The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-02
THE FIGHT FOR LIBERTY.
HOPsFULSEss or THE sTrU0GLTNg
PITRIOTS IN CUBA.

More Estates Burned-Statistics Of the s.ssr
Orop-A New Loan Propo-ca-Hew tho
Thirty Per Cont. Iucemc Tax Operates
HAVANA. May H.-Two more estates
have been burned near Oarnhatas, IN tho % qua
district, and the authorities suspect that IN one
OF them ne owner was In connivancc with the
insure, nts, A. he had lately applied TO the Gov
eminent to have the garrison removed IRON MS
estate, under the tloa that he was not uoie W
boar the expense OF sustaining IT, PROCEEDINGS
have been instituted against him. and VI tho
evidence Is not very clear IN his favor " may oo
expected that It win 90 hsrd with him. ns the
Govetnment is desirous of making m ex"mpio
to s,,mulste other planters In the defence oil
their properly.
Some further lighting Ia reported In Santa
Clara, resulting In the disreisiun OF some smh
bodtes of insurgents and In the CAPTURE OF
few horses and yrms band Of
raiders attacked the detached houses ~
n short distance from the fort OF Salto. Fan
Josk de las Iajls, hut were driven ON. losing
somo arms and several horses aud their leader.
the mulatto Manuel Rodriguez, who was killed
In an ambush. and Is represented In the news
papers as having teen ono % the most active
raiders In the Glen fuegUs district
the last IntendaDt OF the military ad-
Manifestation. who 10 m Spain. il said TO have
been Imprisoned there, few DAYS agr. In con
sequence Of teleeraphic orders from this Captain
Geuersf
The Spanish Government has oficialv In
formed the Captain-General that he crn draw
on tho home treasury for n loan OF t5l,OO q Id
dsity. to cover the Il nCit OF the Island revenue
and ,nahlc lin - pay the troops, AMI inc re-
ceipt of this telegram has ciused g1lf TO de-
cline suddenly6 or yer cent; put tnere T. 80
little confidence Felt In any promises IRON Maj
rid that many do BITS IRE ext ress, asto the
reality, or AT least the fulhiment OF this en-.
Ragement The newspapers continue 10 mint NJ
al off N
tlatlon with Enllish caoit lists with the guar.
antee - the Cuban customs rIvsen9ei ou. no,
The Government. although ordering that
ton Of the revived 80 per cent. Income
tax shall lie made, as for Its imposition
future decision the date at which the collec-
ton thereof shall commence. The tax on slaves
hired out by their owners. or employed by them
In domestic service. ts to g reckOned on an esti-
mated yearly net hire of $40 gold, 50 that Tor
each If these slaves the owner VIII nave 70 tay
$50 gold. This tax howe yer, VIII not oe coilect-
cd on such slaves may have paid nnv prOpor-
ton of their value TO their owner.. as step to-
ward procuring their "wn freedom.
Tue Did,to de Ia Marina publishes to-das an
article on tho results OF tire crop OF sugar, from
which | extra ct the following statistics;
The stock In havana to day IL nearly equal to
what II WIS the same date last year, nut hU0
tons more were received here In 1870 am eCOo
tons mOie exported than In the same period OF
1876 The great difference In the production of
this yoar Is shown $50 at the other parts of the
The production of sugar throughout the world
IL 100000 tons. Of which 1000 600 tons Is made
IN Euroue from beet ro' t.. 10000 tons In Cuba
from canes, and 1,3OO.0UO tons from canes IN
other countries. lnces IN the United states
have been In 1876 constantly from nine pence 10
one shilling hly er than IN Engl md. and the fol-
lowing figures show now limited the European
demand has been during this year. The expoft u
from Havana ana Matanzas have been:
1916 III 600 tons to he United statet
Observation-Disclosures. 5000 tons to Europe.
Excess. ........ 81 900 tons to the United states
1876 .OtD tons to the United States
1875. ................... 81 coo tons to Europe
Excess............. 5A0 tons TO the United states
So that this season Europe has taken O0O
tons less TN IN 1873. The article ends win the
remark that II Il necessary to do something u
AVOID Increasing tho cost OF produci ion III TIM
island. aud indeed to tighten the burdens there
on. otherwise the beet-root sugar VIII drive
the colonial product from all Its markets ana
Il viii be found, when too late. that injudiciou,
taxation has kied the bird that laid the COLDER
eggs. The Voc do cuba has also published al
article recommending that the export duty OF
sugar shout be done away with. and SHOWN,
that 1t bears unfairly on The planter.