The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-08
CUBAN ANNEXATION TALK.
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tSpecial Correspondence OF The fosu}
Washington, August 4-In dispatch IRON fia-
vana the declaration made that the outlook Tor Cu y
most gloomy and the sentiment in favor Of
TO the United States steadily AZ present 'he
is suffering from absence OF money and there was never
better demonstration OF the lack Of faith the hnanat men
in the island have in the stability the government than was
cvneed 10y the bankers Of Havana who refused 70 no,t
loan OF S4oooooo The exodus Spaniards from me
has also affected the finances OF the republic to an alarming
extent
Four steamers leave every month for Spain. carrying
about passengers who take with them large amounts o.
money IN gold and silver, for which there is no
the island and this loss is simply hurryng currency
and as result financial panic in the future IS neVau'e
The failure Of large banking house in Havana last week
has created unsettled feeling the people VINO ua
look for failures and few holding important pup
lie Offices believe that annexation the only remedy wh
will prevent poverty and disaster from ovcang the island
These same men howeveraud they represent large ele
ment in Cuba favorng annexatonhestae at the present
time to propose such step for fear OF precpatng feV
luton, as the who hold the balance OF power IN
the island would naturally object relnqushng their grasp
on affairs when the sweets of authority SO new to them
Opponents OF Cuban annexation declare that the poni-
hence inns question IS now being given in the press Oh ,s
country is due to the efforts the trust but as
matter Of fact the majority the planters and nearly all the
business interests in the island have favored aheSo
since Cuba ceased be Spanish possession and there
doubt they have been impressed by the prosperity which
Tree trade brought to Porto Rico he industries OF tat ISL
and are in houshing condition especially in the tobacco
trade tor the fiscal ending June 1901 the imports
TO the United States Porto Rcan cigars aggregated 5000
In the last fiscal year they amounted to $ISooooo In
view of this it is not strange that great element in Cuba
seeing the benefit Rico has enjoyed through
uon should also desire political union with the United States
The of General Lee and Consul General
Bragg upon the Cuban situation have made considerable i'm
preston on those OF the American people with pessisc
ideas toward the soundness the Cuban republic General
Lees blunt declaration that the failure OF reciprocity means
anarchy with annexation inevitable is the
opinion of whose familiarity with the heacr of action
in Cuba not be questioned General Rrags views while
undplomatic are nevertheless convincing General
prediction of chaos for the republic naturally aroused
the of Senior Quesada the Cuban the United
States and he reorts the American in saying that General
Tp,lI ,1sfra he
had not been in Cuba for quite period The truth OF the
matter is that General Lee has spent time in Cuba than
Senior Quesada. Lee III the island through lS959697
and 1893 up to the declaration OF war During that interim
Quesada in the National capital the head OF the Cuban
lunta and he is charged by number OF newspapers with
having spent nearly his whole lie IN this country from his
infancy to the time the United States armies had driven
the Spanard ont of Cuba and safe for patriot to-
reutn there 1t therefore doubtful whether Senior Que
sadas experiences in Cuba wide field qualify
nm for so sound judgment as General L'rs
One of the foremost advocates of annexation in the
United States is Elbns Virginia who intro
duced in the last June resolution providing for the
admission Cuba into the Union as a new State Senator
Ekns meets the violent opposition the beet sugar poduc
ers TO the reception Of Cuba State with the declaration
that after annexation the products of Cuba would
into hurtfu competition with those of the United States.
The senator that free trade amongst the States has
never lowered the price Of labor worked injury Ameri
can interests.
Wherever flag floats" lie remarked recently dis
eussing the situation the price Of labor advances Under
immigration laws this would be the in Cuba.
and the price of labor in both would be
same work It is claimed he continued that an
ncxaton would destroy the promising growing beet
sugar industry OF the United States Not however The
price OF products among the States Of the Union always
seeks an equilibrium, With nroncr D,oscti,r IN ,r ~
the sugar Cuba which She will enjoy State and
the beet sugar OF the United States within fifteen years
United States will only produce enough sugar its
consumption, hut largely compete other countries
in the markets of the world
Senator Elkns said that If the time was opportne
it to carry into effect the well defined wishes OF
majority of the people of Cuba and the United States in re-
gard to annexation that sufficient be urged
against annexation for considering all the circumstances
the best interests Of both countries 1T is clear
said the senator that only through the intervention the
United States could the people of Cuba hoped to
end Spanish rule the island Nothing Of the annex
alton OF Cuba would have justified the United States in in
people OF Cuba would have welcomed annexation as it Of
fered the only from Spanish on the island
Even with the had not been for the Teller amendment
Cuba would today be part OF the United States Just as
Porto Rico and the Philippines This amendment has
proven both miscellaneous and unwisc"
In conclusion, Senator Elkius said "Vhen Cuba shall
become OF the American Union the istman canal
shall be completed which assured Porto Rico Cuba
Hawaii and The Philippines will be the outposts OF the great
republic standing guard American in the track
OF the worlds commerce its triumphant march around the
globe Our people will and that these island
possessions belonging the United arc natural and
logical and in the part play in the affairs al
the world would only give them up but wonder how
in the working Of National DESTINY we could yet
without them This splendid chain of island nossesss
reaching half around the world not be coplete with
out Cuba the gem OF the Antilles"
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.
John w, Hutchinson the last living member Of the famou,
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