Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-20
FOR RECIPROCAL
TRADE RELATIONS
OrI introduced in House TO Estab'
tabIsh Them With Cuba
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
,,,.od Republic Must Fir'' Enact
,.,,grauon aud Exclusion Laws
Acceptable 10 United state"

,c..,t,gton March l9,--Chairman
~ of the ways and means com
nI,tee today introduced the following
bill, .,..,oo, ,rodo
relations with cuba" as result OF 'ne
pecubIlcan conference decision last
night: -
1Tbat for the purpose of securing re-
c,n,ocn trade relations with CUBA the
nrssldent is hereby authorized as soon
os may be after the establishment OF an
,rdepeudent government In cuba ana
M enactment by said government OF
,n,toration and exclusion laws as
s,,ly restrictive of immigration as the
,ows If the United States to enter in
- NEGOTIATIONS with said government
Inn view to the arrangement OF a
"r'mercial agreement In which recipfo-
col and equivalent concessions may DE
e,,,ed In favor of the products ana
s,enniactures of the United States by
ratos NJ duty which shall be less by an
ar,o,int equivalent to at least ~ per
csnt adj yalorem upon such products
ond n,anufactireg than the rates inl~
nosed ,lpon the like articles when I'M
norted INTO cuba from the most favor
ed of other countries and shall not be
greater than the rates imposed by the
TnIted States upon the like articles linz
rorted from Cuba.
'oAnd whenever the government Of
Cuba shall enact such immigration and
exclusion laws and shall enter into
such commercial agreement with the
United States and shall make such
concessions in favor OF the products
and manufactures thereof as aforesaid,
and which agreement, IN the judgment
Of the president shall be reciprocal
and equivalent he shall be authorized
10 proclaim such facts both as to the
enactment Of such immigration and ex-
tlusIln laws and the making OF such
agreement and thereafter until the first
day Of December, 1903, the imposition OF
the duties now imposed by law on all
articles Imported from Cuba, the prod
ucts thereof into the United states shalt
be suspended and In lieu thereof shall
be levied collected and paid upon all
such articles imported from Cuba 50
per cent Of the rate OF duty now levied
upon like articles imported from for
egn countries
"The president shall have power, and
Il shall be his duty, whenever he shall
be satisfied that either such immlgra-
lion or exclusion laws or such agree
ment mentioned in this act are not be-
ing fully executed by the government
Of Cuba to notify such government
thereof and thereafter there shall be
levied collected and paid upon all arti-
cles imported from foreign countries"
The steering committee Of the ele-
menl which has opposed the ways and
means committee reciprocity plan, met
this afternoon at the call of Represent
talive IaWney Of Minnesota, chairman
OF the committee, and with several 9TH
er leaders In the movement canvassed
the situation carefully. Individually
most Of those present expressed de-
sire 10 carry the contest on to the floor
OF The house. 1t Is considered desir-
ape, however, to take no action until
all OF those who voted IN the confer
tence against reciprocity were called
mo conference. This meeting viii be
held later IN the week. Beyond this
decision no action was taken,
GOV WOOD DIsAPPRovEs BILL.
New York, March 2O.--Gov. Gen,
wood left Havana for Washington
wednesday night, according to the
havana correspondent OF the Herald at
me request Of President Roosevelt.
Gen Wood according to the oorre-
spondent, expressed his dlsapproyal OF
the Dill granting a tariff reduction Of
~ per cent on Cuban products imported
INTO The United States. He takes this
ground because a reduction so small
VIII do no good to Cuba.
lie declares. concludes the dispatch,
mat The economic situation In the ISL
ana demands more liberal tariff con-
concessions II they are to be of any
syall, or that which all Cubans have
hoped for, complete commercial reci-
proclty,