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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... grow through- out the valley lands . The only distinctive animal of Cuba is the jutia , a black animal having the appearance of a large rat . It grows to a length of eighteen inches , including the tail . The country people eat this ...
... grow through- out the valley lands . The only distinctive animal of Cuba is the jutia , a black animal having the appearance of a large rat . It grows to a length of eighteen inches , including the tail . The country people eat this ...
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... comfort and prosperity. If manufacturing centres of magnitude should grow up in response to conditions favorable to their development, Cuba will easily afford homes and occupation to ten. 16. Cuba. and. Her. People. of. To-day.
... comfort and prosperity. If manufacturing centres of magnitude should grow up in response to conditions favorable to their development, Cuba will easily afford homes and occupation to ten. 16. Cuba. and. Her. People. of. To-day.
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... grows to about twelve feet , is almost tame and frequents small villages and farmhouses , its favorite dwelling place being the palm - thatch roofs of abandoned buildings . The climate of Cuba is chiefly characterized by great humidity ...
... grows to about twelve feet , is almost tame and frequents small villages and farmhouses , its favorite dwelling place being the palm - thatch roofs of abandoned buildings . The climate of Cuba is chiefly characterized by great humidity ...
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... - habitants in comfort and prosperity . If manu- facturing centres of magnitude should grow up in response to conditions favorable to their development , Cuba will easily afford homes and occupation to 16 Cuba and Her People of To - day.
... - habitants in comfort and prosperity . If manu- facturing centres of magnitude should grow up in response to conditions favorable to their development , Cuba will easily afford homes and occupation to 16 Cuba and Her People of To - day.
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... growing revolution- ary spirit and reducing the people to their former state of ready submission to authority . None of these measures was so ill - judged , or so lasting in its evil effects , as the Royal Order of 1825. This conferred ...
... growing revolution- ary spirit and reducing the people to their former state of ready submission to authority . None of these measures was so ill - judged , or so lasting in its evil effects , as the Royal Order of 1825. This conferred ...
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acres agricultural American Bayamo Camaguey cane Cape San Antonio capital cent century chief Cienfuegos City coast colony commercial Company Congress considerable convention cost coun crop Cuba's Cuban cultivation Customs Tariff deposits district dollars effect exports extensive fact factory farming force foreign former fruit Fuerza government of Cuba greater guajiro Habana harbors hundred imported increase independence insurgents iron Island Isle of Pines JIGUANI labor land leaf less Maceo manufacture Manzanillo Matanzas ment miles mill mineral mountainous native negro Nipe Bay occupation official period Pinar del Rio pineapple plantations planter plants political population ports pounds present President profit proportion Province railroad railway rates of duty ratifications 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
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Página 307 - 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 individual liberty, and for discharging the obligations with respect to Cuba imposed by the treaty of Paris on the United States, now to be assumed and undertaken by the government of Cuba.
Página 294 - 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 304 - 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 309 - 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 309 - In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done...
Página 290 - States shall likewise be, and shall continue during the term of this convention, preferential in respect to all like imports from other countries.
Página 308 - 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 295 - 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 296 - 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 303 - 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...