Show CUBA SEEN BY the return of several Ogden ites from cuba throws more light on the subject of cubas future our fellow citizens tell ua us the cubans are unfit for self government and that if they are again placed in control of the island government insurrections will hii break out and disturb business so that no american Americ tm would care to be involved either personally or through pro prop P orty interests but they are hopeful the united states will continue to stand sponsor for cubas good conduct assuring peace and tranquility tranquill ty throughout the island i adam adani patterson is convinced that with stability guaranteed there would be a greaf influx of american capital one of the most promising fields of in vestment Is the sugar industry david eccles also investigated the resources and he too believes in the future of the cuban sugar industry the wild land Is adaptable to cane ral raising sIng the timber timba r Is cut down and the underbrush burned out and on this land without further preparation cane stock is planted each joint of or cane making a planting there is no plowing and no irrigating after the rainy season the first crop 0 of cane Is ready to be cut the machete macheco in the bands hands of tho the cubans mowing down t the he tangle of cane this cano cane is taen ken to a mill and crushed and from it 10 to 16 per cent of sugar is 2 extracted the yield of cano cane to an acre Is from 40 to SO 0 tons and ono one planting of cano cane win will produce an annual crop for eight to twelve years this productivity Is more than double that obtained in louisiana or tho the hawaiian islands from one planting mhd advantages in cane sugar production in cuba over the beet sugar industry in this country Is its evident fifteen tons pf af beet to an au aero acre yielding 10 por po cent of refined sugar Is more than an aa average yield while the cano cane of cuba produces an average bt bf four times that amount without the expense of re seeding or caring for the crop although the cost of harvesting must ho be greater than tho digging of beets american capital ingenuity and energy protected by a government of law and order would transform an island of such wonderful possibilities and no industry would be more inviting than that of sugar cane culture and cane sugar manufacture |