The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-11-05
CUBA ALARMED.

Tobacco Men Plead With the Spanish Gov.
eminent For Reciprocity With tho United
States.
WASHINGTON. Oct 3l.--The DEPART
ment Of State has received copy Of .
petition forwarded by the Tobacco
Growers and Cigar Manufacturers
Union of Cuba to the Spanish Govern
ment, urging the negotiation Of a reci-
procity treaty between the island Of
Cuba and the United States The petit
TONERS assert that they are confronted
with simple problems: lon the ono
side ruin, stagnatiOn. misery and vague
hopes and on the other side abundance,
wealth and promising future"
The Spanish law of commercial rela-
tons Of 1882 framed for the purpose Of
protecting the Spanish products. the
petition says, deals Cuba q deadly blow
while at the same time the productions
81 Spain receive no benefit from it The
greater part OF the Spanish goods i'm
ported, it is asserted. do not need the
protection given them The petition.
after urging the repeal Of this law Of
1852 as necessary preliminary to the
negotiation OF reciprocity treaty. says:
THE United States buy from US to-
bacco and sugar to the extent Of $751;
OOO coo and it is is not strange that the
American Government should make
itself strong on the absolute necessity
we have Of that market so as to de-
mand reciprocal concessions, or which
is the same thing, exemption for their
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other articles in our tariff. so as to in
crease the exports to this island. In
one word, they want to pay US for the
tobacco and sugar they consume with
the goods that they produce. To-day
they only sell to US $40, 600, COO or s1a,-
OO0 OoO, and they desire to increase
this amount to tho $5l, 0OO, 900
they buy from us This is what
the Mckinley bill amounts to- For
July prox., but in regard to tobacco the
reform is to be applied Immediately,
and so terrible. so radical Is 1t that it is
equivalent to the closing Of that mar
ket to us We will lose a market that
consumes 100, 600, 900 to ITO. 900. 900
cigars annually, with q value of S., 000,-
600 to S., 500, 900 and over 100 900 bales.
with value of $500. OOO-just exactly
half of our commerce in this line.
And we will lose great deal more,
because if certain grades of cigars
of special quality and color partlcu-
larly adapted to that market arc
not consumed there we will not be able
to supply other consumers of other mar
kets with the grades they require with
out immense prejudice. The damage
that we shall suffer can no. be over esti-
mated; that the cultivation of the rich
leaf will diminish to one-half; tho
greater number Of our factories will
disappear, and those that remain will
have to greatly reduce their operations;
thousands of souls depending on it for
livelihood in the factories will be left
in complete want, and prosperous and
fiourishing industry will come to ruin
and bankruptcy. 1t is necessary to
avoid SO much harm. and, warned OF
such calamity, we find no other way
but commercial treaty with the
United States, accepting the reciprocity
that our neighbors propose There Is
no time to lose in making this treaty.
y The business crisis that threat
ems us is terrible, imminent and its con-
sequences embrace very serious dan
gers"