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been more fully developed, had It not
been for oppressive taxes and contin-
nal rebellions. No sane capitalist
would care to invest when everything
Is In a state OF uncertainty, If Cuba
were free. moneyed men would de-
yelop this Gem of the Antilles, for
many things produced there are need
ed by other countries. Our million
aires. would not let such an opportu-
tunity 20 by unnoticed Many Amer
leans would emigrate to the island,
especially in the winter season. The
Americans would possess great inter-
ests there and they would not permit
n,isrule, If there should be any begin
nings Of tyranny or anarchy
The lands that now produce moth q
ing but forests and wild fruits, would
be reclaimed and their hidden wealth
disclosed; 4a new system of sagricnltu-
raj economy would be introduced; the
forest would furnish valuable cabinet
woods; the boom Of cannon and the
rattle Of musketry would no longer be.
heard: the bayonets and the machetes
that now glisten from every hillside
would give place to waving cane fields;
modern churches with steeples point
ing heayenward would replace the an
Gent cathedrals; school houses would
be scattefed here and there; the peo-
pie would catch some of the national
spirit and genius of our institutions;
and the old state Of Castilian lethargy
would give way! to American enter
prise.
AS has been said, all this, cannot
happen in day, for it will take a
number of years to getta new order
permanently established, neither can
it be expected that Cuba will become
one Of the leading nations. But she
would be a prosperous island, and her
people would be happier and better
contented than under the CALLING yoke
of Spanish despotism. He who has
studied the Cuban question at all will
not say that the Cubians would be in
worse condition under self rule than
it the clutches OF Spanish tyranny,
but he will say that Cuban prosperity
can never come until the freedom OF
this opposed people il aeknoWledg
BY Spain, for there will be war after
war until they are free, or until there
are none left to bel slaves.
II Having thus seen what, we believe,
would be the effect OF Cuban independ-
ence on Cuba, let us now in a few
words say something of Spain and
the United States.
The loss Of Cuba would affect Spain
in several ways. Shesi would lose all
her military powers in the western
hemisphere, and should she ever be
engaged ia a war with the United
States, there would be no place 0f ref
uge for heryessels; an annuity of $2T, !
900, 900 would be lost to the Castilian
crown; the Cubans could no longer be
compelled to carry on commerce to
their own disadvantage and to Spain's
advantage; young upstart Spanish
youths could no longer hold Cuban Of
B ffces;and discriminatiye taxes could no
1 longer be imposed. When Spain loses
Cuba she will lose one Of the richest
Jewels of her crown. Cuba is an Is
land Of which Spain should be proud
and which she should .treat with the
greatest kindness.
From this we would infer that the
loss of Cuba would have a disastrous
effect on Spain, but however disas-
trous 1T may seem, Spain might as
well prepare to meet the misfortune;
for the brave Cubans have refused
I to bow the knee to the cruel dictator
and are crying, ssGiRe us liberty or
give us death.
All Of Spain's colonies have costSher
as much as they are worth, The
South American colonies were con-
tinual source OF anxiety to the mother
country. Their continual wars for in
dependence necessitated the expendi-
ture of many millions. 1t has taken
all the. taxes extorted from the Gu
bans to keep down Instructions, and
it seems now that the Spanish court
will not get much revenue from the
Cubanss for some time to come, be-
cause all the country has been laid
waste by the insurgents torch. The
only real loss would be station for
refitting vessels in time of war.
TT is to be hoped that Cuban indie
pendence will have, a beneficent effect
on Spain. She might then wake from
her dormant condition and strive to
place herself on am equality with 9TH
er.nations. 1T was not until England
lost her thirteen colonies that she re-
allied that her remaining ones must
have a liberal government, if their al
legience was to be retained. II Spain
continues to grow poor when Cuba is
free, it will not be caused by the loss
Of Cuba, but BY ignorant, aristocratic
rule.
When Cuba shall have gained her
independence, it is not probable that
she will annex herself to the United
States; for annexation is not generally
demanded by the Cubans. Neither
is annexation what we want SO much
as the free markets of Cuba, and It'll
only by independence that these can
be obtained.
Whatever adds to Cuba's prosperity
will in some degree add toours. One
will share the prosperity of the other.
Cuba is commercially ours What few
resources have been developed have
been developed BY Yankee enter
prise. Under good rule our capital
lists could develop the Island more
fully and thus add much to the wealth
of Americans. We aredepende on
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