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THE CUBA RFVIEW. 



The Young Man's Chances. 



The bright young man who goes out to 

 ■Cuba at this time and grows up with the 

 country 'cannot fail to find many available 

 avenues leading to the accumulation of a 

 moderate fortune. Of course, there is an 

 unlimited field for the profitable investment 

 of capital, of which Americans have al- 

 ready availed themselves to the extent of 

 .$100,000,000 or more. But the prospects of 

 the young man with only scanty means are 

 ^ood. He will find in town or country nu- 

 merous channels for the exercise of Amer- 

 ican enterprise and energy. Of the 5,000 

 or 6,000 citizens of the United States at 

 present permanently residing in Cuba it is 

 safe to say that 90 per cent, arrived with 

 hut a few hundred dollars in their posses- 

 sion. Practically all are doing well and 

 making a living under much easier condi- 

 tions than they could at home. The cli- 

 mate is not at all trying to our people, and 

 no class in the country w^ork as hard as the 

 average man in the United States. A young 

 man cannot do better than put in two or 

 three years of preliminary residence. Dur- 

 ing this period he can learn the language, 

 the customs of the people, the methods 

 and opportunities of the trade and land 

 values. I would advise as great a range of 

 occupation and locality as possible. A single 

 man can obtain a job in Havana without 

 much difficulty, and in the crude state of 

 the city's utilities a wide-awake American 

 is almost sure to see some opening for the 

 exercise of enterprise. He may readily 

 find an opportunity to cultivate the land 

 or tend the orchard of a non-resident own- 

 er. In that manner he can learn whether 

 the life is attractive to him and what 



prospects of profit it offers. He may work 

 for one of the large railroads or other large 

 corporations and gain a very useful experi- 

 ence. 



The fact that so large a proportion of the 

 industrial and commercial interests of Cuba 

 are under the control of Americans and 

 supported by American capital, added to 

 the probability of its soon coming under 

 the flag, makes the Island the most favor- 

 able country in the world for the emigra- 

 tion of our people, who before the close of 

 the present half century are going to find 

 themselves a little bit crowded. With the 

 exception, perhaps, of the Dutch possession 

 of Java, there is no spot on earth so fertile 

 and full of promise as the Island of Cuba. 

 It must ultimately contain a large popula- 

 tion, and without doubt can support 20,000,- 

 000. — C. H. Forbes-Lindsay in the Gulf- 

 port (Miss.) Journal. 



Cuban Fruits in the London Market. 



A consular report says, "there is large be- 

 lief among purchasers that it is very dif- 

 ficult to get the Cuban products to the Lon- 

 don market, but as fruits and vegetables 

 are shipped from other countries and large 

 distances, shippers in Cuba should make 

 an effort to try and reach this market where 

 they can dispose of their products advan- 

 tageously." 



High Prices for Cuban Grape Fruit. 



Sixty boxes of Cuban grape fruit sold 

 at auction September 3. The high price 

 was $8.25 and low $3.25. The bulk of the 

 offering went out close to $6. 



Home of an American Colonist, Mr. W. G. Kiser, Candelaria, Pinar del Rio Province. 



