Ogden Daily Standard | 1902-03-22 | Page 1 | Responsible for Cuba's Welfare Section

responsible FOR CUBAS WELFARE 9 governor general wood declares thata the united states to keep faith should reduce sugar duties 33 13 1 3 per cent chicago march 22 governor general wood holds that the contemplated reduction of 20 per cent in the cuban tariff is not sufficient the island is ready now to bo turned over to the cubans said gen wood to the new york tribunes correspondent at savannah ga where he stopped on his way to washington from havana 1 I probably will remain in cuba a few weeks after the change in governments and we will probably keep a few troops on the island for a time after the change it seems to be the wish of the cubans that we do that general wood says that unless a greater reduction in the cuban barid on sugar than 20 per cent is made a crisis may soon be reached in the is lands affairs the people are depending upon the united states giving them a market for their sugar and tobacco and they have every reason to expect that this government will give them tho relief it is absolutely necessary to the fare of the island that the tariff on sugar be reduced not less than 33 13 per cent we may as well make up our minds to that if the island is to prosper and we are responsible for tho future of the island and its prosperity