Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-01
'RIIEii;,CIPE OCT BILL M
Chai rlavl Payne Fresenza 2 k
port to the House.
COMMITTEE VOTE STOOD t2 TO 5.
An xmendaent Regnires the Eraca msnt oy Cuba of the uniteu ssates Contract Labor and
 Immfgration Laws.

WASHINGTON, April l. = Clalr med Payne has presented to the UuS~ tte report of the ways and meansco, ,,, l.nittee on the Cuban reciprocity {, [.' - which the committee by vote oE ' v 5 ordered reported. The bill pF;es for 20 per cent reciprocity treY VII z Cuba, with only a slight ampH
 proposed by Representative 6orsenor requiring the enactment of pnlleu States contract labor law "e'i as VI our immigration law.
 MT. Payne said: Our aalals s v ou. ba are peculiar. In og Ieaaraaon ainca wa haea or war with Spain and +ba Me nave soaemns .sat p.uFe ,,as to Cuba stable and independent kban thraa osS w A"te te labored for moesuIt and in tS th,s ~ ~ accomplish thg spared no expense deavor we 6rs of nranaro t;an nse. During an an example of the bene- gave g,venhd good order, of cleanli- '. oh !a yf the reservation of the ness n,ith and If good government pupilc She hasorganized her goy- sener under a onstitution and is
 D.eady to launo forth among the na',n, N on'n v
 Mr. Payne explalld the depressed Iondit1on of the Clan sugar indus .rv as due to the wld's oyerproduc- ion of sugar and sai+This condition threatened grave dister to this the principal industrial bduct of Cuba. 1t is true that labor 1lsuba is and for the past three montnaaS been fully | employed at fair wagethat there has | been no distress, but trustworthy writer and American Interested in | sugar and a careful oliver says un- der date of March 20: Me the mass es of Cuba are not acsly suffering from lack of foou, ln4anters and business men are on fherge of col lapse and bankruptcy anre anxious ly hoping for cOncessionsthe United States tariff i'll order ththey may receive new life and hoIThe mer- chants have large sums ofney trust- ed out and are not pay1nsch other. They are simply holding eother up in the hope of obtaining II, and if failures once begin they Veun like wildfire.' All the eyidenq qeceiyed
 before the committee point con-
 clusion that the crisis thra led in- wolves the most serious cohsnceS. The report adds that we atund to
 care for our own people, pu CT re-
 viewing the American sugar,ation
 says:
 Tt can work no injury to Gdus- fry if we make this small redn an Cuban sugars. The enactihenthis
 bill will not aHecr the pfotectiothe sugar producers of the Unitedes l There is no reasonable prete1at . the same reduction on other an s products will injure any other ii rh can industry ( The report asserts that the pl, p and not the refneries will receiE Il benefits of the reduction and addj V
 Cuba does not come simply q mendicant, nor should she be tra C as such. She offers a good trade i'll q turn. This she is willing to cond
 Under the provisions of the bill Au should be able to double the amount our export trade with Cuba, why amounts to $2S,OO0,0OO more than tf we obtained in the last fiscal year"
 In conclusion the report says: .It is
 happy circumstance that without al injury to our own industries and wit out the loss of anything except $7,O0 GOO or $S,000,000 of revenue, which !, do not need, we are able to extend tl
 relief to Cuba and at the same time 2
 reciprocal trade relations with her.''