New-York tribune., 1900-03-11

WORKING ON A SMALL MARGIN.


I'VE sell in New-York for "a 25 so that have to
do business on a margin OF less than 81 hundred
pounds pay the cultivation OF the crop and the
gathering of It. take risks losses at sea and by
fire. and compete with Hawaii, Puerto Rico. pos
sibly Cuba, and meet the provisions of the West
Indies treaties. the German beet sugar treaty. the
American bounties on beet sugar and the Louisiana
sugar product. Yet this is the principal product
the Government depends upon to meet the demands
of the San Domingo Improvement Company In its
going 10 better this situation? II Is absolutely
that may successfully market product in the
United States At the same time e. the Government @
nues. The late President had at one time twenty
xe sn by h sh bomgo
ment Company TO the extent of about million;
control of the plates and went on issuing. The
Plates but as fast as they traced them the Presi-
dent changed them to some other printing estab-
was unable to control the issue. The company it
self mad agreed IN q oer no R gTe ng 1e 6n
great was the issue that the company found
vas was unable to dispose Of The abundance of this
money created general distrpst and when the the
currency in the island and business was at
standstil.
A NATIVE WHO WOULDN'T ACCEPT GOLD.
I'VE could buy no meat Of any kind for three
days. and people lived what they could
pick from the trees or had IN the way OF fowl. I
called to my office who had some cattle to
sell and tried TO buy them. 1 laid down $50 gold
piece and offered him all he wanted Of them IN
equal exchange for his cattle. He pulled out OF his
pocket Dominican silver dollar and said: They
tell this has silver in II; that II worthless;
hoT 90, 90 % knGw your metal Is al any more ysluable
over.
No said but tell you 1t is
We'll. how do know that you are not mistaken
find that it is not. and You just likely to be
wrong as ! am am do not want your money I
r had to have some meat, and was somewhat
used everywhere FOR fencing; I saId You know
what I'll that is is worth s pound7
H. T Ds ar saa Pat tSTes for
were back to the original savage idea Of barter
for barbed wire TO meet the demands Later I
offered SIS worth Of barbed wire or $40 in gold in
for the barbed wire always received the preference
nc for 'ia e and nature
supplies food practically free. so that when man
and enjoy them before he Works again nay We ems
and also have pieceWorR for whch we SnS eTe
noon, the men getting in from one to five hours.
as they work only few hours and ge; little
money NOR daily AT one time eovernor of province
Macors to intersect the road the captai. Clear
low enough and the path Vide enough for !, horse
10 get through, fo The Goye.s1T was man of some
his laborers and made them work six days in the
week on the ROAD, paying them In full for he
weeks work. This they considered a great hard
ship, and he was much hated. short time after
that in revolution he became a political pris-
oner and was led captive down 10 the pital over
this same road. This the natives claimed was the
act Of Providence in retribution.
MONEY OF ALL KINDS DISTRUSTED
"In the adjustment of wages there is a great
difficulty account OF the general distrust in all
kinds of money. One l employed asked s1s
a month gold and / asked him what he meant hv
gold. and he said he did not know, but that was
what everybody asked. Reliable labor ts hard 70
get. and some or the sugar estates adopted the
eXpedient OF offering payment in American gold
We met this by Offering American gold Mexjcan
silver or Dominican money-gold at par Mexcan
money AT 50 cents and Dominican silver al 20 cents
This caused endless financial discussion amonr ~
employes but resulted in their taking gold Shar
paid of on Sunday. changing IL for Mexican r,onoi
Monday AT an advantage to us of per cent 80
again changing what was left OF that 10 Domin,cau
money on tuesday at further discount an
In our payments for piecework We had n a.
need Tor small change. which could NOT ga, s a.,
the country sent 10 New-York for oO0 ons 90. . IA
pieces. which We're sent TO new from tha ro,.
We had great deal OF trouble In expIaninc S .h,
were accepted reluctantly. Then there was u @ @.hey
run on the one cent pieces that l could ,o sivat ca
derstand. Employees brought back GOA not un-
Mexican money. Dominican money and a., snN,er
KIND ana wanted the copper money / made ar
inquiry and found that Arabian nasiaue an
been In town and had mistaken the hrtrsr mad
copper ior gold and had given an emnloysn new
ana dominican dollar In exchange "a shitt
them did not want TO be a party 70 ~. one or
OF TINS sort and locked the pennies up 10 he @
What have stated Indicates tho -,
OF money ana the financial dddculfies 80 usI ioea