New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-30
CUBAN CUSTOMS RECEIPTS.
GRATIFYING RESULTS OF AN HONEST
ADMINISTRATIONS.
ISLANDS REVENUES EXPECTED TO EX-
CEED N20o0o0 FOR THE YEAR
MORTGAGE EXTENSION.
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Havana. April 29-FrIday's receipts at the
Custom House reached the unusual total OF So''-
9S3 Of which nearly $4,000 from imports-
tions The April revenues from customs VIII
probably not fall short OF $SOO.O0O fair month
ly average. which for the year would give an in
come at this port alone OF nearly S1O,OO,oN
For January the receipts were S142,Wo; for
February. with three working days less, SIoI,-
600 and for March 1897 900. Though Spanish
methods Of bookkeeping make a comparison
difficult. these collections undoubtedly indicate
a handsome prospective increase In the Cuban
revenues. for the gains made so far are due
almost wholly to added efficiency and honesty
in the customs administration. service which
in Spanish hands was hagrantly and openly cor
rupt AS business and commerce revive Gus
toms receipts are bound to show notable ad-
vance. and 1t would not be surprising 10 hnd
this one form of public taxation soon yielding
enough to meet every reasonable demand on the
Island treasury. As the other ports collect prob
ably two three millions a year In customs re-
ceipts for 1890 from this single source VIII
easily exceed s120O0O00. Under present condi-
tons the greater share Of this income will go to
supply deficiencies in provincial and municipal
revenues. which have been seriously depleted by
reforms in the tax laws and by the patent In
ability OF real property 10 bear for the present
the burdens commonly laid upon IT, From l90o
on, the fiscal problem in Cuba promises to be
extremely simple and solvabe one.
REALTY OWNERS PLEASED.
The mortgage extension decree. which appears
in the "Official Gazette" in it's new form, shows
a decided gain in clearness and precision of
phrase In a single sentence II forbids for
period Of two years the collection Of debts by
foreclosure on realty whether such debts are
secured on realty or not. This veto does not
apply to obligations contracted since December
81 1898. The Association Of Realty Owners, at
its meeting yesterday. passed a vote Of thanks
to President Mckinley and to Seniors De Sola,
Quesada and Rubens who presented It's case
at Washington.
REFORM IN MARRIAGE LAWS.
la Lucha" renews to-day in an elaborate
editorial its appeal for reform in the marriage
laws, which will make the civil ceremony the
necessary test Of validity. and will allow an abb
soute divorce. Divorce under the limitations
imposed in the United States. France or Eng
land will prove in Cuba. 1t argues a welcome
measure Of moral hygiene
ADMIRAL CROMWELL WITHOUT A WARsHIP
Tfe converted cruiser Resolute sailed for the
United States this morning. leaving Admiral
Cromwell without a warship OF any kind from
which TO fly his flag.
General Bates passenger on the Ward
Line steamer for New-York. General Ernst ex-
poets TO sail on the same line next Thursday.
EXPERIMENT IN DIsINFECTIoN.
The FIRST experiment with the woIr system. Of
disinfection. by sprinkling streets and garbage
with water subjected TO partial decomposi-
ton by electricity is set for some day next
week. This is one OF the innovations here on
which the health authorities count for striking
results during the rainy season