New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-29
ROBERT p. PORTER SA1Ho'
NE WILL, CONTINUE HIS WORK IN RUS
CT, AFTER MEETING HIS FAMILY
.,.o,s -, INTERNAL, REVENUE TAX on SUGAR
TO MAKE Up THE LOSS IN cus1oN'
.ySExArIoN FOR CUBA

ANNEXATION FOR CUBA
Robert p Porter, who recently returned
,,ission TO investigate the tariH uuies Va
MANY upon which he had been sent py $50
Mckinley sailed on the American LINZ -
G, poul Yesterday 10 meet his family IN fa'is
- -, IN, 40 20 russia afterward TO resume his IN
vestigaton OF eco1omic ques'oi''
TO embody in a book ~,
Prussia Is n wonderful country ior 'lau. -,
Porter said Yesterday, land our export uaue wiz"
her Is OF the utmost importance to the othei p"''
moss communities OF the world Engiahu anu w
many which are interested more than o'hei IL"
lions cannot now prevent the immense purchases
49, p,,ss,a ~ American machinery and other goods
America now sells between s50,0O00Oo and sfoooVVV
more OF home manufactures annually IMAM aPpedi'
on the lists IS a great deal OF the STUN 'ha' so9
10 Russia from this country is first taken 10 Eng
land or Germany. and eventually transshippeu ~
the Cars domain
Mr. Porter did not believe that there would pc
any disarmament by the nations. but he believed
the Peace Congress would have good results.
speaking of his Cuban and Porto Rican tariff MT
Porter said the collections exceeded In Cupa the
amount collected by the Spanish authorities. al
spite Of the fact that the duties have Deen lo"ereu
two-thrds When Cuba came into our posses
sion " he said "a state Of chaos reisned In every
cus,on, house except In Santiago Province. To-
dav the revenue is being completely ana honestly
collected The future OF Cuba, In my OPINION can
only lie in annexation, and the longer the CuoahS
in Cuba and the anti expansonists In the United
States continue 10 deceive themselves and the peo-
ple by suggesting any other solution the longer
caDital and enterprise will be held back from the
ISLAND.
I'VE cannot in my opinion make special treaty
with Cuba as al independent state. How can we
overcome the most favored nation clause IN our
treaties? Shall we give Cuba tariff concession
which We cannot and ought not accord 10 other
nations? -. ,oo,, oo,o,,,dad ,.,tb
the British colonies of Trinidad. Barbadoes Brltlsn
Guiana and probably Jamaica. WILL SO lar as tney
offer the % per reciprocal reduction on sugar
Of course discriminate against Cuban sugar Inc
United states tariff will, after these treaties are APP
nroved be upon SO degrees centrifugal sugars as
follows: From cuba 1865 per 100 pounds from the
British colonies $l.34S per 100 pounds. inns IS "a
% ner cent discrimination against Cuba ms IS no.
the worst OF IT, for with Porto Rico annexed ana
sugar from the Sandwich Islands free; we sha
have 200 0c0 tons Of sugar coming In NJ reduced duy
hv treaty and say $4,000 tons free from the Sand-
girh Islands and Porto Rico. which Will be serl-
Gus matter for the Cuban sugar producers. m
peace once restored :he internal taxes VII soon
Give MS nenty of revenue. and until then, why not
make the sugar refners pay an internal revenue
TAX equivalent to the duty on sugar? surely MI
Hoyerneyer in view OF his recently expressed an
tina thy to the tariff. would welcome such
change.