The Elbert County tribune., 1898-10-13
|EpoM FOR CUBA
.r.nr CHANGE OF sENTi-
MENT.
cuban Misruie Has r-fssd
- Mad. OF spanish sIcrehsnts
r. ,E,r causes Starvation.

Eczema correspondent of the
ii1 n.-or,I writes. Independence
~ fetlch of the spaniards OF
Nd Of annexationisfs, VINO, n
bafed the idea OF free Cuba
aso' suspieious of all Cuban
mighty change has come
,euinsulars. who have elected
u their lot with the island
,hev are ready to join hands
~ late enemies. the Insurgents
W. me nrojeet TO make Cuba a
,,,e American union is
asi clubs are forming all over
70 oppose the annexation SEN
an EFFORT to effect an organ
s,,onr enough to wiring from
~ leaders recognition Us n po-
81, sorre AMI concession OF equal
I, riglits under the prospective
The first fever Of npprehen-
oxer and the fear that an era of
p,,en and confscation would
he establlshmentiof q Cuban re-
& wholly dead.
Eubons az the city themselves
=, sure that men from the woods
~ trusted with the supreme
xow that is all changed. The
,on nromise of stable and suf-
government. backed by Ameri-
~ and the memory of Santiago
fanila has reassured the Span
n the city. and behind the guar
IN the Krng-Jorgensen they are
|tnr.to retain the commercial CON
The island. They have held il
|many years-held 1t, the Cubans
6d. because of shameful discriin-
Y against the natives in the Gus
'honses and tax bureaus. They
Intended to relfnqulsh without
hg whether the lone star Of the
Fiction mounted over MORO cas-
/ not.
uncertainty of the moment when
Knitted States viii take over the
h house and proclaim the san
[tariff has demoralized the mar
I'M the wholesale grocers are buy
4 retail dealers buy in ordinary
Insands Of tons Of potatoes. onions
sther foodstuffs have rotted on the
IN house wharves because their
e feared TO pay the duties, lest
borrow might bring American offi-
land a tariff less than half as
| II was cheaper TO lose the cost
Freight than risk the loss Of the
.ns charges. And all the. while
4 men and women and children
|starving for the food that lapsed
ERUPTION before their eyes. For
|ute cruelty and unthinkirg greed
ral Blanco's order restoring the
'ms Shargds on food the day after
|rotocol became n bond Is all but
| 10 the recommendation order of
n.
hing the traffic in live stock, the
tican side ofrhc trade ledger Is a
h Of unending losses. or the TWEEN
his which attempted 10 market
ses of foodstufrs in n famine
len city scarcely one hut has lost
.ousands. II was the slaughter of
bnoeents repeated in sack coats.
HE guileful Catalonians and As
BIS Of the wholesale district WELD
he maclptes. There was the GUS
house. to begin with. 1t took the
hest of the Americans three weeks
'scover that the Spanish consign-
kho rushed their four and pota-
Through the customs mills paid
y on half or less than half of their
pes, passing toll of 40 per cent. of
savings to the men in the Pan
that's. When the duty. as in the
|of potatoes and flour, amounts to
| than half the. warehouse, cost of
Import. the advantage the ''cus-
fhxersT enjoy on the exchange is
helming.
IRE is fixed scheme of division
under, and SO far MS | can dis
4 4 never varies. Tho Checker
fakes count Of tue eases and bar
tlumpcd overside into the lighter
|forgets 500 in the summing up
a certain per cent. of the duty
4 The checker" on the wharf
Use earns his "bit" by judicious
mess and three-fifths of The off
~ per cent. goes to them that sit
Pe armchairs. The ordinary en-
fsAwatehmen and guards-get
|hg but employment. Their pay Is
|'nanihs in arrears now. and many
Penn work in the Warehouses; mt
10 buy bread for their families.
ara 80 customs employees in all
toberi P.-Porter. who came down
the American commission to look
tlhan trade conditions. tells me
pc could do the work with nfty.
pate Your Bowel. with cascsr~ts.
e.