Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-08-01
THE CUBAN PROBLEM.
Ne.laad's Plan for Solving the
Question.
Memphis Appeal

to the subject of Cuban annexation
think 1t will be one of the serious
problems confronting them in the
next session, for recent private ad-
vices from the island of Cuba declare
that much uneasiness is being mani
fitested among the business men there
in considering the future success Il d
prosperity of the new republic, whica
is greatly aggravated by the failure
of this government to establish re-
eiprocal relations with the Caban
people.
The majority of tAe commercial
element has for many years favored
annexation tosthis country, aga dur
ing the hearing before the. Ways aud
Means Committee last Winter on the
question Of a reduction il Tie tariff
the Cuban delegates, Seniors Mendoza
and Place, who really represented
the business tnterests of the islands.
announced themselves as being hear
tily in fayor6f annexation.
Now that the heavy enthusiasm
resulting from the establishment OF
the Republic has died away, and men
a'e figuring on its future in tinan-
cial and bot Il sentimental sense,
grave doubts are expressed rs to the
stability of the Republic.
Where dissatisfaction will first oc-
cur is among the laborlng classes. it
is feared, They are now receiving
higher wages than they ever dreamed
Of in the days of Spanish tyranny
and it is certain that under existing
conditions great reduction i'll these
wages will have to be made.
In discussing the question Of Gu
BIN annexation. Representative r..
G.. Newlands of Nevada, who intro
duced resolutions in the early ses-
sion inviting Cuba to become part
OF the United States. first as an or
ganized territory under the ccnSti-
tuition, with the assurance of ulti-
mate Statehood said
-" have never doubted that Cuba
would be in distress unless the price
of sugar advanced or she was ena,
bled to receive inN,snme degree thr
advantage of the increased price
paid by the Mmerican consun AZ as
the result of our tariff. g The oiilicul-
ty with Cuba is that her large plan
tations are and have been heavily
mortgaged for years, and that tie
rescue of the sugar planters from
general bankruptcy depends upon
1itheir receiving an increased price TO.
sugar.
The foreclosures will probably take
place during the coming year, and
these large estates will be sold. The
mere change of ownership of the
plantati as the result OF the in
debtedness of their owners could do
no. great injury were it not for the
consequent disturbances of labor.
During the last season the wages
Of labora Increased very nearly fifty
per cent. al the result of the extra
ordin ary' demand for laborers on the
sugar Plantations, and they will IN
doubtedly. feel the drop in wages
caused blythe changed conditions
and [ have no doubt that the new
government there will encountersa
very sefiSus trial. The revenues
from the islands will probably be di
minished, salaries will be largely de
creased and the public schools and
municipal and sanitary work tending
to health and cleanliness viii doubt
less suifir"
Mr. Newlands expresse | deep re
greet that Congress did not take some.
action tiling over the existing dill
culties until Cuba could have had
time for deliberatioa and action un-
disturbed by economic distress. tie
argues that his belief has always
been thath political union with rthe
United States would accom- plish 81 }Att
commercial results for Ca5'y as'aar
nexation aswoula involve tae IN vt
profitable form of commercial rela-
tons, - l.;
's " Political uaion," rcmlrtsd Mr..
INewiands, means free trade, aud
this would give Cuba over $25, 900, 900
more annually for her sugar crop
than she at present receives. 1t was
with this view that very early in the
session | introduced my resolution
.a,yo ,-fli nr tho ai,nnynfiDn IF C1c1