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THE CUBA REVIEW 



Pineapples. 



is possible, give the greatest promise of quick returns and continued profits to the honi.e-seeker 

 of any industry that can be found in Cuba today. 



In the mountainous districts the cultivation of coffee and citrus fruit can be carried on 

 jointly. These form not ohly an agreeable occupation, but a very sure source of income, after 

 the first four years required to bring these plants into bearing. An apiary too, for those who 

 like the care of bees, is a very desirable adjunct, since these little insects work the entire year 

 round, and both honey and wax are important articles of export. 



In the country a pahn thatched bungalow, with the assistance of the natives, can be quickly 

 constructed at a very sro.all cost. Such a house, with the exercise of a little taste on the part 

 of the owner, will make a very comfortable residence in Cuba, and if carefully built, will endure 

 eight or ten years. Wherever loose stone and sand are conveniently at hand, with the use of 

 a little cem.ent, a far more substantial structure, and often a very artistic one, can be erected at 

 a small expense. 



Families of m,oderate means to whom agricultiu-al enterprises, or living in the country may 

 not appeal, may find opportunities in Havana through which a few thousand dollars, invested 

 in reliable agricultural industries, controlled and operated on a large scale by reliable parties, 

 may give returns quite as satisfactory as those derived from actual labor in the fields. 



Such interests as sugar, spineless cactus, stock raising, henequen growing, etc., are some- 

 times carried on through cooperation, and if intelligently managed, will pay larger dividends 

 to the stockholders with less risk of failure, than can be secured where the individual with 

 small capital, attempts to establish and carry on the business himself. Before investing, how- 

 ever, in any enterprise of this nature, the greatest care should be taken to ascertain the standing 

 and responsibility of the company that may invite investment. 



The Government of Cuba has no lands for either sale, preemption or gift. The few tracts 

 of governro.ent land which remained during the first days of the Repuljlic were awarded 

 soldiers of the War of Independence. 



Many excellent ro.ountain lands are held in large tracts of from 10,000 to 50,000 acres by 

 non-resident owners who, paying little or no taxes whatever, have held on to them., refusing to 

 sell in small lots and thus greatly hindering the development of the country. Som.e of these, to- 

 day, can be purchased at prices varying from $5 to $10 per acre, and if located within a reason- 

 able distance of the sea coast, or good harbors, are really worth m.any times that am.ount. 



