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Show PORTOJMUAXSSTARYE J PEOPLE IN THE INTERIOR IN 1 GREAT DISTRESS i ' i (In. Hun Irrdtlmn.an.l I ."1. Him list 1 Srllli.rllrrail s,,r Mrs! (.million 'I llu. Ixrt.l; ti ih short """"""' j Washington April l llrlga Her- j (lenernl Hay Stone who has Just re- J turned from l'orlo lllco where ho took I n ten dais' Journey through the Interior Inte-rior declares there la much distress and aitual starvation In l'orto Itteo j 1 he general was attached to the de J partment of nfrlculturc before the war, and during hostilities lie was In l'orto , lllco ns a mcinlcr of (lenernl Miles stair 'Ihlslast trip wns made with a 'f part) of capitalists and rallroid men. He mis aim invited b) Mojor-llenernl lliur) to give advice concerning the construction of roads through the islands ' People arc dying of starvation all t through the Interior, ' said (leneral stone 'III the dlstrlctof Aguas lianas there! wero man) chillis The Judge In the dlstrl't of Comerlo shove oil me n j lsiok in which ho had recorded tho j names of many who died from Inck of : foul (uiieral (Irani reported thlrt)-nine thlrt)-nine deaths from starvation In oncells-trlct oncells-trlct I an hundreds of natives emaciated ema-ciated und wenk When I left l'orto lllco there were 100 000 persons there who had neither brend nor meal for I In o we cks "lha stale! of affairs Is largely duo to the short coffee crop and the ruinous competition of Hrar.ll "ct,wlth all their sufferings, tho I l'orto Itlcans speak with prldo ns be longing to the United S'tates. Hie) do not expect Porto lllco to becomo A i state ( "liorlo lllco Is the home of the or anga, yet oranges are rotting on the trees 1 hey nre sold nt SO cents u barrel bar-rel I bought them live for one cent. They nro as good nt the Indian river oranges " |