Cuban Cane Sugar 



have conspired together to create 

 ideal conditions for cane. 



These spots, both islands, one in 

 the West Indies, one in the East, 

 are Cuba and Java. 



Cane is raised successfully in India, 

 in Australia, in South America, in 

 South Africa, in Formosa, in the 

 Philippines, in Hawaii, in the gulf 

 section of the United States, in 

 Mexico, in Porto Rico, and other 

 islands of the West Indies. 



But of all these localities, Cuba 

 and Java seem, by nature, best fitted 



for the production of this crop. 

 * * * * 



Cuba and Java are both long, nar- 

 row islands of about the same area, 

 one lying about as far north of the 

 equator as the other lies south ; both 

 have about the same amount of heat, 

 moisture and wind; but in the ex- 

 treme fertility of its soil Cuba shows 

 a marked superiority over Java. 

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