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 pages |
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... coun- tries of Latin - America . It is divided into three coördinate branches , the legislative , the execu- tive and judicial . The legislative power is vested in the Congress , consisting of two branches , the House of Representatives ...
... coun- tries of Latin - America . It is divided into three coördinate branches , the legislative , the execu- tive and judicial . The legislative power is vested in the Congress , consisting of two branches , the House of Representatives ...
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... coun- try superlatively rich in natural resources could have carried such a burden . Like the other American colonies of Spain , Cuba re- ceived contributions , or situados , from Mexico . During the forty years following 1766 , these ...
... coun- try superlatively rich in natural resources could have carried such a burden . Like the other American colonies of Spain , Cuba re- ceived contributions , or situados , from Mexico . During the forty years following 1766 , these ...
Page 93
... coun- tenance , though not lacking in intelligence , is apt to be placid to the point of dulness . This is the more remarkable because her Spanish grandmother was probably a woman of verve and sparkle , with flashing , big black eyes ...
... coun- tenance , though not lacking in intelligence , is apt to be placid to the point of dulness . This is the more remarkable because her Spanish grandmother was probably a woman of verve and sparkle , with flashing , big black eyes ...
Page 109
... coun- tries , nor to do his share of service in them . But what impressed him most was that Cuba had become a much more desirable place , on every account , in which to do business than it had ever been before . As a consequence , na ...
... coun- tries , nor to do his share of service in them . But what impressed him most was that Cuba had become a much more desirable place , on every account , in which to do business than it had ever been before . As a consequence , na ...
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... coun- try to produce the finished article . Before long , no doubt , the many opportunities long latent will attract enterprise , and industrial development along this line will take place . But even so , the Cuban can not hope to play ...
... coun- try to produce the finished article . Before long , no doubt , the many opportunities long latent will attract enterprise , and industrial development along this line will take place . But even so , the Cuban can not hope to play ...
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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 deposits 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 pineapple 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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Page 292 - 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...
Page 303 - ... 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.
Page 302 - 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.
Page 307 - 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...
Page 307 - In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done...
Page 306 - 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...
Page 293 - 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...
Page 294 - 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...
Page 288 - It is agreed that similar articles of both countries shall receive equal treatment on their importation into the ports of the United States and of the Republic of Cuba, respectively.
Page 301 - 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...