Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-28

At the end OF the third day the foreign
legations took the matter In hand and
told Caceres the revolution must stop.
Pierola's men said that they would cut
the water pipes and fire the town IL
Caceres did not abdicate. and, between
the two, Caceres was forced out OF
office, and provisional government
appointed until an election could be
had At this election Perola was
chosen president by an overwhelming
majority. This was about two years
ago, and he has stlll almost two years
to serve. When he goes out one OF
his men will probably take his place.
though am told that Caceres Ia now
in Buenos Ayres plotting how h. may
again get into power.
WHY THE PERUvIANs ARE POOR.
Peru is one of the richest countries
on the face of the globe, and today
the Peruvians are comparatively
among the poorest of peoples. ] say
comparatively. for they have been so
wealthy that what seems poverty to
them would still be riches to others. By
the Peruvians l mean the aristocracy
and the ruling classes. The people
who own Peru are chiefly those Of
Spanish descent. Some of these are
crossed with the Indians, but the chief
property holders and the men who
have now and have always had the
cream of the country are the pure
whites. These are very few. Mo-
where in the world will you find such
n condition as has always existed In
this country. There are in Peru about
three million people, or about as many
as in Greater New York. OF these
81 per cent are pure Indians and about
20 per cent are of mixed races, COM
ing from the union of the Indians and
the negro ex-slaves and of the Span
N
five Is pure white, and of these whites
there have always been select few
who have practically owned the coun-
try.
The story of Peru and its Spanish
owners shows how poorly the Spaniards
are fitted to govern u people or build
up a nation. The story Of Cuba Is not
a new one. When Pizarro came here
and conquered the Incas he found
high state of civilization. Peru was
then supporting population of from
ten to twenty millions. The Andes were
cultivated to their tops, and what Ia
now largely desert was by system
of fine aqueducts and canals rich
farms. The masses OF the people then
as now worked for their rulers, but
the laws were such that every one was
well fed and housed and by system
of public granaries there was no want
There was plenty of gold and silver,
but neither metal was used as money,
and the pople. in fact. do not seem to
have had money. They were hard
working and peaceful when the Span
iards invaded them and took away the
richest booty that one nation ever got
by depressing another From one Inca
temple Pizarro took 1900 pounds OF
gold and $4,000 pounds of silver. The
silver nails In one temple weighed
%, 900 ounces You remember the room
half full OF gold which the Inca king
gathered for him as n ransom. They
collected vast quantities of the precious
metals from the cities, temples and
palaces In other parts of the country
and made Spain rich for a century or
more. They enslaved the people and
made them work for them, and later
on brought Africans and other slaves
In to aid them In the mines and on
their plantations. They had here the
| richest silver mines known. when sill
yer was at par with gold, and for CEN
turtles fairly rolled In wealth. In addl-
ton to this they had the vast labor
capital of the Indians.
The civilized Indians of Peru are not
accumulators. They do not care for
| more than the day. and they are willing
to work hard for Just enough to sup
port themselves and their families
, These people, even after slavery was
abolished continued to labor for the
whites. They are n very good class or
| workmen, and had they been handled
by English or any other Anglo Saxon
combination. Peru would still be the
wealthiest country of this hemisphere.
! Under the Spaniards the area of cult
waited land became steadily less. the