New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-26

home about $1,000 in one half yrar.
THE STATE OF THE rEAsANTIiY
Ignorance. ni,goycrnmcni. cxtr"m" poverty
and sul'cn endurance. That b. ill" condition %
.h. peasant IL deserves a better lu' II" lN
day the best man IN the Land. II" has 'in'
uualiiio-. he has large capacities. 3D.
has many virtues. GI," h'm i g.
srhcol a fair DAYS wage for 4 FAIR days work
an honest and capable government ava Wei
founded hope OF enjoying tn fruits OF ms '''"
ana h. would rise up t. b." ,nr h"" man Do. "
new land. of In" finest peasants J." -"
whole OF Europe I;ui p" has not had han 81"
To-day H. has not hope. tn" Spai''fd as me-
was Is MOI. and ia" world "il r"'rt ~'r MN
more \ thoughtful German who h1s iN.d i'r
wears in Strain declared that 90" old cas- hurr
with his hauphincss and his honesty. ms lri'"
and his honor his pun. iIl.'uN ''''i"''''' .,'.'
but his essential e"n'l'utaniir'S~ h'.
oyer Ard II Spain D. 90 EIt" IA. 'nhI "hI
social resurrection IN" masses. hot ia" f.A.
must he. looked t.. The hop" % thc iuini" N"-
Win the genie bajl mat .s thc yr"i"'iis
and the pcasantry
II Is sadly rue that a. this hour these inrss",
are fcarfully. distressineIy Ignorant y" p'"''
has done nythlng cn''tlN" p" rtN" ih'in from
sinking lower and lower into %" slough ~ d"
semi animal stupidity ~ 'o.r." ih"i are poor
What other result could yrars "i marches TAX
alton. pressing chiefly on them WA 'i wy .'
fhcy are supcr.tItious What iui beam Of NShi
has eyer been poured around th"m 'i '''i See
they are uow often pAssilu1t" ana si'iliht
What otIcr than thus ;"ll 'rui' ''Hld >'i nod"
for from the wr~tehrd culture when has h,'h
their only care OF ofurs" ih"} ar" ih@} i''
what openings nav" IN'\ ma N"'' ''
To toni
But when AN this d-puaren n..s l..r b
forth 20 remains true. "''piiin 20 iN" hi i" '
lt.r nf 4 score of clinpcfrut win, s-'-. iht ih''
r.,-,uf tb. small farmer. she Wurtln@mdh. is
IL. hope Of This degraded land Ani d. d. me
coming revolutionary tn" air ia heavy "iIN
,h. brewing storms. The tempest mag hni .
IN an hour Sleeping in those poor pea ants
who have never had idir show ia me "a ' 'l
Europe. ar" great quallli's lh"S" men, ~"
scon,i AZ as soldiers because. undI"."H' nN,'".
uulcd they have had 10 70 from hittri I'icht
IA defeat can vet prove themselves worthy ~
the praise II Napoleon AMI Wellington 49, ~"
raw material out 90 which inifht d" maze inc
toughest infantry in the word.
Thcs. masses are strangely patient ana en-
during "sufrida.' - as thrir own pregnant
word They have great pluck and h'ro-m,
They are cheerful grateful. aHrrl''hA'' anu
hospitaolc But they have been ground d""n
I'm IN. good is buried out Of sight. The rfll
has been called out II" mobiles hay" rack"d
and spoiled them. The Government has kh'" Il
Nom ONLY rs patient beasts ~ burden on whom
must Ice laid the multiplied and oppressive loads
Of pcttv taxes. till they ar" N"rIiy crushed De
meath The pitilcss weight For tins oppression
this cytortiOn. the peasant gets nothing IN,
mad roads grow worse and tn" appropriated
road tax fills the pocket Of som" oi'iridl me
r.l.n bridges are not repaired. but some enGi-
ncnr j. benefited The children are left without
school or teacher yet school tax Is Ir'Icd. me
hoardInes lads are hurried OF TO cuba or some
other colony and die soon. but u'lr pay IS ora" |.
hv th. ociccr. The navy II made up Of many
phantom ships, and yet the taxes are Collected
fnr the Naval Bureau. well informed friehd
stated that the population or SPAN was SoI, ,o
.tor, ahnu, Il 900 900. that of these SVDOooD
cn',ld NOT write: that GO0CoO0 could neither read
nor write. and tina. about half OF the whole
had no sure and paying occupation hcrc -
indeed a submerged half Ana over 'hls SUI
,,,er,,.d half rules "A rapacous bureaucracy. In
nnr,ncfcnt and regardless Of the obligation flow
ing from place and power and trust. 10" Iohs
can this misrue last?