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THE CUBA REVIEW 



SPACIOUS DECK OF A MUNSON LINE STEAMER. 



LOUISVILLE & 

 NASHVILLE R. R. 



actually means to him two years' earnings in one, ten in five. Fruits and vegetables 

 of all kinds are being exported in large quantities. 



The island of Cuba cannot be divided properly into 

 agricultural zones or sections, as is the case on the conti- 

 nents, on account of the uniformity of its climate, the 

 nature of its soil, and many other causes that have an 

 influence on vegetable life; therefore it is not possible to 

 assign a special region to cane or another to tobacco, for 

 although the finest tobacco leaf is confined to limited 

 localities in Pinar de Rio, this plant as well as sugar cane 

 is cultivated all over the island with success. 



There are many prosperous colonies of American 

 settlers, engaged in agricultural enterprises, and all the 

 older sections possess estates and plantations that, under 

 the present peaceful conditions of government, are pros- 

 pering. 



Cuba, therefore, of all the beautiful and fertile islands 

 of the West Indies, is at once the most important. United 

 States intervention accomplished the island's freedom and 

 this nation is pledged to maintain its peace. American 

 capital is having much to do with the new republic's 

 progress and prosperity. 



EXCURSIONS. 

 Through express trains, with sleeoins and observa- 

 tion cars, run daily over the United Railways and the 

 Cuba Railroad between Havana and Santiago, affording 

 delightful slimpses of Cuban rnountain scenery, the great 

 forests and the fine agricultural lands in the eastern por- 

 tions of the island. The pageant city of all Cuba, as well 

 as the city whose ancient and modern history has particular 

 interest for us, is Santiago. 



