The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-07-02
CASTRO'S TRIUMPHANT
RETURN MARRIED BY
NATIONS POVERTY
POLICIES OF PRESIDENT
Held Accountable for Com.
mercial Prostitution.

Washington. n. c..Juy 1-on the eve
o. the officially announced triumphant
return Of President Castro 10 Caracas.
Juy tnc department Of commerce and I
abor issue q report tsom the unitcd
states consul at Ia GuRr, Swing an
accoua, of the oppressed conditions TO
witch Venezuela has been reduced by
the Rcstiurndors policy. This official
statement confirms the most alarming
veporis from private sources Consul
AIonat says.
Wal duties ou exports continue. Pro-
visions of nl kinds even such staples
as rice beans. salted nsh, etc. forming
the principal food articles consumed by
tho lthoriug Glasses have advanced from
e5 to 100 per cent IN price while at the
same umc. the opportunities for employ
meat sire rapidly decreasing
Gold Disappears
"No public works are being construct
ed or contemplated with the exception
of Godting dock which Is being built
al Puerto Cabello. Since the announce
ment Of the contract organizing a gov
ernment bank has been made public
gold has entirely disappeared from eircu-
lation. and even an exorbihnt premium
offered for IL fails to bring Il forth from
holrding which Is the method gener-
ally resorted to by those possessing Il.
"Thc cigarette trust recently formed
has taken from many, who sought from
their manufacture in small OF local
WAY to obtain livelihood. their only
/ mcans OF earning a support The Ham
I burg lae Of steamers which has reg
uiarly scheduled two steamers monthly
Z for Venezuelan oorts. has withdrawn one
/ steamer. owing TO the small cargoes
obtaiuabie.
Even ttose cf ihe wcathier class,
whose investments consist primarily in
! improved READ estate. are feeling the ef-
/ fects OF the commercial prostratlon. The
cities give ample evidence Of this fact
by the extraordinary number OF vacant
houses Rents ia consequence are gem
orally cut ia half in order to obtain sat-
4 lsfactory tenants.
Business Men Not venturing.
'The opportunity to Keep in touch
with the foreign market for cocoa and
coffee tneprincipal articles exported. has
been prevented through the severance
OF direct cable communication. which is
of the utmost Importance 20 those who
must keep informed a. to market con-
ditions in order to shin 10 advantage.
The extended uncertainty as to the ad-
j4stment Of foreign matters is restrnin-
ing trade IN other quarters and COM
pelling those who largly control the n
nancial situation, commission and bank
ing houses, 90 be very prudent In COM
mitments involving any ventures beyond
lactual ana present requirements.
rherailroads and harbor corporations
with grave apprehension note the decided
falling of n earnings uamistakable cv-
idence OF the declining conditions. Sew
crh of the concessions recently granted
have beel abandoned through mlsgiv-
ings as TO the future. and the options
paid thereon forfeited That underlying
conditions are preindcial 10 prosperity,
az least for the present is 40 apparent
as 20 cause anxiety on ne part Of ali
commercial interests"
spollatlon Continues on Old Lines
notwithstanding the dreful results OF
the policy Of monopolizing for himself
and his friends all theiudustries and
resources OF the country, the acquisitive
operations Of the government ring con
tinue 20 branch out in all directions
Exactly the same line OF action followed
.
mudez tAsphalD co. has now been
adopted in the case Of the Orinoco Cor
poration. This is "a West Virginia COM
pany formed to exploit concessio,
granted by President Banco in 1883
The government SIS now preparing tc
bring suit On the High Federal Court
for thepurpose Of annuling the propert,
rights of the American company,
The same judicial travosty played &C.
the case OF the asphalt company WI
doubtless follow. The High Fedora
Court is wholly under the president
control and renders its decisions n ac
cordance with ordefs from headquarters
This is one Of tho grounds on which th
3ermudez company is asking the stau
departments aid iu securing hc rcstor
alton of its Venezuelan property seize,
by Pre- ident Castro nearly two year
: ngo- An effort was made 60 Justify thi
seiznrc hs accusing the company of par
ucipauon in the Matos revolution AS
y matter of fact. there was absolutely n
connection, even m the court ploceed
mgs at Caracas between the two thiagi
= m the suit brought after the seizur
d Was mnde there is no mention Of IN
Revolutionary charges
Ring Gets All the Spoil
a protest has been filed with the stat
department against various recent grant
! hy Castro of the very territory owne
by the Orinooo Corporation ipiicatin
that the campaign of speculation has be
gun before the court had time 10 ace
Lacking support from Washington. tai
Il concern viii probably nnd itseif in a.
- same position as the asphalt company
n despoiled of its property and with0t
judicial redress la country whore IL
courts are merely registering macldn,
e Of the presidents win
n 10 would not be quite so had v th
~ country as a whole prohted by the de,
e poimtion Of foreign capital as matt,
.- OF fact Castro and his friends work r,
"a their personal proht such Safes las al
D. Caracas gas works steamship line
: asphalt lakes and other property owne
~ log fonign companies but seized on on
lf prrteNt or another bv tho government