Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-02-13

ali prominent men who are opposed
to having the people robbed. The on
1y reason that more men are not exll-
ed is because the government IS afraid
to send any more of them away at
present
"How are men sent into Danish
ment?n
They are arrested by soldiers, and
escorted 10 an outward bound ship.
They are compelled to 60. If they
return, they are thrown into filthy,
uawholesome prisons, where they are
often subjected to brutal cruelties-
Men are generally glad to leave the
country, especially when they can
take their families with them. Ones
family is liable to be i'll treated l. one
leaves it in the country"
What are the chief offenses OF
President Cardenas' present admins
tration?'
There are three grave grounds of
complaint. The finances Of the
government are dishonesty and ex-
travagantly managed. Every con
tract for labor and supplies is controll-
ed in some way by the banking house
to which I have referred. This house
is the ring, as North Americans would
call II, which gets something out OF
every government expenditure. The
government has monopoly of the
rum and tobacco trade All producers
are compelled to sell these articles to
the government, and the government
sells the tobacco and rum back to the
people at an enormous profit. The
tobacco trade has almost been destroy.
ed by this monopoly. Business is de-
pressed by the excessively high taxes
levied on imports. The taxes are out
of all proportion to the size, wealth,
aud needs of the country. If affairs
were honestly administered there
would be 40. necessity for enormous
taxes. The shameful and unwarrant-
ed curtailment of the right OF free
speech and the forcible silencing Of
the liberal press are two acts which
the people will never forgive. The
standing array restraints the people
now, but if the government were just
and satisfactory there would be no
standing army, or only very small
one, aad the people would be relieved
from the payment of the tax which
the support of the army entails upon
them The government has a drm
grasp upon power. TINS deputies APP
point all of the judges, and they select
tools of the president to occupy the
bench. The consequence is that the
courts are corrupt, and a man who
sues or opposes the house of ChamorrC
&c Zavala never gets justice. This
house often perseeutes business rivals
and causes their failuere.
"They control the executive, legis-
lative, and Judiciary departments Of
the government. The army is com
manaed by officers of t'.eir selection
they are almost absolute in the exer
else of their authority and wishes. Il
is this tyranny of wealth that the PEG.
pie object to and against which they
will lrebel. These men are growing
rich at the expense of the people, and
every body in the country knows it.
The discomfort Is increasing, and
shall not be surprised to open the
newspaper to morrow and read that a
revolution has been commenced. The
present government can not i've.
These men have controlled the gov
ernment for ten years, and the amount
of discomfort that has accumulated IN
that period is enormous. had hoped
for quiet revolution at the polls, bui
the government has made that i'm
possible. !"
''How is the proposed treaty regard,
ed in N1caragua2n
'tThe treaty is very popular. The
people would like to see it ratified,
but they hope that the ratification may
be delayed till the present government
is overthrown, because they feel that
it would afford its officers great OPP
portunity to steal. The route which
the canal would take is through a
salubrlous country. Our people see
that it would be an advantage to them
to have the canal. Our trade with
this country would be considerably
increased. At present we buy all Of
our flour, soap, and machinery here.
Our manufactured articles and sap
plies are purchased from England,
France, and Germany. England has
the bulk of our foreign trade. All OF
our SlOLh Is tilCiC- " z
buy wherever the market is the low
est. If the canal were opened we
would buy more extensively III the
United States, because the cost OF
transportation would be little, and
enough would be saved III that way to
enable us to purchase in the United
States most articles now bought in
Europe There are no manufactures
ia Nicaragua worth mentioning. The
government docs cot encourage then,
neither does it encourage immigration.
Agriculture is not fostered, and the
people complain that they can get no
assistance from the government to aid
them in introducing new implements
and methods. Trade is also restricted
and heavily taxed. If these griev-
ances We're removed Nicaragua would
be a happy country.