The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-06-18
No More Freedom Than
When Spain Ruled
TRUST CONTROL IT

Havana, June 11.-Poor Cuba

havana June 1l.-Poor Cuba,
Her soil red with the blood
patriots who died in vain.
Her peoples souls o~yerflowIns WIN
the love Of freedom, but they theme
selves slaves
Slaves today as much as they wers
slaves of Spain when Garci4 AMI
Maceo took up the machete Of revolY-
uon in the 9Os. Slaves of greedy rIgh
men who live over the sea slaves II
the trust; slaves Of exporting
capital.
Foreigners own more than - per
cent of Cuban and and property. and
explolters rule the island as ruthless
~ as did Spain. The peasant lives
from hand to mouth. under conditions
not a bit better than When Spain
dominated the island. Foreign CAPT
tai is draining the ountr to pay
dividends to foreign owners Of stock
Practically all the land is cultivated
by Cubans as hired men.
Peasants Kept Down.
Ihere isn't q chance for 4 peasant
to get even a few acres for his own.
n the common people are deeply
stirred with discomfort. They don't
care what happens. The Cuban loye
for America and Americans. born
When Spain was driven from tho
country, is fast giving way to hatred.
The largest factor in bringing tins
change Of feeling is the American
sugar trust.
tire the Spanish-Ameican war, tho
sugar trust would be out Of bust
ness today. That was why the trust
did not want Cuba annexed -then
The tariff on sugar going into tho
United States from j foreign cuba
protected the trust.
Sugar Trust in Control.
The sugar trust set to work to con
troll Cuban politics. Watch the paraI-
lei with the doings down here now
An uprising was carefully planned
and abundantly financed by the sugar
trust against the president, Palma.
In August, 1905, it broke out. Cries
went up for Intervention. American
troops came down, and Charles T.
Magoon was sent as governor u
straighten things out.
The trust put up for preSi-
dent Mario G.. Menocal, creator and
manager OF the Chaparra sugar es-
tate, a former revolutiOnist and about
the smoothest politician in Latin
America. He is the Cuban manager
for the American sugar trust.
And because he was the representa-
tive OF the sugar trust. which WAS
grinding the lifeblood of the peas
ants, the peasants walked up to the
polls and voted by an overwhelming
majority for Gen. Gomez, who is now
" oAANi LII "1lcS III tifdo II
January, 1919.
McnOcal a Candidate.
Menocal is again q candidate for
president. The trust is again
backing him.
The sugar octopus has been busy
IN another way Of late years: 1t has
been buying certain sugar estates
gaining majority stock in other big
sugar plantations, until now it Is. by
lts commanding position, in controI
OF the g industry of Cuba
h present revolution probably
will not amount to much. It is a re
suit Of foreign greed-of the desire
Of the foreigners to take more and
more money out OF Cuba. Wages
d have been repeatedly reduced. This
spring there were more reduction
and widespread strikes resulted.
Most of the strikers were negroes
and able leaders among them induced
them to take up arms. They are poor
~ organized. There are few Veteran
Of the revolution in their ranks and
the chances are they will be defeatec
and dispersed without help from tn
United States.
RARE.