Industrial Cuba / Being a Study of Present Commercial and Industrial Conditions, with Suggestions as to the Opportunities Presented in the Island for American Capital, Enterprise, and Labour

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INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS

Illustrations

CHAPTER I CUBA POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC

CHAPTER II CONDITIONS WHICH CONFRONT US

CHAPTER III POLITICAL FUTURE OF CUBA

CHAPTER IV THE ENGLISH IN JAMAICA

CHAPTER V THE AMERICANS IN SANTIAGO

CHAPTER VI OUTLOOK IN CUBA FOR LABOUR

CHAPTER VII THE POPULATION OF CUBA

CHAPTER VIII SANITARY WORK IN CUBA

CHAPTER IX CITIES AND TOWNS OF CUBA

CHAPTER X HAVANA

CHAPTER XI COLONEL WARING'S SANITARY REPORT

CHAPTER XII MUNICIPAL PROBLEMS IN HAVANA

CHAPTER XIII BANKS AND CURRENCY

CHAPTER XIV PAYMENT OF INSURGENT SOLDIERS

CHAPTER XV REVENUE CUSTOMS TARIFF

CHAPTER XVI THE AMENDED CUBAN TARIFF OFFICIAL

CHAPTER XVII REVENUE OF CUBA INTERNAL TAXES

CHAPTER XVIII HOW THE REVENUE WAS SPENT

CHAPTER XIX COMMERCE

CHAPTER XX SUGAR HISTORY AND FUTURE OUTLOOK

CHAPTER XXI TOBACCO

CHAPTER XXII MINES AND MINING

CHAPTER XXIII AGRICULTURE AND STOCK

CHAPTER XXIV TIMBER AND FRUIT TREES

CHAPTER XXV TRANSPORTATION

CHAPTER XXVI NAVIGATION

CHAPTER XXVII EDUCATION AND RELIGION

CHAPTER XXVIII A VISIT TO GENERAL GOMEZ

CHAPTER XXIX CONCLUSION A LOOK AHEAD

INDEX

Every attempt has been made to replicate the original book as printed. Some typographical errors have been corrected. No attempt has been made to correct or normalize the printed accentuation or spelling of Spanish names or words. (note of etext transcriber)

Frontispiece. ENTRANCE TO HAVANA HARBOUR.
ENTRANCE TO HAVANA HARBOUR.

INDUSTRIAL CUBA

BEING A STUDY OF PRESENT COMMERCIAL AND
INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS, WITH SUGGESTIONS
AS TO THE OPPORTUNITIES PRESENTED IN THE
ISLAND FOR AMERICAN CAPITAL, ENTERPRISE,
AND LABOUR.

BY
ROBERT P. PORTER
SPECIAL COMMISSIONER FOR THE UNITED STATES TO CUBA
AND PORTO RICO


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WITH MAPS AND 62 ILLUSTRATIONS
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G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Knickerbocker Press
1899



Copyright, 1899
by

ROBERT P. PORTER
Entered at Stationers’ Hall, London

The Knickerbocker Press, New York

TO

WILLIAM McKINLEY

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
THIS BOOK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY
THE AUTHOR

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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