. Cuba and the fight for freedom; a powerful and thrilling history of the "Queen of the Antilles," . EEDOM. 59 Bellamar, the sugar plantation of Toledo, thetobacco estates of Western Cuba, palmetto grovesand pineapple farms and other points of are at least two hotels in Havana whereexcellent breakfasts and dinners are served ; andthere are English waiters in attendance for thosewho need them. The sanitary conditions of thehotels are not good, and great care has to betaken in the choice of rooms. This would be avery serious drawback if the winter months werenot healthful in Cuba.
. Cuba and the fight for freedom; a powerful and thrilling history of the "Queen of the Antilles," . EEDOM. 59 Bellamar, the sugar plantation of Toledo, thetobacco estates of Western Cuba, palmetto grovesand pineapple farms and other points of are at least two hotels in Havana whereexcellent breakfasts and dinners are served ; andthere are English waiters in attendance for thosewho need them. The sanitary conditions of thehotels are not good, and great care has to betaken in the choice of rooms. This would be avery serious drawback if the winter months werenot healthful in Cuba. The climate in January isperfect. It is warm without being either hot orsultry, and the evenings are so cool as to make alight overcoat necessary. If the hotel charges arehigh, hack-fare is low; and American gold or cur-rency commands so great a premium that thetraveler is encouraged to think himself rich untilthe desire to clear his pockets of the foulest andmost ragged paper money ever printed seizespossession of him, as it does as soon as he con-cludes his first transaction with the CHAPTER III. THE INDUSTRIES OF CUBA—A COFFEE PLANTATION PREPARING COFFEE FOR MARKET HAVANA CIGARS A CIGAR FACTORY SUGAR PLANTA-TIONS AND MILLS HOW SUGAR IS MADE COM-MERCIAL INTERESTS SOME ANNOYING TRICKS A PLUCKY CAPTAIN. /?dk HE PRINCIPAL agricultural products\^^^ of Cuba are sugar, coffee and former years indigo was extensivelycultivated, but that industry has greatly sugar industry has also been injured by thedevelopment of beet sugar production in variousOther countries. Still, the sugar plantations andmills, which include both refineries and distilleriesfor the production of rum, are the most importantindustrial establishments of the island. The bulkof the sugar is shipped to the United in importance is the coffee industry, whichwas established in 1748, the seeds having beenbrought from San Domingo. Tobacco is indig-enous to Cuba, and is famou
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