From the New York Times:
New Domingan Tax Dispute.
Sugar Cultivation May Cease — American Interests Involved.
Santo Domingo, . — The Government has ordered the enforcement of taxation on the sugar produced in , and has declared that shipments will be prohibited unless this tax is paid.
The planters refuse to pay, basing their refusal on certain Government decrees and on contracts entered into with them by which the sugar industry was to be freed from all taxation for a period of twenty years. As a result of this situation the plantations may cease cultivation.
American interests are largely involved. The country is quiet.
Boy were they largely involved. In , the United States government took over both the Dominican Republic’s debts and its customs revenue. Since then, the country’s nominal independence has been frequently punctuated by U.S. invasions.
