Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-16

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with which Cuba is a mere speck.
This Spanish appointee has a
salary of $4,000 year, 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 ex-
pense of the Cuban people in a
sort of regal dignity to which our
Chief Magistrate ia a stranger,
though The nation over which be
presides is the richest on the
globe.
Here follows a list of salaries
paid other civil officers, and Of
those appointed to military, naval
and other crown positions:
i Director-General of the
Treasury, s1S,5OO
Arch bishlp of Santiago, $4,000
Bishop of Havana, $4,000
Commander-Gen'l of the
Naval Station, 1892
| The General who is Sec
ond il command in the
island, $4,000
dienoia, $4,000
Governor of Havana, 5000
Secretary of the General
Government, 5000
Postmaster General, 5000
Collector of the Havana
Custom House, 1000
Manager of Lotteries, 1000
Chief Clerks of Admins
;ration, tirst-class, 5000
Chief Clerks of Admins
tration, aecond-class, 1000
Chief Clrrks of Admi lis
tration, third-clasa, 5000
Major Generals, each, 1900
Brigadier-G Generals, each, 4,500
Brigadier-G Generals, each,
when in command, 5000
Colone]s, each (salary is
increased when in COM
mandy, $3.50
Captains of largest men-
of-war, each, $500
Captains of frigates, each, 1850
Lieutenants of the navy,
frst-class, each, 1870
All these officers are entitled to
free lodging and to domestic SER
wants at the public expense. A
host of minor officials have pro-
portionate salaries.
Some of the items of annual
expenditure help to bring into
stronger light the financial burdens
borne by this people for the
purpose of keeping themselves
enslaved. Judged by American
standards. on the l,asis of our State
government expenses, the following
summary gives figures six times as
great as would be necessary under
purely local rule, and wri-
ter apparently fully informed
as to Cuban affairs, says
that this money taken under forms
of law does not represent more than
is taken by peculation and fraud !
These are the figures for a year
under ordinary conditions; how
much more astounding must they
be in time of war, if we admit that
the islanders will eventually be
made to pay:
Interest on the Spanish
national debt. $10,5OO 600
Army and navy. 1000 600
Civil list. 1000 600
Pensions to retired militia
ry and civil officers and
their widows. 1000 600
Department of Justice. 1000 600
Department of Finance. 100000
Even these figures mark an ex-
penditure of $15.44 per capita, or
IS per cent of the entire currency
per capita of the United States.
The paternal government makes
no appropriation to educate the
masses. It would be harder than
it has been to keep the people in
bondage if popular education was
provided for.
In addition to the direct ex-
actions spoken Of, the tariff and
other commercial laws passed by
the Cortes are 80 framed as to
benefit Spain, while they discour-
age industry a1d enterprise in
Cuba and prevent the full develop
ment of her great resources.
This article is Intended mainly
to explain in brief the economic
conditions of Cuba, as brought
about by more than three hundred
years of misrule. The story of
flibustering attempts to wrest
her from her Spanish mas