Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-18
'lELEGRAPHIC.
APPEAL FOR CUBA.
Business Men Send Memorial 10 tbs
Secretary Of State.
COMMERCE SUFFERING.
Means Should Therefore be Adopted &c
End the Struggle in the
Island.

New YORK, May 17.-Firms and
individuals in this country who are
interested iu trade with Cuba and VINO
desire peace ia the leland as soon as
possible sent to-day to the secretary Of
state q memorial setting forth how
their business interests are suffering
and giving facts about the struggle In
Cuba. The petition say.:
"The 81 bscribers to this memorial,
citizens of the United States, doing
business as bankers, merchants, manu-
facturers, steamship owners ana
agents, finding that their several H.
terests are suffering severely from the
long continue noe OF the struggle now
going ON In the island OF Cuba, desire
To present for your careful consioerh-
tion the following facts, In the nope
that you may find In them a suflioient
Justification OF this memorial anu may
ue nble to devise measures whereby
the Termination of the struggle be.
tween the armed forces In the lslanu
Of Cuba may BIZ fastened.
"The magnitude of the American
commercs with the island Of Cuba 10
readily shown by citing the volume OF
our trade with that island Tor the years
1898, 1894 and 1896, in each OF winch
Years toe value ~ our Imports from
Cuba exceeded S75, 100000. Our ex-
ports to Cubs ranged IN value from
$1,000 900 10 $50, 000,O O0 year during
these years, aud have been even
greater In previous years during the
Reciprocity treaty OF the United States
with Spain. The struggle In the
island mas continued Tor more than
Two yenre, to the serious arrangement
of our commerce with the island, our
imports from Cuba shrinking Ia value
OF some $40, 100000 In 1896, and our
exports Cubn In 1896 amounting to
only S7,000,U00, 81 lar las ascertain
able.
"Many OF our Subscribers have large
interests in Cuba, as property owners
or holders OF morlgsgss,o or In the snaps
Of business credit advances, anu your
tubscribeis see these Interests, already
seriously Injured, now threatened win
humiliation by the continuance OF
state OF affairs under which We can
neither operate any business In the
island nor take the precautions posi-.
BILE III ordiBBry times to protect our
interests.
"The third rainy season since the
commencement of the insurrection 10
now al hand In Cuba, and as military
operations Of any mag nitude are made
virtually Impossible Tor the next hve
months by reason OF tho tropical cli-
mate and rains, the relative position II
the two contending parties cannot be
greatly altered uunng the summer
months.
sit appears to your subscribers that
for the reasons ABOVE citeu they may
venture to lay these facts before you
most appropriately at this time, and
they sincerely hope that you may be
inclined, In view oil the magnituue and
Importance OF the American CONNER
cial inter ests that are Involved, to give
careful consideration to the serious
blow inflicted upon our commerce and
trade by the present disturbance In
Cuba, and to determine upon the OK
pediency of taking measufes which
may facilitate an honorable reconcili.
alton between the contending parties.
The restoration OF peace In CUBA now,
or with the coming rainy season,
woula not only probably rescue from
destruction the large interests Of
Americans there at stake ami serve to
re.estaDIish IAN important branch OF
cur nations commerce, but would
prevent luther iass OF li.v, destruction
VI property, widespread distress, hun.
ger ana suffering that are inevitably
increasing Accomplishments OF an
armed conflict sucn as mas existed for
over Two years now in Cuba"