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tates at Macoris and has clalms agalnst the Govern

ment arising out of the currency question. When at

one time the French claim was being pressed the

Jate President called unon Mr. Durham for assistance

in meeting the demands. Mr. Durham knew that a

refusal to meet requests of this sort was usually

followed by a death or a fire in the sugar cane,

and so he gave a draft for $12,000 in gold and took

$40,000 of Dominican paper money in exchange. He

has the paper money yet. During the recent ex

citement over the French claim Mr. Durham sub

scribed 3100, Dominican money, to the popular fund,

but the heirs of the Bass estate (American), of

which he is administrator, ecabied to subscribe

nothing, probably thinking that $12,000 gold was

more than their share. This action has been very

unfavorably commented on by the Dominican pa

pers. Judge Durham sald:

“I am one of those proverbial Philadelphia

lawyers, and I do not see a way out of the present

financial difficulties of this Government. All the

cultivated soll is taxed away out of sight by the

export duties here and the import duties of the

United States, and no further taxation is possible.

The improvement company has control of the reve

nues to its loan, and it pays the Government $60,

000 a month on {ts budget, which is not sufficient to

meet current expenses. Now, what is the remedy?

I confess I do not know: popular loans and sub

scriptions will soon exhaust the patriotic spirit of

the people. The foreign capital that came into this

republic came without thought of political Intrigue

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

New-York tribune. (1900). New York [N.Y.], 1900-03-11. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1900-03-11/ed-1/?sp=22

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: New-York tribune, 1900-03-11.