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and no foreigner may own land. He

must reside in their country for five

years before he may become a Hai

tian citizen, and even then he may

be blackballed if some official does

not fancy his naturalization. It he

Is a Syrian he must live in the Is

land for ten years before he may be

come a citizen. This distinction is

because the Syrian is the merchant

of the Island, and after he has made

a certain amount of money he re

turns to his own country to live.

Sometimes he intermarries with the

natives and the children of these

parents are unusually very pretty.

The commerce of the Island is

practically in the hands of a few for

eigners, for while the average native

hates the man from the "bigger

land" he cannot get on without him.

Haiti is a perfect Garden et Edea

for the coffee Importer, and 'the ber

ry grows wild on the old French

plantations and finds a ready market,

especially in Germany. The coffee Is

spread out on sail cloth in the dirty

streets to dry, and men are employed

to bag and weigh it for a trifling

sum. It is then taken to (:he Cus

tom House for reweighlng for cus

toms duty. The export duty charged

is three cents per pound. Another

set of laborers, who can 'Dear the

weight of 170 pounds on their heads

with ease, carry it to the barges on

which it is lightered out to the

steamer. It is not uncommon for a

steamer which stops at a seacoast

town in Haiti once a month to take

seven or eight thousand bags of this

wild coffee to St. Thomas for reship

ment to Germany. This coffee readi

ly brings 25 cents per pound in the

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.