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Any honest administration had ample revenues for all legitimate expenses, and a surplus; and this surplus seems not to have been used for the benefit of the island, but sent home.
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Whitelaw Reid
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Reid critiques the financial management of Cuba under Spanish rule, highlighting the misallocation of surplus revenues.
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