Salt Lake Herald | 1901-11-26 | Page 2 | Want Tariff Reduced

WANT TARIFF REDUCED Cuban Cub Delegation Hakes Plea in Be De Behalf e half of Sugar ugar and Tobacco Washington Nov 25 A delegation del tIon of or Cubans called caned upon the president JJr dent today and presented a petition adopted tw oy the industrial organizations of the island urging ursine upon hi h attention the i 9 of ot reduction in the American A tariff u uon Cuban products particularly particularly lary upon sugar and tobacco The be secretary of war and Ad other oUter officiate also we recalled called upon I f IThe The delegation consisted of Fran Francisco cisco elseo Gamba Gamb president of the General Society of Merchants and aRd Business BusinessMen BusinessMen Men of Cuba Miguel Il uel Mendoza Simon Dumois Louis Francke Gustave Bock Dionisio Vala Valasco co Juan Joan Pedro and Alfonso The delegation was accompanied by State Senator Frank D Pavey find ind nd L V a am member m mbel of the former Cuban delegation delegation tion lion on economic affairs which visited vi Washington last winter sinter The petition says ays that the economical situation In which the island of Cuba i Is 11 placed is such that the tho th remedies URe ted admit of no delay deJa and uti con concludes as follows We Wt therefore respectfully entreat you cither fey y virtue of t the te e constitutional constitutional authority ty vested iu lu you yeu or by byr requesting questing r congress in your first mes message m sage Ka e to grant rant you the necessary au authority authority to immediately establish ample omme lal privileges between the States the almost exclusive market for our products and Cuba Cub based on en n the t foregoing petition as a measure of the most moat u necessity and anI indispensable for the salvation of oft th t island