Salt Lake Tribune | 1901-12-30 | Page 4 | A Mammoth Edition, Cubans Propose a Law

I CUBANS PROPOSE A LAVA LAV-A committee Cubans has addressed to the President of ihe Senate and the Speaker of the Houseof Representatives a letter In which a plan for the relief of Cuba at the of expense the United States Is detailed This committee claims to know the needs and wishes of the Cuban people which Is no doubt true The Cubans It I Is set forth need access lo the markets of the I United States for the sale of their products pro-ducts I Is essential to their prosperity i prosper-Ity They wish the sale of American products extended in Cuba Under present conditions that is Imppssible American sales in Cuba aro decreasing The reason is simple Under a uniform tariff European products can be sold In Cuba for less than American product pro-duct Unless the United Stales secures se-cures a preferential rift rate in Cuba In favor of American products American I Ameri-can merchants will be driven from the Held HeldWith With the letter Is the draft of a proposed pro-posed law entitled An act to promote UtIle prosperity of Cuba and extend the market for American products I la as follows Section 1From and after tho 1st day of January 1C02 Cuban molasses and raw > sugar up to NO 16 of the Dutch standard shall 0bVdmltta Into the UnIted States free and all other Cuban products I upon jlho il payment of ° Mcnlf the rates ° f du ties levied and collected under the tariff I1W8 or the UnIted States upon similar Products oC the most favored nation pro Wed tho peoplo o Cuba comply with the following condition llon Section 2The people < r Cu ha shall con I sent that from I and after the lat day of January 10 < W all products of tho United Slates shall bo admitted Into Cuba upon I I tho payment of onehalf the rates of duty levied and collected under the tariff lairs I ot Cuba upon similar products of the most prouctH favored nation Whenever the Military I Governor of Cuba shall report lUltat President of the United States that the I people ot Cuba have given such consent 1 tho President shall by proclamation declare de-clare that the rates of duties provided for In this act shall tako effect In the United States and In Cuba from and sifter the let day of January 1D02 Section da 3 1This act shall take effect Immediately Im-mediately We do not believe that the American Ameri-can people oughtlo consent to the first clause of section 1 as It stands but It could bo modified so as not to Inflict injury In-Jury upon our own sugar Industries and I then agreed to We believe the beet sugar men of the West are willing to make some concessions and probably an understanding can be arrived at Some help for Cuba seems Imperative and the thing to do Is to arrange for It In such a way as least to disturb our own Industries