Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-23

President Cleveland.
Washington. March 22-The out
look as TO the proceedings in the Senate
for the present week is not very clear.
Nothing is certain except that Senator
Sherman and others of the supporters
o. the Cuban resolutions viii attempt
TO force them TO a finahty. Whether
they viii succeed i'm this will depend
uD0n various considerations, the most
important of which is the question as
TO whether the legislative judicial and
executive appropriation bills shall be
passed i'm advance of the Cuban debate
by the Committee on Appropriations.
Senator CullOm. who is a member or
the Committee on Appropriations and
the Committee on Foreign Relations,
and who will have charge OF the legis-
latiye bin i'm the Senate, had not de-
cided definitely what his course would
De when spoken to upon the question,
but indicated that the appropriation
bin could not be delayed for great
length of time on account Of any other
matter.
THE CUBAN QUESTION.
Senator Hale. who is leading the op-
position TO the conference report on the
Cuban resolutions. is the second mem
Der OF the Committee on ApprOpria-
tiOus. and his influence will naturally
De east for The displacement of the Gu
ban discussion by the appropriation
BILL Tt is confidently expected that the
legislative bin will be disposed of dur
ing the week, so as 20 have it out of the
way for the pOstOfice bill. which is 20 be
the next appropriation bin reported.
There probably viii be two or three
DAYS of debate upon this bill
Senator Sherman hopes 10 be able TO
continue the consideration of the Gu
ban question until it shall be conclud-
ell He saws he thinks IL can be dis
posed Of by Tuesday. and that he prob
ably will on Monday ask the Senate to
sit at night until the vote can be reach
ed Senator Hale says, however, that
he does not fear night sessions and that
he has no purpose of prOlonging the
debate for the purpose Of delay.
Among those who still desire 10 speak
are Senator'S White, Villas. Palmer,
Platt and Turpie. Senator Mills may
also be heard on the prO-Cuban side of
the question.
THE HOUSE WILL BE DULL
No definite programme has been ar
ranged for the House this week The
naval appropriation bill. which is the
next supply bin % be taken up, has nOc
yet been reported to the House, and un-
an it is that body viii drift along Oc-
Cupying it's time with such minor mat
tiers as may De called up by the commit
tees. It lis thought. however. that the
naval bin viii be reported by Wednes-
day or Thursday at the farthest The
Public Lands Committee has several
minor bills which can be called up, as
have also the Committees on Judiciary,
Foreign Affairs. and Banking and Cur
reucy. The most important of the lat
ter is the bin permitting national banks
10 take out circulation up to the par
value of their bonds.
Tomorrow, under the rule, is Dis
trict of Columbia day.
RECIPROCITY.
Letters from persons interested in
the re-enactment of reciprocity laws
continue to be received by the sub
committee of the Ways and Means
Committee on reciprocity and CONNER
cial treaties. a communication from
the National Association Of Manufact-
urers. signed by it's President, TheO-
dore C. Search, of Philadelphia, is con-
sidered by the Subcommittee one Of
the most important that has yet come
10 hand. Speaking for the interests
represented by this association, Mr..
Search saws ne desires to present argu-
mentS bearing upon the advantages of
reciprocity as a general principle in in
ternatiOnal trade.
MY view of this natter he says,
''is taken from a purely business stand
point. without regard TO my political
considerations. for there is probably no
feature of our tariff system. past or
present. that has come SO near as reci-
pr0city tO being q purely business mat
ter. This fact may DE attributed TO
the enthusiastic support which the prin-
Ci0als OF reciprocity have received from
men of widely differing political views.
He refers 90 what he regards were
the benefits derived from the act of
1890 and SAYS that it requires but
glance at the conditions under which
the treaties of commercial reciprocity
were negotiated 20 reveal how much
was gained by this country and how
little was given I'm return. The vary
ing effects of trade with Brazil under
the treaty and after its repeal are cited.
Ell is I'm our dealings with Cuba,
however" says President Search, that
TIE BENEFITS OF RECIPROCITY
have been most strikingly shown SUI
gar. which formed the largest item in
our imports from Cuba. was placed up
on Che free list. conditional upon the
reasonable treatment Of American pro-
dues in those countries from which
sugar was imported into the United
States. Under normal trade condi-
tiOns Cuba would have looked to the
United States for her supply of bread
stuffs. etc.. but I'M order 90 control the
trade of her West India colonies. Spain
Imposed a duty of nearly s.. 80 per bar
rel upon American -four. Under the
reciprocity treaty which Secretary
Blaine negotiated with Spain the duty
on -four was reduced 10 81 per 220
pounds, large reductions were made
i'm the duties on other breadstuffs; the
duties On fifteen leading commodities
were reduced one-half and about forty
items were added TO the free list.
Under three years of reciprocity. il
O. stated our trade with Cuba reached
the highest point ever touched. show
ing am increase Of SS,000,00O i'm exports
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