Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-10-02

not preserve itself against the ag.
gressive capitalism OF a country re
moved from II by thousands of miles
and foreign In every way, what shall
be expected of Cuba. whose head.
lands are AMIDST within sight from
the shores OF It's powerful neighbor
and guardian Of the north? The
echoes Of the Spanish.American War
have hardly died away. and the inva-
sion of American capital has only
started, yet those alien flnanciers al.
ready In the field have command.
ing influence. The real capital OF
Cuba Is Washington and not Havana,
ind It's agricultural and Industrial fu.
ture Is In the hands of investors from
New York. Boston. Philadelphia, ana
Chicago. and not In the keeping of the
native capitalists OF Matanzas, Ca
maguey, or Santiago.
In any consideration Of this great
question II is Idle to consider wheth.
er or not the Cubans are capablt of
self- government. Beyond doubt they
have evinccd market aptitude as
politicians. and have natural fond
ness for holding office. They cherish
tne hoho's WniOh eohc WIN o"Vi"'
promotion, and the man with the
nuck'rake need not scratch deep I'D
Cuba TO upturn material which will Of
fend those who prefer to leave rotten
ness alone. But all this is beside the
question. As I have said before, one
need not dwell long on the govern.
mental qualifications of the Cublns.
Even today they hold thc!r authority
oniy by our suuraee' am aDsurso
that an accurate census oil inc island
VIII snow tnat the whi'e Cupans are
III numerical minority certain
Is that they VIII be IN decided MI.
nority within the next hvc years. ann
unless all signs are misleading, thc
following hve years VIII hnd there as
many Americans as Cubans:
Those VINO nave not visited CUBA
since the war nave no conception Oh
the agricultural ana INDUSTRIAL revo'
luton which now Is larry uhder way
Al conservative estimate more thah
Si20.0W.O00 OF American ana Cana
dian capital Is already invested In
that island. and this amount VIII be
doubled In the next two years. Snrewd
capitalists are buying land IN tracts
Of from ton thousand TO one hundreu
and nifty Thousand acres, vast cane
fields and orange groves are being
PLANTED. great plains or savannas are
being devoted to the raising OF cat
tic imported from Texas ranges, cop
per and iron mines are being dcvel'
oped. network OF railroads IL spread
ing out over former wildernesscs,
modern hotels are taking the place
OF wrctched inns, American banks
and business establishments excite
the wonder and envy OF the natives
q new Cuba is building.
There Is practically no restriction
OF the ballot IN cuba. and since there
Is every Likelihood that the question
OF annexation VIII hnaliy De se'.lcd
at the polls. II Is well TO inquire into
the political predictions OF the ciec'
torate. For this purpose VIII DIVIDE
the voters into scven classes as iol'
lows: ~ Wage-workers IN Gives
and on plantations; W negroes ana
mulattoes; (3) tradesmen ana small
merchants; H) those OF the middle
class with small fixed incomes; to
politicians. oihce'holders, ana the ru'
raj guard; go capitalists and planta'
ton owners; "a American settiers.
1t may be asserted beyond rear Oh
successful contradiction that large
majority OF the working class Is In
favor OF annexation to the united
states. questioned nunurcds Oh
them on this subject and ala not hnd
man who was not In favor OF max
Ing Cuba an American state Their
i rpASnn Ia hASed MI Inc purely SeIHSU