| Show IN t CUBA CUn CUnIt It Is III of ot Interest to note that satisfactory tory progress la is being In the lie nr or of or the affairs of Cuba Cub Tho constitutional convention has agreed to change tho the election law In accordance with will the suggestion of ien Bral l l Wood ed and an son election will follow tallow the adjournment It of the lie convention Now 10 tariff regulations ro have hIO been pro promulgated that are sold ald to meet with general satisfaction tion The mo most t Import Imparl Important ant lint Items of there regulations relate to machinery railway material and ami coffee correo It has ii lon bon ordered that begin beginning nine ning 1 lit 1 I th there r shall be a n reduction p of ot M O rr per rent cent In th the duty dt ct oi tir br Cuba Cube And nd n Ii special sp Olal rate of t 5 pw per II rent ent ad valorem on Imported railway rana material The rebate of per hundred kilos Idles heretofore 1 on Porto n shipped fd to JM ubo II is rp repealed reduction t IB la the duties on ma mary m ry ty U is I c n f t great Import impart f a t th the Inland lelnd It will nil enable Indus lt trin or of f sit all kinds kind to obtain Iran machinery a r J t and With such h Improved Im rum th resources of 01 th the lelond are tare sore rapidly d v tilh built buill and equipped l and the thet t I f HUUs fri for n ran multiplied 1 Uc enabling producers to find more mor rend lly II than formerly advantageous a mar markets mar market kots ket for tor their products The Tho Cuban are arc realizing the benefits bele ts of ot American Influence In the tho th organisation of ot their government and the regulation r of ot their affairs If It to 10 commence with there thoro was some ome effort at misrepresenting our Intentions especially among the od nd adventurers who hoped hOJ e to 10 0 take t k up u the tho trull trail from which Spanish were driven such nuch influences Influence hove have al 11 already already ready been shown to be without appreciable amble effect The Tit citizens of tho the Island l generally understand that free tree Cuba on the basis now non established has future possibilities quite different from those t Ose It might expect sveta It dope without a strong friend by Its III side lido It H Is undoubtedly true that some somo omo criminals are beyond rescue r as far tai as ns human efforts can enn go and to those nothing snore moro can enn be done Ilono than then tho the jus ius tico that metes out retribution and a athe athe athe the same samo time places around society a safeguard against their thel evil deeds d and Influences But Dut many others forced by circumstances against whIch th they the were nere too weak to struggle successfully In Into Into into to forbidden paths are not beyond res rea rescue rescue cue and the tho great grent problem Is hat ought society t to do for them themA A to the tho solution offered by the tho con convict conict vict lct farm aria system the objection will bo bl raised that the competition would be detrimental to free labor free production Lion tion Perhaps It would But Dut any ex ox system for the maintenance ot of prisoners Is a n tax upon the citizens and quite a 0 heavy tax If penal Institution were ero made not to pay a big revenue but to maintain themselves and taxes lightened In proportion that objection would seem to be bo entirely met metIn metIn metIn In tho the Southern States where con convicts conVicts have hIlve been set to cotton raising their product has hns so far tar not had any appreciable upon the price Nice It Jt has hal not been on a sufficiently large lUSt scale for tor that What it may ma lead lend to toU toi U II i a 1 different question and on the re to results suIts of ot the system will depend Whether er the new departure will be perma permanently permanently in favor tavor or otherwise |
