The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-23
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Conditions in Cuba are not by any
means what they should be. according to
Rogue E. Garrigo. q lawyer of Havana.
who IS here on private business. Senior
Garrigo is member OF the Cuban House
OF Representatives, and has letter OF
introduction to John Barrett, Director
Of the Bureau CT american Republics.
from the vice president Of the Cuban re-
public He is at the Raleigh.
THE next time the United States is
compelled TO take matters in hand in
Cuba" said Senior Garrlgo, they should
stay in the island twenty years and
should place an honest governor In
charge. with a sufficient army and navy
to give force 60 his edicts. A man Of the
type of Gen. Wood-he was & great man.
and an honest man. We would much
prefer him 10 Magoon. Roosevelt? An,
he is too big a man for Cuba; he il a
great man, and we love him In Cuba
IF Mckinley had lived, Cuba, no doubt.
would yet be under the stars and Stripes
Roosevelt, imbued with the idea of free
dom, granted us that great privilege only
too soon-before we were prepared for Il.
There is too much graft in the govern
ment. President Gomez is helpless. He
is the fgurehead of his concealed cabl-
net, and he must do their bidding, which
is nothing but graft
The fact is We have too many laws in
Cuba II we had no laws, no legislature,
there would be peace. There is some
thing wrong with the Cuban constitu-
ton. and it ought to be changed. It
should be altered so as TO make the cab
met responsible 10 the legislature for
the management of the affairs Of the
country, and not the President sys-
tenn Ike the one In use IN France or in
spain is the kind we ought to have. AS
It is now, whenever any criticism is
made IN the Cuban legislature it is direct
ed against the President, and the people
are naturally thinking that he must be
an absolutely unfit man to occupy the
highest Office in their gift.
Business is prosperous In Cuba. The
only trouble is that money is tight.
Crops are good. and the farmers get good
prices
DO you think Cuba ought to be an
nexed by the United States?"
The United States does not want US"
concluded Senior Garrigo. and we know
II, and that is probably the reason We
do not care 10 ask to be annexed.
The Maine should be raised, but there
should be no second investigation of the
cause which may have sunk the ship.
That is res adjudicata. My private opin-
ion is that the Spanish government was
implicated IN the explosion. But, as I
say, I have nothing TO back me up in
that respect; il is merely an idea
James F. Dougherty, Of Dublin, who is
in this country visiting relatives. and was
seen at the Riggs. said that the Irish
department OF agriculture needs Ameri-
cenizing. Agriculture is of supreme i'm
portance 10 Ireland.
There is no country In Europe where
the land is so disadvantageously dis
tributed and tillage so much neglected.
The richest land in the country is in the
hands OF the large graders and sup
ports but a meager population. while the
poorest land-the barren mountain
tracts-ls parceled out in small fragments
among a poyerty-stricken population that
has to depend for subsistence largely on
the wages earned by kinfoIk over the
seas. Drainage. planting, fencing, and
dwelling house building are neglected
in a scandalous fashion. These condi-
tons must be changed before Ireland can
become a prosperous country.
The department OF agriculture has
done very little 20 change them" con-
tfnued Mr. Dougherty. 'Fhe department
Is too much inclined TO put before the
people schemes of farming that, in the
existing conditions Of the country. are
impracticable, and which the shrewdest
Of the farmers view with suspicion. Il
devotes too much attention to the fads Of
specialists. Details about insects. their
tails and wings; the coloring matter OF
vegetables. the constituent elements OF
bovine tissues-points Ike these are dwelt
on with pedantic persistence, while the
vital questions OF tiliage, Of drainage Of
dwellings, Of improved cattle. are neglect
ed.
The Irish farmer has no doubt got
into slovenly ways of working. He is
often thriftless; he is behind the age.
But it by no means follows that he Is a
fool because he fails to profit by the
lessons dealt out TO him BY high-saIaried
English and Scotch professors concern
ing the number Of claws on a beetle
and such matters Of more or less weighty
scientific interest. If he be dealt with
sympathetieally on broad, practical, and
practicable lines. he will be found a do
Gle pupil. What the Irish farmer needs
is the kind Of instruction and encourage
ment which is so generously. provided by
the Department OF Agriculture OF your
country"
Speaking OF fishing along the Pacific
coast, Albert S. Kent, OF Oakland, Cal,
who is at the Arlington. said last night
that one of the best fish in the Pacific
is the yellowtail, which is edible and
palatable.
In mornings casting in the Gaia
linisn Harbor, Avalon, I have taken
three, four. OF five. averaging twenty
FIVE and thirty pounds" said he IN the
clear. transparent waters OF that region
the angler may watch his quarry strike
the drifting bait. a live sardine, and
then listen rapturously TO the whizzing
OF his reel for several hundred yards Of
line, and by the time his f1nny meteor
has become exhausted by his efforts the