The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-04-23
VARIOUS FACTS ABOUT CUBA.

The State in Cuba does not support
single public library.
In 1884 Spain exacted from Cuba
taxes amounting to S26,000,0OO.
Real estate in Havana has fallen TO
one-half and one-third of its value ten
years ago.
In the last twenty-eight years Spain
has built only 139 kilometres of high
roads in Cuba
In 1891 $50 Spanish officials were in
dicted in Cuba for fraud, but not one
was punished.
Before the rebellion editors were
banished from Cuba without the for
mality of a trial.
Cuba has the right to dispose of 80
per cent. of it's revenues. Spain attends
TO the other 97.25 per cent.
In times of peace armed police have
9reyed at will upon the Cubans, who
nave had absolutely no redress.
Cuba has fifty-four ports, many OF
them in labyrinth of keys and sand
oars, but only nineteen lighthouses.
The sum of $685. 800 year is assigned
yearly from the treasury of Cuba to
the minister of the colonies in Madrid.
In the Spanish parliament, consist
ing of 430 deputies. Cuba never has had
more tlran six ana usually only Ihree
members.
To become an electrician or an indus
trial, mechanical, railroad or mining
engineer the Cuban must go to Il for
eign country.
On 100 meters of cashmere i'm
ported into Cuba there is duty, if the
cloth is a Spanish product, of $15.47:
if foreign, $500.
Spain pays bounties for sugar pro-
duced in it's own land, but levies Il duty
of $500 on each 100 Kilograms of Gu
ban sugar sent across the sea.
Before the present revolution Spain
restricted the right of suffrage TO 3d.
900 native Cubans out of a total popu-
lation of 100000, a proportion of 3
per cent.
Although millions are wasted IN sup
porting a civil and military bureaucra-
cy in Cuba, the appropriation for the
administration of justice never has
reached $500,000
1t is common scandal that every
Spanish official who goes to Cuba has
an influential patron in the court Of
Madrid for whose protection he pays |
Systematically.
Spain allows Cuba only S1S2,000 a |
year for public instruction and makes
the University of Havana a source Of |
profit to the state. Even Hayti spends |
more than Cuba for the education OF |
its people.
There is a Spanish tax in Cuba on |
the introduction Of machinery used N |
the production of sugar, heavy tax |
ON the railroads for transporting it, a |
third tax called industrial duty and |
a fourth on expectation.
Interest ON Cuba's debt to Spain,
saddled on the island without its knOwl
edge, imposes a burden Of 1919 on
edCn 1nQdDlCduI. NOL d ceuC Ol Ills
debt of $1OO,OOOOOO has been spent
in Cuba to advance the work of i'm
provement and civilization.
In the municipal district of GuineS,
two years ago, with a population of
1900, only 500 of whom were Span
iards and Canary Islanders, the elec-
toral list contained the names of thir-
ty-two native Cubans and 400 Span
iardS-.025 per cent. Of the Cuban to
so per cent. of the Spanish popula-
ton.
These are salaries paid by Cuba TO
some of its Spanish officials: Govern
or General, $4,000, in addition to pal
ace, a country house. servants, coach
es and a fund for secret expenses; Di-
rector General of the Treasury, S1S,500
of Santiago and Bishop of
$4,000 each: commander gen
eral of the naval station, S16,392; Cen
eral Legundo Cabo and President OF
the audience, $4,000 each; Governor
Of Havana and Secretary of the gen