Cuba and Her People of To-day: An Account of the History and Progress of the Island Previous to Its Independence; a Description of Its Physical Features; a Study of Its People; And, in Particular, an Examination of Its Present Political Conditions, Its Industries, Natural Resources, and Prospects; Together with Information and Suggestions Designed to Aid the Prospective Investor Or SettlerI.C. Page, 1911 - 329 páginas |
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... extensive plains of Camaguey . The central mountainous region of Cuba is situated in the Province of Santa Clara . This system consists of four groups having a gen- eral direction toward north and south and at Y ป points reaching both ...
... extensive plains of Camaguey . The central mountainous region of Cuba is situated in the Province of Santa Clara . This system consists of four groups having a gen- eral direction toward north and south and at Y ป points reaching both ...
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... extensive cluster of rounded hills , dominated by Potrerillo , nearly three thousand feet high , and interspersed with the most beau- tiful and fertile valleys . The Cordillera de los Organos , or Organ Mountains , run almost along the ...
... extensive cluster of rounded hills , dominated by Potrerillo , nearly three thousand feet high , and interspersed with the most beau- tiful and fertile valleys . The Cordillera de los Organos , or Organ Mountains , run almost along the ...
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... extensively in a later portion of the book . Vegetation is superlatively abundant in Cuba . The flora includes three thousand three hundred and fifty native plants , not to mention the considerable number that have been natu- ralized ...
... extensively in a later portion of the book . Vegetation is superlatively abundant in Cuba . The flora includes three thousand three hundred and fifty native plants , not to mention the considerable number that have been natu- ralized ...
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... extensively in Cuba , generally entertain the opinion that the proportion of pure whites in population is considerably less than seventy per cent . The unqualified terms of condemnation in which most of our writers refer to the Spanish ...
... extensively in Cuba , generally entertain the opinion that the proportion of pure whites in population is considerably less than seventy per cent . The unqualified terms of condemnation in which most of our writers refer to the Spanish ...
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... extensive reformative measures were vigor- ously applied to the affairs of the Island . The most thorough sanitation was planned and , to a great extent , carried out ; a public school system was instituted ; many miles of highway were ...
... extensive reformative measures were vigor- ously applied to the affairs of the Island . The most thorough sanitation was planned and , to a great extent , carried out ; a public school system was instituted ; many miles of highway were ...
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acres agricultural American Bayamo Camaguey cane Cape San Antonio capital cent century chief Cienfuegos City coast colonies commercial companies Congress considerable convention cost coun crop Cuba's Cuban cultivation Customs Tariff districts dollars effect exports extensive fact factory farming favor force foreign former fruit Fuerza government of Cuba greater guajiro Habana harbors hundred imported increase independence insurgents iron Isle of Pines JIGUANI labor land leaf less Maceo manufacture Manzanillo Matanzas ment miles mill mineral mines mountainous native negro Nipe Bay occupied Office period Pinar del Rio plant plantations planter political population ports pounds present President profit proportion railroad railway rates of duty Republic of Cuba result Santa Clara Santiago de Cuba shipped soil or industry Spain Spaniards Spanish STREET sugar supply tain thousand tion To-day tobacco trade treaty United Vuelta Abajo Washington
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Página 292 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and...
Página 303 - ... maintain the independence of Cuba, and to protect the people thereof, as well as for its own defense, the government of Cuba will sell or lease to the United States lands necessary for coaling or naval stations at certain specified points to be agreed upon with the President of the United States. "VIII. That by way of further assurance the government of Cuba will embody the foregoing provisions in a permanent treaty with the United States.
Página 302 - That to enable the United States to maintain the independence of Cuba, and to protect the people thereof, as well as for its own defense, the government of Cuba will sell or lease to the United States lands necessary for coaling or naval stations at certain specified points to be agreed upon with the President of the United States.
Página 307 - And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two governments were exchanged in the City of Washington, on the...
Página 307 - In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done...
Página 306 - That the government of Cuba will execute, and as far as necessary extend, the plans already devised or other plans to be mutually agreed upon, for the; sanitation of the cities of the island...
Página 293 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever the President of the United States...
Página 294 - Cuba, and so long as the said convention shall remain in force, all articles of merchandise being the product of the soil or industry of the Republic of Cuba, which are now imported into the United States free of duty, shall continue to be so admitted...
Página 288 - It is agreed that similar articles of both countries shall receive equal treatment on their importation into the ports of the United States and of the Republic of Cuba, respectively.
Página 301 - That the government of Cuba consents that the United States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and...