Haiti ; its dawn of progress after years in a night of revolution . DESSALISTES In the Champs de Mars. THE OPEN MARKET JUST BELOW THE CATHEDRAL Cacos rate of duty sold at a considerably reducedrate from the New York price; but naturallythe greatest difference in cost was those ofnative goods. Mahogany grows plentifullythroughout the interior of Haiti and hence iseasily obtained. Its price is consequently lowand I purchased a solid mahogany small din-ner table for $6, which is the customary compare the price for such a piece in NewYork! And then of course the native fruitswere either
Haiti ; its dawn of progress after years in a night of revolution . DESSALISTES In the Champs de Mars. THE OPEN MARKET JUST BELOW THE CATHEDRAL Cacos rate of duty sold at a considerably reducedrate from the New York price; but naturallythe greatest difference in cost was those ofnative goods. Mahogany grows plentifullythroughout the interior of Haiti and hence iseasily obtained. Its price is consequently lowand I purchased a solid mahogany small din-ner table for $6, which is the customary compare the price for such a piece in NewYork! And then of course the native fruitswere either free along the roads or at a nominalprice in the markets. Alligator pears, boughtas a luxury in New York for 75 cents or a dol-lar apiece, sell in Port-au-Prince for 5 pearsfor 2 cents. In Port-au-Prince there are two markets,the open and the closed, of which thelatter is a roofed and walled structure and theformer held without cover on an open plaza,directly beneath the wall around the Cathe-dral. Here, together with alligator pears, are 21 Haiti: Its Dawn of Progress sold bananas, limes, grapefr
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