Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-01-17
CUBAN RECIPROCITY.
Arguments In Its Favor Heard BY
Ways and Means Committee.
INSULAR DELEGATES VIEWS,
Declares He Believes That Free
Trade. Both Ways. Will BE the
Only solution Of Cuba's
Coma ercial Problem.

Jan. IT, Wbuh iS'
-. procity was under consideration duriI
an the day by the ways and means col
nj mittee, with large representations I
- Cubnns and of the various sugar an
er tobacco interests in attendance. 4 de
=. cgation from the New York PrOduc
" Exchange favorable to reciprocity an
Is several delegations from the beet grow
@ ing sections opposed to reciprocity al
II rived during the morning.
EVAN Thomas. eX-president of the
. New York Produce Exchange, present
D.. ed the views of that organization. He
said that last year $1,000 600 Of Amer
lean food products went to Cuba. about
10 per cent of the business being done
by members of the Produce Exchange
Continuing. he said:
SHOULD the United States refuse to-
grant reduction of duty OH the i'm
ports of the two great staples of Cuba.
| sugar and tobacco. we believe the re-
suit Will be ruin to the planter. bank
rlptcy to the merchant and great dis
tress to the laboring masses of Cuba,
followed by serious Industrial disturb
ances and disorder.
"filancial and economic disaster 20
Cuba will correspondence injure or
trade and materially reduce our ex-
ports of flour, corn. lard, bacon, pork.
Deans, peas. canned goods and other
commodities. The material reduction
or our exports and imports to and from
una, Followed by corresponding de-
crease IN the carrying trade, will result
III loss of freight to shipowners.
Fairness of Sugar Quotations.
representative Mcclellan IN. "
called attention to circulars received
~ hlmself and other members of the i
committee attacking the current s,,g. .
u quotations and stating they were ]
nHuenced by the sugar trust The fl
BUSINESS men present gave their opin Il
III mat quotations were accurate and l.
aifiy impartial. Mr.. Mcclellan re- {,
i"rked III this connection that There u,
as an evident purpose in some QUAR-.
rs OF prejudicing the cause of Cuban IT,
'ciproclty by creating a public i'm. !"
'ss'ol that the trust was behind if. n.
nereas All the witnesses thus foy
~ Sll' Wn that the Cuban cause stond =
its own merits
harles Rabidan and G.. p Arm. W.
'ons of the Produce EXCHANGE ,I.o va
Dht IN FAVOR of reciprocity and were ed
ahmed at length by Chairman ~ =,
vhe ana members of the commit
on the details of our EXPORT tr,ds NV
llle Island and the effect of re.i ".''
'c'! on various sugar intercsts W,
preventative II bertson G.o ,s,,nd we
er''s OF questions tending to show p' ~
''le "n'lll people had not spoken ...,
reciprocity and that the moyemeut e"'
directed by the sugar people" in, nsAe
sted in the trade. slrlR
l. Armstrong answered that th, =. 'ne
SIS OF al the Cuban peonlo uon vi III
M ~ wan sugar production and anu
1 sland or TAN with it. phca
i h'perlson also sought to sbou,
american capitalists were buvi,., Ab
sugar. tracts in Cuba ana wnu,I nri,t
ehehted by reciprocity more than bv
luban people. '''''"
una" Delegate Next H.nra
lis in'c". head OF the Cuban do,o Fail
IT, was heard as to the tariff redun
'i'a WaS likely to mako j, ouI rr,
e no United STATES co,+r,>I - 1
~ lie said the Cuban tariff was Closi,
w." no" ana should be raised 10
ps' Ve'it ana after that differon-
'a'''eo TO the United States suai None
" control the trade as o,,,i,,'. p piline
countries m as against Sterling
ra Aie favored ultimate tual b,
ha ' e, po'h ways. which, he said aaS7's +,
:, ohly solution of Cuba's conn., ~ days
Il problem. 'oili- mercial
- representative Long of Kan bonds 3
D"sn, out the fact that w. road DO
,lao Fought free trade ,t w. closin
the Cubnn sn,I.o. AT Hat Atchisot
auyhtor +,4 small explained Ches. &
i i"si4 that he had yielded to Peoples
' hn''., ana mat by asking much D De! & +
a 1rn ~ get as hear that rs La ,I,,,,.
" l.,, lie gave 80 to 60 Der cans ns Lead IA"'
a,;nr concession which wou,d Louis. 4
Manhatt
lsou " of closed Representative n S Y cs
.at on 81, tennessee. the rankin.
t n. on Il the committee, said, ~
.ena+ a." very prominent rnitod
'v ..'', is quoted as sovinm =, FLOUF
WIN settle this whoi. 'ie nominal ;
ii make a tre,t,, ""o'e ques, demand
e nothipn 70 10y ana that we winter st
vii, &C.,, ~ 10 with it." @sOa32O;
-, ma out differently hoe WHEAr
through" answered. ~, oefore break this
N'eu MIR. DaE lion folio,
nan PAYNE ing rumor
on ,,.,,,i, stated that the r., On covert
y" "ooid he heard On ~ u" March S5l
sugar interests nm +ts .ne list, ,RYE-Ei
leral Wo n ,. on 'he I'D, and York carlo
"a. "''" was expected up at @ns,,
then adio,r,, ton and
he call OF the cha;.., ur''ea sub. which it 7
thurman. May, 67Aa,
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