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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... trade routes con- verging upon the Tehuantepec Railroad and the Panama Canal . The Island is a narrow strip of land , little more than one hundred miles across in its broadest portion and only about twenty miles at its narrowest . From ...
... trade routes con- verging upon the Tehuantepec Railroad and the Panama Canal . The Island is a narrow strip of land , little more than one hundred miles across in its broadest portion and only about twenty miles at its narrowest . From ...
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... trade winds throughout the year. The mean humidity is 75 degrees and is nearly uniform throughout the year. This makes the climate enervating, especially to foreigners. There is no great difference between the " summer " and the ...
... trade winds throughout the year. The mean humidity is 75 degrees and is nearly uniform throughout the year. This makes the climate enervating, especially to foreigners. There is no great difference between the " summer " and the ...
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... trade winds throughout the year . The mean humidity is 75 degrees and is nearly uni- form throughout the year . This makes the cli- mate enervating , especially to foreigners . There is no great difference between the " and the " winter ...
... trade winds throughout the year . The mean humidity is 75 degrees and is nearly uni- form throughout the year . This makes the cli- mate enervating , especially to foreigners . There is no great difference between the " and the " winter ...
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... trades take a southerly sweep , " northers , " bred in the great storms of the United States , are apt to strike the Island , sometimes lowering the temperature suddenly to 50 degrees , or thereabouts . The result is keen , if brief ...
... trades take a southerly sweep , " northers , " bred in the great storms of the United States , are apt to strike the Island , sometimes lowering the temperature suddenly to 50 degrees , or thereabouts . The result is keen , if brief ...
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... trade , education , literature , and the fine arts . The recognition of the pop- ular principle in this institution , and the pro- motion of liberal ideas by it , have been highly influential factors in the development of the people and ...
... trade , education , literature , and the fine arts . The recognition of the pop- ular principle in this institution , and the pro- motion of liberal ideas by it , have been highly influential factors in the development of the people and ...
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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...