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Show I Itrtlj rorlty wtili Hpsln, 1 The new Amerlran doctrtuo cf rI Ifrncity with other nations Is bearing fruit all over tho western continent j The most Important step gained In .Luropoasytt It the International copyright copy-right law. Uut a long step has also ben taken In I hi now reciprocity treaty with ttpala This, to bo sure, only covers Cuba and 1'orto Itlc but It may mean ultimately tho annexation of Cut to the United Stales. This was what Si In feared, an 1 therefore hesitated as long as I she coul 1 before coming to tho pomt, I bnt yielded gracefully nt lost lu 1673 coffee from all over the worll was a lmllted free Into the Union Hut nearly all our coffea comes from Uraxil, 10 that this staple Is suppHeU from the western continont boii, now, by the reciprocity treaty with Fpain we get free sugar from Cuba and I 'otto III co, ro shall hare what England has not cren yet a "free breakfast, since most Americans tako coffeo with sugar hi It at bnakfait From and after Sept 1 all torts of entry In the Spanish ttlands cf Cuba and I'orto Ilico will be open fjvo of duty to a long list cf articles from ths United Stales, chief araorg which aro Ash, lard, tallow, all cereals cxcrt wheat, and all kinds of salt or preferred meats except jerked bof A curious point of government polity shows how Spain clings to tho post When America was first discovered the sole end an 1 aim cf that discovery was considered to be the enrichment cf Spain Now colonics In tho wustcrn hemisphere were planted cnty to be wmcezed to the utmost to pour wealth Into tho coffers cf bpatn. Much cf the same Idea prevails to this day The Inhabitants In-habitants cf Cub are quite as much Spanish subjects as thoso at homo In Spain. Yet their gorcrament treats them as foreigners. It would be to their interest m get American wheat ami flour free Hut that would irevent Spanish farmers from tending these article ar-ticle to Cub. at extortionate trices, therefore wheat and flour are excepted from the freolUt TI11 duty en them has, however, been to much modified that, in connection with free machinery, ells anil all material for publto works, this country will grt a vrry good equivalent equiv-alent for letting mourns, augurs, hides and coffee In free from the Spanish West Indies, Thotdnly on Amerloan flour sent to Cub will be at the rate cf about cuo dollar jr barrel. |
