A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of BrigGeneral Schwan . favored local-ities. Purchasers of land are more thanlikely to find themselves immediately em-broiled in a lawsuit over the title. If noflaw exists in your title, then it does exist inone that was drawn up a hundred years ago;and in either case the result is the same —you lose. Skilled workmen in any branch of industrywill not find a good field for their abilitiesin Puerto Rico, at least not for a few yearsto come. If there were any demand fortheir services,— which there isnt,— theywou
A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of BrigGeneral Schwan . favored local-ities. Purchasers of land are more thanlikely to find themselves immediately em-broiled in a lawsuit over the title. If noflaw exists in your title, then it does exist inone that was drawn up a hundred years ago;and in either case the result is the same —you lose. Skilled workmen in any branch of industrywill not find a good field for their abilitiesin Puerto Rico, at least not for a few yearsto come. If there were any demand fortheir services,— which there isnt,— theywould not be able to command anythingapproaching the standard of wages usual inthe United States. To the investor, dairy farms, ice-plants,transportation schemes, and bar-rooms offertempting possibilities,— I reserve agriculture 92 YAUCO TO LAS MARIAS for separate consideration,— but it cannot betoo forcibly emphasized that plenty ofmoney, good-health, patience, and a smatter-ing of the Spanish language are absolutelyindispensable requisites to the foreigner try-ing to do business on this The Weary Travellers Spring/ near Aiiasco.
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