Puerto Rico- a tragic story

[Kid Berwyn]

3. TY Hermana. The future is not theirs. We are making it ours.

From The Man Who Stole Puerto Rico:

But Allen’s real interest in Puerto Rico became apparent in his “First Report of the Governor of Porto Rico.” Here are some of his entries:

The yield of sugar per acre is greater than in any other country in the world. (p. 99) A large acreage of lands, which are now devoted to pasturage, could be devoted to the culture of sugar cane. (p. 39) Molasses and rum, the incidental products of sugar cane, are themselves sufficient to pay all expenses of the sugar planters and leave the returns from his sugar as pure gain. (p. 39) The cost of sugar production is $10 per ton cheaper than in Java, $11 cheaper than in Hawaii, $12 cheaper than in Cuba, $17 cheaper than in Egypt, $19 cheaper than in the British West Indies, and $47 cheaper than in Louisiana and Texas. (p. 40)

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