Cuba: Population, History and Resources 1907

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United States Bureau of the Census, 1909 - 275 pages

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Page 43 - States, based upon just and substantial grounds, for the preservation of Cuban independence, and the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty...
Page 76 - Mexico, to which the rate is 2 cents an ounce) at the rate of 5 cents for the first ounce and 3 cents for each additional ounce or fraction thereof.
Page 9 - The government of Cuba has jurisdiction not only over the island of that name, but also over the Isle of Pines, lying directly to the south of it, and more than a thousand islets and reefs scattered along its northern and southern coasts.
Page 40 - Spain, in which it was declared "that the possession of Cuba by a foreign power was a menace to the peace of the United States, and that Spain be offered the alternative of taking $200,000,000 for her sovereignty over the island or having it taken from her by force.
Page 39 - ... more than three times as large as the per capita debt of Spain and much larger than the per capita debt of any other European country. Under such perverted economic management it is not surprising that another rebellion was planned, and that the war of 1895-1898 followed. The United States had always shown a friendly interest in the affairs of Cuba, and the question of its annexation had been discussed as far back as 1825, when Mr. John Quincy Adams was President...
Page 39 - Cuban government in all its branches, including the church, and the remainder, less than $2,500,000, was allowed for public works, education, and the general improvement of Cuba, independent of municipal expenditures. As the amounts appropriated annually in the Cuban budget were not sufficient to cover the expenditures and there was a failure to collect the taxes, deficits were inevitable. These were charged to the Cuban debt, until, by 1897, through this and other causes, it aggregated about $400,000,000,...
Page 9 - Camagiiey bordered by lines of islands and reefs of coral formation, the passages through which are extremely intricate and difficult. These islands are low, are in the main covered with mangrove forests, and contain few inhabitants. The coast is low in the western part of the island, the bluffs ranging about 100 feet in height in Pinar del Rio and rising gradually eastward.
Page 28 - Baracoa, where he arrived on the evening of November 27. From there he sailed, on December 4, to Point Maysi, the eastern end of the island, and on the following day to the island of San Domingo. On the 3d of May, 1493, Pope Alexander VI issued a bull conferring on Ferdinand and Isabella all lands already discovered, or to be discovered, in the Western Ocean, thus confirming by divine right, to all Christendom, the claims of Columbus. Columbus visited Cuba three times after this. In 1493, during...
Page 39 - ... annually in the Cuban budget were not sufficient to cover the expenditures and there was a failure to collect the taxes, deficits were inevitable. These were charged to the Cuban debt, until, by 1897, through this and other causes, it aggregated about $400,000,000, or an amount per capita of $283.54 — more than three times as large as the per capita debt of Spain and much larger than the per capita debt of any other European country. Under such perverted economic management it is not surprising...
Page 132 - ... element from the surrounding rural population. The cities, like the rural districts, are divided into wards, and many of these wards extend from the borders of the cities out into country districts, much as do New England towns, and thus include both urban and rural population. On this account it is impossible to state the population of cities with exactness, although it is believed that the best separation possible has been made. The...

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