| Show m OUR nUH UI GUM rho relations of Ii thu tho United Cuba cu form h n subject which has hasborn ha born hoon very widely discussed in tho NII II Of ot course there thore MO two sides to tho Mention qU that Jiow JIO confronts country On Oil ono one i III tho Iho over f JI n 11 protectorate h plates It II In h h a different situation r towards United d Status to that of ot other countries its material must be bl In III connection with oversight 1 In 18 1111 willed which tho fortunes fortune of war Witt given to this The of ot prod products li III n t of qt Interest to us a awell fI j well as ns to tho Iho Cubans C Jans Their pros prosperity I orlly or adversity cannot bo Ignored Tim 1110 regulation of or tho tariff between tho two t 10 countries l must b be peculiar to tho situation Just JUHt recovering from tho I o effects of or the tI J with Spain tho diu Cuban need such lIuch aid an Iii tho United can render In reason to Mace on n It firm footing foothill for tor tho U fl Two of tho cillo from It aland sugar rind tobacco Without n profitable for tor those commodities a tho recuperation of ot oti i they 1 bo J To fa tal tallo o othi thi duty t font them would w uld no doubt vV q u rollot and bo bu h tho planters and by IY W t people 11 Hut I thu other othor side of ot tho thoI I question to bo Q Considered This affects especially the sugar lI Interests of oC tho a refiners deal dealers i ors ers In bo Bind 1111 to obtain tho av nI without duty Hut JM i tho comparatively now IIO In Industry l would thereby t bY bo crippled retarded if not Tho lion o or Mm tr boots has n It homo of ot groat and Browing to hW Ration It both tho thu manufacturing Interest t and to tho wealth of ot tho thor r country To 10 this nation dont of ot o Is an ob object obo o t 11 to bo 0 attained It In ts by byno no 1111 means Impossible or Improbable Tha rho of a tI tew speculators and monopolists ought not to weigh In legislation as t tho welfare of ot tho tariff laws should It HO H regulated na ns not hOt only to provide necessary nT for ur tho t lo expenses eX of ot II V i ut 1180 to tho possible to homo home pro production manufacture Tho removal of otho tho would doubtless help tho comparatively y tow fow Inhabitants i of oC Cuba and the sugar trust of ot en JUt bul would strike n If not fatal Wow blow to 10 the rapidly Increasing I Industry of ot this nation Tho rho proper cr to 10 do to in view of tholo two Is that which Is bo boo boIng Ing Investigated by tho most thought thoughtful ful of ot our national legislators President Hoo in his message to Congress when on tho lion ion of ot reciprocity mado these special remarks I In the rano callO of t Cuba ther arc ItI Weighty of ot morality and of If national Interest why Vh the policy should bo hold held to have hlo n peculiar application cation and nu I most earnestly ask your attention to tho to tho providing for a 1 substantial lUll reduction In iha tariff duties dulle on 00 Juban into 1110 the tho United States Luba liv In III her constitution affirmed wo that In international mutters in closer and mon friendly relations with us UH than with any other pawn nul wo uro bound by every evory consideration of honor and expediency ta to pass commercial measures In tho Interest of her mater material ial This recommendation will undoubtedly edly have great grent Weight with conserva conservative con ervn tive members In tn the tho consideration of ot this subject Tie The rep rt of the Secre Secretary tary of War for tor 1901 contains some pertinent on the tho same lino IIno After of Qt the dependence of ot upon a profitable market markot for tor her hor principal products Jio lio cays In s sUnder Under tho tM existing provisions provision of at th the i States Slat eM tariff laws tho prices can bi Jl realized tor tOl Cuban su BU car and a largo p oT Cuban In this market not to f y of ot Transportation and production yield a II living profit to the r rHe He III discuses tho matter at ot wins length giving figures 11 res to o the Iho point lie bo wi hes to make mak which In sub tance la 19 this Our present jre nt duty ditty to Cuba can b be perform J by tho making of ot such luch a R re reciprocity tariff arrangement with her hEIr IB u nt In his hta lIt last worl t to h at It Duffalo on tho rth f r September r A reasonable re reduction r In mr our duties upon Cuban su IU sugar gar and nn U In exchange fur for fairly re ot Cuban du duties duties ties upon ulon products willan the purpose Ill I PO I strongly urge Hint such nn n 11 arrangement be promptly It I Involve no Kut lIt would IH b as advantageous to us as asit asIt it would I to 10 Cuba Major norU ral Wood military n gov IrO j o of I uha In his 1118 annual report ground to that of ot the and the S of War Ho nav hC Tho i of ot In tn l i r 1 between Cuba and tho status means everything to Cuba fi if I slip can obtain favorable on en lier lieI tobacco t and in n her su sUIr ur ber development will be immediate Cuba must now market I her hOr In tho th United New lie conditions lona changed her old il relation It f Mio Aile li II to 10 11 rind prosper silo mug have lowr low on 01 Ifer sugar tobacco ol 0 tho thai Inland l will bo ho rapid The proper step to order to arrive nt lIt the b it rc to bo the two of tree free trade and exorbitant duty on tho two cUlo products of ot the Island Wo do not bellevo that n number of ot our national l can oin be bt In favor of ot tho monopolists to damage the b tOt bt eu ar by the abolition of ot the Ihl on the Cuban nr At sain n reduction could be which 1 be bit Of dt to 10 the Of It the tho Island to whom wo owe somo regard UIe of or our peculiar relations loll with them and which would not lIot bo 10 Injurious to our own rill of ot reciprocity Is recognized nl ed by II both the par parties ties as no a to tl be pur pursued sued and ana wo look Ilok for tor a modification of the tho tarl on Cuban products by that to fO UK 1111 to tu bo ho of ot mutual profit to Cuba Cu n to tho United Tho buet Industry hav hil In tn this country and yielding Hood good on the tho In Investment Inv vestment v of ot capital as all well a fair ro to neither tho l nor manufacturing In Interest terest of ot tho United States would be he Injured or sot back by y a n reciprocal or ns nil to exports from and nn 1 lm ports to tho Iho Q Oem rn of ot tho Iho Antilles |
