THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 



have sufficient funds that he may the 

 more quick. y bring his land under cul- 

 tivation and secure an income whicli 

 will keej) him in comfort until the larger 

 and more valuable crojjs come into bear- 

 ing. Tiiere is usually a local market or 

 one easily accessible for the smaller 

 crops. The Cubans like the .American 

 tomato and other vegetables and buy 

 generously. Pines from Itabo sell read- 

 ily in Cprdenas for loc". apiece and straw- 

 berries from the same place bring 50c. a 

 quart. Likewise eggs and chickens are 

 easily sold, the latter at $1 each and the 

 former at from 40c. a dozen up. 



TO WII'E OIT THE H.\C"IENI).\ tO.Ml NER.\. 



Senor Juan Gualberto Gomez has de- 

 cided views on the subjects of the Haci- 

 endas Comuneras. He urges their dem- 

 olition without further delay to Gov. 

 Magoon. He says an order is still in force 

 which estiblished rules for the demoli- 

 tion of the Haciendas Comuneras. 



In accordance with the provisions of 

 that order many of the comuneras were 

 demolished without distinction as to 

 whether these were "'merccdadas." or not, 

 and upon the sujireme court tin:ling, as 

 recently it did. regarding the mercedadas 

 (granted mercy) there would result 

 mnnberless lawsuits by the purchasers of 

 the noii-mercedadas, inasmuch as at the 

 time of the sales the lands were not 

 worth so much as now, and if the ruling 

 of the supreme court were to be accepted, 

 it would result that many who sold 

 would insist ui;on resuming osses>ion of 

 their |)ropcrties, returning the purchase 

 money. In my opinion it is iniMcrative 

 that both clashes of the comuneras be 

 demolished and the demolition accepted 

 by all as an accomplished fact. 



Gov. Magoon said the matter would 

 be settled with the least possible delay, 

 as he fully a])preciatcd its inijiortance. 



THROUGH THE ISLAND 



THE METHODIST C IHKC 11 IX (,li;.\. 



By a mutual agreement between the 

 two bodies of Methodists in the United 

 States the southern church has the Cu- 

 ban work. Bishop Candler was on the 

 field as soon as the last gun of the 



Tbe MctbiKlist Ciiurch ill 



La Iglesla Mi'tcdista en M:iyai-i. PniviDCia <le 

 Santiago de Cuba. 



S])aniards was sileiiCLd and began to 

 phiii for the work of Methodism. At 

 that time there were very few Protes- 

 tants here of any denomination 



Our church followed soon after thii 

 visit and since that time has been mak- 

 ing rapid strides in the work, and now 

 leads the Protestant work of the island. 

 We have about one hundred and fifty 

 thousand dollars worth of church ])rop- 

 erty. being located in all of the capitals 

 and nearly all the towns of importance. 

 We have choice property in Havana, Ma- 

 tanzas, Santa Clara, Camagucy, Santiago. 

 Pinar del Rio, Guantamo, Holguin, Ma- 

 yari, Carrol Falso, La Gloria and a num- 

 ber of other places — thirty in all. 



The church has schools located at the 

 chief points of the island. 



Under the wise direction of Bishop 

 Candler, who is still at the hend of the 

 work, our success is unparalleled in mis- 

 sion fields; we have ikjvv two thousand 

 five hundred members (nearly all Cu- 

 bans), thirty preachers, a majority of 

 these are Cubans; and there are Sunday 

 schools and Epw^orth leagues at nearly 

 p11 the churches. J. P. C. 



Camaguey, Cuba, April 2,3, 1907. 



THE M.\Y.\RI V.M.LEY. 



One of the mo^t interesting points in 

 Cuba is the Mayari Valley, situa*:ed about 

 twelve miles from Preston, on Nipe B.ij'. 



]\Iayari is entirely pfif the main line. 

 She is lost in the mountains and se- 

 cluded by the forests. To reach Maj^ari 

 one must have courage and patience. 

 The road is rough and the baj^ may be 



