New-York tribune., 1884-11-27
THE NEW SPANISH TREATY.
IT'S ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES.
STRONG OPPOSITION IN SOME QUARTERs-wHAr
THOSE WHO FAVOR IT SAY.

cIRONG OPPOSITION IN SOME QUARrERS-WHAT
THOSE VINO FAVOR 1T SAY.
The reciprocity treaty between the United
States and Spain for Cuba and Porto Rico negotiated by
the United states Minister to Spain, Mr. Foster Is re-
garded by many merchants as an unwise measure by
which much greater advantages yielded than
to this country while interests great gnitude
sacrificed The friends OF the measure. the other
hand declare that it Will be greatly to the advantage OF
America manufacturers and producers, and that IT is
but the lrst step In policy that will prove OF great
value to the American people. Views ON both sides
have been obtained by TRIBUNE reporters.
samuel C. Burdick, OF the firm OF b. H. Howell, Con &
Co.. commission merchants, OF No. 100 wast said ::
The Louisiana panters may well throw up the
sponge this treaty Ia made do not believe II will be
confirmed In its present shape for il legslaes unuaty
against friendly nations such England aud
Germany and thcr dependencies II Is a step
toward free trade. Other nations Will ask the
same privileges that granted to the Cubans
under ths treaty and cannot deny them The result
of the treaty will bc that will give moro TO tho
Cubans for their than pay elsewhere and that
the growing industry Of Louisiana wifi be ruined
rhc Is raised and IS popular with who do not
understand what It means, Lot us have free sugarp"
Gustav A. Jnhn OF the firm Of Gustav A
Jahn Co., commission merchants Of No ~
Wall st., said: "Ihis propos ii treaty with Spain
would ruin the Louisiana planters | dont see why
there should he agitation for free tariG sugar
II il cheap enough now. / am outanl-out Protoc-
ZIONIST, anyway. / believe In America for the Ameri-
cans. II the lat years crop in the Sandwich Islands
had not been failure wonld have been greatly both
cred by our treaty with those islands"
no RECIPROCITY ABOUT IT.
John T. ecarcs. Ir treasurer Of the Taycneyor Sugar
Refining Company. No. 1i2 Wall st. replied TO Inquiries
as folowsi 81 do not believe in this treaty rs
measure of reciprocity There IA no
reciprocity about IT, II essentially like the Hawaiian
treaty and IT, effect will be precisely the same We are
romtinR duties 10 tho Hawaiian Islands to tho eN-
tent OF S300oO 600 year. bcdes paying them for goods
we import from thcrc upwards OF SG.OOo.GJo year
Thcy n return bought from during the atsoa year
ilOOOOO worth Of goods only portion of which wcrc
admitted free of duty SO the amount 0 duty We remit
ON goods Imported from there amounted to moro than
douhcthc total value of their purrlasca In other words
If we had made hom present OF all tho gonds We es
ported nnd collected the usual duty their suurs aud
rice, our Government would have saved RlhoOOno,
The samo thug would hold Rool IA the proposed it'a}
with spain bul n would lc W hrger proportion 10 the
dandynutugc at tha country Moreover, u would iu-
ducing couutirs such n the British French and Danish
West mde' nnd south America, y Ne are 10 have frcc
raw -ugrn from Cuhn lcl us have frrf raw Hush lol
al thr conntrioH with which Wc are ~ the same intimate
relation, gosuphcll,, AMI Tor tnt matigr viii The
whole world hnt don't l'i us pay nom - 10 p IN
bounty O the prOIucrn ut any given country Tor
The sake OF fl Of additional export trade ,,
"Iho Lturral feeling autoug those merchants win
whom have talked sccms to be- that this treaty VIII be
unjust all the other sularproducn- codutrcS or TINS
continent Including tho tn,"d states, ana thht WIZ
ot course entirely eliminate ethe,ngafpioiurlhg h,iy
IL viii double the crop Of that island inside OF three years.
that trade with other countries will bo bloited
of the West Indies and South America. Nearly OnclalI
OF portatons of sugar during the past year were
IN Cuba viii be doubled within three years and We will
get nearly all our supply from there. shatng ont all
Of sugar which imported during the past year from
January TO November l. l3, oOO tons came IRON On
crease trade with Cuba is ouv, and under the treaty
they do propose let Onr in free our export trade
to the other countries have mentioned is much
. ftser prop9ron r,v srgnr tls frnn a
the of the world would reduce the cost of sugar
to by the amount OF the present dutyan
Cuba alone would he simply bounty of cents pound
to the Cuban planters, without reducing ne price OF
eqsa sI.s"r TO our consumers OF 0'-''''' A"''''" ''
BENEFITS or THE TREATY.
W. r. Hughes. OF tho firm OF James Z. Ward & Co.,
shipping merchants, No. ll3 Wast. whose spy
between this port and Cuba and Porto Rco strongly in
favor of the treaty. In response to the inquiries of
TRIBUNE reporter. he said: "Why should San
Francisco have free sugar from the sandwich
r ldcr oay Than it ever was before in the his
tory of the world aud for that reason the duty Is more
have free lea ana free coffee sugar necessity.
Why should have that free. too am not IN "a
world believe in free trade, but not
in one big dose swallow all at once. believe in
iocts them It eiycs the carrying trade American
and spanish vessels exclusively as understand IT, We
/
cuba and as that is So we should should
ducts and manufactures by Cuba In return. Cuba con
sumes in proportion to her population larger amount
OF our tOucs than consumed any WhJc else on e
globe probably The only 0utcry abont the treaty III
this country will be raised by the louisiana planters
louisiana produces but One-tcnth of the total consump
ton OF .ar IN this country. II the policy oi TINS
present Cabinet OF President ArlhuFs Which Is
one of the best Cabinets we have had in long time Il
carried out-the policy Of extending Our interests WIN
south Amcri,l-t viii result IN the end IN our taxing
their product. free of duty ard their taking ours. We
must make % beginning in this direction ANA continue II
Utlo D.. little. This treaty with SPAN Is hlauc
FOR only seven years, at the end OF which time IL
ia tcrmnahc on six months notice at the option OF
either party Under this treaty orr Hour VIII run OUT te
spanish nOir from cuba Our agricultural lmpel'h'H'
coopeIag ana lumber viii 20 IN free aud VIII be III la ge
demand ... - d. ,,,,
Yes am emphatlcaly IN favor of the treaty II II can
De carried out. and thnk 1t can II VIII give ihW heW
reM for tho ricc of THIS country, too, when
viii go I'm free It Will he goo9
for cuba aud good for when the duty was tasen OH
coffee Brazil turned around ana put on about the same
export duty In amount ~ that We had thrown on hiu
the result was that consumers had 10 pay as mnch
rs before. ~ had made a reciprocity treaty TINS