New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-26

ncsilcs the above the island owes fi.e""D from
the old debt and which Spain pf"i"nls TO collect
from cuba As for the Ie.sn~" - general budget
evcry wear there IL a deficit u from r.cor' 20
,7oco oDo and this difference has already r'A'h"l
IN. .unrmors sum II 81 50 f'0. At th. rat" a.
which tho debt IL Increasing there ls ~ salvation
possible for cuba.
The RAINY season hae begun. making D. almost
nposs b!e for the Iuyalisis e. continue their pan
o, op.ratlons for the swanps ~ ~" Eastern
Provinces mean death to the newly arrived troops.
The 81 Mon Constitutional" one ~ the most cone
scrvatlve Spanish papers. sad on April th"t
the soldiers ~ ManzanlIo are actually with
ont medicines. hindag's. hnts and even h'ls'
the majority having 10 sleep ON '"r bare
ground in the cabins put up as hospitals tn"
moor follows ar. diving by hundreds cyery day
with ,.loV fever ana dts'ni'i>. a. IN" IN
tirscnis are continually mosIns from place To
! place IN order f. tn" ont IA" troops me Hhu'f
terrible losscs caut alon" hv IN, i"f'' NUM- ~
they are compelled to make. ana always 10 NM III"
'' Tor the = Go soldiers Spain ha. In CUBA today.
there are ~ niy-tvc r'n'i,i.. WI h'I'. Ir ~
follows MARTINEZ clmpos. Gencra-n. tn"i dnl q ~
cinor Of ne ISLAM Nri'i!", ys,ns r0h,s','
oraon,s. snero. luguc Iron Aras S,lsiio ,i,
Aragio Nlorcno La.nlmhrc. Hazin carmona, Va
lcra. and Garcia Navarro, to arrive III IT," ''>S
The raions supplied to The army by IN, con-
tractors are - the worst. fnl u worms am unh'
crime should b. carried on win :, much mpnnii y
by the sOcalied Dofen-ores Dc Ia fatia Last week
,ar,rocnf uarti.z ,.,mpos CAV, orders To this de-
parlment that undcf no con,'I'ra9m musl IL ac
! But somehow or other the coninissafy accepted
a1Inals To- oai MARTINEZ Cnmpos rejected the whole
lot and ordered an INN" Hate im.'-,Tatiom ~ III,
| tho great old soldier This makes the position ~
| MARTINEZ Campos most difficult one. for not only
has he to be on the field Of operations. but he must
also fight the immortality which pervados all the
branches Of the Government
The sugar plantations are all without cent and
no one 10 lend them IN" money necessary 10 carry
| on the cultivation of the cane. which Is the life
Of this rich but down-troilen ara hl-rcaied ISLAND
Last wears crop was sold for tA 90 600 and yet lrft
the planters financially embarrassed. This year the
value OF the crop will not exceed Ss"p."g and, OF
| course. this means complete bankrupicy This stu
ton renders business difficult for abroad people
| timid about doing business with cuba and are be-
| ginning to demand credit confirmed In Ncw-York
suffering great losses on account OF the numerous
fires In the cities and country In this years crop
| able to grind. The crop Of cane to produce the
10000 tons of sugar Of this years product was
ing juice. and little saccharin" matter. The 40
| plantations have employed administrators. over
first and second engineers sugar makers assistants
Amounting 70 $50 with 1880 for their families
| They have also employed ~ cane-cutters 1872
cart-drvers and 1854 cane-lfters. The 40 planta-
| tons have been running with two gangs OF men
| for the yards one for the day and for the
making a total Of 5000 Any person well acquainted
with Cuban plantations must have observed tina,
no less than two persons per family live entirely
from the one who works
| lowing. al Of whom depend entirely the sugar
| cultivation for their daily bread: Cine-crtters
Il $50 nenfters 81. so; cart-drvcrs II go; plania
ton yardncn 90 90; their families. 40 $50 employees
$50; their families 1850 grand total. $50 100 per
Now the grinding has terminated. and al tnes,
peop.e are left without work or money. with moth
ment is powerlces. and ali this tax OF nndertakn.
large public works is nothing but Spanish for wher,
! wel,-informcd Spanilrl closely connected witt
the Government "A snort tne ago Openly expressed