Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-10-22
Do Not Like This Country but
ASK Us For Reforms in
Government.
THE MERCHANTS AND THE
MANUFACTURERS COMPLAIN
Bureaucracy Worse Than Ever
and Tdxation Heavier Than ANY
Other Part of World.

Havana, Oct. 22.-There is also the
Spanish point of view to be taken
when the effect of American interven-
ton in Cuba is considered. 1t is re-
tiected by La Union Espanola. which
has long carried at its masthead the
declaration that it is published in the
interests of the Spaniards of the ISL
and. La Union is frankly hostile to
the Americans. The editor says he
is opposed to the attitude of the Unit
ed tates toward Cuba, "the annexa-
tion of which within a long or short
time it has decreed."
On the other hand. in a long edi-
torial, he has this scath'ng review
of the Palma government:
THE republic of Cuba was not a
republic of producers, but one of bu-
reaucrats. Had there been places for
some hundreds more the constitution
might have remained intact.
AS a matter of fact those who
had true grievances have remained
silent and patiently carried all the
burdens. the climax of their misfor-
tunes being reached when they had
to suffer the disastrous effects of the
revolution. None in Cuba had more
cause for complaint than the mer
chants and manufacturers, yet Meth
er merchants nor manufacturers had
anything to do with the war nor were
invited to help in the restoration of
peace. They are called upon to pay
the contributions imposed by the bu-
reaucracy and had no voice, nor vote,
nor any redress for their grievances.
The governor generals investiga-
| tions will soon convince him that the
! true revolution against Spain resulted
! from excessive taxation and bad ad
ministration. The merchants and
manufacturers now pay heavier trlb-
ute than ever, heavier, too, than in
J any other country in the world, and
in this country, which Marti dreamed
was to be republic, a larger bureau
cratic body is maintained than in
any other country with four times
the number of inhabitants. and these
| receive higher salaries than are paid
| in the most flourishing nations of the
earth. One fact will suffice to give
an idea of the scandalous extent to
which this is true. In the times of
greatest bureaucratic excess during
| the Spanish domination, there were
] in the city council of Havana ninety
| four employees, including the secre-
taries of the lieutenant mayor. AT
present there are more than 400 en-
ployes of the city ouncil with salar-
| les much higher than were received
| during Spanish times. A like state of
things will be found by the governor
general in all the dependencies of the
state, the province and the munich
! pality, and to support this great army
of parasites the imports and eXactions
are eXorbitant The land tax, manu-
| featuring license, customs duties-all
absolutely all, rest upon commerce
| and manufacturing, almost crushing
them out of existence. This imperi-
ously cries for a remedy which must
| begin with the reduction of the i'm
mense bureaucracy which is sucking
the blood from the country and dis
crediting the administration"
For these conditions La Union
| blames Palma's subOrdinates.
Money Market.
lew York, Oct. 22.-Money on call,
firm, 3@7 per cent; prime mercantile
| paper 6M6b Der cent silver 20 1-4c