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Title: The Cuba review and bulletin
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Munson Steamship Line
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Publisher: New York : Munson Steamship Line
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
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TE. Some Comments for and against this Proposition, Taken from the Papers of Cuba and of this Country. To withdraw the troops nf)w would berank folly, and for every reason theUnited States should establish a Cubanprotectorate.—Philadelphia Inquirer. Whatever is done there in the way ofintervention, government control, pro-tectorate or what not, is to be done forthe welfare of the Cuban people.—NewYork Tribune. Their present predicament must becredited to their ignorance and theirseeming lack of ability to comprehendthe first duty of a free and independentpeople. The duty of this country in thepremises is plain.—St. Joseph (Mo.)Gazette. For the present and the immediatefuture there is no hope in anything butthe military.—Cincinnati Enquirer. The men who control the business ofCuba and own the property want theAmericans to remain.—Savannah News. The foreign elefnent naturally dependon American protection and frankly fa-vor permanent American occupation.—New Orleans Picayune.
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Road making in Cuba. Showing the foundation stone, which is first placed on the road-bed andleveled to the approximate shape of the finished road. This is then covered and filled with a finer sizestone, and rolled down. The stone used is the native field rock of the island, which can usually beexcavated at slight depth at points convenient to the road under construction. Rolling the macadam roads, which are the pride of Cuba. These Calzadas radiate In many directionsfrom Havana and serve as connecting links for towns off the railroads. They are used for hauling ofall kinds, but a weight limit is imposed and tires must be of a certain width. The calzadas are builtand maintained in excellent shape by the government, under the Department of Public Works. 14 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. Owing to her geographical locationCuba finds herself within the sphere ofNorth American influence. That influ-ence, however, niu.st be exercised in afashion not to offend the susceptibilitiesof a people w

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