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in polonizing the trees 

 and will bring in some- 

 thing" to live on from 

 the start, and are easily 

 handled. 



SOME OF THE DRAW- 

 BACKS. 



When one says there 

 are many good oppor- 

 tunities in Cuba, it is 

 not true. There are 

 n.one worth taking 

 chances on for the 

 ])(ior man. He is far 

 l)etter off in the north. 

 If one understands 

 Spanish well he can 

 get a,long, but if not 

 he must, to pay him 

 for coming, have money 

 enough to live on until 

 he gets over the idea 

 of revolutionizing the 

 island and showing 

 the natives and old- 

 timers how they should 

 do things like they do 

 up north, and after — 

 if he don't go home — 

 to finance whatever he 

 undertakes until it pays 

 out. If one has plenty 

 of money it is a fine 

 place to live part of 

 the time, and one could by exercising care make no mistake, in my 

 mind, in investing now, for we will be under the protection of the 

 Stars and Stripes before long, I hope, and if duties are removed, as 

 we expect, this country will be only too small. 



Our railway service is very poor, but of course will improve 

 v/ith everything else, as we learn. It is quite convenient to speak 

 Spanish. If one locates in an English community and goes into 

 agriculture, he acquires a working knowledge of it very quickly, 

 but to go into business or when you must transact business with 

 Spanish speakers it is ver}- necessary to understand, for they will 

 take advantage of you in every wa}^, and they are as clever as they 



What a Four Year Old Orange Tree did for Mr. Powell. 



