The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 27, 1926, Page 2

PAGE TWO FLORIDA NOW POINTING THE ~~ ROAD T0 CUBA FOR TOURISTS AND AMERICAN INVESTMENTS A length article appearing in a urrehrissue of the Boston News Bureau by C. W. Barron, states! mong other things that Flagler} Aid fot build the East Coast Rail- way over the Florida Keys to de-| ¥ ‘Key West. . His primary am-} bition. was to develop the East} Coast of Florida, south from} Jacksonville and St. Augustine, for| wintér ‘health resorts, with eye more’ to Florida’s climate than to} the value of its sea coast, the pub- ‘isher of the financial newspaper says. The following is a reproduc-] ition of the article which will be tread with much interest by the i ‘residents of Key West: Annexation of Cuba {» Commercially, and for purposes| ef profit, Flagler’s ambition was %o reach Cuba. : Sinee he started, the United States) thas given Cuba freedom from Spain and national independence, | It is not to be expected with Cuba, any more than with the Colotiiés of America, that a gov- immediately be- dome strong and stable. The law @f colonial, national and indi- Vidual ‘development seems to be of ups and downs, hope and ya , joy and sorrow, and how- philosopliers of life may sam ing Dh the London banker jinly summarized it. for. when he declared: “Your losses make you smart.” « _ The Cuba Sugar Debacle Cuba has reveled. and rioted, with the American gold that peured into the Island ten years to buy sugar mills and sugar prices never before seen, with sugar in the after- debacle at more than eight its normal price. - “The average selling price for cane sugar for the ten preceding war was 2.66; average for ten years to 1924 5.21; and the average for years was 3.93. In what the know as the “dance of the ”* in 1920, the price shot up to 23 cents, although the aver- for the year was only 11 cents. January and ‘March, 1922, sugar f. o. b. was 1.76, and average for that year was only 2. The wrecks of this period can be seen at many places on the| and in the record books of barik loans. The wonder is that the Cubans the Island have come through a period of tranquility and good ent without more scars, . = But then, Cuba by years of re- warfare and revolution been trained to meet disasters. through the heart of the north and: south, in what her best sugar district, can old line of military ay! by the Spanish of “La Trocha,” or to keep the east of the) Is- ig not with Snopes phat and with the problem of an and west central highway 700 ich will open up the modern motors for lopment. H signal the problem of her sugar prices, but tills is likewise a problem of’ the L@ague of Nations covering the of all raw materials, tipir price and distribution. Price stabilization is a problem of human tt and of all creation. course, Cuban credit for road | ites and low cost of their native moving on time, and Havana of- fers the old and the new, in art and architecture, as well as an attrac- tive climate to American visitors. It, is easily reached by boat, six hours from Key West, or direet by steamship from the North. And Mr. Bowman of the Sevilla-Bilt- more can make you as comfoft- able, yes, more so, than at any of his other thirteen hotels, for you can get here every luxury and also light French wines with Cuba’s de- licious seafoods. Just as Brazil is coffee, the Malay peninsula rubber, so Cuba is sugar, and other sections of the world have not yet been able to match these countries in the quali- product. Despite all that Mr. Hoover may tell you, you can put it down and prove it from the United States government reports that it is an economic absurdity to attempt to raise rubber from patches of land in the Philippines with unskilled and untrained labor at 40 cents a day, as compared with vast rubber plantations in the East where skilled and trained labor is 20 cents a day—just as absurd as an attempt to raise tea in South Caro- lina in competition with China and Japan, or grow coffee trees in Their business was to buy it as low as possbile, and merchandise it at as good a profit as possible. The Cuban warehouse storage, were often able to buy the sugar at prices below a fair world mar- ket. Now all that is changed, and the United States refiners and Cuban producers and farmers and farm labor are knit together in some in- stances in a joint production, and all are interested profitable prices. The Cubans are taking a lesson from the history of coffee and rub- ber where the government had to step in to save production from bankruptcy.’ They foresee that unprofitable prices for sugar mean harm: to the island, and with lessened production higher prices for their good partner and re- deemer, the United States. Stabilizing “Sugar Prices Cuba has just votgd $200,000 to. start an inquiry into the causes for the irregular prices of sugar. The League of Nations working on the same lines has in- ternational committees conferring on raw materials and their distri- bution throughout: the world. Jose Manuel Cortiffa, president of the Cuban delegation to the League of Nations,.and chairman of the foreign relations eommittee of the Cuban Senate, is much in- terested in this Cuban investiga- tion, and desires the close associa- tion of the United States. He tells me: “We do not Propose room or . protected North America in competition with Brazil. Yet for ten years we drank cof- fee at a price that bankrupted Brazil, and rode on tires 40 per cent to, 60 per cent rubber that’ in their production spelled bank- ruptcy to the English and Dutch. We sweetened ourselves with Cuban sugar, expanding our con- sumption per capita by 40 per cent, while the Cubans went broke on two-eent sugar. And we huge- ed ourselves with delight over our national prosperity and the great- ness of our country. War on Co-operation Then when comes the inevitable} | reaction and coffee is twenty cents and not two cents, and rubber: is on. the way from under twenty cents to its former price of $2, and the price of sugar is-made intet- nationally outside the United States, we rise and assert our su- premacy over all creation. The vernment stimulates beet sugar oduction,.. And Mr. Hoover threatens Brazil and the English and the-<(Ditch in a jway. that nejther nor thé” English, nor nor : anyboly else, can (understand, except that it means” Pnterhatipasl unfriendli- ness. What we must have is inter- national co-operation. This cannot come by American dictation. But America has shown the way with a real United States protectorate over Cuba, a glightly preferential tariff on her sugar from Cuba, and a gradually developed feeling of mutual confidence and‘ good will inviting the development of Cuba’s great natural resources by Amer- ican capital and Cuban labor. Cuba in Outline Cuba is less than 100 miles south of Key West, with Havana slightly to the west, and most of the island running southeast by east. It is easily remembered as a little over 700 miles long, and a little less than 70 miles for aver- age width, embracing its 44,000 square miles. Its population is set down at. 3,500,000, \ about one- quarter black, except in the cane- cutting season when more of the blacks come in. But the Cubans are the best workers. They do more of the 50 percent hand labor on the island, and it is declared that four Cubans can do the work of six Haytians. American investments in Cuban sugar of one billion five hundred millions outrank that of the Cu- «| bans themselves, with one billion Luba in modern times illustrates the history of almost ‘every coun- The people are up on a high . mountain where they view the glories of fréedom and liberty, and a land flowing with milk and honey in- defenced cities, and fruits, flowers and human happiness. the vision fades and the id goes forth, “Work for it.® war period of high sugar started a new Cuba, where- in "Cuba tasted the sweets, and a new Havana. And then came disaster, bankruptcies and » with the command to la- bor. American man of finance sheuld visit Cuba and Havana, and héSwill do this a few years hence ease and comfort in his own mistor when the Overseas Motor Highway now building is complet- edsdown the Florida Keys to Key Wést, and steamers take his mo-/ tomears to traverse the new high- through Cuba. ten of finance do not wait future paradises. They view tne land early and help to make % Divisions in Resources the paradises and enjoy the fruits| thereof. dollars in Cuban sugar. But, of of course, Cuba gets the greater benefit in labor, taxes and island development, as compared with the American dividend retura, The Colono System The salvation of Cuban sugar production has been the division with the “colono” or farmer, who leases the sugar land at a nominal rental from the mill and land pro- prietor, clears away the forest, any plan to fix prices; in fact, there is no plan, and our purpose is to prosecute an inquriy without plan, but with bs that some plan may be found between the sugar producting countries to. stabilize prices.‘ “All this is to be’in friendly re- lations with America, with no pur- pose to impose high prices, but to find a way to.a level price, elimin- ating speculation, |harmonizing in- ternational relations and stabiliz- ing sugar as a cheap product Whose production will not be cut off. er with Car- les, now. the fic works, y built Havana’s 5th Avenue Be Aihes that ex- tends that city’s Malecon and sea shore drive southwest to the beau- tiful Havana Y; =e Club and Ha- vana Country This beuleratd, 4 little less than five miles long, was built eight | production of the unrefined sugar. planters had. little! ee. and American refiners! in fair and}either of you may —ie IN COURT OF @HE coUNTY JUDGE, MONROE. COUNTY, FLORIDA. In te Estate of Mary E. Isham, deceased» To All Creditors. Legatees, Dis- tributees And Ail Persons Having Claims or Demands Against Said Estate: You and each of you are hereby notified and required to present any elaims and demands which you or have against the estate of Mary KE. Isham, deceased, late of Monroe County, Florida, to the County Judge of Monroe Coun- ty, Florida, at his office in the Court House of said County, at Key West, Monroe County, Florida, with- in twelve months from the date of the first publication of this notice, to-wit: March 23rd, 1926. CLAUDE ISHAM, Administrator of “they, estate of Mary E. Isham, déceased. mar23-30; apr6-13-20-27; may4-11-18 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN_couRT OF THE ‘COUNTY JUDGE, MONROE COUNTY,! FLORIDA, In_re Estate of Joseph Smith, deceased. | To All Creditors, Legatees, Dis-} tributees And All Persons Having Claims or Demands Against Said Estate: You and each of you are. hereby notified and required to present any claims and-demands which you or either of you may have against the estate of Joseph Smith, deceased, late of Monroe County, Florida, to the County Judge of Monroe ‘Coun- ty, Florida, at. his office in the Court House of said County, at Key West, Monroe County, FI ith: | in twelve months from the date. of the fitst publication of this notice, to-wit: March 23rd, 1926. NELLIE SMITH MATHEWS, Administratrix' of the estate 6! Joseph Smith, deceased. mar23-30; apré-is. ; may4-11-18 TE _OF; IN CIRCUIT COU} isTy Tier years ago, at.a cost of $700,000. But Cortina and Cespedes got their 7. back and more ‘by sales of ind it developed. There s ‘of rs, shrubs, shade trees and fountains ‘down the center of this highway, and everybody ‘who drives’ here must be anxious for Havana to’continue such develop- ment. SCOOCOCOCOOSSCCCEUSVECLOS TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS Sir John L. Baird, governor- general of the Australian Com- monwealth,. born 52 years ago to- day. William Draper Lewis, director of the American - Law _ Institute, born in Philadelphia, 59 years ago today. John G. Cooper, representative in Congress of the Nineteenth Ohio district, born in England 54 years ago today. « Clifton A. Woodrum, represen- tative in Congress of the Sixth Virginia district, born at Roanoke, 39 years ago today, Rogers. Hornsby, . champion bastman of the National League, born at Winters, Texas, 30 years ago today, COUGHS — A HARMFUL NUISANCE 4 Are warning of an inflamed, irritated, congested state of the air passages, which with neglect, damp and changeablé weather, so often progresses into bronchitis or pneumonia. 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Key West Drng Company. apri-Im FURNITURE RENOVATED, Upholstered and Refinished. Mattresses Made Over Parler Cushions Made W. R. Garing, 509 William St. ee market price thereof, out of the; eight to twelve pounds there may. be in a hundred pounds of cane. Partnership in Production 4 has good railroad trains t* ’ American refiners formerly had| | no interest in Cuban lands, or the { \ cous J. Weeds Connell, ‘Complainant, Nora Pink Connell, Defendant. ! appearing affidavit the sneha bill filed imjthe above-stated cause that Nora Pink Connell, the defendant therein named is a nop+ resident of the State of Florida, and that she is over the age of.twenty: | one years; it is therefore ordered that said non-resident defendant be and she is hereby required to appear to the bill of complaint filed in said cause op or hefore the 19th day of May A, D..1926, otherwise the al- legations of said pill’ will be taken as confessed by said defendant. It is farther ordered that this or- der be published once each week for four consecutive weeks in the Key West Citizen, @ Rewapaper publish: edin said County and State. This April 20th, 1926. (SEAL) D._Z. FILER, Clerk Cireifit Court: GEORGE B. DAVIS, Solicitor for Complainant. — apr20-27; may4-11-1§ IN THE COURT OF THE COUNTY JUDGE, STATE OF FLORIDA, MONROE COUNTY. Claudia Louise Inka, Notice is hereby given that the undersigne@# as Guardian of abo’ Minors and ‘théir estate, will Friday, May ‘28th, 1926, at t o'clock’ in the forenoon apply to t Honorable Hugh Gunn, Cou: . in and for Monroe Coun zi » for leave to sell the {i terest of said minors in and to t following described land, situated,, lying and being in Monroe County, Florida described as ftollows:— 4, Lot one (1) and two (2), Section s! Lot one (1) and two (2), Section Lot six (6), Section 22, 67 South, Range 26 East, Bisa: ‘Dated at Key West, Piorida this auth day of April, 1986, (Signed) ee PINDER, as i 3. 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