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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... negro blood in Cuba than the statistics indicate . The enu- merators who took the census under our mili- tary occupation acknowledged the difficulty of distinguishing among a people whose prevail- ing physical characteristics are dark ...
... negro blood in Cuba than the statistics indicate . The enu- merators who took the census under our mili- tary occupation acknowledged the difficulty of distinguishing among a people whose prevail- ing physical characteristics are dark ...
Página 32
... negro blood in their veins . Those who have lived long and travelled extensively in Cuba , generally entertain the opinion that the proportion of pure whites in population is considerably less than seventy per cent . The unqualified ...
... negro blood in their veins . Those who have lived long and travelled extensively in Cuba , generally entertain the opinion that the proportion of pure whites in population is considerably less than seventy per cent . The unqualified ...
Página 36
... negro slaves , the attacks by buccaneers , and the capture of Habana by the English . The century closed with a notable advance in commerce and industry , and a period of excel- lent government . This , though essentially des- potic ...
... negro slaves , the attacks by buccaneers , and the capture of Habana by the English . The century closed with a notable advance in commerce and industry , and a period of excel- lent government . This , though essentially des- potic ...
Página 84
... negro blood - the mulatto . He may conform closely to the traits and appear- ance of the creole , but then , again , he may dif- fer from him in the widest degree . The Spaniard , and especially the peasant of the provinces , from whom ...
... negro blood - the mulatto . He may conform closely to the traits and appear- ance of the creole , but then , again , he may dif- fer from him in the widest degree . The Spaniard , and especially the peasant of the provinces , from whom ...
Página 99
... negro dialect , picked up from the blacks , with whom their inter- course has always been more or less close , and with whom they live on the best of terms . The guajiro is totally lacking ambition and his chief desire is to be left ...
... negro dialect , picked up from the blacks , with whom their inter- course has always been more or less close , and with whom they live on the best of terms . The guajiro is totally lacking ambition and his chief desire is to be left ...
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acres agricultural American Bayamo Camaguey cane Cape San Antonio capital cent century Cienfuegos City coast colonies commercial companies Congress considerable convention cost coun crop Cuba's Cuban cultivation Customs Tariff districts dollars effect exports extensive factory farming force foreign former fruit 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 occupation Office period Pinar del Rio plant plantations planter political population ports pounds present President profit proportion PROVINCE OF ORIENTE 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 BY NEVIN tobacco trade treaty United Vuelta Abajo
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Página 282 - 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 297 - Now, therefore, be it known that I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Treaty to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
Página 296 - That to enable the United States to maintain the independence of Cuba, and to protect the people thereof, as well as for its own defence, 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 297 - 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 296 - 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 283 - 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 284 - 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 291 - 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, 302 Appendices property, and individual liberty...
Página 274 - During the term of this convention, all articles of merchandise being the product of the soil or industry of the United States...
Página 292 - VI. That the Isle of Pines shall be omitted from the proposed constitutional boundaries of Cuba, the title thereto being left to future adjustment by treaty. "VII. That to enable the United States to maintain the independence of Cuba, and to protect the people thereof...