Show r HI I Ii CUBA FOR AMERICA I j JI I I I 1 bl I I 1 H t 11 i I United Strtes Consul Will Try to Interest II d 1 I I JfI J 1 terest Business Men in the l 1 II I I Reciprocity Treaty t I I ll il r I I 1 I I I i I I II II j 11 1 I I New York Oct 20 United Stales I r ConsulGeneral Stelnhart at Havana f I Havana 1 1 I I 1 l has arrived here with the Idea In view j I iJIII i of interesting business men in the Cu 1111 1 1 l fiI Ii j I t ban reciprocity treaty I Lii I I I It Is earnestly to be hoped that the t I Ii treaty will pass Mr Stelnhart said it I I I Considering the proximity of the II I lit I j t two countries and the advantage of j I I 11 lower freight rates the United States I should he able to compete successfully i j i with European manufacturers and merchants f I j I mer-chants even If we left out of the reckoning I i 1 I 1 J reck-oning the superior sagacity of Americans illl 11 1 jl I t Ameri-cans The Cubans desire the adoption of t i i the treaty as It will insure to them a I 1 I j i market for the next live years and they t I tare coniidcnt that at the expiration of J j I this period the relations of the two II J I i I i countries will be so closely cemented I that u renewal of the treaty will be j JII hi I It J easily effected because It will be to the I I t i manifest interest of both countries 1111 t J Cuba Is Importing from us nt the I L I 1 rate of 530000000 a year and 1 confidently I i I J confi-dently believe that in six months after III I II I 1 11 the passage of the treaty the total will j J 11 t I 4 I < be doubled Most of the Increase will t be In cotton goods and in rice With lJ t prices declining In the United Stales II I II It I it should juickly retrain the Cuban I i market and sell much more to the Island I ii Isl-and than ever before |