New-York tribune., 1902-12-16
CUBAN TREATY AT ONCE.
IN SENATE WEDNESD4Y.
Abst'-act Of Its Terms Confirms The
IY7bHRf'S Forecast.
fBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUNE ]

BY TELEGRAPH TIE TRIBUNE.1
washington Dec. l5.-In all probability the
President will send the Cuba1 reciprocity
treaty to the Senate on Wednesday General
Bliss has te1egrapfed the State Department
that he Will arrive here tomorrow morning with
the document and as there is no doubt of its
receiving prompt Executive approval, no time
is he wasted in submitting it to the Senate
for ratification, especially as 1t IS now known
beyond a doubt that the Cuban Congress Is
ready to- ratify it az once This fact and the
confirmation Of the details Of the agreement
published in The Tribune nearly Il month ago
were brought to the attention OF the state De
partment to-day by the receipt OF the copy Oh
the Havana newspaper La Discussion, con-
tanning a fair abstract Of tha treaty as signed
together with an interview, declared 10 be au-
thentic with the chairman of the lower house
General Rafael Partuondo Who at the time or
his recent election was asserted to have won on
the strength of his anti-AmerIcan views and
of his antagonism to closer commercial relations
Nth the Uf,itea States i translation of this
significant article in La Discussion" follows;
The last session of the members engaged In
framing the treaty. Messrs. Zaldo Garcia
Monies and Bliss continues from lV'io d. H.
TO 30 p m-
The Chief Executive and the commissioners
maintain due reserve concerning the detalis or OF
the treaty, which will not be puhllshed III IGll
until the same is signed in Washington we
have however been made acquainted with the
following important details of that instrument:
Ftrst-That the United States will r luce by
% y,er cent .ae ciu.ies upon Cuban pfF 3ucts
s;econd-That the United States agrees that in
,bo euant thai # should celebrate a similar
treaty with any other power to give 10 Cupa
a preferential rate of 20 per cent less than the
rate agreed upon with any other nation
Thrd-That the treaty OF reciprocity ce!e-
brated between Cuba and the United States
shall continue in force for period OF hVe years
Fourth-That the reductions which Cuba shall
grant to the United States in her tarlH rates
shall vary from 10 to 10 per cent. with an aver
age reduction of about 30 per cent
Fifth-That like products produced IN potn
countres-that Is those which are produced
both in the United States and in Cuba such as
whatever be the notifications of the tariff. like
treatment, or, In other words, shall be SUBJECT
to the same rate of duty in both countries
Sixth-That the treaty shall take effect nIteen
days after the exchange of ratihcatons, the
American Government having manifested that IL
is deeply interested in having said treaty rati-
fed as soon as possible. and if possible, that it
becomes effective during the first fifteen DAYS OF
January next, for it appears that president
Roosevelt desires to eVade the possibility OF
having the opponents of the treaty employ the
argument which they used in the debate or last
winter that the benefits Of reciprocity would
not benefit the Cuban producers but wouio
accrue to spectators in the United states
APPROVAL SHOWN IN HAVANA.
Tho etata If npbIic opinion. We are assured
in the most positive manner that the members
of the Senate and House who We're present at
he meeting Yesterday were hlghly pleased Will
the good results obtained through the repre-
sentations of Messrs Zaldo and Garcia Monies
and the statements of President Palma we
are assured that Messrs. Bustamente and silva
indica ted to their friends their satisfaction with
the treaty. Last night public opinion comment
ed favorably upon the details of the treaty as
they were understood At the banks and on
the street its goods effects could be readily per
Cetved In an interview with the chairman of
the House, General Rafael Iortunnuo ne HAde
the following statement;
Il am highly gratified with the stipulations
of the proposed treaty of reciprocity. Natu-
raIIv 7 would have desired secure more but
recognize that the treaty includes both economic
and political questions and we ought not to lose
sight of this important fact When our attitude
toward the United States is defined by
treaty in lepe than year we shall have more
than S1OnOoO0O0 of American capital invested
nrogress and welfare. The treaty assures us of
the possibility OF paying our army,