Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-04-13
MAGAZINES FOR APRIL.
r,mdy Extracts Taken From YariOu,
Publications.

,or rrcuch's statue of Washington
For Physiological Politics In Pa
oiac IsInnds-NotHble Easter Per-
,ormancc In kansas.
The necessary elements for the res.
,,rotion of prosperity in Cuba are, first
and foremost. government and equita-
rio laws. These being secured, the
no1t requisite is plenty of cash capt.
col This is an ineludible necessity.
No amount of Yankee ingenuity or An
clo.Saxon energy can accomplish re-
sults unless backed up by cold cash.
h is often mistakenly supposed that
-bp Introduction of American business
methods is all that is needed to start
,be heyday Of prosperity in Cuba and
that men whose only capital is their
alleged brains and energy can float
successful enterprises on paper basis.
The day has gone by when such ideas
can prevail. 1t is money. not meth
DDS. that is needed, says Il. Sherman
Gould in Casters Magazine for April.
Some free lanceS. with nothing to lose
and everything to gain, will doubtless
make lucky strikes, but their individ-
ual success will tend but little to the
general prosperity.
It is not to be gathered from the
above that capital must await the full
consummation of fixed rule in Cuba.
Step 10y step it will follow the adj
vance of every measure making for
good government, treading closely upon
the heels Of every point gained in that
direction. and doubtless great profit
will attend the earlier and holder in
vestmonts. Indeed the entrance of
large moneyed interests and the estab-
lishmcnt Of n strong government will
react upon one another, and large bona
fde investments will demand and re-
celye strong protection.
The question that is most interesting
at present is: Who. besides Cuba her
self, is to be benefited by all this? Shall
Il be Americans? 1t seems to be taken
for granted that the Americans who
have opened up these opportunities are
The ones to be benefited thereby. This
Is by no means certain. 1t is quite pos
sible that to them may be applied the
proyerb, sic vOs. non vobis." British
and European capitalists, traders and
!nduStrials also, have their eyes fixed
upon the Pearl of the Antilles" They
have many advantages over Ameri-
cans. They have more money and are
therefore holder. quieter and swifter
operators and have already longer ex-
periencc in the foreign field. Their
merchants, operating upon a carefully
studied system of long credits, will
beat the American competitor who in
siSts upon cash payments and even
payments in advance. They thoroughly
understand the grand tactics of COM
merce, while Americans adhere in the
foreign held to the policy, very wise in
the home market, of presenting the
goods with one hand and the bill with
the other. No extensive business can
be done in the Spanish speaking coun-
tries on this basis.
The existing railway system of Cuba
has already practically fallen into Brit
lsh hands. The cigar factories are I'M
derstood to have gone the same way.
When foreign capitalists enter into
such heavy operations, they take a
fair look ahead and stand prepared to
offer spot cash for lowest figures and
war risks. Also, when determined on
making a venture, they take lowest
figures instead of Offering them. At
The present time in Cuba they have,
100, the great advantage over Ameri-
cans that in case of need, they can in
yoke the aid of their governments,
whereas Americans cannot appeal, eX-
eept in very roundabout and usually
unsuccessful way, against their own
authorities
Daniel c. French, the sculptor, is the
subject of an article by w. \. Coffin,
OF a number of Mr.. French's works
and other illustrations in the April
Century.
One Of the sculptor's latest works is
The equestrian statue of General Wash
ington for Paris, which will be placed
" 'HN lhNG u ltudt NNlS mt SieN
near the Trocadero. This will be the
only public monument in Paris eXecut'
ed by an American artist, except the
Lafayette statue by Mr.. Paul Wayland
BARTLETT which Is to be unveiled in the
Place du Carrousel on the Fourth OF
July, 1900, under the auspices of the
French and the United States govern
ments. Mr. French has had as his col
AOoratOr in this work Mr.. Edward &
Potter. 1t was Mr.. Potter who modelled
The horses and two of the figures of the
Quadriga at the Worlds fair, and the
mount park and the charger for the
Washington are also his. Mr.. French
and Mr. Potter worked together OF
lhe design and execution of the Wash
Mgton, and it is, as a whole, a join
Production.
Washington in Mr.. French's statue II
represented as taking command of thu
army at Cambridge, dedicating hi
sword to the service of his countr!
aad appealing to heaven for the justice
VI the cause. With the head throw
snghtly backward the figure hold
win the left hand and arm the mill
Ary hat and the bride reins, and, tn
Ulner arm being extended perpendicu
Nrly' the right hand holds the swor'
exactly upright, The pose is heroi
ana dramatic. The spirit of the mo
1--WE Is admirably expressed in the &C
uOn OF the figure, and the head is nc
u'e and commanding in aspect. TIL
horse, with arobad nooI, ond sbowin,