Eugene daily guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1904-1924, December 21, 1921, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Textr 4 :. l Pge Sit "Wednesday Evening, Dqo. 21t 1921 ISB IT GENU QUIBD i w i 1 1 11 , , , , . . . . , . . - s . 'v ; ..,.1:..;. t- ... WOODS FOLLY NEAR SANTIAGO CUBA-V T Y3L k r 'Nn P I J'LISM. , ill llA I ( 'ifl ft i I S 3 r. 50 THOUGHT IMPOSSIBLE 70 BUILQ. V tt, jy IS I J 1 f . 7 1 theSun ; I- v:4 f 1 ".-.:r - J , hi M I' By GARRET 8MITH ,KW American! realize that dowu In the Quit of Mexi co at our tery gateway there hag grown op in the lait twenty yean on the baslg of a mediaeval Spanish colony a mod ern American state that, although politically Independent, thanks to uo, It to all Interna and purposes practically a part cf the United States. ' A realization of how ' little we know of this new land of Cuba was brought forcibly to public attention by the recent visit to this country ot the Cuban Commercial Mission appointed by the President of Cuba to present, Cuba' financial plight and to plead against the Imposition ot a 60 per cent Increase In the tariff on Cuban sugar. This In crease was enacted In the emer gency tariff and la now, making It difficult for Cuba to recover from the serious business and (Innuclal . . , depression, which afflicts the Island, i In presenting Cuba's case to '. the Senate Finance Committee ,, ., ,! Cfcrongh the State Department the i , commission pointed out that there ' enactment of this 60 per cent In crease In the permanent tariff bliul . wuuiu mulct upon i;uua a oiow ' from which she could not recover many years. 1 The average man has not real ized the Important port which this new member of free nations plays .In the world's trade. Certain It'll that the average man does not re- allxe to what extent Cuba depends ' upon the United States, her foster mother, for fair treatment In order that the may speedily recover her ' economic and political stability. ?he man lb the street still thinks i ot Cuba, as a leml-barbaroiis Innd of Insurrection, Ignorance and pov erty. This It wna twenty years ago. i Then It was a country, thnt sold ns angar and tobacco, but Aid most ot Ita buying In -Europe. The man In , the street, whllo Inordlnntoly proud 2 . ot Mio' fnct that the Cnlted State had a large part In freeing the Is- . . . land from Spanish oppression, " ' does not at the anmo tlmo realize " ' ' oor responsibility for keeping the THE PRAOO OF HAVANA, CUBA- THIS CITY 13 ONE OF THE MOST CHARMING CAPITALS OF THE ( WESTERN WORLD. Island out of the same economic and political disturbances which Span ish misrule caused. Cubans know that Spain tuxed Cuba to death and brought upon herself the train of misfortunes In the Island which re sulted In the loss of Cuban terri tory. The plea ot the Cuban mis sion In Washington was In effect that we do not follow the unfortu nate example ot Spain and lose Cuban markets for our exports. The change thnt has taken place In Cuba since Spain was driven out of' the Island has come quickly, but so gradually that few of us realize It Probably fow know, for. In stance, that Havana can be reach ed by train to Key West In forty hours from Washington and the re maining ninety miles covered by airplane In one and one-half hours, a trip American and Cuban busi ness men are constantly taking. It will be a surprise to mnhy, too, to learn that a long distance telephone line tins been established between New York and Havana and Inter mediate points which Is In almost hourly use. ; Then there Is a fast ferry service with dally sailings between Key West and llnvana, carrying loaded freight curs tin (I making the round trip In twenty-four hours. Steam ship lines with nlinostdnlly sailings connect New York with every Cu ban port. Mare merchandise enters and leaves llnvnim harbor every year than passes through any port of the United States excepting New fork harbor. ; Nil, Cub Is nn longer Isolated from its. Today slip does about V(i per font of her Imornntlonul busi ness, both buylntt and selling, with the United States. The heavy sugar anil other machinery formerly bought : in Englnnd, France and Oermary now 'comes , fram' 'lie United Stntp, loaded on ears nt the fnumles !n Ohio, Pennsylvania. Miclionn. Alabama. IOiilshitui un.l other sullen and delivered in lliu I u; PRODUCE EXCHANGE, HAVANA .CUBA-THE REPUBLICS COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL WELFARE IS CLOSELY INTERWOVEN WITH THAT OF THE UNITED STATES. . ! 1 mill yards ot Cuba without trans fer or cost of handling. Cuba Is now our fourth largest Interna tional customer. ... It Is this rich trade, dependent as It Is upon the prosperity of Cuba's chief Industry, (he raising of sugar, that Is men aced by the 60 per cent Increase In the tariff on Cuban sugar enacted by the emergency tariff . act. There Is a slang phrase of the street that runs something like this, "The bigger they urc, the harder they full." This could bo applied to the Cuban 'situation, with refer ence to our responsibility for her welfare. We have made Cuba big. We have holped her In her advanca In civilization all airing the line. Ah a result of the fUnn tr.' ' and transportation relations . between the United States and C ba he hu man differences ber.veon us; and our nnllonnl fostcrehlld arc fnat disappearing..- We have made her big, we have made her part of us, llnunclnlly and Industrially, and we should see thnt she does vjt fM, fis she i quite likely . If w. i -.Ixe a permanent tnrltr hni,o:, "i;"li would have the efl'ei'l f ' fbiitti-., net svgur,. her vlrlet pror.'. t. , "iom the United States, her .chief mar. tiet. For we must remember that it takes years to readjust the crops of a nation or. to build up new mar kets for her exports. Cuba's pres ent shaky financial condition would not stand the strain of such a period of readjustment. English has become the language of the Cuban business community. Young Cubans are being educated In the schools and colleges of the United Sttttos. Education has re placed Ignorance, orderly govern ment has supplemented Insurrec tion, sanitation ' has uusted dirt, prosperity has' succeeded to pov erty, and all of this Is dependent on the prosperity of the sugar In dustry. ' ' ' The development of education In the Island Is oile of the most mark ed changes hotwoen. the Cuhn .ot to day and that of two deeadeB ago. In 1800 the' population of the Inland was l.n7B.7!)t. ;f whom MOO.SS were Unable to read, 33,003 knew how to read, Imr could not writ?, while I!) 1.18 had : received some higher edilrntln.: Tho ehauge for the bolter besaii nitll Anierloiin In torvcnilon often Alexis E. I'rya wus FIELD OF CUBAN TOBACCO- NFVT TO JffAR CHIEF OF THE ISLANDS RICH AGftlCUL TURAL RESOURCES.. sent by this country to Havana to establish an Amerlcnn school sys tem. With the Installation of the Cuban republic In 1002 public In struction came directly under su pervision of the federal govern ment, and the secretary of public Instruction was made a member of the President's cabinet. Today there are over 1,100 schools In Cuba with nearly 800.000 pupils. There are 5,6S5 teachers In the pri mary schools. There Is a coeduca tional normal school In each of the Island's five provinces and Havana has two additional normal schools, one for boys and one far girls.. Eng lish Is one of the chief subjects In all these schools. Cuba's chief Institutions of high er lonrnlnii are the Institute of Havana, which occupies a place be tween the grammar school and the university, and the National Uni versity of Havana, founded In 1T2S and now a big well equipped mod ern Institution. In 1018 a school of Domestic Economy, Arts and Sd-. ences, known ns "The School of the Home," was established. - The American colonist or vlsltoi also finds Cuba ph -si . i a most attractive spot It Is a land of plc-j tu.-esque mountains, beautiful val leys, fertile plains and plateaus all overspread with luxuriant tropical verdure. Its climate Is free from extremes of temperature and other weather conditions which often make life In or near the tropics unpleasant to northerners. . And the man made environment of Cuba Is equally delightful to the northern . sojourner, particularly that of such modern cities as Ha- i vana. This city Is one of tue most delightful capitals In the western hemisphere. It is a city, modern In every respect thnt promotes com fort of living and up to date com mercial activities, In a quaint, his toric setting that dates - back in part nearly 400 years. Havana to day Is a mixture of modern con crete and stone office buildings five or six stories high with little one or two story thick walled, trie roofed structures, some of them R00 years or more old. It Is a clean, sanitary town, far different from the fever Infested city the Ameri cans found there two short decades ago. The chief railroad systems oi Cuba nro the United Railways of Havana, the Cuba railroad, with Us subsidiary, the Cnmoguey and Nucvltns railway, nnd tho Cuba Northern rallrond. They have an aggregate of about 2,200 miles ot track. Cuban mineral wealth Is Just at the beginning of Its development. The early Spanish dreams of gold In Cuba have never been realized, but they are supplanted today by actuality In the shape of rich de-po-it of copper, tfon, manganese and rrome. Asphalt and petroleum are also found In paying quantities, and In recent years numerous com panies have been formed to develop these resource. Cuba a also rich In timber. Thera are S07 varieties of valuable hard woods found In ber forests. Of these only cedar and mahogany ar Imported to thla country In any quantity. This natural resource has as yet been little exploited. But In agriculture Ilea Cuba's wealth. Soli and climate oombln to make ber one of the most fsrtlle blta of land on the globe. 8ugar and tobacco, ot coarse, are her prin cipal crops, and In these the Cuban farmer has become a specialist. With an annual output ot over. 4,000,000 long tons ot rawaugarah la far and away the greatest sugar producing country In the world. Her annual crop brings her In soma $250,000,000 today, and upon the prosperity ot this one Industry de- pends largely the general prosperity ot the Cuban people. It can easily be seen then how much Importance In attached to the present visit ot the Cuban mission and Its effort to avert the enactment of ruinous American tariff against sugar, in asmuch as Cuba depends upon the United States as a market for bait of her enormous sugar crop. Over a billion dollars, more than half American capital, la Invested In sugar production In Cuba. Tobacco, her second largest crop, Is worth over $00,000,000 a year to her. About three-fifths of this crop Is exported, the greater "part ot It to the United States. ,,. . , ' : , , Two other agricultural products Imported from Cuba to the United States In large quantities are pine apples and honey. Practically all of America's Importations of pine apples, amounting to nearly $4,000, 000 a year, are from Cuba. Our Imports of honey from Cuba amount to well over $1,000,000 annually, or about halt our total Imports of that commodity. , . ' Coffee Is another large agricul tural product of Cuba. Cubans ar said to be the greatest coffee drink) era on earth. ... Other considerable agricultural products are mangoes, cltronaj fruits, bananas, grapes, cacao, v nllla, potatoes, tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, okra, squash, beans, corn, wheat, rice and peanuts. Stock raising, Including horses, cattle, hogs, sheep and goats, Is followed to a considerable extent. Poultry raising la also, a rapidly growing Industry. When the American government was established at Santiago In 1898 one of Its first acts was to begin the stabilization ot Cuban currency. This reform was completed by the , Cuban Congress under the law of October 29,; 1914, by which the Cu ban gold peso, of weight and fine ness similar to the American dol lar, was declared tae unit and United-States money legal tender. t - In view of this-close harmony ot Interests the visiting commission from this new Cuba holds that the erection of greater tariff walls be tween the two countries Is Illogical and harmful to the best Interests of both. , CITY NEWS (Continued from pngo five) today after spending tu days in Eugene. Mr. Pixley maintains bin home In tub; Uy. and Is residing teuiporai'ily in the lion county city. - ' J'i . i . Oaileota Bounty "L. U. Miller of Trent collected a ft! bounty on a bobcat pelt today. As. enable IHT- ftStra. C. E. CJrlbble. of the Appleirote, Furniture company, was unable to attend W her duties at the Applcgnte furuiliiiV kjjlro today on account of IIIiichn. tVetram a Friday Nloht llTlie proxrani and Christiana ti-e; to be aVttl by the Cnngregatlonul Sunday k -lionl KJ oe on Friday mailt at T:;lu o clock. public Ik Invited ease Is Crested marritufc llceuae was htmicd to Law rence M. WilHon, age 28, of Aulilnnd, and I'enrl Srarii. 23. of Cottage drove by the county clerk today. Takes Position at Bank .Mi.sH Nell Sloan, stenographer and bookkeeper foe the MeCornaok 'Aiilo company .fur the past six nionthfl, has taken n position In the bookkeeping de partment at the United States Nutionat bunk. is going to Uoseburg Saturday to spend Christinas nt her home, .. ' . ; Drive to Cottage Grove MIhk .MaxKie Hums', Airs. Hubert Mar kee and Mr. nnd Mrs. It. T. McMullen drove to CVittiiicn drove Tuesday to spend th a day on business. Fuqua In Eugene ' Kd Kuoun. who lives eight or ten miles west of Eugene on the Khnlra roua i the tree. spent the day In Eugene transacting business. ,. . ; - Bank Will Have Party A Christinas party will lie held by t'ac employes of the United States Natlonn: bank Friday afternoon after banking hours.' Each employe will have a gift New Deposit Boxes In Nine tv-aii new steel safety ' deposit hoses have been installed this week In the re I r," o reed concrete vaiut at the l aiti'd States National bank. The hoxe are J I inches by 3 inches in sisc. doing Home for Christmas Miss Mildred Parks, stenographer '.n the offices of l'otter, Foster and Iiniael, Wade Ilros.' (lift Certificates are useful gifti Gift SuffXCo'lOtS . fB.wrj,tKBua ,tWw' Imported wool hose $1.25 They're made of that soft, silky wool that they know how to miu hi well over there. .lust the heather .shtulet nn.1 just the right rlbhe I eflVuts to ro with brogue oxfords; they're speeinl ly priced at ' $'.25 WADE BROS. Hurt, Schuffner & Marx Clothes Roturn Home to Marcola Mr.-and Mrs. David Hill returned to their home at Fischer's camp nenr Mur eolu this afternoon after spending tne day in Eugene on business. Going to Portland Dr. mid Mrs. U S. Whetstone arc go ing to Portland on Friday to remain over Christinas. They will return tho middle of next week. MoKenile Men In Portland "Shine" Edwards nnd Kill Montgomery who live on the McKeniie nenr the fish hatchery, are In Portland where ' Mr. Montgomery Is receiving medical atten tion, . Leave for Rosoburg Mr. mid Mrs. M. S. Allen, of 20!) Seventh avenue east. left, last nicht tor Hosehurc where they will spend a few days vlsitiaa with relatives. IVfore con cluding their vacation, they will journey to 1'nrtlnnd for a short stay with friends. BEEBE JURY COMPLETE Albany, Ore., Dec. 21. Jury In the first di'trree murder ease of Carson I). (Pete) Ileebe was' completed early this afternoon and left 'immediately for the scene of the allegd .. crime . near the Painter farm house nt I.aeomb. WILSON, GREB TO FIGHT . New York,- Lee.' 21. Johnny Wilson, middleweight champion, and Harry Grcb siKiied up to meet nt Madisou Square garden on February OV i - TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY FOK TtKNT lirnisluvl housdiocplnir rooms.- ('lost in; UrIU nnd water fur ' nished. 2RI Went Sth .St. tf LOST Knitted Htr'ipod scarf in or urVniud -tin I'liivrrsity oamuus Wed nesday nislit. Uewnrd. l'lume UJ. il'SJ LOST Huston bull terrier dop. Itrown nnd white. .MuK Phono 4H-J. dJ2 Applegatot Go Home Fred Annlejcnte returned lo bin home nt Yoncalln today after spending Tuesday nud Wednesday at the homo of Albert Applojtatn in this city. He wan aceoinpa;i ted home by Mm. Tied Applet. to and Mrs. (irant Applopalr ami noit, Freder ick, who have been here f,r a week idtop. Pin. Eugene Attracts Sous-i Oniu'ir i Thnt Klineae Is the ueM t rlMftpst and altogether mol nuraifte little plaec he wn ver in (nnd tv travel with the hand have himilif h';u U . nvx ptaceA) r the op in - on o K. V. New roinb. aolo eorneti.it with Hm't bnrA which plnye-l here a nirit. lie ha announced his intei.timi nf ivm i-'mp h-vo to live, s noon a, h en-tr,t't with the (rKisuintion in cnu'lude'V -r v dins be run nitike (utine nneeu- n .f n 'uim ness nature. Mr. Xrwiviub. in addition to h1 work bm vnliUt, ik also a bund director nnd arvhitert. Rontcr Sues Woman f i Chnrffii e that he nuitod ber nuvh and -t i nnrnii p mm ne nyiton ner rnncn and jslie pro it'Md to pay for battue the hay, .jJohti Suvtor siarted Knit In circuit court I todny axntHKf Knuuii.e iray. Suytor al lAjh'lt' be rented t!i defcndcntV Linn court tin county ranch knonn lis the "(Jreymere" in t'ctobir. 1tlt. ui'd tlmt it cost" him Vttl t bale the rav. Uo charuefl that his Irtndlady owes fore the billing nnd for other labor ii'"OMi;tri n follows: IST. $!S, and M with Interest at sit pet ceut. YOU KNOW jStj A 4 'toil Thnt boy of yours wnnts n bieyclo he 's been in hero looking at ours dozens of bovs have luea looking nt the "Nation als," "Indians" -and "Flyers" here during thfj past few days. Make it a regular Xmas for him come in and see. these wheels you'll know then why the boy wnnts one of ours. Wo have tricycles for tho kiddies, and all sorts of stuff that boys waut. Smith McKern Cycle Co. 9th and Oak : Phone 2!)0 Our store is filled with fine gifts at any price you wish. Our store is filled with fine gifts at any price you wish. Heating Stove Sale a We offer about. 30 new Stoves of guaranteed quality ur a wide variety of styles and sizes at Exceptional Prices. . v ' We do not care to make extravagant statements or to quote for comparison prices that might be misleading a per sonal visit will show this to be an opportunity to secure a good stove at a very low price. ' ' , If you expect to need a heater within a year, don't delay they can't last Jong at our present prices. ALL STOVES DELIVERED AN D INSTALLED "Dedicated to Better Homes" 1. Your credit is good. 2. Lowest cash prices. 3. Free delivery. 4. &$f? 5. New goods ex changed for old. 6. All Goods Guaranteed. Puuwaud) Uis ciiK ot ut siavac. .'ril ui ji; !