World's Sugar Bowl 



rose again so that, in 1890, 625,000 

 tons were produced from about 470 

 factories. From this point, the pro- 

 duction went steadily upward until 

 it reached a maximum of something 

 over a million tons in 1894. 



In the following year, 1895, how- 

 ever, the final rebellion against Spain 

 broke out, and after much devasta- 

 tion, it ended in the Spanish-Ameri- 

 can War, and ultimately in the 

 establishment of the Cuban Repub- 

 lic. This period of strife was the 

 worst in the entire history of Cuba 

 on both sides property was burned 

 and destroyed, cattle were killed, 

 and other reprisals put into effect 

 for the purpose of cutting off an 

 opponent's livelihood for the Island 

 itself was far from being a unit on 

 the question of rebellion. 



Owing to the demolition of fac- 

 tories, the burning of cane fields and 

 the destruction of work-cattle, and 

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