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POINTS FOR WOULD- Mfe- i
BE COLONISTS.t
W&ai fti (Cos'dss ie O"ye m Owr MLamulliS. /
For the*first time in history a t
of the United States has t
an opportunity to try coloniza- j
tion in the tropics under his own
flag. '
The nearest of the new lands <
to come under the denomina
tion, of Uncle Sam is Porto Ri- i
co. There is only one direct line ’
to this island, and that is from I
New York. You may go by ei- 1
ther sailing vessel or steamer, as
you see fit, and according to the
price you want to pay. First
class passage to Porto Rico by
steamship, occupying from five
and one-half to six days, is S6O
Second cabin is S4O, while the
steerage is S3O.
The landing places are San
Juan and Ponce. Each passen
ger is permitted to carry 150
pounds of baggage free. Freight
charge on household goods is 16
cents per cubic foot. If you
want to go byway of Havana
the expense is about the same.
Cuba’s attractions.
While Ris true that we can
not say that Cuba is a posses
sion of the United States or
about to become so, we are un
questionably going to have a
great deal to do with the devel
ment of that country. • It’s true
that Porto Rico is the nearest of
our possessions to be, but if we
consider Cuba, as it certainlv
will be, a great field for the em-
the cost and methods of going
there will be of interest. It takes
just four days to go from New
York to Havana, and the cost is
$37, 25 and. 15, according to the
quarters the passenger engages.
There is no direct line to San
tiago, all passengers proceeding
via Havana, the time occupied
by the journey being seven days.
Cost of passage is $56, $45 and
S3O. Vessels sail for Havana
from all along the Eastern At
lantic coast, and if the person
going there is willing to submit
to very plain fare and a certain
amount of discomfort he can
make the passage at about one
third the rate given above, pro
vided he will take one of the
I little trading vessels.
The person who wishes to go
to the Philippine Islands will
save time and money by going
either across the continent by
rail or via the Isthmus of Pana
ma. In either case the fare will
be $250 to the city of Manila.
To reach Guam, the one is
land of the Ladrones where our
government seeks to establish a
coaling station, as routes of
travel exist at present, one must
either pay from SSO to $75 ex
tra to induce the Manila steam
er to stop there dn its way out,
or else must stop at Hong Kong
and await an opportunity to
take passage in a vessel going to
Guana.
COST OF LIVING,
Most Americans who go to
Ponce, rent roomsand dine at
some other place . In the sub
urbs, where houses are most ea?
sily obtainable, a good house
cost from $25 to S3O a month. A
suit of two rooms in the city,
furnished, costs from $2 to $3 a
week. If it is desired to keep
house, one must pay $7 a barrel
for an inferior quality of flour.
As for maat, poultry, eggs, etc,,
all are very plenty rnd at about
one half the prices charged in
the United States.
As for clothing, almost every
one wears linen suits, which
cost $2.50 to $3 each. Naturally
it is necessary to have a number
of these, but the Porto Rico
women will wash them for very
little—so little that to the Amer
ican it seems nothing at all.
In Havana, Santiago and oth
er Cuban cities the cost of liv
ing in hotels averages $2 a day.
In American boarding houses
the charge is from S3O to S4O a
month. Outside the cities the
cost of living is much less than
in the United States.
Potatoes are very cheap. Land
is about the same price as in the
United States. Flour is $7 a bar
rel. Beef, with the bones in,
costs 12 cents a pound ; with the
bones removed, 20 cents a pound.
All kinds of fish are plentiful
and much cheaper than here.
The milk is of very poor qual
ity, and the American who
wants to start a dairy farm will
practically have the field for his
own. American condensed milk
costs 25 cents a can. The native
vegetables are much cheaper
than in the United States, of a
better quality, and always in
season. Rice costs from 8 to 10
cents a pound. Enough sweet
potatoes for a big family in the
city can be bought for 5 cents,
and in the country less than
half that. Fruits—those of the
tropics—are very cheap.
PLENTY OF DWELLINGS.
There is no scarcity of houses
in Cuba, such as they are ; and
a very good one, indeed, can be
secured for sl2 a month. L nen
is the principal clothing w >rn.
and here a suit costs from $6 to
$7. Theji naterial in irj comes
from France, Germany and Bel
gium. Very little silk is seen and
no heavy clothes at all. Shoes
cost about the same as in the
United States. Straw hats aie
cheaper and very much better .
The favorite materials for wom
en’s dresses are lawn ahd percale
and these cost from 25 cents to
a dollar a yard. Percale comes
from the United States.
A very good servant can be
hired for $5 a month, the very
best only receiving sls.
The cost of living and the
facts concerning the clothing
worn in the Philippines are
much the same as in Porto Rico,
with the exception of the fact
that occasionally heavy clothing
is needed bjcause of the fearful
storms th-H every now and then
burst upon the islands.
In every one of the places
where the raising of the Stars
and Stripes has attracted the eye
of the emigrant a person with a
desire to make money and a de
termination to economize can
succeed The emigration move
ment has already begun.
The Texas soldiers who trav
eled 8,000 miles without seeing
a Spaniard will get even with
cattle rustlers and republicans
when they get back on the fron
tier.
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days of “yellow” journalism. They care little for truth
and-a great deal for temporary sensation.
It is not so with THE CHICAGO RECORD.
The success of THE RECORD rests upon its reliability.
It prints the news—all the news—and tells the truth
about it.
It is the only American newspaper outside New York city
that has its own exclusive dispatch boat service and its
own staff correspondents and artists at the front in both
hemispheres.
It is the best illustrated daily newspaper in the world.
Its war news service is unapproachably the best.
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“We read the war news in the other papers,
then we turn to THE CHICAGO RECORD to
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