Cuba and Her People of To-dayI.C. Page, 1911 - 329 páginas |
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Página 68
... crop in curtailing the resources of the admin- istration . Early in 1896 , the insurgents had penetrated within a few miles of Habana and the procla- mation of martial law was extended to embrace the whole Island . The Governor ...
... crop in curtailing the resources of the admin- istration . Early in 1896 , the insurgents had penetrated within a few miles of Habana and the procla- mation of martial law was extended to embrace the whole Island . The Governor ...
Página 111
... crops . It is not at all surprising that the Cuban can not compete with his cousin from the mother- country . I am very doubtful whether Amer- icans would be successful in the attempt . The Spanish business man is as keen and shrewd a ...
... crops . It is not at all surprising that the Cuban can not compete with his cousin from the mother- country . I am very doubtful whether Amer- icans would be successful in the attempt . The Spanish business man is as keen and shrewd a ...
Página 167
... crop in the world , and in fact controls the world's sugar market , uses very little of the commodity itself . Its per capita consump- tion is only forty - two pounds , being about the same as that of Holland . Italy , Rumania , Bul ...
... crop in the world , and in fact controls the world's sugar market , uses very little of the commodity itself . Its per capita consump- tion is only forty - two pounds , being about the same as that of Holland . Italy , Rumania , Bul ...
Página 169
... di- vides the world's consumption with the cane product . Cuba produces considerably more than one- fourth of the entire cane sugar of the world , devoting two million acres to the crop . More than Cuba's Sugar Industry 169.
... di- vides the world's consumption with the cane product . Cuba produces considerably more than one- fourth of the entire cane sugar of the world , devoting two million acres to the crop . More than Cuba's Sugar Industry 169.
Página 170
... crop had been raised on a large number of sma .. plantations , each working entirely in- dependently . In 1880 began the movement toward the establishment of " centrals " for CENTRAL PROVIDENCIA .豆• the performance of the extractive ...
... crop had been raised on a large number of sma .. plantations , each working entirely in- dependently . In 1880 began the movement toward the establishment of " centrals " for CENTRAL PROVIDENCIA .豆• the performance of the extractive ...
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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 305 - VII. 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. "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 304 - 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 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 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 303 - States to carry these resolutions into effect,' the President is hereby authorized to leave the government and control of the island of Cuba to its people so soon as a government shall have been established in said island under a constitution, which, either as a part thereof or in an ordinance appended thereto, shall define the future relations of the United States with Cuba substantially as follows: "1.
Página 285 - During the term of this convention, all articles of -merchandise being the product of the soil or industry of the United States which are now imported into the Republic of Cuba free of duty, and 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 by the respective countries free of duty.
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 307 - III. 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...
Página 292 - Cuba to the United States, it is understood and agreed that any tax or charge that may be imposed by the national or local authorities of either of the two countries upon the articles of merchandise embraced in the provisions of this convention, subsequent to importation and prior to their entering into consumption in the respective countries, shall be imposed and collected without discrimination upon lik« articles whensoever imported.
Página 302 - States, and, being in the English and Spanish languages, is word for word as follows...
Página 296 - December, in the year nineteen hundred and two, he is hereby authorized to issue his proclamation declaring that he has received such evidence, and thereupon on the tenth day after exchange of ratifications...