Text Appearing Before Image: CAPTAIN L. D. BAKER. (The pioneer in the tropical fruittrade.) Text Appearing After Image: IOHT ANTONIO. (Principal shipping-place of the northern coast of Jamaica.) no hesitancy in saying that we are going intobusiness over in Cuba. The field there is apromising one ; and then, the United States mar-ket is so much nearer than from Jamaica. Asfor Cuba becoming a formidable rival to Jamaica,it IS yet too soonto tell for acertainty. I nso far as sugaris concerned, Iam of the opin-ion that thisisland has seenits best dayslong ago. Andany attempt torestore the su-gar industry inJamaica will befraught withdifficulty. Weall know theimmense rev-enue whichcane-sugaryielded in itstime. But, inorder for thebusiness to pay now, it is necessary to obtainlarge tracts of land, with great central factories tohandle the product of the field. As for raisingbananas and cocoa-nuts, the smaller lioldings an-swer the purpose well enough ; for there is notli-ing to stand between the cutting down of tliefruit and bringing it to the shipper. But caneneeds considerable attention. I doubt very much
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