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 . fw^4~3. Sugar—History and Future Outlook 291 worlds sugar trade) can place their goods, duty paid, in NewYork. If Cuba in the future should have to compete toany extent, in the United States, with free sugar from othercountries, while a duty was exacted upon Cuban sugars, hercase would seem to be hopeless. Another interesting and valuable statement was preparedfor the author by Mr. Wm. Bonnet, of Havana, u
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 . fw^4~3. Sugar—History and Future Outlook 291 worlds sugar trade) can place their goods, duty paid, in NewYork. If Cuba in the future should have to compete toany extent, in the United States, with free sugar from othercountries, while a duty was exacted upon Cuban sugars, hercase would seem to be hopeless. Another interesting and valuable statement was preparedfor the author by Mr. Wm. Bonnet, of Havana, under dateof October 8, 1898, and gives an array of statistical informa-tion which is as follows: The loss to Spains dominion of the Mexican Territory(1821-1825) deprived the Island of a yearly allowance ofabout $1,000,000, which amount was drawn out of the Mexi-can budget for the needs of the Cuban administration. TheIsland, up to those days, was considered more as a peniten-tiary than as a productive colony; convicts were sent toHavana with the principal object of building good ships forthe Spanish Armada. It was only after the loss to Spain of Mexico that Cubabegan to improve her general
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