THE CUBA REVIEW 



15 



THE PRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



From Utah. The Salt Lake City Tele- 

 gram hopes Cuba will never again need 

 outside assistance. It says: "We want 

 no Latin states in our republic; we have 

 plenty of trouble, plenty of vexatious 

 problems to solve, and surely do not de- 

 side to add to them. Godspeed Gomez, 

 and give to his oeople a disposition to 

 sustain him. 



The Providence (R. I.) Journal calls 

 it "Cuba's easy money producer." Nev- 

 ertheless it says that: 



"Judged even by the ordinary formulae of 

 gambling the profit in this game seems exces- 

 sive; especially as the government is relieved of 

 all risk. The Cubans are taxed thirty-three and 

 one-third per cent, for the privilege of playing 

 the game. Thus the lottery must be almost as 

 heavy a burden on the Cubans as the tariff is 

 on the Ultimate Consumer in our own country." 



Uncle Sam is mulish, says the Boston 

 Post, in his attitude toward the raising 

 of the Maine in Havana harbor. "For 

 ten years a hulk has obstructed naviga- 

 tion in the harbor of the capital of a 

 sister republic. Neither courtesy nor 

 law requires Cuba to longer await action 

 on the part of the United States in 

 abatement of this nuisance. The Ameri- 

 can government cannot decently oppose 

 action in that direction. Its attitude 

 is that of the dog in the manger." 



Cuba makes a good truck garden for 

 the United States, and some of our best 

 fruit comes from "the island empire." — 

 Norwich (Conn.) Bulletin. 



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LEST HE FORGET. 

 Cuba: — "Couldn't you spare time to remove this obstruction?" — Baltimore American. 



FOR MIEDO DE QUE OLVIDE. 

 Cuba: — No puede Ud. disponer del tiempo para quitar este obstaculo? Los encabezamientos 

 en el periodico que el Tio Sam lee son: La disputa del Folo Norte. Los registros de vuelos. 



