The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-23
GEN. WOODS REPORT ON CUBA.
,oxprTIONs N THE ISLAND ARE
GREATLY IMPROVED.

er,as success OF the Correctional
fourts-Much Interest Taken in the
s.hooI.-Thc Prisons Cleaned out
aud Those UniustIy Held. Released.
nt. Crops OF Tobacco ana sugar
win Put Plenty of Money I'm the
ptantcrs' Hands.
wellington. oct MAI Gen. Lsonarl
u-.,3 to-day made statement as to The
..otsrts OF his civil report as governor
General OF cuba 1, Is IN part as follows;
..rbe civil report Of the island will not
,,,bIished until the end Of the present
.,l.r3,r year II will cover In detail The
york under the various departments OF
:. military government during the entire
,.-eseBt wear. Under the head Of hospitals
.n5 charities 81 viii be found that every
own Of consequence In the island has
,.s.r provided with hospital wei equip
I'D with an necessary supplies and appli-
auces.
"A svtums Cor orphan children have been
,s,abU.hed wherever necessary. IL is the
,.nru,se OF the insulnr government 20 cs-
,,bp,eb four state institutions. two for
ana TWO tNA NAAtHf wv ~ ~
trial ana agricultural. and two TO be cor
rertioual and industrial.
The prisons have been overhauled AMI
renair..l nom one end Of the island 10
,he Other ana their sanitary conditions
vastly improved The military govern
rpens has mad its agents 40 over the ISL
and invcstigating every case under de-
,.r,.or and many hundreds Of prisoners.
VINO rld been detained Tor long periods
81 amo awaiting trial. have been released.
oniv such being released. however. as
mad awaited trial FOR period ~ long OF
longer than they would have been SEN
fenced had they been found guilty.
Judges who have been found derelict
have been summariiy dismissed and every
effort b. being made 10 Impress on the
community AZ large that individual rights
and individual liberty are the foundations
81 every good and stable government.
Correctional courts have been established
throughout the larger cities where the
trial 4 oral and summary, as IN our police
courts.
Their success has been phenomenal
and while opposed ~ first every town Is
now anxious 10 have one ana orders al
ready have been published establishing
thirty more. The writ OF habeas corpus
has been published 10 take effect on Dec
Of this year.
Great success of schools.
During the or, sent year over three
thousand public schools have been cstah-
uehed thlrty-siN hundred teachers have
been employed Ia them. and one hundred
aud hfty thousand children are ln the
schools This number ~ constantly IN
crcasing. and by the end Of the presen.
school year. q Is believed that We shan
have two hundred and ffty thousand chill
dren in school The largest number az
school under the Spanish rule was between
twenty-slx and thirty thousand.
"fhe United states troops have not
been used during the present year for the
maintenance Of order. The police work tn
the rural districts is done by the rural
guards. which amounts 60 about 100 men
Tor the entire island OF Cuba. These men
and their officers are all Cuoaus
sanitary work Of great importance has
been carried from one end Of Cuba 20 the
other. The two eastern provinces in tire
isand Of Cuba for tho first time have
PASSED through summer without q case
81 yellow fever and iu general there hae
been great Improvement IN healtn
throughout the island. Plans In detail
nre now ready for advertisement Tor paw
ing and sewering ia a thoroughly nrst-
Glass and modern manner. the city Of Ha-
vana and is suburbs. ana there u every
reason TO believe that IN few years yell
i1w fever in Cuba can be- got under the
same contnos as now exists 90 Jamaica.
a thoroughly efficient moil service has
been established and is being conducted
with efficiency ana economy.
The financial condition OF the country
ls excellent The government g. entirely
sclf-supporiing and the treasury hat an
unencumberod balance OF a million ana a
half dollars
The tobacco crop q last year was an
Immense one This year the sugar croa
win b. between 5000 ana Gao.00o tons.
and II the present prices continue he
money obtained by the planters vii equal
the amount received by the planters for
their great CROP % a million IONS. The
value Of this years crop Of sugar ana the
coming tobacco crop will be, conservative
Iv 100000.
The condition Of tho people o. the
isllnd. TO the best of my knowledge and
belief. Is one Of content and they realize
hat wonderful progress has been made
and they feel as q people kindly toward.
ana have faith In the peope Of the United
states.