Is building ho houses lei where oranges run can I ii pR pecked 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