

Photo from W. H. Holmes. U. ?. National Museum 



THE PYRAMID TEMPI^E OF EL TAJIN 



This pyramid temple, situated at Papantla, in the province of Vera Cruz, Mexico, pre- 

 sents a feature found in no other pyramid. It is constructed of earth, dressed with stone, 

 and is soHd throughout. With the exception of the space reserved for the stairway, the 

 pyramid is faced on all four sides with a series of stone niches apparently designed to receive 

 statues. This feature is unique. The temple proper, which crowned the pyramid, has now 

 disappeared. 



years ago, and where the Porto Rican 

 people receive $6 for exported sugar 

 where they received $i only a dozen years 

 before. It is seen in the expansion of 

 the coffee fincas, where production has 

 quadrupled since the beginning of the 

 century. It is seen in the growth of the 

 fruit-export business, where the produc- 

 tion of oranges increased sevenfold in 

 ten years, pineapi)les twenty-fold in four 

 years, and grapefruit twenty-five-fold in 

 three years. 



Wherever one turns Porto Rico is ex- 

 tending its sugar fields, planting new 

 pineapi)le jilantations, establishing new 

 coffee fincas, and laying out new citrus- 

 fruit groves. And given a free entrance 

 of their products to the markets of the 

 United States, products raised where 

 frosts never threaten and where labor is 



abundant and cheap, Porto Rico is des- 

 tined to become a great competitor with 

 Florida and southern California in sup- 

 ])lying our tropical and semi-tropical 

 fruits. 



The crusade which was initiated and 

 originally directed by the U. S. medical 

 officers against the hookworm disease in 

 Porto Rico has been a godsend to the 

 suffering people of the island. Formerly 

 practically the entire population of Porto 

 Rico suffered from this wasting affliction. 

 Hundreds of thousands of cases have 

 since been treated and the majority of 

 them cured. Forty-five dispensaries are 

 maintained throughout the island, and in 

 a single year 49,000 cases have been 

 treated, out of which 19,000 complete and 

 7.000 partial cures were made. There 

 still remain some 200.000 cases in the 



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