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Washington sentinel., 1898-05-21
The Cause ofthe Oppressed.

There are still to be found per.
sons calling themselves Americans
who sneer privately at the war un-
dertaken by the United States for
the liberation Of Cuba as another
war for the niggers."
The opprobrious epithet in this
case ID applied to the whole patriot
population of Cuba, regardless Of
the tact that 65 per cent. of the in
habitants are white, and that this
proportion has been maintained in
the Cuban army, which is officered
by educated men. The percent
age OF illiteracy is higher in Spain
than in Cuba.
But admitting that the Cubans
are mixed as to race and are below
the highest standard Of Anglo.
Saxon civilization, did this relieve
us OF our obligation to the cause
of humanity and of freedom when
Spain persisted in her policy of op
preston and starvation2 Was not
this obligation made the more i'm.
perative by the fact that the Cub
ans are poor and weak2 The pow
ertul need no help. The rich can
flee from oppression. The Cubans
are all the more objects Of our
chivalric and unsel6sh solicitude
from the fact that they are helpless
and wretched.
A cause TOR which four hundred
thousand people have died, and in
behalf of which the remainder are
now braving death and enduring
starvation, is ennobled and lifted
far above the reach OF any sneer
No American deserves his own
heritage Of freedom who does moi
rejoice that this great Republic
has at last undertaken to secure
their birthright of liberty to the
| Cubans. And no man really be.
lieves in the doctrine Of our im
mortal Declaration Of Independ
ence who does not wish to see tn,
people Of that fair but desolateC
island enjoying the "unalienabl'
rights" for which our father
fought.
1t is not enough to hope that ou
arms will speedily win becaus'
they are ours, The feeling ofevsr,
worthy American ought to be:
Then triumph we must,
For our cause il is justl
Washington sentinel., 1898-05-21
The Tortugas Islands and Key
West.
c. F. Holder, ia the "ScieHfifc dtHeyt
can"

Dry Tortugas is an erroneous term
applied to the group Of keys or islands
which constitute the extreme quite er
Florida reef. Key West is the most
important as regards inhabitants, now
boasting a large Cuban or Spanish
American contingent. Continuing to
the southwest, we come to the Mar.
quesas Islands, and finally, abouI sixty
miles from Kew West, lies Garden Key,
on which is situated the finest fort ofthe
old class in the United State a mag
nihcent structure, three tiers of brick
masonry, filled in with concrete-the
whole form 'ng a defence which, while
OF not much service to-day against
modern guns, was, during the late war,
considered a formidable fort. The
Tortugas Islands have been almost
neglected since the war, when Dry
Tortugas obtained a somewhat unenvi-
able reputation Of being used as a
military prison. Tortugas was not so
disagreeable a place as it was painted.
For thirty years it has been almost de.
serted. The old guns are lying where
they were left by the troops, some un-
mounted, the carriages rustlng IN the
sun and rain, ana the tort has an appear.
ance not creditsble to the Government
that has expended millions upon it. But
now indications point to the belief that
the garrison which has been COM
manded by some of the best known
officers in the army, will again assume
an air of life and activity. It
Is a singular commentary on the mac
tiYitY of the Government for the past
three decades that this post or fort, the
most strategical position in the south.
the key OF the Gulf, the Gibraltar OF
America, shoul have been left in charge
OF a sergeant all these years and practi-
cally ignored.
Approaching the group from the east,
the keys gradually take shape-East
Middle, Sand, North, Loggerhead, Bird,
Garden, Long and Bush Keys. East
Key is the largest; Loggerhead the
longest and bearing the light OF that
sand and shell, washed up by the sea,
and capped by a thicket Of bay cedars,
and in some instances mangroves.
Fort Jefferson stands in the
centre of the group, and the original
: plan was to have the various islands
Bird, Sand, East and Loggerhead Keys
provided with batteries. This can now
be done, and with sandbag forts, anC
one or tUO disappearing guns of th'
largest calibre on each key surrounding
the fort. the place could be made inn
pregnable. The old fort presents
picturesque appearance, and seems t,
rise directly from the water. The ke
contains thirteen acres, and the fort al
most surrounds it, there being about al
acre OF ground on the outsidei but o.
the north, west and south fronts 'th
Washington sentinel., 1898-05-21
DaiIy Gassfke-Blrmingham, May a

The sins of the nation--sins of omis-
sion and commission-have found them
out, and Spaniards are paying dearly
ard bitterly nowfor years of funwisdom.
corruption, procrastination and all those
vices of Incidence and thriftlessness
which sap the foundations ofsociety and
oil the State. In this hour OF peril and
despair no man can turn to another with
confidence, or rely upon him to do that
which is dictated by his own integrity
and disinterestedness for the common
good. There is no real stability in a
nation whose very heart has been
gnawed at by the cankerworm of cor.
ruption and bribery.
Washington sentinel., 1898-05-21
A New Field for the British BIer-
chant.
Consular Journal.

Mr.. Lionel Garden has gone carefully
into cotton manufacturing in Mexico,
and has prepared an interesting report
on that industry, which has just been
issued by the Foreign Office. He gives
a brief history OF the origin and growth
of cotton spinning in Mexico, and shows
that, at the present rate Of progress, the
Mexican factories will soon be able to
supply the entire countTy's wants. This
will mean a big loss to the English cot
ton trade, but not one to occasion any
concern, except to the cotton exporters
themselves, for countries, like individ-
uals, have the right to give up dealing
with certain tradesmen whenever they
like, especially when there is no need of
further supplies. We can only expect
to feed a country until such time as it IS
able to feed itself, However, where
business is lost in one quarter it can
generally be made up in another, and
speaking about the eventual exclusion
OF low grade English cotton goods from
the Mexican market, Mr.. Garden says;
English manufacturers, however,
should bear in mind that the capacity Of
the ordinary Mexican operative is linn
tied. and that, in order to produce goods
Of superior fneness or of variety of
| textures, skilled labor-usually foreign
has to be employed, which, while often
unsatisfactory, is always expensive, and
adds very materially to the cost Of pro-
| duction. II such materials, then, a field
--as yet but little explored-is open to
| British enterprise, and if merchants,
instead Of being content to supply goods
for which there is already a demand,
were to exert themselves to introduce
new articles direct to the consumers,
ami especially those of the poorer
classes, 1t might we'll happen that the
resulting trade would prove far more
important than that at present existing
| The other side, OF course, to this loss
of trade following on industrial develop
ment is the impetus it gives to the
machinery trade, and as we have never
ceased to point to the Mexican market
as one which British manufacturers
should steadily cultivate IN order 10
secure the large orders for industrial
machinery which the rapid development
OF the country has rendered necessary,
and will TO a still greater degree render
necessary, we are very glad to see that
our countrymen are reaping a fine har.
! vest Of orders for machinery.
Washington sentinel., 1898-05-21
England and the Philippines.
Daily Mafi-London, Nav A.

Daily NafI-London, May 4.
Conquests are sometimes embarrass.
ing, and there are already signs that the
people OF the United States hardly know
what to do with the Philippines. Iunu-
meTable solutions of this grave problem
are put forward. A very small party is
for holding them; others, again, are for
selling them to a friendly power; while
many go further, and name the friendly
power-England. The Philippines are
to be offered to England to cement the
Anglo Saxon alliance; and in exchange
we are to give the Americans base at
Manila, or else certain OF our West
Indian colonies. We cannot but feel
fattered as a nation by this fresh proof
of friendship from the people Of the
United States. The mere suggestion
shows that they trust us implicitly. But
the trouble is that we do not want the
Philippines. In view of our daily in.
creasing empire in Africa, and OF our
obligations in China, we shall do we'll tc
avoid unduly stretching the bow.
Washington sentinel., 1898-05-21

ton to those proposed by the House
One-I will not stop to read it's I
proposition to levy a small excise tax
equivalent to one-quarter OF per cent
on gross receipts of certain lines o
business, whether by railroad, street
railroad, sleeping car, canal, steamboat
ship. barge, etc., and like tax to be
collected from those engaged in express
business, telephone and telegraph, in
surance, electric light. etc, A tax oi
one forty-eIghth part OF per cent. per
month on bank deposits is also pro-
vided for. We have LEVIED large tax,
very large tax, on the people engaged
in producing beer; we have levied a
large tax on the people engaged in
manufacturing tobacco, and we have
put very small tax, an infnitesimal
tax in comparison with the other on the
people who are engaged in transporta-
tion, banking, insurance and other kir-
dred occupations
The tax on beer will fall on the beer
trade, but what part the consumers OF
beer will pay and what part of it, owing
to the competition among brewers, they
themselves will be compelled to pay,
and what part of it will be levied upon
the dealers IN beer even the S nator
from Rhode Island, with all his astute
ness and his wonderful Information
about the details Of industrial enter
prses IN this country, cannot figure out.
do not believe the man lives " no can
tell what proportion of this tax will fall
on any branch of the business; but this
much we do know, Mr.. President, and
that is that there is a tax of $50, oooo 1000
to be levied upon that business-that
business involving an output annually,
say, of SI5o, 200, ,ooO--a tax OF $50, COG, COO
is levied upon a production amounting
to $ISo, ,ooo. 900 a year; and yet the right
eous soul of the Senator from Iowa Mr..
Allisonl was vexed on yesterday because
of our proposition to levy tax which
would bring $4,000, 900 from the banks
OF the country upon deposits, which he
said would amount to So, 200, 900, ooo a
year. One IS tax ofalmost 40 per cent.
levied upon an industry; the other Is a
tax of about one-fourth OF 0ne per cent.
upon banking. The one is regarded
with great equanimlty while the other
excites adherence
Then, Mr.. President, there is prop
osition to levy tax OF one-fourth of one
per cent on all other corporations. The
question was raised on the floor here
as to whether that would apply alike to
all corporations, small as well as large.
1t does. confess that should be glad
to see some arrangement made by which
we could exempt the smaller corp ora
tions from the tax. The larger ones are
better able to pay in proportion to the
amount Of business they do than are the
small ones, Small businesses are always
laboring under disadvantages in compe-
tition with larger enterprises; and il
there could be way devised to relieve
the small corporations from taxation, l
for one would be glad to see it done.
The great corporations, those that en-
brace millions of dollars of interest,
should paw small percentage on their
gross income to the Treasury for the
support of the Government under which
they prosper and grow rich.
Washington sentinel., 1898-05-21
70 save a Gent and a Half.

Mr.. Letter, a Chicago young
man, has raised the price Of bread
to the 100000 people oil the
United States and made an i'm.
mense fortune for himself.
The Letter Loaf means a great
deal to hundreds Of thousands oI
humble homes, where in the best
of times there is not too much to
eat.
What shall be done about the
Letter Loaf
One great hearted public adviser
says the best way to break the cor
ner in wheat is for the wives OF
poor men to bake their own bread
and save cent and a half daily.
That is easy to do-oVer a hot fire
that costs more than a cent and a
half, while the washing and other
work waits and the children look
out for themselves. Similarly, the
way to bring the coal trust to terms
should be for the American wife to
go down to the river and fish Tor
driftwood, or following coal carts
through the street, filling her apron
with the droppings. Or she might
beg a plank or two where building
is going on and carry it home on
her head.
Who is this Letter that has
brought a national calamity upon
the United States7 Just an ordi-
nary young man, a pleasure-loving
bachelor, who knows how to gam
BILE and has a rich father to stake
him. Were this lawless country
he would in return for the Letter
Loaf be given a rope and lamp
post. Were we living under be-
nevolent dsspotism he would be
sent to Jail for life by way Of ex-
ample.
But what shall be said Of the
great American people who have
no more sense than to let it be pos
sible for young Chicago rounder
to commit a crime like this of
Leiter's2 For it is a crime, a col
ossal and horrible crime, whatever
the law may say. Aren't there
brains enough in the cole ective
American head to devise legal
guards against such modern plum
derers as Letter. His power TO
skin the poor is not due to his
smartness but to the stupidity OF
the citizens Of the Republic.
The right answer for the Amer
ican to make to the Letter Loaf is
not to order his wife to the oven to
save a cent and a half, but to de-
mand Legislation land go to the polls
with his demand) which shall make
It as unlawful for this piratical
young Chicago rounder to rob the
whole country-or for any other
enterprising thieito do it under the
forms of law-as it is now for one
man to hold another up on the
street and force him at the pistols
point to hand over his money.
Washington sentinel., 1898-05-21
SkanQar3-London. MAY 4.

1t need hardly be said that the occu-
patton oi Manila and its dependencies
by the United States would be much
more agreeable to us than their posses.
sion by any other nation, and that such
an arrangement, if permanent, woulc
open up the prospect of a lasting balance
of power IN the Far East OF a kind dis
tinctly favorable to the interests and
policy Of Great Britain. Certainly, no
encouragement will come from this
country to any manifestation of Ameri-
can opinion in favor OF retaining the
Philippines. But. at the same time, it
would, without question, involve the
States in an entirely new scheme of
foreign policy and of naval defence, to
which thoughtful Americans cannot
have regarded themselves as committed
when they entered upon the task Of
llberating Cuba. That enterprise might
quite conceivably be completed without
necessitatiug the entrance OF the Amer.
ican Republic into the number of first
class naval powers. The possession of
the Philippines would unquestionably
require that revolution, the consequent
ces of which are of incalculable signif.
canoe
Washington sentinel., 1898-05-21

THE proposed increase in the
price Of bread is simple extortion.
AT the present price of flour the
baker makes less profit than he
made few months ago. But he
has been making too much profit.
A barrel Of flour (I96 pounds)
makes aso pounds of bread. AT
five cents a pound this means SII
to the baker on -four that costs
him SO. II the extortion of charg-
ing six or more cents a pound for
bread is persisted in it will be the
duty OF every housewife to make
her own bread.
Washington sentinel., 1898-05-21
Daily zslegraeh-London. May 4.

Lord Salisbury's memorable warning
at the opening OF the session, addressed
to the most powerful nation on earth,
applies with infinitely greater force
to country in the position in which
Spain finds herself today. However
strong you may be-" he said. whether
you are a man or a nation, there is a
point beyond which your strength will
not 60. 1t is courage and wisdom to
exert that strength up to the limit 10
which you may attain, it is ruin and
madness to allow yourself to pass it -
There Is no dishonor in bowing to the
inevitable, and there is more dignity in
meeting with resignation reverses which
are not due to treacherY or cowardice,
than in frantic endeavors to find scape-
goats or to lay the blame upon fortune.
The rehabilitation OF France after a
crushing defeat might point to Spain the
safest and most honorable method OF
retrieving disaster.
Washington sentinel., 1898-05-21
HeraAz-Yorkshire, Nav A..

Spain has lost whole feet of ships
IN an engagement in one of her own
harbors with the enemy, and the capital
OF her possessions in the Far East stands
at the enemy's mercy if it has not al.
ready surrendered. After such reverse
spain cannot, with any show of reason,
keep up the struggle, IfSpain
postpones the overtures for peace which
she must sooner or later make until
Cuba has fallen, she will both add more
bitterness to the war and inhame still
more the discomfort of her own people.
81. /aDTeS'S GassEks-London, May a.
One OF the immediate results of the
American capture of the Philippines is
to increase Spanish i'll feeling towards
Great Britain, and indirectly the anti
British tendency among Spain's Cont
mental friends. The American papers,
with remarkable unanimity, contemplate
the tranference of the islands to US, and
this is. not tunuaturaIlyr resented. There
is great indignation in Spain even at our
offer to protect the Chinese in the Phil
ippines. This offer has been Interpreted
as a sort OF claim to a protectorate,
whereas it was entirely justified merely
by the preponderance of our interests
and our ability to maintain them. If
Spain chooses to be nasty" to US in her
downfall, a considerable change viii
soon come over the sympathy hitherto
so widely felt in this country for her.
Washington sentinel., 1898-05-21
DUR EIoN Ews

TGGSSkGked and Selected (t'oN leading
Eisr0SsGNpGosYSI0T tie SENTINEL.
Washington sentinel., 1898-05-21
Daiy Mews-London, May a


With the capture of Manila the control
OF the Philippine Islands practically
passes into the hands of the United
States. What will they do with them2
The President is receiving voluntary
and spontaneous advice from almost
every part OF the world. He is recon-
mended to exchange them for Cuba with
Spain, to exchange them for the West
Indies with Great Britain, to sell them, to
keep them, to restore them, and to give
them away. AS it would be quite inn
possible for the British Government to
cede Jamaica or Trinidad without the
consent Of the inhabitants, and as it is
extremely improbable that such consent
would be given, we may dismiss that
solution OF the problem as beyond the
range Of practical politics. Nor do we
see how the Philippines could be bar
tered for Cuba when the resolution OF
Congress signed by Mr.. Mckinley ex-
pressly declared that Cuba would not in
any event be annexed to the United
States. To surrender them in return
for Cuban independence would e'giying
them away, because the independence
OF Cuba was the avowed object of the
war. To keep them would be a viola
tion of the Monroe Doctrine or policy,
which IVES exclusive as we'll as inclusive,
and implied the restriction Of American
sovereignty to the American Continent.
Washington sentinel., 1898-05-21
Westminster GazsHs-May A.

Europe can intiict no serious blow on
America, il Great Britain stands alooi.
America may materially help Great
Britain, if Europe IS against her. These
tendencies are IN the nature of things,
and will, we hOpe,be iostered by states
men. II anything practical is to be
done in the immediate future. the best
FIRST step, it seems to us, will be to re.
vive the arbitration treaty, which made
shipwreck in 1896, at the first convenient
opportunity when peace is restored.
Washington sentinel., 1898-05-21

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Washington sentinel., 1898-05-21
Daily chyonicls-LOudon, May 4,

The American ships have achieved a
brilliant victory indeed but they are left
precisely because of the brilliant swift
ness of their operations with a difficult
responsibility. AS we found ourselves
in Alexandria, a sudden bombardment
without the power of landing sufficient
force may easily lead to anarchy and
massacre. There are rumors, which
may or may not be confirmed, that
President Mckinley intends to equip
and send on as speedily as possible.
real army Of occupation, proceeding
by test steamers from San Francisco.
But we know how long it has taken to
organize even a small expe dictionary
force for the original and long foreseen
plan Of the occupation OF Cuba.
Already there are mischievous rumors
as to some possible startling action"
by Germany. The Gefion has gone to
the scene OF action, and IT, as is very
possible, there be danger to lite and
property, there is no saying what claims
Germany might suddenly make, on the
plea that they haYe the largest share in
the Manila trade-next to ourselves.
But whatever our helpless Government
may or may not do, they must see that
no European interference Of the kind
that is limited at is allowed. II any one
is to help in the. policing OF Manila, it is
we who have the best right to do so, and
we alone could do it by friendly arrange.
ment with America, and without any
suspicion OF self seeking in the matter
Washington sentinel., 1898-05-21

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The first Democratic Senator
who pointed out the enormity Of
the increased tax on beer was SEN
ator Jones, OF Arkansas. We copy
a portion OF his speech:
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