The Connecticut labor news

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A summary of the report follows:

"American control and penetration of

Porto Rico has turned most of the peo

ple into landless day laborers on sugar,

tobacco and fruit plantation and allied

industries. To a less degree the' same

is true of Cuba. The same process is

in an earlier stage of development in

the Dominican v Republic, and Haiti

These conclusions are reached after a

personal investigation of 7 these' four

and a half by a. representative of the

Social Action Department of thet National-Catholic

Welfare Conference.

"A less highly' developed plantation

system existed in Cuba and Porto- Rico

before the Americans came. American

business men built upon this, extended

it widely, bought out and foreclosed na-,

tive land owners, opened up new lands

and got possession of irrigated districts.

They, are now the dominant element in

sugar and fruit in both countries, cer

tainly the dominant element in; Porto

Rican tobacco and probably so also in

Cuban tobacco. Porto Rican coffee has

very little market in the United States

and is not. controlled by. Americans.

They have a strong inside hold in bank-,

ing but here they have able competi

tors, some foreign and others native.

"Porto Rico is- superficially prosper

ous but the masses of the people arc

wretched. They are landless in an ag

ricultural country. Some of them are

allowed a minute patch of ground on a

plantation. In return they are expected

to work on the plantation for a small'

wage. This is locally called peonage.

Others are merely day; laborers and"

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Connecticut labor news. (1925). New Haven, Conn., 1925-02-14. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn92051283/1925-02-14/ed-1/?sp=1

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Connecticut labor news, 1925-02-14.