New-York tribune., 1884-12-09
WHAT Is SAID IN THIS CITY.
GENERAL FEELING THAr'THE TREATY WILL MOI
BE BENEFICIAL,


A GENERAL FEELING THArTH TREATY WILL Noi
DE BENEFICIAL.
The proposed reciprocity treaty with Spain'
by which the duty removed from Cuban sugar up 10
No. 10 Dutch grade and from Cuban tobacco, sha WHICH
I'm return reduces the duties on American prouucs SEM
into Cuba. not approved OF by maJori'! Vi no
sugarreners and tobacco manufacturers OF ths CITY
who were by TRIBUNE reporters yesterday Some
of the tobacco expressed themselves III
favor Of the treaty however, 1t the unanimous
opnion OF the sugar reners who talked with that
the result would be- increase In the price OF sugar III
the United States The sugarreaners as rule are IN
favor of free from all the world but none are
in favor admitting it free from one or two countries
| only Some of them said that they were opposed
| TO the treaty not only as sugarrehners'
| but as Americans. 1t was the universal
opinion Of those In the tobacco business that the treaty
would greatly injure the tobacco growers In ths cou
try The cigar manufacturers were in favor OF the treaty
that Is II II were changed to leave the duty on
the article and it only from the
| leaf tobacco. Almost everyone seen on the suhect
thought that the United States away by the treaty
great deal more than received-that II was recip
| rocty treaty with the reciprocity left out
TALKS WITH SUGAR REFINERs.
Mr. Oferman, treasurer Of the Brooklyn Sugar Rehn-
ing Company said While the matter ia in allegiance 1t
has very deieerous effect the sugar refining bus
ness 1t unsafe to buy sugar now and pay duty on
It. when in short time the duty will he removed from
Cuban sugar | do not think that the removal of the
duty on Cuban sugar will reduce the price I'm the United
States You see, this country consumes 1ooo,ooo tons
of sugar year Now Cuba and Porto Rico only produce
$50 600 tons. of which say 100000 tons come TO this
country The sandwich Islands send us about 100000
tons If Cuban sugar admitted free NJ duty shah
practically he I'm the hands of cuba and Hawaii and a.
the product the latter country compsratN small
we might say IN the hands Of Cuba All the eiinors will
nj once buy their sugar cuba and Porto Rico hut
ntt,f. .F
United states aud the result will be scarcity of eugar
aud consequent increase In price until 1t has reached
point when Il would he profitable to buy of countries
whosr sugar Is puhiec, toa du,N taN Tho beet sugar
crop s Immense aud governs the markets ~ the world
We have u most favored nation clause
in oar treaties with of the
eouutic. that produce large amounts ot boot sugar aud
should thihh they would HgN N on AUNT 'luah sugar
lose $50 OoO 600 annually with corresponding hone'
III that can sco do mol believe that cuba aud Porto
Rico have more than 2,OOuoOo population and ttN do
not, aud could not take very large amount of of cN
ports II the United states wants to extend S oomr-
cia relations II had better make reciprocity treaty WIN
Brahl II th treaty goes into enecl II VIII sl"p all Tue
importation oi sugar from hiat Ia tha empire anu ia
the rest of south America i! maIhe Tor Oui oducvhs
A. the onice of Havemoycr, 4 Elder the treaty was
strongly objected to. II was said that would be good
thing and ot which all reucrS were III favor.
mission of sugars up to the grade of No. l6, Dutch
standard. wou transfer part Of the sugar refining In,
dustIy TO Cuba, as sugar between Nos. 10 ani
Ii was partially refined For the year 1888
the total value OF the exports from TINS, county,
cuban sugar S25oOOO00. This S25,ooo,9oo would. in
case the treaty ratified be transferred from the
United states to the pockets Of Cuban planters II the
Coy ernmcut waued 10 give bounty to sIgarplahtelS
lama planters The treaty would foster slave labor in
Cuba ana encourage the Importation OF C9ohe labor to
forms of labor have been abolished in This country.
prominent sugar broker SAID in regard TO the treaty:
j. absurd to think that shall have cheaper sugar
~ i. inc - NAT treaty i. ratiGcd the result
Nyiib he an a.
YcfncIs viii not dare To buy sugar anywhere else, and
there will at Ice q scarcity and the price will 20 mp
When the duty was removed from Hawaiian sugar the
people the Pacific slope thought that they were going
TO get their cheaper, but syndicate immediately
got control the crop of the islands and the re-
that is dcarer to-day IN san Francisco than
il is IN NewYork. do not think that The treaty VIII
wnc the Louisiana planters, hut. on the con
t1ary they will get the benefit Of the increased price
reciprocity treaty with the reciprocity LEFT
ont We to send our -four TO cuba and Porto
Rico AT reduced duty Why any duty at an well be
cause there are a few fouIgrowers in the South OF
duces such vast amount of -four that the amount Cuba
and Porto hcO could OF would take amounts 10 only
patch Mhy nv al fse & tTcc51S %l e rre or t &
ton goods why. never shall have much of market
in Porto Rico for those How much wearing ap
parel does the Cuban laoore use up ID year IN lac
clothes not The strong point OF any class OF Cubans
10 something open up trade with Brazil and other
south American countries That market would pay and
we ought 10 control H.
WHAT TOBACCO MEN say.
Twenty-sevcnth-st said: statistics from Cuba are
very hard TO get There bureau Of satisfies The
island and according to letter have just received
from correspondent there. figures are the en-
emy OF the Spanish Administration. However
to-day got some important figures which,
have a bearing upon the effects OF the
treaty. The Total annual production Of tobacco in the
United States IS about 100000 Of from $50 10 100
pounds each About half Of this i used in this country
the rest which I, Of grade Is exported. The entire
production OF Cuba t. about 1000 bales Of 100 pounds
each OF which about 100000 bales are OF such poor
quality that the United STATES doesn't want them.
1his leaves 200 900 bales Of good tobacco from which
the United states as well as other countries draws IT.
supply, besides the quantity required IN making The
crop OF 200 900 900 Havana cigars and the thirty hNe 70
fuy thousand bales made into cigarettes. II Is pain'
therefore, that unless the cultivation O tobacco l. de-
cidcdy increased In Cuba, that which l. available when
all these drafts satisfied, viii not present any great
competition TO the domestic article. An acre ot
tobacco III this country viii yield from 900 to 1-OO
pounds and fair average selling price for the gowcrfor
the tobacco grown IN Cuba worth from ID 20 90 or 20
cents pOnnd That at - cents il poor that don't
import H. Now the grower here might get less for his crop
aud stili make sr living but there can be no doubt that
he will feel the effect OF such reduction 20 greater
extent for time. II the treaty give free
leaf do not think the American farmer would be per
nanently injured There IL certainly Intelligence enough
the manufacturers OF cigars There is skill among
them, but there Is not the necessary material for that In
tegruce aud skill TO be put Ia their best use and the
United states is the first TO say hold = by keep
ING the best OF raw material-tbe Cuba tobaccO-Out
of our hands We charitable enough to be-
eve that the parties contracting the treaty had been
fully informed upon this subject they would have given
ms tbe benefit of free leaf All will admit that treaty
ia n concession. The United states makes concession
10 spain tobacco question by lowering the duty
Wispain object still further concession and TO
lot her leaf In freef Such treaty would give us
me make pest p cigar Of quality that would
compete strongly with the Havana The business would
be raised 70 higher level ss were ana ~ we
the manufacturers might have besn compensated py
having business and occupation placed ON urn paNs'