. Something about sugar; its history, growth, manufacture and distribution . PORTO RICO 185 island received a grant of autonomy in November, 1897, and inJuly of the following year it v^as taken over by the UnitedStates. As soon as this became an accomplished fact, there was amarked improvement in conditions, especialty from a sugarpoint of view. Up to this time much attention had been given tothe cultivation of cofifee, and sugar production had suffered to acertain extent in consequence. Spain had admitted Porto Ricancoffee free while protecting it by duties levied on foreign coffee,but when t
. Something about sugar; its history, growth, manufacture and distribution . PORTO RICO 185 island received a grant of autonomy in November, 1897, and inJuly of the following year it v^as taken over by the UnitedStates. As soon as this became an accomplished fact, there was amarked improvement in conditions, especialty from a sugarpoint of view. Up to this time much attention had been given tothe cultivation of cofifee, and sugar production had suffered to acertain extent in consequence. Spain had admitted Porto Ricancoffee free while protecting it by duties levied on foreign coffee,but when the island passed into the hands of America, this ad-vantage to the coffee raiser disappeared. Besides, the hurricaneof 1899 had caused great damage to the coffee plantations andthe combination of circumstances proved a severe setback tothe coffee industry. The sugar planters, on the other hand, benefited greatly byannexation. In 1889 the government allowed a reduction of85 per cent on the duty assessed on Porto Rican sugars enter-ing the United States. In 1901 they came i
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