Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-04-23
One Province Will Not lie Bled for
Another a. Has Been in
Former Rulings.
ENOUGH MONEY TO
PAY ALL EXPENSES.
Customs Revenues for The Island for
the Year Ending SeXt December
viii Reach Between sl3,OOc,.
900 and sli. 900.

Havana April % General E-ool:e's
recent order specifying the duties TO
which the gt lsom the Cuban cus-
toma1usa tre 90 b. applied viii DO
n1rIto ,..ui.h the confusion which ha-
.o- me tim past in ths s-
.rss .her:ocompllnthas
H ths outlying provinces
-luie share 81 the customs
en diverted monthly 20
expe liiure has brought
u or general re,urn
the p-lyincs % san
t4e oa'el to the island treas
u.y 800 of custom, receipts
and IA exchange no public ben
etts r.a.. .Izs of the newly organ
lied pos rvice. which s again ex-
pected influfh the sale of stamps 20
pay h. wa in whole or Ia part Tho
expense oi The civil lminstration. of
the rural police of the maintenance Of
forts and lighthouses %. sanitary in
spection and all of tn other general
functions Of central governments
were charged 10 the remaining customs
dues and 70 local taxation.
Naturally there was much grumbliug
aud the cry was raised that the old sys-
tenn Of draining the provinces for the
benefit Of Havana was still being kept
IN force. With the custom house here
yielding an annual revenue Of FROM
I $1,000. 600 20 sl2. 900 900 and with NO
debt to meet no army or navy 10 sup
port and no swollen civil list t. carry.
II seemed AN injustice 10 the smaller
communities that they should not b.
left 20 apply their customs and revenues
a. local and provincial needs
General Brookes new order is apua-
Tently drawn o. meet such crit ism
from the departments for IL designate.
the general purposes for which the i.-
land revenue j. 20 be- spent under hea ].
which cover all sorts Of local wants
From the customs fund the cost Of all
barracks for troops will b. paid. Of the
rural guards enlisted for each province.
Of the signal lighthouse and quarantine
service Of road construction and harbor
improvements all over the island. Of
charity work and hospitals and Of civil
administration IN all the departments.
Municipalities are also 20 BE- aided from
the general fund when conditions justi.
I ~ such assistance
/ A. the customs revenues for the year
ending Dec II, 1899 promises 90 reach
I $4,000, 600 or ga. 900 O00. there will b.
money enough on hand 10 meet the most
/ liberal demands that may b. presented
I by the department commanders. Indeed
II customs receipts continue 10 hold AZ
7 the present ration they could not oniy
be made to satisfy all the present necas.
stiles Of AN iusular government but also
20 pay the expense Of an army of occu.
patton Of from i0.O00 10 l9.OOl men.
The announcement that Nora Castla
and Cabanas fortress will b. occupis
by troops during the rainy season. /
excepted here rs notice that these two
factions have at last been brought inio
a habitahle condition. The workou the
Moro was not so prolonged. hut il tuos
Is days with working force Of iaD men
10 cleanse out the pesthole, Cabana-
had become under Spanish adminis.r,-
tion, Yellow fever was chronic In this
huge fort and several lives were lost in
the process Of publication