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would f dl me to handle this impoi taut subject

in all its details and in which the interests of the

two countries are so much involved, but I will as

briefly as possible present a few facts which, I

hope, will go far toward explaining away a

great many misrepresentations and misstate

ments in connection with the commerce of the

two countries.

San Domingo, which in my judgment is the

very finest island in the Antilles or New WoEd,

is little known to the majmity of our people, al

though it Is the ilfi-t island upon which Colum

bus, the great discoverer, founded a city in tlie

New World; and, strange to say, it is the only-

Republic on this continent in the group of

islands outside of Hayti which maintains its

sovereignty free from all encumbrances of for

eign or European dictation. Although when

first discovered this beautiful island contained

an inhabitance of several millions of people, yet

to-day the Dominican Republic with iie vast

area of territory, with its fertile and unexplored

forests of valuable woods and minerals, has a

population of less than four hundred thousand.

Its commercial relations with the United States

are little known, as I have already stated, to a

majoi ity of our people. Sau Domingo is often

considered in the columns of our journals as a

re.volutionary and barbarous country. This is

an error; they have their periodical political

troubles, and sometimes they resort to the

sword or to war to settle these difficulties; but

these revolutions are less destructful to life and

property than our labor strikes. History can

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The New York freeman. (1887). New York [N.Y.], 1887-05-14. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83027102/1887-05-14/ed-1/?sp=2

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The New York freeman, 1887-05-14.