The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-20
Washington Special to Atlanta constitu-

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 ITO tell you the truth, Lam not car Ing very much about this proposed tartff reduction What 1 am ipteresteds ip more than anything else is that any step which Congress may. take shall De taken with. view to facilitating the an nexadon or Cuba to the United states.
 This was the reply of Senator Morgan, of Alabama, to me when l quesuoneo him concerning his position toward the pending Cuban bill. s4~
 ..Cuba.' he continued, lis as necessary to the United States as Ireland ts to Great Britain It Is unnecessary 10 re- fer to the fact that this has been recos- nized since the days of Thomas Jefferson. Every farsighted American knows today as every far-sighted American has recog- uized in the past, that Cuba must even tually become part of the limited states' l am inclined to believe with MT. New- lands that the time has come when we should take decisive step toward an nsxation., do not, see why we should not extend to Cuba an invitation. to come into the Union"
 The Alabama Senator's reference point cd particulariy to the attitude of the gen tleman from Nevada as manifested by ms vote in the Ways and Means Committee of the House. S- s
 MT. Newlands's Position
 Mr. Newlsnds has announced that he will not vote for the proposed reducuoh on Cuban products unless this IS accom- panied by a formal invitation to Cuba ,o become a part or the United States. While he Is alone of the members or -,ne committee taking this position there is no uoestion that his general views upon the subject of annexation. are neio py most of the members of both oranenes of Congress.
 All agree that annexation is not only inevitable, but that 1t is to be desired by the United States and by Cuoa. All agree that Cuba would be 8 valuable ad- dition to the Union; that under the Amerl- can flag Cuba would blossom like the proyerbial rose; and that the prosperity for which the Cubans are now praying would follow to an extent exceeding their fondest dreams. But there are doupts as 10 whether the time has arrived 10 give formal expression of the American senti- ment in this respect and as to the means to best secure the desired end
 MT, Newlands has no doubt whatsoever nm the subject and he has expressed his views in a way calculated to scarry con viction to those who study them. MT NewIands is a man of affairs, business man who has exercised in his study or the situation in Cuba the best Of busy . ness sense.
 Newlands on the Pending Bill.
 With regard to this reciprocity bill. he takes the position that Cuba's preseir request is unquestonabfy stimulated by the sugar refining trust of America whose interest 1t IS to develop the sugar cane industry in Cuba, becalise 1t is in hand ling the cane sugar., and not the. beet sugar. that the refining trust Is able 10 secure a profit approximating SiO ton' The rresent proposition, which implies not 2 reduction. of. the price which the American consumer will pay, but an in- crease, at the American consumers ex- pense, of the price which the Cuoan planter will receive. could not he con teudA be entertained, for a moment where if not for the peculiar relations or Cuoa to this country. He holds, however, that Cuba has no more real right to demand tariff concessions from us than she mas from any other country. There IS no present distress In Cuba where labor Is In great demand, but the planters, owing to heavy expenses due to their eHorts 10 resiuscitate their great industry. are hesV- ily indebted to tire banks, aud unless they are able to secure better price for their product. they claim that their Planta- tions will be foreclosed and sold.
 Mir: Newlands points out that our gov errment has never considered 1t one of It's duties to, relieve the people of the United States from the results Of depres- sion coming from natural causes opera, tive throughout the world, as is the case fin Cuba. ''We haTe' he says. passed through panics of every kind. through financial crises. through liquidation. through readjustment, and there has been no suggestion that the government should come to the relief of our people who are in distress. How, then. can 1t be our duty to relieve. foreign people about to suffer from the necessary readjustment for which we are not responsible! II we recognize this duty toward Cuba, how can we fail to deny 1t to our own people? And does not this legislation open the door for philanthropic, benevolent, and sentimental legislation of every ,kind?'
 Mir. Newlands strongly opposes the ex- tension of the Americau-Chiness exclu- sion immigration, and contract laws to Cuba. He thinks that, while the pas sage of such laws for our country IS entirely justified, the imposition or them upon Cuba is indefensible.
 His Terms for Relief.
 While he is opposed to granting the re- ductiou upon ,AmericaR tariffs from purely seutimentaI hessens, he is willing to ex- tcnd such sentimental legislation to Cuba for reasonable period provided it is ac- c,mranied by an invitation to Cuba to become a part Of the United States. It is this phase of his position which Is par ticularly interesting.
 He points out the great value 1t woted be to Cuban sugar planters to nave Iree access to the American market. showing hy figures that this would mean an an- nual bonus to Cuba of nearly S30,WO,e~ The natural result would be great stim- ulus upon the general prosperity or the island A commercial union Of this klno ought to be desired by everybody in Cuoa who has the best interests of the island at heart.
 '.But such a commercial union' he says. "can only be accomplished by po- litical union The resolutions l have in- troduced invite Cuba to become part or the United States-not a subject territory They provide that she Is to have terri torial form of government under the Constitution and laws of the United States including the tariff laws and that her people are to be citizens. not sub 1ects. as are the people of Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands. In other words to admit her as an infant State With the assurance Of ultimate State hood. Of course. her admission to State hood viii depend upon the rapidity with which she prepares herself.
 Need Not Decide at Once.
 ..%ov. do not believe that Cuba should he expected to make up her mind at once mon this subject. There should be nothing like forcing her Into annexation, Mv idea ir to give h"r q reduction of $