Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-11

vestibules and large hAils. Then you have CO.
riously embossed cutlery, and your decoration
Of steel, copper and silver IL nearly al new to
US
The interviewer: 'sThs things you hsvs
named are mainly for the rich. I hsvs always
heard that the rich people In America Ike to
spend their money on articles Of luxury. But
there must be some products Of our common
Spanish Agriculture and industry which would
find market in the United States"
The American: ave have already Q great
trade with Spain in fruits. The figures win
sho. this. In spite Of the high quality Of our
Florida oranges, in 1880 We imported %, 900 900
worth and as ss much moro Of rsisins-snd there
were $500 900 TO the credit Of almonds. We
also get great part Of your olives and olive oil
and soeps. as well ss preserved fruits. But they
come to Us for the most part from uniddlemen
Of Marseilles, with French labels
The interviewer: sit seems we have 10 thank
the French for more things 70 our disadvantage
than their present tarif discrimination against
our wines. 1t Is high time we should look for
another market, where our wines and other ar
tcles can sppenr under Spanish names, and not,
as heretofore, be credited to the French"
1he American; "Ies, ! think tho present
European war Of tariffs has opened every ones
eyes to the fact that French wine has usually
been made for expectation by the mysterious
process of coupase with Spanish wines"
The interviewer nIhen commenting on the
hoo'c, OIcdhe ONt THU AZ eiAC luuAA-
ference Of his countrymen, who at the time his
article appeared had as yet made no arrange
ments foI taking part in the Chicago exposition.
This indifference ON the part Of Spain con-
trssts with the enthusiasm for Spain felt In the
United States. where the child ct school learns
that Spanish expedition commanded by
Christopher Columbus discovered America and
also at v hat momentous period OF Spanish his
1 tory that expedition fitted out, SO that the
name OF the Spanish nation is venerated there
more than any other. There is no doubt that
/ the arrival Of the Spanish caravels at Chicago
will start up an explosion Of sympathy unex-
ampled in history! know not what to reply
TO these Americans As a Spanierd / was
ashamed of the indifference of my country for
that which is great They were silent, and do
what | conld to dissimuiate fear that they rec
ogrized the state of the caser
III.
The interviewer: 'What can the United States
send to us in exchange for our Spanish prod
uctsg'
The American: ''Well, you already have
American streer cars in Valencia. They were
brought in by our vice consul. They cost
twice as much as the English cars which they
had been using, but they are better liked.
Then we can send YOU wheat and dour, Indian
corn and meal. PORK and beef, petroleum, wood
for cooperage, md especially machinery for
agriculture.
The interviewer, doubtfully: ~ am afraid
the machinery would not be popular. 1t would
tend TO reduce the number of hand laborers,
and the stete Of many Of our agricultural Ia
borers is bad enough already. Even as it is,
Ia the east and north OF the province Of Madrid,
field hands work little more than three months
in the whole year. The wages which they gain
in this way are far from being enough to sup
port hem during the nine months remaining
The American: II have heard something Of
this. was told BY ou- vice consul at Valencia
that the farm hands got up in the night end
III . -, ~. Oh
prising land owner had introduced, and then
claimed that hey were no good. But. according
TO our WY OF thinking, the introduction of ma
ehirerv would be e benefit to the country at
large. The cost Of the production of wheat in
Spain could be lessened one-third by it,
The interviewer: Properties are very much
divided up with us. When man has a small
property the use Of machines ia difficult and
he can better work it himself by hand. Then
in tbs central part Of Spain, where the prop
critics are large, agricultural machines could
not be used because there is so little depth to
tbs soil. Another obstacle to thu use of agri-
cultural machinery is the fact that we have no
one il SPAN TO repair yoIr American machines
when they get ont Of order. There would be
need Of North American company Of gen.
e:al machinery to establish branch Offices and
make business Of repairing machines and
keeping them in order"
The American: sit is only fair 70 say that most
American machinery ia interchangeable. Out
I IN the Rocky mountains agricultural machines
have to be lussed many miles on the backs Of
horses sind males. yet they are used"
The interviewer: ''They VII make their way
| here. tco. Things must come little by little.
/ Then. there IS great difference. In your far
! ives. land is cheap and the soil is virgin. Here
/ II is worn out and sterile
! The American: .'On the Mediterranean coast
/ oC.iced men going between the rows Of grain
/ with hoes. They were picking out the wheat
tina; had been sowed too closely. Wheat grown
/ IN that way would cost US in America S. a
/ busheL-'
/ The interviewer: There are q certain number
Of men here getting their Per cent from theiI
manner of raising wheat. Father than lose IL
they viii oppose themselves against others gain
ing 10 per cent by some new manner Of raising
it or importing it,"
The American: "But things cannot 60 on like
that forever
The interviewer: What is needed is the
stimulation of Spanish production. Spain il
emiEensly fitted for agriculture and her people
are sober and labcrious. 1t is not the lack oil
! willing arms that is feit-which Was the real
! reason fer The invention of lGbor-saying ma
ehlnery in your own cOuntry-but the lack Of
intellige Mt direction in the cultivation of the
land. II the Droprietors il each locality couiG
be encouraged by the promise Of new market:
80
/ The American: Exactly. They must come
to the world : Columbian exposition. There you
Will IND the markets OF al Amerlca-Eorsh and
south-Opo to YOU. Nothing bur her Own in.
difference can rob Spain of the high position
she ought naturally to take In an exposition
calling itself Columbian"
4 Reflection must have added considerably to
the force of these remarks in the mind of the
interviewer. as the finale Of his article in the
| Correspondence De Espund will show:
/ years ago North American statesman
speaking CT the Monroe doctrine. said that il
should not be applied 10 Spain for that nation
is more an American than a European power.
1t has been 50 in reality until now in history
and FROM now on. bv the new friendships which
the nations Of the rev world OFF, us and The
distiro ions With which they honor III. we ought
rather 20 be of them and for them than on the
side OF Europe. Good Spanish poIiSy 40 to
turn our back 20 France and our face 20 Africs
and the countries beyond -he ttlentic. And tbs
be, occasion 20 begin il is the centenary oil
tina" great historic event which will make SPAR
20 live as long as humanity and civilization en-
dure!' STERLING HELLO
HE WAS SURE.