The Great Antilles. Porto Rico. Guam. HawaiiJ. C. Winston Company, 1906 - Philippines |
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Page 36
... coffee may be cultivated with the utmost success . RICH VALLEYS , HOSPITABLE COASTS AND BEAUTIFUL RIVERS . The general mountainous character of this group of islands is diversified by broad valleys and plains of extreme fertility and ...
... coffee may be cultivated with the utmost success . RICH VALLEYS , HOSPITABLE COASTS AND BEAUTIFUL RIVERS . The general mountainous character of this group of islands is diversified by broad valleys and plains of extreme fertility and ...
Page 37
... coffee and a great variety of fruits are grown in immense quantities . The important mineral resources are iron , man- ganese , copper and gold , which , with the exception of the last , are extensively worked . There must be rich ...
... coffee and a great variety of fruits are grown in immense quantities . The important mineral resources are iron , man- ganese , copper and gold , which , with the exception of the last , are extensively worked . There must be rich ...
Page 61
... coffee industries . In comparison with Cuba , Port Rico had enjoyed honest and capable management of her revenues . With few exceptions they were expended in the island , and such sums as went to the mother country were in the form of ...
... coffee industries . In comparison with Cuba , Port Rico had enjoyed honest and capable management of her revenues . With few exceptions they were expended in the island , and such sums as went to the mother country were in the form of ...
Page 99
... coffee trees , affords sufficient subsistence . Like the early Boriquenos , they display a disinclination to exertion unless it be in the pursuit of amusement , and find their chief en- joyment in swinging in their hammocks , twanging a ...
... coffee trees , affords sufficient subsistence . Like the early Boriquenos , they display a disinclination to exertion unless it be in the pursuit of amusement , and find their chief en- joyment in swinging in their hammocks , twanging a ...
Page 100
... coffee trees and plantains , a cow and a horse , an acre of land in corn or sweet potatoes , constitute the property of what would be denominated a comfortable gibaro , who , mounted on his meagre and hard - worked horse , with his long ...
... coffee trees and plantains , a cow and a horse , an acre of land in corn or sweet potatoes , constitute the property of what would be denominated a comfortable gibaro , who , mounted on his meagre and hard - worked horse , with his long ...
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Page 532 - II which the United States would possess and exercise if it were the sovereign of the territory within which said lands and waters are located to the entire exclusion of the exercise by the Republic of Panama of any such sovereign rights, power or authority.
Page 534 - Colon shall be free for all time so that there shall not be imposed or collected custom house tolls, tonnage, anchorage, lighthouse, wharf, pilot, or quarantine dues or any other charges or taxes of any kind upon any vessel using or passing through the Canal or belonging...
Page 533 - The Republic of Panama agrees that the cities of Panama and Colon shall comply in perpetuity with the sanitary ordinances whether of a preventive or curative character prescribed by the United States and in case the Government of Panama is unable or fails in its duty to enforce this compliance by the cities of Panama and Colon with the sanitary ordinances of the United States in the Republic of Panama grants to the United States the right and authority to enforce the same.
Page 535 - As the price or compensation for the rights, powers and privileges granted in this convention by the Republic of Panama to the United States, the Government of the United States agrees to pay to the Republic of Panama...
Page 520 - Commission is of the opinion that ' the most practicable and feasible route ' for an Isthmian canal, to be ' under the control, management, and ownership of the United States ' is that known as the Nicaragua route.
Page 532 - Article 2 which the United States would possess and exercise if it were the sovereign of the territory within which said lands and waters are located to the entire exclusion of the exercise by the...
Page 535 - The Canal, when constructed, and the entrances thereto shall be neutral in perpetuity, and shall be opened upon the terms provided for by Section I of Article three of, and in conformity with all the stipulations of, the treaty entered into by the Governments of the United States and Great Britain on November 18, 1901.
Page 533 - Colon and the territories and harbors adjacent thereto in case the Republic of Panama should not be, in the judgment of the United States, able to maintain such order.
Page 531 - The Republic of Panama further grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control of any other lands and waters outside of the zone above described which may be necessary and convenient for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection...