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F r r fr or I E P L' L r r The present Insurrection In Cuba can lan have no ne surprise w c to tn Practical students or of f EI history hl nor nOl t 1 S i lit nt c w 1 J J Jf Ur jj f I 1 I 1 I 1 I- I f is 1 iJ iJU U the the- thes s atul r H e lh nt the lire te 1 Wu u o hn In Cuba two I of or s' s 5 militating militating- the maintenance of tho the republican lican Itcan foll of government These I causes are similar to those thos wh which can prevented pre pie vented the prosperity of Mexico under undera a popular olm of or government and found a satisfactory 0 1 solution In a dictatorship dic UC- l and those which In Hawaii led to tho usurpation of power by the tho themen thomen I men In whom centered the intelligence intelli hence gence ence and amI wealth of the hila islands nil The Cubans have ha no genius for govern govern- r ment nent They know neither how to govern gov gov- govI I 1 ern nor how to be governed It Igi Is Ig i r no more than natural that such s1 should be he the case casc They have neither hadIS had IS- IS ISS S opportunity to practice the art of administration ad ad- ad- ad J ministration nor nOl an example by which t. t they might benefit The They lack entirely entire entire- I 11 I ly the motive motivo power lower and the balance f that in moro more ore stable communities find in inan inan an intelligent public opinion With the exception of or a love 10 of or liberty which t in its Ita undisciplined state Is 18 little more moro than a love 10 of or license the Cubans r h as 09 a people Tire are wholly deficient In the the- f necessary qualifications for the conG conduct conduct con con- G duct and ond maintenance of a u republican can form of or government History affords no instance of u a people I ignorant of anything but mis- mis rule having ha established be a peaceful and permanent government without passIng pausing pass paus tn ing through ough a u long period of ot mote more oar or oa orless less turbulent formation There Is r no reason for foi supposing that Cuba will furnish an exception to this rule Iule On the contrary It is more than probable that It If the present Insurrection Insurrection tion is suppressed It will wilt be followed lJ by another before the expiration of President Palmas Palms term tern of office olce Ultimately Ulti Ulti- armed armet intervention on the pai part partS t S u. u uio UL united States Mates tUt 8 will surey y become become become be be- come necessary and r few w thoughtful persons believe that the thc Stars and andI I 1 Stripes If once again raised In Cuba will over 01 be lowered 1 Lather Either I of two I contingencies may defer deter such a consummation conr con con- r summation for a tl period the period the seizure of ot the reins of ot power ow r by a Diaz or ortho orI ortho tho occupancy of the White While House b by bya bya I a a. Democratic l president The other sot set of or causes whilst slower in their operation will be surer In their eventual even even- teal elect effect Cuba Is la today in much t Wo UIO same situation as Wf was Hawaii a athe at the time of the annexation The wealth 4 and ana resources of or tho the former arc are In fn Inthe the thc hands of or foreigners as 08 were those ft J. J latter Tl n c re g ener of nf of the u Ul n M Cuba is IM due mainly to American r capital which has unceasingly flowed lowed into the tho Island in enormous quantities i since its emancipation from Spain The Tho American Interests In the tho island today represent enl an investment little if it at all short of or Tho The vast sugar and tobacco industries arc ore largely in American hands awl and American or outer other foreign capital controls the manufactories the railroads the banks and practically all nil the them Important Important Im m mi i enterprises Tho The natives nathe are tho the administrators the officials and the tho laborers laborel's foreigners are arc the proprietors pro pro- t of ot the country There Thele 01 are today r or more m ore Americans ownIng own- own I tug Ing real estate in Cuba for tor which thc they have ve paid u w of fie Tho desire of ot t j the these neso o foreigners to seethe see tho the Island In the possession of ot the 1 United States State l Is easily understood IlIs It Il Its 13 Is s not merely a sentiment by any means but l is mainly due duo to material material ma ma- considerations The prosperity that has accrued from reciprocity is hJ oily and or of what only duly a L promise n annexation a gauge auge and free treo will result from undo with the United States In HIO 1901 Cuba d to the tho United States Slates sugar lIus-at to the value or of over 01 and amt tobacco to Uw the value alue ot of nearly The duL duty on these tans tansi would form a coni con con- alone If saved i t. t profit Increment to Lo the the i tl s these hilst planters the ot of every e inducement Interests have 1111 haveS S factors that would lend to to tn expedite or of annexation It the as tomo somo press pressa s be l Ii a not nol to dispatches have Intimated 0 that hey r I tie rove actively cl supporting the ec- ec With Uh their hell l knowledge I of tiff rp of the tho lower uha uJ a q ja 1 ld th t lf lr ir destructive destruct c t i r.- r. capitalists must dl r nm fIr ot-i ot Tiny u print tf nl shall that shrill tel e t f 1 h beyond ond the coot 1 of or th the government I They will hardly hard forget fOlget 5 tho the I and amt Indiscriminate n note manner in which I Ithe the tho entire wealth of the country was destroyed destroy In th the tho recent rebellion The American property ty owners are more 11 f disposed 1 to favor the thc plan of or bi bring bring- ing- ing In big Ing about annexation 1 by political methods as their fellow fellow countrymen mr n Idid I did ihl in Hawaii j i jIt It Il is 18 safe to say Fay that nowhere Ito in the he world worl can be he e found round a section of I territory of tho the tame same extent with f such uch great and varied valle rc resources a as Cuba I About th the size of or England and somewhat some some- what smaller than the state stole of Pennsylvania Penn Penn- sylvania s it n Is capable of ot producing the ho best besl tobacco in the world sugar ar equal to un any ung coffee of tho the highest grade a n great variety of fruits and vegetables and several kinds ls of commercial commercial com com- mercial fibers Add to this splendid pasture lands Iambi on nn abundance of valuable val val- timber er and ancI mineral mineraI d deposits which Include gol gold copper iron coal j and man manganese nese I Although almost 0 all the land is cap cap- cap 1 I of producing marketable crops only a small proportion of it is yet yep y I under cultivation The vast output IK Is secured from no more than I acres res of 01 cane notwithstanding the plantations occupy a very vely much greater area Extensive sections are aie occupied by virgin forest covering land that In would yield sugar tobacco or other profit profit- products De Despite the astounding astound astound- In log ing development of recent years it I Is safe to 6 say y that the country has haM not I yet et eL been exploited to the e extent ent of rn one fourth fourth of It its possibilities I IThe The greatest Impetus to the in inous- inous tries of the island has been derived from flom the Improvement and extension j of railroads of which there are a ut u. lIe present enl 1500 1600 miles mUes of ot trunk line I third One or more of ot this mileage ha has been constructed since the war A I great gleat deal more Is either planned or in ill in r process of construction with th the In in- in I t of or creating a system which shall afford intercommunication In by rail between all aU parts of the Island nd The most mOlt Important of ot the new line ls is the Cuba railroad running from I Santiago at the eastern eastorn extremity of the island bland to Santa Clara at the een- een I b Ur ter r. r Th There re it U connects connect with the I United railway Operating a Do UnA lino which I extends nd to tho the capital and has a n network network net net- t- t work of branches In the province of I Havana The Cuba railroad which Is better known in this country by the name of its promoter Sir William Van Homo home acquired several sc hundred thousand acres of land laud in the process of securing lt Its right of ot way It Is hs rapidly clearing this land of Umber Umbel and converting it Into sugar plantations It has hM already about acres under cultivation and a mill In operation with a capacity capacity capa capa- city of grinding 1000 bags a 11 day Ilay Eighty or more similar mills are projected projected projected pro pro- by the tho Cuba company and other other other oth oth- er corporations along the tho route of ot this line What this d development willI will mean may In some Bome mea measure ure be gathered gathered gath gath- ered from the statement that each of these trills mills will Mill establish h. h in a country largely unoccupied hitherto a settlement settle settle- settlement ment of or 01 souls Already the toad road runs through many miles of sugar tobacco and pasture land where a few years ago all was wild back back- woods These Indications of ot a splendid prosperity pros pro are arc In evidence in all aU parts pati of ot the country Cubas Cuba's sugar Industry which was practically wiped out durIng during luring dur lur- ing the tho war with tho the destruction of the various mills and und other othel buildings has been revived le in fn Increased magni magni- magnitude LU tude tudo O and efficacy There are arc in the various provinces upward of or plantations plantations plan plan- with better equipment than they ever or had before New sugar lands are being constantly redeemed from Crom the tho woods an and additional capital cap cap- ital Is invested in the industry every year ear The great need now is labor The Tho government is hi using every overy means iF i V K J 1 t. t J Rf t 2 C J 11 4 rV t t 1 x 40 W l Wt t r U f A r. r i 1 1 t if f f y t i 3 f AL t tr AJ J t w t- t i. r r. r Tr WO SS 1 K f l r f I J rn K 1 ik i 1 f JH c rete 1 j J. J i o f y 1 J JO 1 f. f ff t rw 9 L w. w 1 0 v w y i e i ti 4 i y i i 1 W Y 7 i ii t d W 7 Ji m i i i j I 1 v i v i S T W v. v v v r i- i wa L Vt v Jf i. i rY wN i Ce q J f l v r ii 4 iL r tT t vw i j s t j v r- r v I AwU S 'S jk C vm i wv xv N j 6 Z 7 v 4 Jl-F Jl z 3 RT r s jr x i b 51 r ry dy y fY IraS f ff s Ys A 4 17 EP r f CITY Oz oF h 4 to Induct Induce immigration from Italy and other parts palto pai t of n Europe Unfortunately Un Un- like fortunately fortunately like Porto POTto Rich Rich Cuba Cuba has lias u a large ln tion of ot its pOJ population ula tion which lion which Is approaching from froni which It derives no ben benefit fit whatever colored whatever colored and white halt people who just subsist and neither earn nor not spend money Wo We will briefly review the six provInces provinces inces of the island in succession slon and return to the industrial development in the tho next article The physical features features fea tea tures of ot the island are arc irregular and diversified In general It may be said that thal the central portion Is la occupied by broad undulating plains without any great variation in iu elevation Well Well- defined mountain ranges range are found only at the two extremes In the province of Santiago or more cor cor- Oriente Orient the surface of ot the ground round IM is much broken and many manypeaks manypeaks manypeaks peaks exceed feet In altitude Here is III a region in fn which armed rebellion rebellion rebellion re re- bellion may defy authority indefinitely AU All over o the island vegetation grows in profusion and aud in its most moat beautiful forms which prompted Hum Humboldt bold t to remark We Wo might almost almo t believe that tho the entire Island was originally a n. forest of ot palms wild limes and oranges orange It is fB e estimated that acres of ot forest remain There are ale no distinctly marked belts belt of or production Sugar grows richly almost everywhere and most of ot the provinces contain goo good tobacco land wh whilst hilt l t the he pineapple sweet potato Indian In- In dian corn and other fruits and v vegetables vege In-I In e- e I tables ma may be raised on any unoccupied pied land The climate is favorable to the cultivation cul cul- of the widest t variety of ot crops Frost is unknown The Tho mean annual temperature of II Havana which is ill representative rep rep- Is 77 degrees glees Fahrenheit The range between the between the mean of ot the hottest and the coldest months is only 11 degrees degrees from from 8 82 to 71 Pinar Pinal d tel del 1 Rio tho the western province is the tobacco section par pal o excellence The southern In portion of It contains the world famed Abajo vegas which produces l loaf without an equal In the heart of this district stands the antiquated city of Pinar Inar df I Rio It has a 11 population of ot about mainly engaged in the to tobacco acco bu busi busi- l- l ness neS The Western rn Railway of ot Havana Ha lIa- vana ana connects the town with the Capital Capital Capi Capi- tal and other centers Bahia Bah la Honda one of the naval na stations ceded to the tha United States State is in this province The province of ot Pinar del el Rio was devastated devastated de de- during the he late revolution n. n but it is enjoying ft iUS' iUS share of orl the re- re rc- rc I 1 I instruct ion and general improvement that is rapidly changing the faco taco of or orI the Island I The province of ot Havana ana though the In smallest Is the most Important Cuba by reason renson of containing the seat I of government and the social capital I It produces sugar sugar alcohol tobacco and vegetables in large quantities I Th The strategic DO position of Havana ana at nt the mouth of th the Julf of ur Mexico has earned for it H the thC title Hill of th the Ke Key of the thu Gulf Gulf In the possession of or the United States It would become the Custodian of or the Canal Havana Is strongly fortified On one side of or the tho entrance to th the harbor the Morro and andLa andLa La Cabana frown upon the approaching approach approach- ing vessel on the other La Punta supported by a number of subsidiary batteries presents a sinister front seaward seaward sea sea- ward The deep pouch pouch-lIku harbor Is h capable of sheltering a thousand ships Being tho principal port of or tho the Island Havana is the for a largo large traffic Interior as well as exterior which Is maintained by steam m and electric roads and several 80 tine flue lines JInes of steamships and facilitated b by cable communication and internal telegraph The capital or nf r Cuba i is one of the themo mo most t beautiful cities In the world and thanks to the labors of or American sanitarians sanitarians sani sani- amongst the most most- healthful It has q splendid water and will soon soonbo be bo excellently severed and paved Th The These e features are arc sufficient to account for the tho fact tact that the city Is yearly carl becoming more popular with Americans Americans Ameri Amerl cans cuns as a u winter resort In this ic ic- respect it is far superior to Florida which has over It the single advantage derived from rom its palatial hotels The visitor to Havana ana is delighted with the unique mingling of the ancIent ancient ancient an an- and modern In a city which presents presents pre pre- seats such striking contrasts as that between the remains of thy the medieval al wall and tho the fort tort of La Future daJ daF J Ing lug from 1518 1535 and anel the magnificent parks and palatial buildings 8 The old city has had a history both tragic and romantic which ma may be traced In Inman Inmany Inmany man many |