. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW 33 railroads, more everything—but whence is to come the labor to operate these? The problem is diilficult but not insoluble, and we shall await with interest the presenta- tion of the solution which we have no doubt General Menocal has already formu- lated in his mind. The difficulty is that the sugar industry will develop with a rapidity altogether disproportionate to the country's development along other lines, and for that reason there will be a dead season each year during which there will be a dearth of employment for the thou- sands that must be brought
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW 33 railroads, more everything—but whence is to come the labor to operate these? The problem is diilficult but not insoluble, and we shall await with interest the presenta- tion of the solution which we have no doubt General Menocal has already formu- lated in his mind. The difficulty is that the sugar industry will develop with a rapidity altogether disproportionate to the country's development along other lines, and for that reason there will be a dead season each year during which there will be a dearth of employment for the thou- sands that must be brought here to cut the cane during the grinding period. There is an obvious error on national economy in bringing from abroad an army of men to earn high wages which at the end of the grinding season they will take back to their homes abroad, draining the country of wealth which should remain here. General Menocal says that Cuba needs small farm- ers, and were there a few tens of thou- sands more of these to draw upon for cane cutters the problem would be solved. But the development of small farms will, we fear, be a slow process. The problem, how^ever, is so vital that its solution is certain. Necessity is the mother of in- vention. Capital and labor Cuba must have for her inevitable development. Cap- ital will come and it will attract labor, for capital has wonderful powers of attrac- tion, and is wonderfully resourceful.— Editorial in the Havana Telegraph. A COLLAPSIBLE BARREL A patent has recently been taken out for what is described as a reversible barrel. It consists of two equalized conical steel halves bolted together in the middle at a joint consisting of an elastic and chemical proof Dermatine ring lying in a groove. The principal advantage of this design is that, in returning empties, the halves can be nested one in another and so take up far less space. Steel barrels for holding 10 cwt, of molasses and weighing themselves 2 cwt. each are returned empty to Natal at a f
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