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 . the reputation of Cubantobacco, and especially the Vuelta Abajo tobacco leaf, con-sidered to-day without a rival in the world. These meas-ures are purely economical. They concern an uncommonarticle, for the production of which means and expenses areused that entitle it to unusual protection, as will be shownby the following calculation: * To produce ioo bales of tobacco, of 50 kilos each, afarmer would ren
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 . the reputation of Cubantobacco, and especially the Vuelta Abajo tobacco leaf, con-sidered to-day without a rival in the world. These meas-ures are purely economical. They concern an uncommonarticle, for the production of which means and expenses areused that entitle it to unusual protection, as will be shownby the following calculation: * To produce ioo bales of tobacco, of 50 kilos each, afarmer would rent one caballeria of land (equalling 331^acres), one half of which he would employ for tobacco culti-vation and the remainder for vegetables. Rent of land per year $ 250,000 plants @, $ per thousand 375-QO 6250 lbs. of Peruvian fertiliser Hiring of oxen Wages and maintenance of 12 men @ $25 per month each Yaguas, Majaguas, and expenses Taxes, physicians bills and medicines, and living expenses of the planter Total, $4, So that a planter would have to sell each 50 kilos of to-bacco at $ to cover the cost of production. The fore-.
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