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Title: Review of reviews and world's work
Year: 1890 (1890s)
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Publisher: New York Review of Reviews Corp
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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cutting down of tliefruit and bringing it to the shipper. But caneneeds considerable attention. I doubt very much that even concerted actionin this island will ever maketlie sugar industry of Ja-maica a factor in its reju-venation. There is animmense future for sugar-raising in Cuba : and wliilewe are investing consider-able capital, due to tlie mostmodern machinery, we ex-l)ect to be well i-epaid intime. Jt is largely owing tothe antiquated machinery onthe former sugar plantationsthat cane-sugar has been leftso far behind the beet prod-uct. If the same high-classiiiachineryliad been installedon the cane-sugar plantationas is in vogue in the \)vo\-suerarfactorV. thcrano would 454 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REyiElV OF RE^/EIVS. still be a factor of importance. Of course, thebounty given by foreign countries has enabledthe beet to gain a considerable hold. The United Fruit Company is going in heavyfor the cultivation of pineapples. The successof this fruit has been only limited, but it is ex-
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DOMESTICS WITH FKUII, YAMS, ETC. pected that before long there will be large ship-ments of pines from here to the United States. While it is conceded on all sides that tlie vari-ous American^ fruit companies in Jamaica havesaved the island, the new direct steamship line toEngland, to become operative soon, is the resultof a certain anxiety on the part of many Jamaicanswho fear that Cuba and Forto Rico will soon ap-pear as rivals to the British colony, and ship vastquantities of fruit to the United States. It isopenly said that a new market must be readyshould American capital become diffident here.Since the Imperial Government has a hand in thenew steamship move, supplying half of the sub-sidy to the steamship company, it is expectedthat before long Great Britain will be enjoyingbananas and the other tropical fruits indigenousto Jamaica. Those already in the fruit businessclaim that the distance to England is too greatfor carrying perishable stuff, and that the newventure will not pro

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