Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-27
WHAT ZELAYA SACRIFICES
 IN FLIGHT FROM NICARAGUA.
His Income Placed at $4o,oo0 Per Month, U. S. Money-Controlier of Many Monopolies-No End to His Revenues.

Managua, Nicaragua, Wednesday, Dec. 15.-The magnitude of the per- sonal sacrifice involved in the aver throw of Zelaya from actual power and possible flight from Nicaragua is shown in the statement that he derives from various monopolies and financial ventures revenue of s40e,000 silver ($40,000 United States money) per month.
 In the building in the Champ De Mars, which houses the ministry of war, Ze- laya conducts the monopolies of alco- hol, tobacco, cattle, petroleum, hides, gambling, soap, candles. ice and drugs and lumber for railroad fuel and ties. From these quarters he has also con- trolled the local monopolies existing long the Atlantic coast and covering traffic in aguardiente leaf and manufac- tured tobacco, cocoanut groves, abat- toirs and turtle fisheries.
 In addition to these he controls the dock privileges at the piers of Corinto, Granada, San Jorge, Monkey Point, San Miguelisto and Ell Bluff, and the lease of the National railway and of the Ma tional steamship lines.
 Through some peculiar framing of the customs laws he also benefits from premiums on the exportation of coffee, lumber, gold, hides and rubber, and from duties of from 10 to 50 per cent. OlA lllC lQOI IdliOliS VI dA SUI IS Ol manufactured articles.
 Among his other known interests are the street cleaning of Managua. done by contract; the sugar refinery of San Antonio; the blaming mills and the sale of property to or by the government. He also exacts a share in all conces- sions granted by the government in this manner, is large stockholder in the concessions granted to- the Blue flI6C IQTnaG -(l Ii- chora- -Salazar- Emery and a number of mining concessions. The system is so perfected that no land owner can de- vote his property to raising sugar cane or tobacco without the authorization of the trusts created and controlled by Zelaya.
 On the Atlantic side Zelaya has op- erated through the business house of Lopez & Martinez. Lopez is a cousin of his and is now jailed by the revo- lutionists. Through this house alone he has received profits of five or six thousand dollars American money
 The railways and steamers of the country are managed for him by his partner. a Julio Wiest, Swiss The contract for the construction of the railway from San Miguelist to Monkey Point, which he controls through Wiest. costs the government S20.000 United States money per month. The country has already disbursed $500, 1000 in the last three years on this line, and but four miles of railroad have been built.
 The national finances have also been used for his enrichment. The system here has been for Zelaya to underwrite the government bonds at a large dis count and then to dspise of them to bankers at 50 per cent profit.
 It is conservatively estimated that he appropriates 55 per cent. of all cus- toms dues by the simple process of compelling payment of customs dues through compulsory purchase of gov ernment bonds, of which he only is supplied, and which he sells at 50 per cent. appreciation over par. after hay ing bought them at 40 per cent. dis count from par.
 Then again Zelaya operates a planta- tion in the Champ De Mars which the soldiers of the garrison work for him. Another he owns in partnership with the commander of the penitentiary. and they divide the profits, the labor being convict labor. for which they do not pay Through a dummy he has the contract for the new drainage system of Managua and in a similar manner he holds the contract for the clothing and equipment of the army.
 Zelaya maintains a special office for the discountiny of salaries of state em- ployes, paying them 70 per cent. of their claims and retaining 30 per cent. commissions. To render this effective, the treasury is maintained always in an empty condition.
 Each governor of department (prov- ince) has the exclusive privilefe of traffic in aguardiente and the licensing of games of chance. and are compell- ed to turn into Zelaya 50 per cent. of the proceeds.