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Industry in the West Indies is by no means so mnl-

tiform as it is in most other parts of the civilized

world, being devoted principally to the production

of a few staple articles of commerce. Of these sugar

takes the precedence, next comes coffee, then rom,

and lastly tobacco. The Spanish colonies stand first

in the production of sugar, Hayti in coflee, the Drit-

18h colonies, especially Jamia, in rum, and Cuba in

tobacco. Besides these staples, the West Indies

export large quantities of molasses, of dye-

woods and cabinet woods, and a aumber of

minor articles, such as pimento, ginger, arrowroot,

cocoa, beeswax, and honey. Previous to the eman-

cipation of the slaves, in 153%, the British colonics

were far in advance of all the others in the raising of

both sugar and coffee; but that event led to the

abandonment of a large number of plantations, their

proprietors not having sufficient capital to work

them profitably under the new system of labor inau-

urated by freedom, and emancipation being fol-

wn in less than eight years by the trinmph of the

Free Trade policy in England, whereby the difieren-

tial duties that had theretofore operated as a protee-

tion to the British colonial producer against his for-

eign competitor were abolished. ('uba and Porto

Rico, their labor force largely recruited every year

by means of the trans-Atlantic Afri slave trade,

shot ahead of their old als, especially

in the production of sugar, thereby re-

versing the former relative position of af-

fairs, Fifty years ago, for example, Cuba exported

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

New-York tribune. (1869). New York [N.Y.], 1869-05-01. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1869-05-01/ed-1/?sp=11

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: New-York tribune, 1869-05-01.