The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-06-16
CAN WE BUY CUBA:s

nation as to the Value OF tho Island.
From Our Special CorxpondtnL t5 5l5si Is.
WARRINGTON, D. c., June 15.-Thst we
shall have q vigorous foreign policy in case
Of the election Of Mr.. Blaine, is the ex.
pectciion Of everybody. Already the pros
psctive schemes for !: extension Of cur
domain and influence begin to come TO the
surface, and 1t is boldly asserted that the
irs. thing 10 be done alter the election Of
Mr.. Blaine is to negotiate for the purchase
Of Cuba. The reports that Spain has con.
cluded to sell her island possession and de.
vote the money to paying her debts are
credited By many people, and these most
interested are most active in the support Of
Mr. Blaine. The sugar tiuers, for inatance,
are anxious ior the annexation CT Cubs, as
they have been for the less important
measures OF the! Hawaiian and Mexican
reciprocity treaties, and the reault is that
their representatives here are among the
most active supporters oi Mr.. Blaine. And
they were so, too, before the convention.
ANNEXATION OF CUBA.
.ss"The. annexation Of Cuba is likely to be
the first and most important policy Of Mr..
Blaine" eaid ex.Collec.or Wicker, Of Key
West, Florida, said to your correspodent as
he Stood in the House lobby yesterday talk.
ing OF his observations as Collector at the
port Of Key West for ten years or more,
There is no such country under the sun
as Cuba, and Mr.. Blaine knows it as we'll
as anybody in this country. He was talk.
ing with me OF it only the day before I left
TO attend the Chicago Convention. To nv
remark bithat the Island was worth two
hundred and fifty millions at least to this
country he replied yes, nearly double
that His policy will be, il he is elected
President, TO acquire Cuba by purchase,
stamp out the yellow fever by means which
our, energy and superior methods will
provide, and cultivate the commerce Of
our Southern ports" 5!j { - Z 4 =. =
What do you think Of the value Of the
Island n n: Z. n:
a VALUABLE POSSESSION. E; I
IT think 1t is much more valuable than
is generally supposed, and more so to US
than 10 any other country. It has never
been fully developed. There are mineral
and agricultural resources that are some.
thing wonderful. Why its soil has pro-
duced tobacco, one Of the hardeet crops
possible, year after year for decades, yes,
centuries almost, sndjs yet as good as ever
apparently. The island ia badly governed
and badly managed, under the Spanish.
Yet /. now brings that Government an i'm.
mense incomo.n ! sijs.5, * !
\; ""That being The Q Ass would she sell it ~
Y II think 50. Spain owes England vast
sums OF money, and at high rates OF inter-
est. Indeed she owes nearly every body.
She Is anxious to. get out Of debt, and to
get this troublesome provinces oil her
hands, for 1t Is always making her trouble
Yes think abe woulh sell, and thas II
England should receive assurances that
she is to get the proceeds she would not
obis:..o a 5s3, / is.S ssi
,I:W nat do you suppose she would want
io1 heris,and." "A; S;ss ~
.That ia pretty hard to say; probably not
much less than $500 000, 600. !" .jisss il.
Sand would Ii pay to give such price?'''
{".Yes. We send nearly oue-filth that sum
out OF The country every 5yesr fot the very
sugar grown there, to say nothing Of the
asaorn paid for its other produces, all oi
which would, il the island was our own, &C
into the hands OF our own people" IA
6 "What would the people Of Cuba think
Of this annexation scheme3 Il IA X;
"Thsy would be; glad 7 to ses It come
sbout.sIThe Cuban element in \ Floridi
would be especially grstidsd, and ] believ.
that tthis very issus in that State will carry
1t Tor Blaine.n' 85l - 4. \
Cary Florids ior Blaine?"