The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-05-06
A SENSATIONAL STORY.

Alleged That tho Cuban Itsvoiu,ionln.
Are Hacked IVY the standard on Com.
pnny-rnnkeo Gold In Plenty.
NEw YoRx, May 5,-The World
printed tho following sensational nara.
tive this morning:
Tho Cuban revolution Involves, and,
to q large extent, arisol from groat
international scandal. In which eminent
citizens Of this country aud OF Spain
arc deeply implicated.
Enormous bribos have been systo.
ma,icallv paid for concessions In Span.
iSii and Cuban trade, which wero prac.
tically' frauds upon tho Spanish Gov.
ernmont.
Tho protests Of honest merchants here
and in Cuba and OF honest consuls aud
othor officers against these irauds 40 70.
stricted and hnmperod tho operations OF
these corporations which protitod by
them, that leading man Interested In
them hRvo deliberately urged on tho
insurgents in Cuba.
Tho reyolt 10 practically backed by n
syndicate OF American capital, the head.
quarters oil which are In Philadelphia,
but which embraces mon aud corpora.
tions OF national prominence In New
York. Washington and elsewhere.
TROUBLE ron SOME PERSONS.
Tho object Of tue syndicate is to
harass the Spanish government. which
threatens to interfere with its privileges,
aud to provide itself with claim, In
caao tho revolution succeeds, upon the
good Offices Of the now government.
The frat chapter oil this sensational
story are given to-day. Tho develop.
ments which will follow investigation
now being prosecuted by representa-
tiyes OF tho Spanish government in this
country will fully confirm all the asser-
tions contained in this article aud carry
the disclosures to a point that will be
exceedingly uncomfortable for some
we'll known persons.
Six years ago the Spanish government
discovered that 1t was being done out OF
Sl,500.000 In oil tariffs. At that time
tho laws regulating the tariff on oil aud
other products OF petroleum in Spain
were supposed to be sufficient to pre-.
vent fraud. Blu. mighty power had
made itself felt in the Cortes and at the
ports Of entry in the kingdom.
Finally information on tho subject
was given such wide publicity by an
"indiscreel" employs that tho govern.
ment was Obliged to take action in n
perlunctory way. but the result was OF
no lasting Importance.
rAvoRS GIVEN THE STANDARD.
The duty was high on refined oil,
while the so-called crude product en-
tered Spain under a low tax. 10 meet
the emergency, the highly refined oil
was colored with harmless chemical
and entered as crude product. Once
out OF the custom house it was filtered
at very slight expense and then put on
the market as the highest grade oil ard
at ~ enormous profit.
Two years ago there were no restric-
tlons on oil shipped into Cuba from
America, except the duty. Under the
favorable treaty, dealers doing business
in the United States were allowed 4. %
per cent discount on the tariff schedule.
II was discovered that the agents of
the Standard Oil Company were recsiv.
ing unheard OF favors. Old established
merchants suddenly found themselves
barred from the Cuban market.
An inquiry was made and Minister
.MuruaSua, in Washington, wrote to the
governor general in Cuba and said that
he could not believe that. discrimina.
tons were made In favor Of monopoly.
To his profound surprise he was told
that such restrictions did exist. De.
spite tho protests OF indignant mer-
chants the discrimination continued to
exist