The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-30
TAXED TO DEATH.
The Enormous Amounts Cuba Pays to
Spanish Officlsls.

The Enormous Amounts Cuba Pays to
Spanish Otticlsls.
There are some people who contend
that the Cubans are entitled to little if
any sympathy from the fact that they
brought their trouble on them by re.
belling against the Spaniards. Such
people have never given the Cuban
question much consideration, or they
would not talk in that way. If q
people ever had just cause for REBEL.
ing the people OF Cuba certainly had:
For the sake of argument we will
eliminate their rights to rebel from q
political standpoint and only consider
it from commercial and financial
stand point. a glance at the govern.
ment and the manner OF administering
it will show what cause the islanders
have had for revolving again and
again, and why people who hate op.
preston, the world over, are in sym
rathy with them. The governor
general OF the island is appointed By
the King of Spain. This governor
general has under him a large number
| of petty officers, whose chief duty is to
| draw large salaries from the public
treasury. The Spanish Constitution
binds tbs government to establish and
maintain the Roman Catholic Church
at home and in the Colonies, and in
Cuba there are two ecclesiastical di-
visions, the Archbishopric of Santiago
and the Bishopric of Havana. Some
idea OF what it costs Cuba to maintain
the parasites that have for a long time
been draining her Iife.blood (the
Spanish civil, military and other func.
tionaries set to misgovern and keep
her in subjection), is furnished by
/ salary items. The population Of Cuba
| is only 1862, 600, but the governor.
general having in charge that small
population, which is only about one
and half times SIS many people as
| there are in Sobth Carolina, draws
salary Of $4,000, as much as the
President of the United States re-
ceives. Besides he has furnished g
palace in Havana, and a summer
house in the country, with servants,
coaches, and fund at his disposal for
the employment of spies and pimps-
is maintained at the expense of the
Cuban people in a sort of regal dignl-
ty to which our Chief Magistrate is a
stranger. Here follows list OF sala-
ries paid other civil officers, and OF
those appointed to military, naval and
other crown positions;
Director General Of the Treasury"...$lS 800
| Archbhiship Of Santiago............... $4,000
Bishop of Havana. IS,OOO
Commander General of the val
Station. 500. In1J-
The General who is second in CON-
mand N the island.................. $4,000
The President of the Audiencia. ......... 1900
Governor of Havana NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 5000
Secretary Of the General Government 5000
Postmaster General 5000
Collector of the Havana Custom House 1000
Manager of Lotteries NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1000
| Chief clerks of Administration, first
class. .........-....''..-- oVVO
Chief clerks of Administration sec
ond class 1000
Chief clerks of Administration, third
class 5000
Major Generals, each .................... ..0Oo
Brigadier Generals, each ............... 1900
Brigadier Generals, each, when IN
Observation-Disclosures. 1000
Colonels, each, salary is increased
when in command .....,............... $3.50
Captains OF largest men of-war, each $500
CAPTAINS of frisates. each ............... 1850
Lieutanants of the navy, first class
each.... ."........-...,............." o,"'O
Some of the items OF annual expen
diture help TO bring into stronger light
the financial burdens borne By This
people for the purpose Of keeping
themselves enslaved. These are the
figures for a year under ordinary con-
ditions; how much more astounding
must they be IL time Of war, If We sd
nit that the islanders will eventually
be made to pay:
Interest on the Spanish n2tiona!
debt. lU,9OV;Vut
Army and nayy..................... 1,ODO,OeO
Civil t,UuV,VVU
Pensions 10 retired military and
civil officers and their widows 100000
Departments of Justice-,.......... l,oc0,OoO
Department Of Finance............ 100000
Even these figures mark an eXpon-
diture OF S15.44 ger capita, or IS per
cent of the entire currency Ger caplta
OF the United States. The pateraaI
government makes no appropriation
to educate the masses. t would be
harder than it has been to keep the
people IN bondage if popular education
was provided for. II addition to the
direct exactions spoken Of, the t2riI
and other commercial laws passed by
the Cortes are so framed as to benefit
Spain, VII le they discourage industry
and enterp prise in Cuba and prevent
the full development OF her great re-
sources. ln the face Of these facts
who can blame the Crbans tor :rylnG