Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-06-20
THE PRESIDENT ACTS
Cuban Reciprocity Urged In
Special Message.
SAYS REBATE WILL NOT ANSWER,
Congress Is strongly Asked to Ali
Cubn-Duty and Self Interest De-
mnnd Speedy LcgisIation-Mr.
Mckinley Is Quoted.

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ity President Roosevelt yesterday sent
n ,,,seo,.o 20 oo,,,roe. ,,o, r1ir,,in,, bis
message 10 cohsIess retlllriiilIg his
attitude on the subject. The president
hoe oornostlv considorod tba NATION for
las c'i hcStIS NollSluSlNu 'hC ii''ttSl III
several days.
Tho rocinrocitv message has piven
senators = live tonic of conversation,
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postum vi ilt part VI tHc lV"ucIs vi
WHOM eno,l,ino nubliclv sono odvon.
Wien speaking pupllClA soHle auNdn-
tage from the message.
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Inc prcsluent message Is as loi-
lows:
deem 1t important before the adjourn
ment of the present session of congress to
cal attention to the following expressions
in the message which, in the discharge of
the duty imposed upon me by the consti-
tuition, | sent to congress on the first
TUESDAY of December last:
,ElseWhere l have discussed the cues
tion of reciprocity In the case of Cuba,
however, there are wGighty reasons of
morality and OF national interest why the
| policy should he held to have peculiar
application, ana most earnestly ask your
attention to the W,ilSdomaIndeed; to the
vital nced-Ot providing Tor a substantial
reduction in the tariit duties on Cuban
imports INTO the United states. cuba has
siredIthat she should stand IN lnterna-
tonal matters in closer and more friendly
relations with us than with any other
poWerU IAN we are pouhq py every con
sideration of honor and eNpediency to
pass commercial measures ,s III the interest
OF her material well being.
This RECOMMENDATION was merely Civ
| ing practical erect to President Mckin-
| ley words when IN ms messages OF Dec.
b, lNS and Dec. ., lS@ he wrote:
1t is important that our relations with
TINS people to1 CuDa) shall be OF the most
| friendly character and our commercial
relations close and reclProcaL We have
! accepted a trust, the fulhllment of which
calls for the sternest integrity of purpose
ana the exercise OF tle highest wisdom.
| The new Cuba yet to arise from the
ashes OF the past must needs he bound TO
us by ties OF singular intimacy and
strength if its enduring welfare is to be
assured. The greatest blessing which can
come to cuba Is the restoration OF her
| agrlculturai ana industrial prosperity.
ON June i ! received by cable from the
| american minister IN Cuba most earnest
| appeal from President Palma for "legis-
| latlNe relief before 1t IS too late and (his)
| country financially ruined.
The granting Of reciprocity with Cuba
| Is proposition Whlch stands entirely
| alone. NJ reasons Tor II lar outweigh
| those for granting reciprocity with any
! other nation and are entirely consistent
| TEN under which this country has thriven
so marNelously. The present tariff law
| such a reciprocity treaty and expressly
| provided for reduction not TO exceed 70
| per cent upon goods coming from q par
ticular country, leaving the tariff rates
on the same articles unchanged as re-
been made TO the granting of the reduc-
! ton on the ground that the subsA initial
| beneht would not 90 to the agricHSurtl
| producer of sugar. but would inure to the
rican sugar retners. In my 1udg-
ment proyision can and should be- made
WHICH will guarantee us against this pos
| SlDllltN without having recourse to
measure OF doubtful policy. such as
| bounty IN me form OF rebate
,,, dhs question aS TO Which, II any OF tbe
| most properly to be revised does not HItcr
! into TINS matter IN any way or shaI/. We
are concerned with getting friendly
Arrangement applies to all the articles
| that cuba grows or produces. 1t is not
| in our power to determine what these
! articles shall he. and any discussion of
the tariff as it affects special schedules
aside from the subject matter to which
| call your attention.
of the tariff on Cuban products, just as
| three years ago they opposed the admis-
sion of the Hawaiian Islands, lest free
| trade with them might ruin certain of
| our interests here. In the actual event
| their fears proved baseless as regards
| Hawaii. and their approximations as to
| the damage TO any industry of our own
! because of the proposed measure of reci-
procity with Cuba seem to me equally
! baseless. In my judgment no American
| industry will be hurt ana many Anne rican
| industries will be benefited by the propos-
| ed action. II Is 10 our advantage as a
| nation that the growing cuban market
! should be controlled by American pro-
ducers
The events following the war with
| Spain and the prospective building of the
isthmian canal render it certain that we
must take in the future a far greater in
tercst than hitherto in what happens
| throughout the West Indies, Central
| America and the adjacent coasts and wa
tiers. We expect Cuba to treat us on an
exceptional footing politically. and we
should put her in the same exceptional
position economically. The proposed ac-
ton is in line with the course we have
pursued as regards all the Islands with
| which we have been brought into rela-
! tons of varying intimacy by the SPANISH
| war
Cuba is an Independent republic, but a
republic which has assumed certain spe-
| cial OBLIGATIONS as regards her interna-
tional position in compliance with our re-
| quest | ask for her certain special eco
homie concessions in return these eco
| nomic concessions to benefit us as well a
her There are few brighter pages in
| American history than the page which
pas ~ SS,btch M - i,s,i,it We MaEsu
1 erous in1ignation against annrpssior oarI