Telegram-herald., 1891-04-22
CUBA'S TRADE OURS.
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Share OF IL
FOSTERS mSSI0s IS SUCCESSFUL
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rsxDox. April sf.-Iee reciprocity
convention between spain and the
United States as drafted ~ Premier
Can0sas DEL Castillo. representing
spain. ana Gen. J. W. Foster. repre-
as far as the United States Is
concerned. upon the reciprocity sec
ton % the new American tariff
law. Ia return for the privilege Of free
entry into the United States Of Antilles
sugar. mOlazsess coffee aaa hides. and
= reduction OK the d'ssv ca tea. Amer
iea will obtain exemption from duties
On most OF ia raw 4at manufactured
prodaets. ard reduction Of the tariff
On cereals and -four.
The negotiations wers prosracsed
upon the question Of the entire aooli-
ton @ the tariff on cereals. fours
and oils. including petroleum and
lard The same question in re-
gard 70 tobacco was also raised,
but not coming within the scope Of
the third section of tho American
tariff law was pat aside. Premier
Canovas offered protracted resistance
a. the abolition OF the tariff on four
barcelona and Shntander traders, who
are largely interested in -four ship
ments. presented energetic protests
which fortified tho minister in his
indispositiOn 10 aceede 20 the American
proposals. Eventually Representations
that American reciprocity would be i'm
possi Die without the free admission of
American cereals induced Premier Can
ovas 20 assent ~ such reduction of
the tariff as viii place American -four
upon a nearly equal footing with Span
ish -four.
Santander merchants declare that
.aking into consideration the cost Of
the transportation of CASTLE grain. Of
which the bulk goes TO the Antilles,
American four win crush out
the spanish product In the
Spanish West Indies. Cuba
now consumes 500, 900 barrels of
-four yearly. chiefly spanish. which
enters free Of duty. and pays for IL Si2
per barrel Trade in American -four.
burdened with an extra duty Of 20 per
cent since 1859. has been completely
wiped out To the advantage of the
Spanish product
Under the new convention the entry
OF American -four practically free Of
duty viii lower the price 70 about six
dollars per barrel and will extinguish
the Importation of Spanish -four while
increasing the Cuban consumption 20 a
raillion barrels yearly. al Of which will
be American product II the pressure
- Il l.. ~ -.
tsracted by the demands Of the Cuban
commission OF bies. who were de-
termined to obtain reciprocity with the
United States. Premier Canovas would
have declined % make such concessions
The prospec. of a dangerous tension
of the relations of Spain with Cuba
and Puerto Rico, resulting probably in
civil war. obliged the government 70
sacrifice home industries TO colonial
vention America will obtain q
kind Of zollverein with tho Span
ish Antilles. Her wheat. beans.
flour. lard. petroleum. manufactured
products and machinery will enter prac-
tically free of duty. Among other
Spanish exports olive oil win be re-
placed by American lard. and beans,
now exported - Cuba In largo quaint
ties. viii cease To be sent The advan-
.ages resulting 60 Cuba viii be great,
but Il IS impossible 20 estimate the in
fury 10 Spanish trade.
According TO the returns Of the Brit
ish consul general AZ Havana the sugar
crop in Cuba for 1880 amounted TO CAS-
s2s tons. against 526,439 tons in 1889.
OF molasscs the total product was Ill
az tons. as compared with iof, o5s tons
In 1850. The exports Of sugar 20
Europe from the lst of January to the
sist Of July, 1890, were -. sG5 tons. and
10 .he United States during the same
period $50, 0i2 tous.