Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-31
WOOD E|IS Of CUBA
Governor General Of the Island
Submits His Report to
War Department.
Says Cuba Must Have an Entry
to the United States
Market.
Report Is In Thirteen Volumes
and Shows Progress Of
the Island.

received by the war department. This
report is one of the most valuable yet
received from Cuba and is really more
than an annual report as it deals COM
prehensively with the entire govern
ment of Cuba under American control
mense volumes, covering the following
subjects: Personal report of General
Wood, civil orders, state and govern
ment, report of chief sanitary fficer
and chief surgeon, finance, agriculture
commerce and industry, justice, public
instruction, public works (two volumes)
engineers Ctwo volumes) and general
sanitation.
General Wood reviews the work ac-
complished in each of the civil depart
ments. He makes the important dec
laration that Cuba must have better
commercial relations with the United
States if the island is to live and pros
per. He says:
The great desire of Cuba today is to
obtain reduction on the import duties
of Cuban productions into the United
States, and strong efforts are being
made in this direction.
All far-seeing business men realize
that Cuba's prosperity and advance
ment depend absolutely upon her COM
mercial relations with the United States
where her TWO main products have their
principal markets. High duties against
Cuban products mean that the devel-
opment of Cuba will be slow, if at all.
The importation of United States
products into Cuba, While 1t is increas-
ing. is yet considerably below the total
Importation of other countries. The es-
Enlistment of reciprocity in CONNER
cial relations between Cupa and the
United States means everything TO Gu
ba, for If she can obtain favorable du-
ties on her tobacco, and especially o.
her sugar, her development VIM De i'm
mediate. The greater proportion of her
available sugar lands have not yet been
touched. The same is true of coffee and
tobacco lands.
Cuba must now market her principal
products in the United States. New
conditions have changed her old COM
mercial relations and If she is to live
and prosper she must have lower du-
ties on her sugar and tobacco, espe-
cially the former
| General Wood opens his report with a
copy of the presidents order of July 49,
! 1898, setting forth the power and scope
| of American authority in Cuba. He re-
views the progress made in Cuba under
this authority and outlines the exist
| ing civil government in the island. He
says the department of state and gov
eminent, which is probably the most
| important of all the departments, has
not been conducted under the supervi-
| sion of the military governor of the
lsisland, but under the direct supervision
of the secretary of the state and gov
eminent, Senior Diego Tonnage.
/ Under the secretary of state and gov
eminent are the six civil go0rnors OF
! the different provinces of the island
and under them are the various alcaldes
of the 12S municipalities. He explains
that the present government of the
island is gradually abolishing many OF
these municipalities, the existence Of
which is not justified by any necessity
4 and entails great unnecessary burden
I of taxation. He remarks:
The alcaldes and officials, of course
always protest. 1t means the loss of the
been clothed and the small salaries
which they have received. 1t is import.
ant that this work should be accom-.
/ plished under the military government
as later it will be difficult for the gov.
| eminent which may succeed the presen
/ one to carry out radicai measures O
this character"
1 Gen. Wood says that few police ar
required in many Cuban towns and re
cent orders call for a general reduction
of state aid which will terminate witt
the withdrawal of all assistance. H
comments upon the revenues of the mu
nicipalities, saying:
After the harvesting of the first larg
sugar crop since the war, which will b
: completed the coming spring, togethe
with the gathering and sale of tobacco
coffee, cocoa and other products of tn
island, it is believed that the municipal
tiles will be able to assume a large pro
portion of the burden now borne by tn
state, and that as result of this in
creased municipal revenue the genera
revenues of the island will be availabl
to greater extent for public works, c
general utility, such as constructor
coads, dredging harbors, etc.
THE administration and conduct {
the prisons was one Of the worst fea
lures of the former government of Gu
ba," says Gen. Wood. who declares tl1a
they were simply merieval prison lous
es. He says Cuba needs modern pri.
on for long term prisoners and that
should be situated in the country nes
Havana. He also reports that upon til
advent OF the American occupation til
hospitals of Cuba were found to be no,
8 pitfalls only in name. They have bee
4 greatly improved and are now all COZ
trolled by the general government.
The report says that leprosy is ger
orally distributed thruout the island
; Cuba, but that the number of cases
small and that the general type is n,
malignant. "On my first general inspe
ton of the island" says Gen. Wood.
found lepers in many of the larger no
pitfalls. Steps are being taken to find
suitable location, preferably on son
island OH. the coast, to which all lepe
of the island can be transferred"
Gen., Wood details his work in secu
: ing general plan for municipal ele
lions, recites the appointment of cor
mission to draw up rules and regul
lions to govern the elections, and add
THE elections as whole resulted
] the extreme and revolutionary eleme
being selected. In many cases the m,
i alocfod found them ssolyac oonfrarf