The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-17
Message Of President CRANT to Congress
and the words are us follows:

1.-THE past ye1r has furnished no evidence ~
an pprnaohtug termination Of the runuu- con-
hict which hts been raging for seven year, IN the
gard Of the laws Of civilized warfare aud of the
Just demands " humanity which nave hereto
fore called forth OK rt--iuus Of cuud cuindtiN
from tho nations Of Clristcudcm. have e. utirl-
cd to hnckru the sad erene. Dc-oldtiou. rum.
and utllYge arc uorvndinr the rich ntlde u the
m - for,ilc IND productive regions ~ the arth;
ami the iurcudHrt"' torch hfhr plantations
and valuable fl,f'.r.o.. and bindings. 4. the
ageut marking the alternate advance or rc-
treat ~ the Cuutouiins parties. ihe pru' act q
en- i'uthcc ~ this slfit' seriously affects the
the United states more than others, ~ res n
Of close pr xmity. its rgcr trade and inter
course with Cubn. and the frequent and init
mate personal and social relations which haye
grown up between lite elite ms aud those ~ the
Island Moreover. The property a. our citizcn!
In CUBA l. large. and Is rendered Insecure and
deprecatcd IN value and m capacity Of produc-
tion hN the cuutnuaGce Of the strife and the
unnatural mode OF ite conduct"
"thus far an tho efforts OF spain have proved
abottive, end time has marked no IMPROVEMENT
in the situation The 4rmcd bands Of oitn,r
side now occupy neatly tho same ground ms In
the past. with the diiIer nc1 from time to time Uf
NOR lives sacrinced, more property dcsiroyed,
fields and more and moro " valuable property
constantly .wantonly sacrificed to the iucendia-
rios turcn.'
We have the opinion of the World that
these words, pertaining to n matter
beyond the waters edge, are exempt from
domestic criticism that IL, we suppose,
the criticism Of ourselves and our contom-
porarics. In the face OF such an ndno-
milton we do not propose to clticise them.
Accepting them, then, have we not suiii-
cient reason to satisfy the most skeptical
that there really exists an instruction In
Cuba?
The World also asks how il is that after
six years of such an msurrection we i'm
port of the products of the island thirty
millions more year than when the insur-
rection broke out, and export 10 Cuba
seven millions more.
This additional importation is Of sugar.
Before the insurrection large proportion
of tie slaves in the island were employed
III the eastern aud central departments,
raising coffee in the one and cattle in the
other. These departments have now been
devastated. Coffee is not produced there,
nor cattle; and the gangs of slaves for
merry ENGAGED in these industries being
transferred to the great sugar district IN
the west, have for the time being much
increased the sugar crop. and that increase
has sought Il market in the United states.
Now for the all, ged increase of seven
millions Il year IN the amount Of mcrchau-
disc which Cuba takes from us. Much OF
this increase l. in provisions. ali the meat
used in the Spanish part of Cuba being now
bi ought in from abroad. But in order to
determine precisely what con- ttutcs the
mass Of this additional seven millions, We
turn to the World Of Dec. y. ana read
what follows
"what are the supplies now furnished hv the
United States To- the Spanish authorities IN Gu
bar Chiefly. hevoud doubt munitions ( war.
weapons at ali kinds and the like. - !. hnppcns,
the manufacture Of instruments Of obstruction
Is the leading manufacture for export OF the
United States at tins time. our factories In this
kind 1t Hartford and elsewhere are busy m fan
blast; and while from all otner branches Of
American industry we hear compl ants both loud
and dcep of starvation both IN the home and
the foreign trade. our makers Of guns, pistols.
and artillery have quite a. much as they can DO.
We trust we have now supplied the in
formation which our accomplished con-
temporary 50 much desderatts.