The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-01-01
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IN regard 70 tho spanish treaty has besn
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ON Foreign hslAtions. senate;
sIn:-l have receIvsd your letter, ask
Ing whethsr there are ANY political con
relating 70 the Treaty between tho Uni
ted States aud Spaiu, ~ 70 Cuba and
Porto Rico, aud also inQuirirg OF me
whether have any suggcstions 70 make
shs treaty. which you assume 1 have
noticed. The negotiation Of this snn-
vontion was undertaken pursuant u She
policy vhicn had already received thu
sanction OF congress, manifested BY IN
appropriation originating In the house,
for commissioners TO negotiate y com.
msTcial convention with Mexico, and
for commission 70 Central
and South America, 70 ascertain,
the means OF fostering moro Intimate
relations or amity aud commerce. Win
them. The. same policy hsu Obtained
the approval VI the senate py us ratinca
ton OF the convention Win siexico'
The convention now before you,
In its poiitrM aspect, m
importance. some nave 'nouss
there 10 = disposition IN tno UNI"
States looking 70 the annexation q
Cuba, which seton would pe unwse,
for reasons when are sPparent 70 your
committee. For even could u DO accom-
plished by general consent our
institutions would DO endan-
gered BY thus neginhing
Y colonial SYSTEM or ny an incorpor1
ton into our body polluc Oh aiaige PIP,
alat'o snvs mot ,n sn aims and msthcas
The treaty removes tho causes OF com
plant as 70 the treatment OF our citisens
and their property n CUBA
aud Porto Rico, which nave neretoforo
led TO serious discussion Detween the
two governments, and by bringing the
islands into close commercial relations
with the Uni.ed S.a.es upon a,s
result from annexation, were that pos
sible. The convention with Spain Is
one of q series of international engage
ments following the reciprocity treaty
with Mexico. II opens the markets OF
Cuba and Porto Rico to our products.
The treaty with Sanfo Domingo opens
those OF that republic, and pend
ing negotiations with these, the treaty
with Nicaragua, for tho construction
OF an inter-oceanic canal, while bring
ing the most distant parts OF our own
markets Of the west coast Of South
America to our trade and gives us at
our doors customer able to absorb q
large portion Of those articles which
we produce In return tor
the products which we cannot profita-
bly, raise. Now, let me refer To some of
the objections made to the Spanish con-
1t is said we thereby give
up revenue on sugar Of from
for reduction OF duties on our
products imported into Cuba and Porto
Rico, estimated, on the basis Of existing
traffic, at from $S,00O,0o0 to $1,000, 600.
The relinquishment OF revenue, when
for the public good, is In the line or
national policy. Hitherto 1t was the
case with tea. and coffee.
which, by the act Of
May 1872 were placed upon IpS,a, the .b iree
for any equivalent, whatever, and solely
in obedience to the popular demand for
q free breakfast table,. By this measure
the treasury of the United
States has lost during the Last twelve
years q revenue of some $l44, 100000 on
coffee alone; and, besides, lot us not for
get that Brazil availed itself of the
action of this government to impose an
export tax upon coffee, which deprived
benefit benefit Of # s Ssr ssT
similar action by Spain. The treaty
now under consideration tends to
cheapen the cost of the necessaries
OF life, by reducing the cost
Of the staple Of daily consump-
ton, OF which we are obliged TO
import each year nearly $l0O, O00UO In
value to mako up for the inadequate
OF our own SOIL wnica
the whole consumption, and AZ
the Same time we, secure a
growing market for our products
IN the Spanish Antilles, coupled with
especial privileges to our merchant ma
rine. Ills also said the importation
free OF sugar from Cuba and
Porto Rico, when added TO our
domestic production and TO the
lands. will faii short OF Tie quantity
needed for home consumption, and that
the price will be ruled by that Of
the bort liable to duty, SO that
4 part of the profit from the
removal Of the duty will go to
Cuban and Porto Rico planters and not
to the consumers in this country. II
This argument be true the treaty will
not affect the prices OF sugar in Louisi-
ana. The price OF the commodity. is
iessened by the supply being
Greater than the demand.
bnt il IL frank to say that other conven-
tons which have been negotiated on
are in process OF negotiation which will
will provide adequate impor-
tation from sugar regions. Again.
the privileged introduction Of
tobacco at reduced duties has been an
removing proteosiOn from az American e eric 4