The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-06-18
CUBAN RECIPROCITY
Republican Members Of Senate Com
mittee Accept SpOOner Bill.
CONFERENCE ASKED
Senator L kins Says Congress win AID
journ without Taking Amy Action
but Senator Foraker Thinks
Some Will Be Taken.


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Washington, June 18.-The Repue
iican members of the senate commit
tee on Cuban relations has finally
agreed to the acceptance of the Spoon
er bill providing for reciprocity with
Cuba.
After the meeting adjourned the
text Of the bill was made public. II
is substitute for the house bill and
is as follows:
when the Republic OF Cuba shall
have enacted law or laws establish
ing preferential rates of customs du-
ties on any or all articles the growth.
production or manufacture OF the Unit
ed States imported into Cuba, which
preferential rates shall in the opinion
of the president of the United States
constitute a satisfactory equivalent
for the reduction hereinafter provid-
ed in the rate of customs duties upon
articles, the growth, production or
manufacture of Cuba, impor I'd into
the United States, and he shall so de-
clare by proclamation thereupon and
thereafter so long as such preferential
duties shall be continued by the gov
eminent Of Cuba, not longer, however,
than five years, the duties levied, col
lected and paid upon such articles So
exported from Cuba TO the United
States shall be so percentum Of the
duties specified in the act entitled
AN act to provide revenue for the gov
eminent and to encourage the indus
tries OF the United States approved
July "a 1897. and any amendment
thereof; provided however. that 1t
shall be the duty OF the president to
thoroughly investigate, through the
diplomatic representatives OF the
United States in Cuba and by such 9TH
err means as he may deem necessary
to employ for the purpose. whether the
tariff concession hereinbefore provided
upon articles the growth. production or
manufacture Of Cuba substantially In
sures. so far as the articles of sugar
fit of the producers OF said articles in
Cuba and II the president shall be sat
istied from such investigation that the
substantial benefit of the said conces-
sion upon either Of said articles ia in
urtng TO the purchasers thereof, indf-
vidual or corporate In the United States
1t shall be his duty TO so declare by
proclamation to that effect, and there
n TO-
conditions shall continue there shall
be levied and collected upon such ar
ticles or that one OF them as to which
SAID conditions exist, the rate OF duty
levied and collected by law upon such
article or articles coming into the
United States from other foreign coun-
tries"
Senators Elkins, Burrows, Dietrich
ana FORAKER later called at the White
House and discussed Cuban reciproci-
ty with the president. The attitude OF
tne president now Is regarded more
that of listener than an adviser. he
having expressed himself In his
special message as to the duty of con-
gress toward Cuba. Senator E1kins
remarked at the White House that
congress would adjourn without action
OF any kind on Cuban reciprocity.
Senator Foreaker On the other hand
predicted that some sort OF an agree
ment would be reached before long.
interest in the question of Cuban
reciprocity is conferred In the confer
ence of Republican senators to be held
at the request of the Republican mem
bers Of the committee on Cuban reIa-
lions.
The sugar men have been 50 encour.
aged by recent occurrences that many
of them claim that the conference de-
cfsfon will be adverse to any legisla-
ton whatever In the interest of Cuba.
They still claim 20 Republicans will
oppose any effort at legislation on the
floor OF the senate, and they assert
that there are many others of their
colleagues who are In sympathy with
them and will so express themselves
In the privacy OF the conference room.
This showing they believe viii be such
as TO convince the advocates OF recf-
procity Of the futility Of their move
and cause them to abandon the effort
without taking the question to enc sem
ate. The friends OF the measure, how
ever, say there can be no doubt that
che conference viii have preferences
for the Spooner bill. and tAa4 u win be
reported to the senate W. tk1 commle
tee having 1t In charge.