The times and democrat

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women are the real, workers of Hai

ti as the majority of the men spend

their time in smoking and drinking

the "rhum," made on the island in

rude stills, operated by hand. The

men who do work are either employ

ed by the government, do odd jobs

for the foreign merchants or live in

the mountains trusting to the fertile

soil to produce enough wild fruits

for their sustenance. If they reside

in the country, few clothes are need

ed, and their children require none

until they are at least 10 years old.

Haiti has been steadily going

backward for the last fifty years.

The large coffee plantation once own

ed by the French have been allowed

to go to ruin, and the fine homes

once occupied by the owners of these

rich coffee fields have long ago fallen

to decay and native huts have taken

their place. The cities are without

sanitation and in most of them the

garbage is thrown into the streets

where part of it is eaten by the hogs

allowed to run at large, yet the peo

ple are unusually healthy. During

the rainy season it is impossible to

walk these streets unless rubber boots

are worn. In the country a few

roads become bogs and are practi

cally impassable. Bridges over

streams have fallen to decay and the

only way to cross the deep streams

is to swim. The traveler who goes

to Haiti is first of all impressed with

the congested condition of the coun

try, for more than 2,000,000 of peo

ple are crowded into the little part

of the island, the Dominican Repub

lic occupying two-thirds of the land.

Go where you will, even in the moun

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The times and democrat. (1911). Orangeburg, S.C., 1911-04-04. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn86063756/1911-04-04/ed-1/?sp=3

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The times and democrat, 1911-04-04.