Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-05-11
Porto Rican AHair..

0iSCttNitiS VI .tlIkulIS III kOClO lkICUs ",
F.Sayton, an official of the Department
OF Agriculture, who has recently been
there. says: "Whatever capital is in
vested in the sugar factories. emannt-
ing ut all from island sources, is purely
Spanish. 1t does not belong to Porto
Rico. The peculiar system maintained
by Spain through all of the business
concerns, and so far us their own capi-
tai was employed. threw everything
into the hands of the Spaniards. who
were simply in Porto Rico doing bust
ness. They do not belong to that ele-
ment OF Porto Ricans that we feel so
tender about. and would not. become
citizens of Porto Rico or this country.
whatever becomes of the constitutional
question. Other factories are owned
and controlled by English capital, 9TH
ers Ivy German. and the entire factory
system by Spanish, English and Ger
man.
"They agree with the planters OF
manufacturers to take their sugar. re-
fine it, and place 1t on the market, d.
vlling the profit on u certain basis. as
is now being done. and as has been
done between the Hawaiian planters
and the sugar trust for years. How
will they divide the profits? Even?
Each getting 37E. per cent? We do
not know. Only the parties Interested
know. This point Isl clear, however.
and that is that the Porto Ricans are
not benefited. Simply the sugar COM
binations of this country and the for
cign planters or manufacturers of
Porto Rico.
Isn't 1t II great deal TINT we should
have freed the Porto Iticans from IL
condition as bad as slavery, making
what concession we of right ought to
make. in Justice to the people of this
country. assuring them that after they
had attained the standard that one
ought to have to enjoy the rights and
privileges of the Constitution of the
country. that then they might be adj
mitted with equal privileges with the
rest? DO you think this ought to be
before wages are paid in that country
somewhere near in comparison With
wages in this country, or before the
average citizen of that country shall at
least he able to understand the prim-
airy principles of our government and
institutions? We say no. We should
especially not bring in this great horde
OF cheap lnborcrs who receive less per
day than one person could live OIL i'll
this country. and yet they are supposed
to support families on this. We believe
the laborers of this country Will en
masse resent this proposition.
IL ann IL thorough believer in eXnan-
sion. l believe that expansion is tia,l.sht
with i~ncalculablc benefit both to the in
habitants of the island and to the peo-
pie of this country. when Congress
SHALL have framed such fair. honest.
just and equitable regulations as are
consistent with the right of IL own
labor and industries"
Admissions from "a Democrat,
The other day, says the Louisville
Commercial. Eli Perkins was intro
duced to Judge Scott. an old dyed-in.
the-wool Kentucky Democrat. The
judge is we'll known in the Blue Grass
region and the grand old KentucLian
las always been looked up to as a High
Priest of "befo' the wah Democracy"
Perkins WAS introduced by an old
Democrat, and Judge Scott supposed
cha ELI was Il Democrat. too. and he
confidential with him at once.
How + we Democrats getting
along, Judge:" asked Eli, in a contiden.
tial tone.
The Judge looked at ELI a moment to
see if he really wanted information
about the party, and slowly remarked:
We'll. Sir. we are getting on very
well financially, but politically we are
running behind. Yes, Pm afraid we are
cunning behind"
What causes thisy" asked Eli.
well, sir" said the Judge, sadly, "I
am afraid our party has not been alto
things"
where have we erred, Judge?"
Well, sir, l hate to admit it, but our
Grover Cleveland policy hurt us Ken
tuckians. l wouldn't say 1t to a black
Republican, but we Democrats all adj
init it among ourselves. You see," said
the Judge, I'VE used to get 81 cents for
wool, and n big price for hemp and to-
bacco before Grover came in, but that
Wilson bill hurt us. 1t knocked wool
down to IL cents. Free jutc. put in to
help the cotton fellows. ruined our
and it rotted in the ground. Then
weloweredthe tariff on tobacco and our
tobacco went down on us. We didn't
complain. but we Democrats did a good
deal of thinking. Cattle and hogs got
lower and lower, and when Grover
went out we were pretty poor-yes.
dog hard up. sir"
care they still bad-tlle timcs?" asked
Eli.
"No. honestly the times are good.
Wool and hemp and tobacco have
doubled in price and are still going up.
Cattle and hogs are high and our blue
grass farmers are getting rich"
well, what is the matter, them"
why, these good times have knock
ed out II dear old Democratic party.
Our Democratic farmers say they will
never vote for free trade or low tariff
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