Show cuta tae ND MOW A madrid magazine has had the courage to print a comparison between auba under spanish rule and cuba fre the comparison is honestly drawn and shirks no issues every department of life as considered and contrasted it is tor instance pointed out that in 1894 there were public schools and 70 private schools there are now primary itta 72 special schools ich subjection 1 0 o spain meant ignorance while independence meant education roada and railways ral ways show progress no less remarkable anile so far as the public health Is concerned the place that was I 1 once the very fortress of disease has been successfully carried by cleanliness and sanitation these are but a few of tha many comparisons that are drawn and they all of them tell exactly the same tale the candor of the author of this article must be a little painful to spanish pride ho saye these comparisons are far from battering nattering natt ering to our colonizing methods and to our public men in order that cuba might liken herself to the great modern nations tn hygiene instruction governmental mechanism industrial du development etc she had to escape from OUT sway had she continued subject to spain she would still be afflicted with the troubles from which she suffered before the revolution the writer in question has gone a long way in the publication of such an article but he might go further still he might point out that spain herself is in very mach the same condition as was cuba with the exception of the state of war he might point out that education in spain is unworthy of the name hat her resources are undeveloped and that the whole evil brood of misgovernment government is strangling and stifling the national life the cuba of old days was not so much representative of spanish colonial policy as of spain herself we are in receipt of a very lengthy communication from ex councilman fbrown suggesting that after the mayor city council and water company get a water franchise fixed to suit them that it be submitted to a vote of the people at the fall election that Is a splendid idea and meets the mayors approval lovi brown does make a worthy suggestion once in a while |