Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-09-13
WASAINer0NsLETTER.
(From our regular Correspondents

b washington, ID. c., Sept. 2.-Genera
t Wood g report as Governor General OF
D Cuba, has Just been made to the Wa1
4 Department. 1t reviews the adminis-
e tration of the affairs of the islands
/ during the past fiscal year, paying at
| tention to resources, education, the
judiciary, the steps taken for new
civil government, etc. But the most
significant portion of the whole docu-
ment contains an unconscious arraign-
ment OF the high tariff policy of the
United States Government. He said
that the present system does not favor
good commercial facilities on account
OF unfavorable duties on tobacco and
sugar. They keep the prices up in
this co1ntry and if they are persisted
In In regard to Cuba it will mean that
development of Cuba will be slow if at
all, as the changed conditions in COM
mercial relations since the time of the
| Spanish war make her now 10 arket her
principal products in the United States,
and she must have lower duties ''if she
is to live and prosper. I" Comments like
this are the best arguments that low
tariff can have, and they are particular
ly forcibIe when they concern the vital
welfare of an island that our promises
and our national honor compel us to
foster and protect.
The Schiey-Sampson contro versy is
attracting but little attention now. and |
everybody is letting it drop for breath
ing spell until the Court of INQUIRY
convenes at the Navy Yard, September
IL. On account Of the dearth of news
just now the yellow journals are try
ing to keep the feud alive, but the pub
lie Is apathetic
The politics of Virginia are attract
ing some local attention for one of the
candidates for lieutenant-g governor Mr..
Willard is business man of this CITY
and the owner of the historic Willard's
hotel. He gained legal residence in
the Old Dominion, it is said for the ex.
press purpose of getting into politics,
and seems to have succeeded
The Treasury Bureau of Statistics,
and the other departments of the gov
ernment service, continue to receive
proofs OF the growing foreign trade of
Gnls country, and OF the increase of
cordial relations between this and 9th.
OF nations. This neighborliness ia
shown particularly in regard to the ad-
lacent islands of the West Indies. In
formation from the Treasury Depart
ment shows growing disposition on
the part Of the island of Jamaica to
trade with the United States, until
now have the bulk of the islands COM
nerce. The facts and figures given out :.
nave an added interest because Jamai- =
ga is British colony, and the data
comes from the British colonial report.
The value of exports shows constant ~
Increase from the island to the United
states, and where Great Britain has
tlmosta third of the Jamaican exports
q 1875 she gets now less than one fifth. ;,
Americans taking the rest. Her i'm :,
ports to the island are also decreasing
teadily in proportion to the volume of
rade while the United States gain.
Another trade gain for this country
s shown in the latest advance sheets
If Consular Reports, obtained from r
he State Department. One of them =,
hoWs the largest single item of trade =,
etween our country and Korea is =
erosene, which for the past year
mounted to almost million dollars.
'he Americans have lately been an r
Dyed by the importation of inferior 8;
ii into Korea, in the tins and cases in
which their own product had been i'm
'orted into Japan. Orientals have no
espect for unregistered bridesmaids
Il laws against authorizations, so the
My redress is to employ reliable agents
nd to maintain strict surveillance n
yer them. The imports of Kerosene
ther than American amounted to
bout 100000; or little more than lii
ne tenths of the American trade.
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