Evening public ledger
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Theodore Roosevelt formulated the Roosevelt Corollary specifically for the Dominican debt crisis, placing customs houses under American receivership to ward off European gunboats.Theodore Roosevelt formuló el Corolario Roosevelt para la crisis de la deuda dominicana, colocando las aduanas bajo control estadounidense.
More on The Customs ReceivershipMás sobre La receptoría de aduanas
- The Bridgeport evening farmer · July 28, 191528 de julio de 1915
- The Barre daily times · July 29, 191529 de julio de 1915
- The sun · August 1, 19151 de agosto de 1915
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The Evening Public Ledger criticized systemic customs fraud and graft in Haiti, contrasting the island's fertile resources with the economic harm caused by official corruption. The article detailed how the wife of former President Nord Alexis evaded customs duties by smuggling goods and disguising valuable coffee shipments as untaxed cottonseed. It concluded that establishing an honest, stable administration would allow Haiti to realize its natural agricultural potential.
The Evening Public Ledger criticó el sistemático fraude aduanero y la corrupción imperantes en Haití, contrastando los ubérrimos recursos de la isla con el perjuicio económico causado por las prebendas oficiales. El artículo detalló cómo la esposa del expresidente Nord Alexis evadía los aranceles aduaneros ingresando mercancías de contrabando y haciendo pasar valiosos cargamentos de café como semilla de algodón exenta de gravamen. Concluía que la instauración de una administración recta y estable permitiría a Haití materializar su potencial agrícola natural.
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power, but there ore usually other elements
.liillrq that tho crassest ovil.q nrnvnll. n.-.
olgn protest has produced llttlo effect, and e,
Inni, nn ihn pMKinm linuflPB nrn toft tn TrAti.l
,u..n ""Hani
officials thcro Is llttlo llkollhood that thej
evils win no noousnea. xna chief offender'
until her remarkable career camo to an eni
was Mme. Nora Aiexis, mo versatile, man
sided wlfo of a recent President. MndamS
la Presidents used to violate tho customs
laws nt her own sweet win. ena would bring
In a cargo of shirtings from Now York and"
undersell tho Haitian stores 20 per cent,, rc
I.U1UMB IV iiuuuouiiiu iui. ,ui iiu, auu, tier'
coffeo ventures were oven moro profitable?
Tho export duty on iiisii-graao coffeo is,
extremely heavy, whllo there Is no duty on!
cottonsceu. mme. ia Jt'rcsiucnte-s wny war
to buy up all the coffeo In sight in certain,
districts, through ngonts, pass it boldly!
throuirh the complaisant customs nn mit.. 1
seed nnd ship It to Havre. Tho swlndlo Wail
discoverou by foreign coffeo morcnants, who'
protested to Nord Alexis, but tho chief magjj
lstrato's only reply was to restore a number!
of vexatious nnti-ioreign Jaws which hatf
been allowed to Inpsc. The Institution ot
graft has Its headquarters In tho executive
mansion nt i'ort-ou-princo,
Yet Haiti, If glvon a stnblo government
and an honestly managed government, wnnu:
quickly becomo ono of the most productive!
nnd prosperous countries on tho faco of the
globe. JVnturo has blessed It with wonderful
fertility of soil, variety of products and!
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Evening public ledger. (1915). Philadelphia [Pa.], 1915-08-06. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045211/1915-08-06/ed-1/?sp=8
ReferencesReferencias
Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening public ledger, 1915-08-06.
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