Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-18
RECIPROCITY
Does Spain Favor such Action
With the United States!
We Have Very Good Reason to
Believe She Does.

The Business. Men Of Cuba Asked to send
Committee to Madrid to Confer win
tho Spanish Government 0niciais.
Translation Of an Havana Papers Edito.
rial Upon the Subject.
WASHINGTON. Nov. f7.-The depart-
ment of state has received a dispatch
from Ramon @. Williams, consul gen.
eral at Havana, inclosiEg translation
Of the announcement Of the official
journal Of the fact fhat the chairman Of
the chamber Of commerce, chairman Of
che economic society, chairman of the
tobacco growers and manufacturers
association, and the chairman Of the
board Of sugar planters 81 Havana,
have been called to the palace by in
struchons from Madrid ard requested
to appoint a committee to go to Madrid
and report personally the views Of those
corporations upon tho negotiation Of a
reciprocity treaty with the United States.
Mr.. Williams also incloses the transla-
ton of All editorial from La Lucha, a
leading paper Of Havana regarding the
action Of the Spanish cabinet at Madrid,
as follows:
Mr. Canoyas Del Castillo according
to the kilograms received from our
agent in Madrid, considers the petitions
addressed l1iIii from this island asking
for the negotiation Of a treaty Of COM
merce with the United States as inn
prudent, because tending to encourage
the Yankees to be the more exacting.
ut would seem almost incredible for
the premier of the Spanish cabinet TO
discourse in such q manner. Can MIR.
Canoyas believe that it is possible to
hide from the United States the gravity
Of the crisis brought on by the new
tariff OF the great republic? The United
States is admirably acquainted with
everything relating to this island.
They know its economic, financial and
political condition in most exact man
ner Even the geography and topog-
raphy Of Cuba are known it the United
States much more than can perhaps be
supposed.
A highly respectable gentleman has
said that in the Offices Of the Federal
government there exist edata with refer
ence to the cost of the island. showing
that its most important parts have been
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