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not what treaty or constitutional limlta-
ton, which made the new duty o. breach
Of the law.
General Castro bowed and ncqulesced.
The duty was revoked, and tho cattle
moved gaily toward the sea- But Cen
eral Castro had studied political economy
to purpose. He was only at the be-
ginning OF his resources. The cattle
drovers. when they arrived Mt the beach,
round themselves confronted by formal
persons,ln uniform. with gold lace, brass
buttons and sundry adornments which
stand for law. They had also pencils.
perhaps even fountain pens. and large
printed forms of blue ruled paper.
AN the first beeve was about to bs
driven on board the jamaica steamer. thu
courteous officials stepped forward.
armed with pencil and paper. They ex-
plhined That, while the duty on exported
s ,.ie had been removed. a regulation
a nuu AT the same time been paased re-
a aa..il them to take particulars OF tina
,.ie, on stamped paper, stamps to be
PAID Tor by the owners of the cattle
Iheii they went to work. cleaning those
p par. They set down zone OK
iteri' mead; item. body; item. a taiI:
item, right forcleg; item. q left foreIev.
item. a right hindleg: item, left hind.
reg; color. brown; item. q white snot
sht,n"'eu 10 pe Two and a half su,lara
sentine.ers, on the forehead"--a dispute
mere lollowed ~ to the exact size OF tho
SPOT. The officials qharreled among.
themselves. the sun griiied the cattle
owners, and the cattle painted nnd
swished nies with their tails. The IN
maica steamer impatiently pulled steam.
and whistled shrily from time TO fine
Finally, after some hour and half
they got that OK cataIog,Ied. and sas
down In the shade to rest, and mon the
perspration from their brows. Then thew
feil into dispute as to which OK should
come next and this lasted half an hour.
by that time the beast already exam
med had drifted back into the herd and
the best part of the morning that might
nave prohted much had gone for abao
lutely nothing
for nothing2 Not really for were NOT
the new principles OF economies being
Illustrated? At last the rea, state OF M.
fairs dawned upon the cattIe-owners. and.
guiping down their wrath, they asked
what II cost under tho new regulations.
10 nave the cattle examined summarIly.
IN DuiK. Certain negotiations, attended
py me exchange of bolivars. then took
place IN the back room of little lInuor
store. and the new system was palpablo
and proven triumph
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I That story may be true or otherwise.
got u from resident OF Caracas But
IT possesses the higher form Of. truth:
artistic and representative verify. And
1t illustrates the causes which cumula
lively led to the Matos rebellion.
according to all testimony, General
AVatos was an admirable man. Educated
abroad. chiefly in France. he had a wide
general culture. He was wealthy and
successful. and had commercial, relations
with foreign countries, and a large and
growing business. His gorge finally rose
at the application OF new economic
principle, and he either founded or headed
an anti-castro movemerS which. In duo
tine. broke out into armed revolt.
Sut poor General Matos, excellent man
as he was in many particulars and re-
spects lacked one cardinal virtue pos
sessed IN excess by the man he sought
TO overthrow. He had no fighting power.
He could not organize a band OF tough
and seasoned Andinos and lead them
whooplng to victory. He could not win
battles. A serious defeat. surely In n
would-be revolutionary. and one which
brought wholesale ruin on General
Matoss adicrents. The General himself
escaped with whole skin perhaps be-
cause he insisted In leading the army
from the rear. and. for the more critical
part OF the campaign, from the safe dis
lance OF Curacao. So the ..Matos Rebel
Hon .fizzled out, and Cipriano Castro
returned and celebrated a triumph In hi.
capital. Mirafores became center OF
festivities, and the good President.
wreathed in smiles. danced the heels of
many pairs of shoes. while the band
played up. and myriad lights glowed
among myriad flowers.