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Industrial Cuba / Being a Study of Present Commercial and Industrial Conditions, with Suggestions as to the Opportunities Presented in the Island for American Capital, Enterprise, and Labour — Robert P. Porter

Industrial Cuba / Being a Study of Present Commercial and Industrial Conditions, with Suggestions as to the Opportunities Presented in the Island for American Capital, Enterprise, and Labour

Robert P. Porter

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 370 pages

A collection of essays and a report from 1899 by Robert P. Porter, United States special commissioner, on Cuba's commercial and industrial conditions after the peace protocol of 1898. It surveys the island's economy and suggests opportunities for American capital, enterprise, and labour, offering a historical view of Cuba and U.S. interests at the time.

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Every attempt has been made to replicate the original book as printed. Some typographical errors have been corrected. No attempt has been made to correct or normalize the printed accentuation or spelling of Spanish names or words. (note of etext transcriber)

Frontispiece. ENTRANCE TO HAVANA HARBOUR.

ENTRANCE TO HAVANA HARBOUR.

INDUSTRIAL CUBA

BEING A STUDY OF PRESENT COMMERCIAL AND

INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS, WITH SUGGESTIONS

AS TO THE OPPORTUNITIES PRESENTED IN THE

ISLAND FOR AMERICAN CAPITAL, ENTERPRISE,

AND LABOUR.

BY

ROBERT P. PORTER

SPECIAL COMMISSIONER FOR THE UNITED STATES TO CUBA

AND PORTO RICO

——

WITH MAPS AND 62 ILLUSTRATIONS

——

G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS

NEW YORK AND LONDON

The Knickerbocker Press

1899

Copyright, 1899

by

ROBERT P. PORTER

Entered at Stationers’ Hall, London

The Knickerbocker Press, New York

TO

WILLIAM McKINLEY

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

THIS BOOK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY

THE AUTHOR

INTRODUCTION

THIS volume deals with the living questions of Cuba—the questions which confront the United States in the reconstruction of the Island. It aims to give a description of Cuba as it appeared to the author when, as Special

Commissioner of the United States, he was sent by President McKinley to report on its industrial, commercial, and financial condition, soon after the signing of the protocol of peace, August 12, 1898. It is the result of nearly seven months’ inquiry and hard work, in which the Island has been visited three times, over five hundred witnesses have been examined, and innumerable statements have been studied and analysed. In the course of this inquiry the author has visited all the provinces and nearly all the principal cities and towns. The merit of the book lies in the freshness and originality of the material brought together, and the demerit in the fact that it has been written by one who was obliged to snatch a few hours at a time to map out or

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Contents

  1. INDUSTRIAL CUBA
  2. INDUSTRIAL CUBA

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