New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-20

Tn CONSEQUENCE Of the cancellation ~ The reel
nrocIty schedules by The Spanish Government
there has been n sudden advance III CUBA 81
the prices Of all exports received from III" nl'u
States This rise will continue. since the changes
in duties under the Spanish inrH ar" very
great As the new schedule il reported from
Havana. thc duties Oh -four have been Increased
from 90 cents or ~ 10 81 80 per hundred kioS.
and on corn from - cents 10 50 %. The follow
ing articles which were formerly free when I'M
norted into Cuba from the United States are
now dutlabe per hundred klos: Lard. Slo
hams 81 JO bacon SO: salt beef. 81 10; fruits
500: goldfish. 81: oysters and salmon. 50 80;
hay. 80 cents: beans. So % potatoes. 81 81; um-
Der pcr .OO0 81 -. The duties on coal. ma
chiDcrv and manufactures of iron. wood ana
cotton have also been largely increased. I'm
ported food Of all kinds is now heavily taxed
unless 1t comes from Spain. The results Of the
imposition Of almost prohibliory duties on
American merchandise are high prices In tn"
Spanish West Indies and n great falling oil III
the export trade Of the United States.
In consequence Of the extension OF tile free
lis, and the reduction Of duties brought about
through the reciprocity agreement. The exports
from the United States increased from 81 ,297,-
lbs III 1881 10 SLo.Of,V'f III I'''s Nv 'Nh'' -
can mjllcrs obtained complete control Of the
flour trade. There was IN enormous increase III
the trade in breadstuffs. lard, meats, potatoes.
vegetables fruits and provisions of all kinds.
Machinery. railway bars, coal builders hard
ware manufactures Of wood and cotton were
received from the United States on a scale never
before known. The British Consul General at
Havana summed up the situation In report 10
his Government in these words: British trade
with Cuba has almost become thing OF IN"
past; and under the recent reciprocity treaty
"the United States Of America practically sup
piles all the wants Of the Islands and receives
.all its produce. The effect has been 10 throw
NEARLY the entire Cuban trade into the hands
| "of the United States traders with whom In
"portcrs Of goods from less favored nations cav
mot compete. having 10 pay by the terms of
| such treaty higher import duties
| That was the situation according 10 an Impair
| tial British expert when the Democratic tariff
| smashers got in their deadly work. On the
| basis Of free sugar. which lowered The price Of
| the main article Of imported food for The benefit
| Of American consumers. our exporters had capt
ured the Cuban market and were cxpclling Eu
ropcan competitors. Democratic Congress re-
vers,d the conditions. BY taxing sugar for the
benefit Of the refining monopolisis II brought
about the abroga'ion Of reciprocity and the re-
imposition Of prohibltory duties on American
exports when received IN the Spanish West In
dies 1t has not only Increased the cost of i'm
ported food. both In Cuba and the United States
but 1t has also enabled Spain TO restore the bar
riers against American commerce and 10 shut
ont our manufacturers farmers and merchants
from a foreign market which. AZ the British
ConsuGcncral admitted. they had made their
own and where they could defy European com
petition. Nothing more stupid and sensecss was
ever done by legislators in Washington; and The
worst Of it Is that the only bcnefciarics OF this
laundering policy the sugar monopolsts. who
paid their money to secure the election Of Pres
| ident Cleveland and Democratic Congress and