The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-13
ARE NOT CAPABLE
Rough Rider Rhodes on the
Stupidity of Cubans.
CAN'T RULE THEMSELVES
instance of a General Who
Didn't Want to Be Arrested,

meneing to think that my oft rep, atsd
statement thai there Is no rainy season
in Cuba IS a mistake Lately 1t has
rained every day. First four evenings In
suocession: lapsed one day. and ther
ralred I'VE evenings. after which II missed
two DAYS and has been raining for seven
successive evenings. They are nothing
more than showers and rise out Of the
sea In one heavy black cloud. de,uging
the land as they pass. The sun shines
until the downpour commences and can
always he seen a little way of From
twenty minutes 10 three quarters OF an
hour the sky Is overcast. when the cloud
travels on and the sun comes cut bright
and warm The natives say II viii last
two months. The warmth OF the sun
combined with the moisture causes such
a quick srouth that II IS noticeable on thu
grass daily These rains are particular
Is welcome 70 the sugar planter as the
last crop is now harvested and It's Timely
appearance viii give the young growth
good start. The tobacco and onion
crops ar4 already housed and everyone
IS ready for The wet season II II Is &c Lee
one
The tobacco crop has been the large
in the history Of Cuba. The reason tor
this IS in the largely increased acresgl
owing 10 the destruction OF the cane
fields and sugar mills. \ larger acreage
sim would have been planted II Il had
been possible 10 secure plants 1t never
enters the head Of the majority Of these
people that they could buy a few seeds
and raise their own plants. They have
always been SO accustomed % seeing
them purchased from professional grow
erS that they think It is the only way
u secure them. Plants usually retail at
50 per thousand. and as IL requires 10
90 plants per acre It Is readily seen thar
it is out OF reach OF the lower class. many
OF whom never saw that much MONEY
at one time Ia their lives What IN
people have needed is brains and %
power To use them. This applies to
classes alike with very few exceptio,
A l0year-old school boy could think ca
a proposition quicker than any OF them
All talk of such people being able fr
self government Is silly twaddle and
worse than childs praftle. ANY per-
advocating such Is either narrow mind
ed know-all. person who Is a chroni1
kicker n all thinRs or else doing Il from
mercenary and political motives These
people have no more idea 81 form Of CIV
crrment IN which ticaily. AZ least.
al are equal: a government, founded upon
the principles 81 Justice 20 all and favrr-
itism 20 hone. than have any 81 the so
called South American republics. The
lower classes are very well satisfied with
the existing order 81 things while the
property owners are AL in favor - an
neXati0n or else a military pr1tactcfafe
that VIII keep order while the swell eit-
ment IN the cities arc so busy IN keeping
trace q Themselves and their inamors.as
as 20 have 10 thought Tor anything else.
There is a certain lingo class composed
mostly 81 disappointed generals. colonies
and other officers whose idea % CUBA
Libre' was a military despotism % which
they would be the head. who OCCASIONS ~
make themselves the laughing stock %
the community. Their idea % patriotism
is mostly something 10 be gained IN tho
shape Of fat oflce. u Is beneath their
dignity % 10 20 work after once having
gained the rank Of an officer
At Cienfuegos a man committed some
overt act and refused o. allow himself
90 be arrested on the grounds that TO
was General Gu and consequently above
the law The policeman. who knew that
In SPANS time general could rot -
imprisoned. sought out the aIcal1a FOR q o.
vice and he n turn asked Information
II the commander q the American
troops who ordered him arrested Oh re-
sisted and was shot by the captain u pp-
lice. The captain was arrested far mur-
der and although e occurred months $50.
has never had hearing and r. a. pres.
eut confined 90 close quarters
In last Sundays Eagle there was a
joke on q Cuban negro ana The sugar .
cane wagon which had lost hind VIE
The writer q thaf never saw cuba. a. !
untn American occupation there Hsa uo
such thing a. a four-y heel wagon here
Al vehicles In shs country are Er~ac
lumber ng * carts. TIE whees ~ which
are six feet high. with feil9ss 1zs larhes
and hubs 8 inches n diameter te.nE
SOLID piece cat from a ire with 4 30
bored thr3gga the center This hole Pas
& ring ~ from fwI inches wite FRI each
nd 20 prevent wtar.ng The axe Ca -
wood and when WON agt g. rfrleeei DR.
another cut fresa the native wool. TIA
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