The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-14

Professional men of all classes will find
opportunities to show their skill in a man
ner thoroughly satisfactory TO them.
There are few now in the islands. Physi-
clans could reap a harvest by stamping
out the disease that are found in nearly
all parts of Cuba. The best opportunities
for professional men will be afforded to
the doctors and engineers, yet when the
new country is opened, lawyers will be
needed to straighten out petitions for
claims and the many legal questions that
will arise between the people. 1t will be
new thing for Cuba to have courts Of
justice that are not courts only in name
and also 10 have men that will see that
the interests Of their clients are not tam
pered with. The natives have-had little
or no justice melted out to them in the So
called courts during Spanish rule. and it
has often been the case that the men en-
poyed to look after their interests have
settled matters to suit their own ends,
disregarding the trust reposed in them by
their clients. Corruption has not been
monopolized by the government officials
The lawyers in many instances have given
away to their opponents to further their
own ends, especially if the case was one
against the government. There will be
much legal work to be done when the
Spaniards nave evacuated Many of the
fine estates that flourished previous to
the war have been conhscated by the
authorities. and it will be necessary for
the owners many of them reside in the
United States, TO present their claims in
order to obtain possession.
nh nd h.
important of the new possessions that
have come under our at least temporary
control and which will be opened to
American enterprises, are not the only
ones which will be visited by people from
the United States with the purpose Of
founding business places and opening up
new fields of industry.
Although it has not been fully settled
as to what disposition will be made of the
territory taken from Spain in the Pacific
there are many who thinks it will be held
by the United States. The POSSESSIONS in
the far east that will offer opportunities
to American energy and industry are the
Philippines and Ladrone islands Until
the war little was heard of them Yet they
are rich Most OF the trade from them
has been monopoized by English and
German merchants, who have accumulat-
ed large fortunes.
Unlike Cuba and Porto Rico, these is
lands have had very little cultivation,
yet what they have had has shown be-
yond any doubt their great richness. There
will be considerably more difficulty in
improving these places than those at our
doors. They are not only a great distance
from the home country, but most of them
are in a wild state, and inhabited by semi
civilized people. They have however
been partially subdued, and there is lit
tie likelihood that We will have any trouble
with them. Not only is this country rich
in SOIL but It also possesses mineral
wealth which for some unknown reason
has been left largely undeveloped. Forests
of rich and valuable woods in their virgin
states cover most of the islands. while
beneath them and hidden by the heavy
underground are to be found gold, silver,
and large deposits of mercury Some of
these have been worked and paid well,
undevelOped. The natives are indolent,
although not TO such a marked degree
as those Of Cuba and Porto Rico. They
depend almost entirely upon the foreign
markets for their needs Large exports
of the products of some OF the islands
are made to the European countries,
while very little reaches the United States
in the raw state.
The openings for new enterprise and in