Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-02-28
POOR CUBA.
What Disposition viii be
Made Of The Island?
A Washington dispatch says !;


vada, of the Ways and Means Com
mittee, who was the author of the
resolution annexing Hawaii, to-day
introduced joint resolution inviting
the Republic of Cuba to become part
OF the United States, first as Terri
tory, then as State of the Union,
to be called the State of Cuba, and
also authorizing a 25 per cent reduc
ton OF duty on the present crop OF
Cuban sugar, in consideration of Gu
ba's granting preferential rates TO
the United States. The resolution
confines the 20 per cent reduction of
duties to the period prior to January
l, 1903.
The provision as to annexation is
as follows: THAT in the meantime
the Republic of Cuba is invited to be-
come part of the United States OF
America and her people to become
citizens of the United States, with
the assurance that Cuba will be en-
titled first to ~territorial form OF
government under the constitution
and laws of the United States, with
a delegate in Congress to represent
her people, and that ultimate State
hood will be granted, when in the
Judgment of Congress it is advisable
to admit Cuba, including such other
West Indian islands belonging to the
United States as may be deemed ad-
visable, as a single State OF the
Union, to be called the State OF Gu
ba."
Mr.. Newlands, in explanation OF
his resolution, said. "Al those who
have appeared to voice Cuba's needs
and requirements have intimated that
an invitation to Cuba of annexation
would be acceptable. Annexation by
force would not be justified. 1t must
be accomplished, If at all, by the free
act of the Cuban people. At present
there is no machinery in Cuba by
which the popular will can be tested,
but the Cuban constitution has been
adopted. The Cuban Congress will
meet in February, Cuban govern
ment will be organized, and then TIE
United States will leave the govern
ment and control OF the islands to its
people. Cuba then will be in po-
sition to express her will, and it is
only necessary to tide over TIE pres
ent emergency by temporary meas
ure such as I have introduced, re-
ducing the duty on Cuban sugar one
fourth for one year, and inviting
Cuba to become part of the Uuited
States under territorial form Of
government, under the constitution,
her people to be citizens, not subjects,
with the assurance that ultimate
statehood will be granted.
by coming into our political
union Cuba will secure Immediately
the highest degree of freedom and
with it large market for varied pro-
duets. These products will not threat
en- our sugar industry so seriously as
they would uader reciprocal trade ar
rapgements, for the reason that the
restricted labor laws OF this country
will apply and will raise the cost of
production to such an extent as to
prevent over-stim ulation OF her in
dustries, while her supplies will be
bought in the high-protected markets
OF this country, instead OF the cheap
markets of the world. | much pre-
fer political union, for that involves
the best kind OF commercial union
that can be established between the
two countries.
Such annexation is entirely in
line with the traditional policy OF the
country. When the time for State
hood comes, Cuba, Porto Rico and
other West Indian Islands in our pos
session can be Incorporated into the
Union as ono State, thus doing away
with the danger Of over-representa-
| ton in the Senate.