Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1899 — INFLUX OF SPANISH. [ARTICLE]

INFLUX OF SPANISH.

Six Thousand Have Arrived in Cuba in Bix Months. On the Spanish steamer Alfonso XIII., which arrived at Havana Thursday, there were 1,175 Spanish immigrants. Daring the last three months 6,00 Q Spaniards have arrived there. It is Mid that the Madrid Government is assisting the people who wish to take op their residence in Cuba. Very few women are coining. Two problems are presented by this inflow. All the immigrants are poor, and they come seeking work. They are damped into the city, which is not yet on its feet industrially, and many of them are having hard times. They herd together in such fashion that they increase the danger of the spread of fever. The Spanish merchants and societies are doing everything possible to assist them. The main object is to get them into the country districts.