| Show 1 t Q i 8 c I II 1 II 1111 i I Ii II I t I ITHE THE TH II PORTO I RICO Ii J Or i I TODAY TODA VI ii III 1111 i I il I III IU III III III II t I i i 01 I BY FREDERICK Ag OBER Author of Porto Ri Rico o ad Us lis Resources sn yIk IJ I i has hall hose a Br great t Tl I dd f II as to 10 whither or ora a 11 1 land or of Porto Porte Rico should f I rol and a civil government governmentAl ov InS I is liable to 10 pin per At Al n fl 1 I lila hit social u I n ri depending upon On and I ual perba tb the thi I 1 ran can do II to give Ive an account and herd during durin o of h I I hwe seen r 1 lil trip nip over and around the Ut I Iland ii nil mJ land I 1111 my to mk make ro r C d In the first I Ima Iroe roe ma Ir nilon that I WU h hers O year III th lh year 1 and again In eight ear on TOY my latter visit as a Clil ral Thu harln n the island nd when under I u and having met the ruling Ill u h nl as the captain general sti ai Ald l oJ etc tc I shall ball havn d f as between a I I Porto orlo RIco the I kt t 1101 the present prent It 11 ri m d a It trivial I vial matter per tsp hP 11 tL 11 firM thing that struck me met t Thy ne for th the third time Into Ib the l 1 harbor of Ian dan Juan 11 was the freedom accorded arrival here bere s a with the I t during durin Ut the old re 81 ath b kIt I cr on A thi th great creat walled ailed city or of Ian JUI Juar n 1 before me the time tilDe Hh th t I Morro forra Castle Ie IC 11 I I was wa of course wix II I h a desire to photograph the thelI lI nl and pitched my cm cam Ira tra f r a snap nap shot hut after we had crossed th liOl 1 Into Inlo I ho I r I tod II no sooner done clone mu 10 H r m ann was 11 by a sallow rno In 1 who voel And pointed significantly to ta iI Irro Intimating hat hAI f 1 I r III In m my scheme I 1 would too This man was wasS S UI who had bill come COllie aboard h I 0 IlL A h he alto also threatened to 10 I hastened to tot toJ vr OI I I I TOV J II t f n fl I room where It la lay dur J h 1 lim w were on the coast Ti n I I ii y yarl arll MO and conditIons c r f 1 the santi ame when I iliad tade my 1 i in n 1 for before I could take taker r lh ili ht n I lit the then n 0 fr th the of 11 th w were so 10 jealous I 1 hId hd 10 I i O 1 II 0 troll from the It II vt Ill I tOe Ine with alacrity to 10 lit be sure may mar have been n it 11 may ba have tl bien n f from I real ova for the or Itom a di ill lIre ton for change for tor their condi conditio tio could not nol ho have botn n worse or It than IbAn the made it II Th ware wert oppressed by foreign ruler tulen Ute the burd burden of species or of lax taxation a and aeS had no DO V voIs to tn tho Iho management of lit at W faire W And yet It badly 0 of I 1 they were wre It is II the opinion or of flavia that their condition conditt then Will was better I ler than it II II nw new for b be says or of proving a bleis ing to the inhabitants Inhabitant u the they had so 10 fond fondly I anticipated nUD annexation to the h ha brought theta on only a additional woe and Immediate measures mure are re taken by this gov Ih the distress ond now will and thi Ihl of regenerating leraU the land will Iner increase With prosperity with of procuring the th of life no will willbe willbe be ex experienced In maintaining order and andIn andin In educating the people in hi Ih the American methods of But to 10 leur them In and to 10 fall to 10 Provide means mean b by which they Ihy can ean lift from the poverty encompassing them will wee breed discontent nd make them bl bie to AmerIn rule 1 measures of the means mean first Sut such luch on en the tariff question op nl shall hall settle It for at least leu I a term lenn or of years In m my va various rious tripe trip I conversed with all or of PlOP people frOM the or poor farm farmer er ot of the OUD to 0 tb the rich rIoh hacen dudo or estate owner or of the valley and the universal cry was wal Give Ulve u anything anything but bul thu uncertain uncertainty ty Iy We will W be with a IS 3 per cent cellI tariff or n A 26 per cent but what we want of C lur course II perfect of tree fro trade nt but rrt fredom dum of trade Ird Mark fark the The discontent 1 not to so apparent at t least on the surface as seems eYl evident enl f from General I remarks R Re of course as aa In chief of the American forces receiving dally daliy from III all quarters or of th the uland may be of more disturbances and more suffering than the mere traveler According to 10 tM or of those with whom I 1 hV have con conversed versed and ad who olal claimed led to be well en re of the facts Iet our is II steadily the by he of 01 free ratIons ration It 11 Is II pointed out that so 10 tINny thousand or million rations are dal dalI I ly or we weekly kly Issued In the dl lineS end this Ihle tact th alarmIst say provo that lut the population is 11 starving l I fl Cuatro di Julio The Fourth 1 i vt San Juan n nF niLi I F NIve Costumes I iLi 14 Ij i I e In the Interior Ir 1 tJI J I M i d tiK j j j L md e a ot of regrets and apol apolei ei rt lie coming there In U an I 1 il a aM I had corn 14 sub rat cad to 10 LItI h Bul nul with m I p It I was wal tol fol tolI vet I 1 Li Bu nw 1111 different dereDI As AI we Y lb Iti on this list trIp the steam t e with poInt J g am anre r lid HI kodak at the n It I from anybody The nell ne necessary on the liland ro op t i III rIg lOW United States Statu property no 1 Ic is II t for viewing t I of r Ih the princIpal fortan t 1 ho Mono Morro This however hower j noh tl n a against spies cd and Ii 11 granted r II Ion application at 5 the Plo palace TI Th u ri to 10 the seat at of government reminds remind me that the ret hilt 1 r rad very r I is to 10 III the Veri r I raja that 1 t 1 11 within the bastion or of Santa I I I the otty slid t f I k n ot of the Oa Casa manoo t oli ly Iv Ponce iono di II lived the 1 barracks and the citadel 1 I II I t is II the official resIdence or ct 1 Lt 11 ri 6 ueral and so 10 In 11 nc I a I wale object r t Invasion b by All ot II I Ii allO al his 1111 private home 1 I i Ion of 01 the Ibe lower rooms room I is 11 I 1 I i 10 j the Ihl public through bill hi m through a sentry Cola r 5 climb the brod and tiller anIse the Iho anteroom I t adjutant la Ie itt In W to IU t rIi n of to 10 the Ibe generaL nera tr I I I to h r or a at I ortee to 10 n IW I II t I on one or of the most mOlt pl pleasing r r The views or of a titan man I i It at I r Genral O 0 W verner general or of hit I ri II i fIu often been sought lIt arid Q hl not always accurately Ih 1 r I Is a worthy r I rill ral that medal of ec all c rt 1 great to ark k I 4 II r he Ie I ably carry rIch a and Ind Ia nii i I Ite more mars than lix lis feel f or of I U 1 n 11 WIlI I I I l I Ills I at ev ry sot act lit h il n I to command In Porte Port n It f r ti It I ill 11 he h hap the beat Lar lr heart beart and aDd bit hi n 11 I be to 10 make II v the I U at 11 l of not tor Ata Alii H fitly nallY L tilt the ie I f 1 10 Rico under Adea with the frankness n ol I J or of ru Ih t to the th I 1 n Io 5 of I r A consequences Ihl that 4 II web to be b desired The I Ii know kno rom OIl oar soldier I II nu nut flut tb the people are not starVIng and JId In Intact Intact tact are re WJ Jar far from Cram It The issuing or of the ration Suppose for toni toM of tree food were to 10 tobe be Issued In the poorest part of aa any great t American city It or OJ In II a populous center of Ih the country fur for that Ibal matter is II there thra zay ny doubt that thaI there therl would Ie be of people ready to accept thu gift Ut Aid Is IsIt Isit It likely that they would feel teel Inclined to work much while the they w were ted tar lor nothing nature is II about the lite lame MM In Porto Rico II as It Is II In the Stole Slat IUd Ike natural I Indolence or of a people born and bred In a tropical aI climate I b by the charity of a paternal government General Devi recognise this In the wholesale distribution of supplies for nothing and nd he be as aa a the 1111 of the people In t works work as I the he bull building tag ot of road etc Ite In fiet thousand have haft been so 10 em cm but the bulk ot of them having ft de ein Po I liking for the pap ol of is at AI lb the ot of rol going lr to work at a wage alre theIr old rate rat or of and nd The govern government men ment I contractor Increased their wire wages and they struck again acain and nd at al last lut ae ac accounts counts were still 1111 strikIng Over at the Cast I end of Ih the island where whre the laborers on the had neer 11 mo more thAn 50 cents ent II d day In Ih their r be before fore rore till the unlit advent of Ih the Americans G c or of them struck a proposed wa wage of It 12 a day demanding ILIC It I is quite quI likely that thaI thy they will k 1 rp ep on demandIng art An Increase until all their supplies are aill n ca i hausted lineS and then go 0 to 10 work at the rat ral or of 10 cents a day perfectly contented Ap Alt Soc fer starvation that II a altogether out or of tb the question To prove this let ID me aek for tor example what hat would be the condition or of New were It In the tho enjoyment ate climate that bestowed um sum ummer mer me and In which fruits md ind ot at atall all sorts grew all the time and harvst flit fast cech U upon OD the Mh rs heck M U lh tilt the world will row grow hl here hereld ld U these I 11 not a week In the year 1 s or of 01 nutritious fruits trull or w Ire are not nol ripening two wo regions lImal and Ind aa II with It Its a tn In tnt t 10 the ahl I ipe I pe l land ot o Porte Rico tko A Ani UI theft i all iii starts f rUma hev ft Ie to tofee fee a rull lI nl IU dl I I I at al ny tintS time hy by rhinE nom th the at a few as 1 weD II as e change ft fit Ion It 11 I is I thi butu 4 Ih the class lip bele that tiny boy thir I It at less 1 sincO III even the 1 jIll IT r not no broad to ecU II na 1 t I i n lIve on han nil all If CoI I I Ill if 1 Ihu veil tj th to me Ibal Ida ilia cjU i I 4 gins wept t Independent or of the Americana a as theIr subsistence I p grew lId and that they our charity But I asked him about aboul those pitiful for help that came camo wafted nod t toward the States last lair fear sr aed about abouL Ut the shipload of provision that thaI w wt we Mat t theta he u silent No iM they did not lend any n provision back they devoured them all and then out theIr hand haM for 1 Ne New is II It not taUt rather pitiful for In any one oneto to say that thaI the people of orto RI Rico o lire are still Ull suffering from the effect of last lut Au Alt Aut gusti t when more mON than Iban six tl months have bave pu 4 sines It occurred of pour met t their death in that hurricane and the evidences of Ita 11 hanoi are seen 1 on every Itle In Inthe Inthe the rained huts lauta the wrecked building of sugar r MinIm tat slid lb the houses and Ir trees OD along the t road In Inthe inthe the country distrIct it If there was wa any anything thIn thing left of cOlt not destroyed or injured it II was WAi merely because It was not 1101 In the path of the storm In going from Ih the port or pia play of Jonce to 0 that cU cUI city I saw aw a O toot foot steel wagon bridge which hd had been swat t by the dood from Us I abutments I arid Into a mo more I thin than lie Its entire length IW sway The bed of this bridge WIS wac 10 l feet reet from that or of the Ihl tram It spanned and was strongly an anchored anchored to 10 Its yet the ilver osme oam down with the and ear car Tied It away aar Ilk a the other day when IMn I 1 saw MW that I mt might walked acre It oa the stepping steppingstone stone that above alln ties water wlter Rut But J I was 11 lOin going to say that the hunt cane terrible u It w was occurred so 10 long a ago that tb there has hae been n time for Ih the pat pUI patting ting in and of crotis in III this region alor 1 of fruit and vegetables Is II merely meldy a 11 matter ot of weeks d not ol of months It if the people are suffering nest M fro freta tb the lack of feed It I Ia entirely their fault tault Th They haYs only to 10 scratch tIM the earth Po a little wIth a sharpened stick drop In hi a seed lied or a tuber and nature does dOel th the ret rest It at porno IOme season they have a only to Ito be beneath neath a Ir trio and their mouths mouth rr for forthe the ripe fruits to tall Into them And yet th the time that hu has elapsed Iap rd the hurrIcane th there are arc thousands who he to exist on charIty rather than do a little work In their r dens They might ha have had bad even bananas and aneS In full rull fruit If thy they hU had atten attended to them a month after II the hurr hurricane tar fit nd i will grow Item frona Ut the 1 shoot of the old plants planta and requite but a afew I rw few month montla to mature while such nell voge table as yam ImI aad nd sweet pos pota toes loea will ripen hi D I a few wee weeks And agaIn a In It has baa r boon that any of 01 thee natives who wi had their hut huta hutor or hou houses toppled over ever tried to sit let them uP agath I II have ieee sent that ehAt were with w the ground and other that were e halt balf tumbled over r beneath which their ne burro burrowed In porno manner withoUt to more than prop up the doorway or OC itt the thatch s I little lillie J I urn or of the Ibl men maal of the Ille 11 r rhal wo of 01 the It nr In the Island They Ir are d I p fI I dy hut bUI they dont Ihl for poverty her heN does riot mean what PM per rrt eNy In r a raid meant They re is litti clot clothIng and are happier with non on II ci I lill A bit of coin coar br bread ad la In lahe Inthe the he I a and a plantain or two 10 III II noon and Ih the same I at night vati rr f their fur for food Thu I the Itt I f hp laborer In th can II I s Th can In UbAl l on S IL a da day and arc mAl rida owners oner W ot se e c lat tales who teaks Alce woney on their workers b by charging theta 10 cents per dy day for tor and pocketing the difference I can Io m my assertions by reference to reports No It I 5 hot t the people who are mulU Ib fbi clamor for lor hIgher w waDd and aDd lower fit ter tree tobacco sugi etc etl and the franchise Not one In Ita of them knows know What t the franchise is II or earn cares Not Olt esit read or write or knows know whether the queen or of Spain Brain ir r President McKinley rules RIo Rico In filet fact lb the majority do not nol arll so 10 Ion long a athey ss they om permItted to do III a they like to 10 Wear bAit Un COllum ot of rage and rib ribbon hon bon lei to lit lie In a hammock and Ind take IllIe a vi II viesta esta ellla at 1 midday to celebrate lunda Sundays and feast feRt CIa days the Ita more I the h merrier b by bailee or drinking and cock GOCk Ashling na w Was a time when bea the rIcher oleaN ds leb ot of the Ibe bull buU light but bul r submitted to its III banish banishment ment with good grace ao 10 Ion long as the they were wre permitted to retain their For Por h hers the lighting cock and Ind not III the bald eagle II the Uti national bird It If we could proy that tIM the agie Ie would whip the w WI should bould win their ever I but so long as 11 there Ie Ia any ny they ther stick by the Med AM t thIs m me I to III rek tl t In no noway w way isis tile the liberty of the Pinto Peete beta been with This 1 one of the Worldly wise wilt rules laid down by raI henry and aDd religiously Gsa eral his hll greit w I arrived at San the vu In full blat blet and aad I 1 tOu could III not detect a WI taint fir difference t its ft then JIlt and eight years ago rl ribbon bon Sf paper we were Stretch d arose rind tangled up tip In Ie the put pe erby 11 was treated 1 tO It II deluge of perfumed water or a dull dash of riot rice powder while hIli till the were out In hall full fore force parading III strIct In masks mak Mid d of exceeding grotesqueness IaN and origInality There Will was one on difference I hard I Ir In the capital Ian Mun Juan Juaa The rile told lilt me that the pi had been carefully hel led and wept swept Wonderful 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