The sun., 1902-06-04
TO CONFER ON CUBAN TARIFF.
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NAsutNurpT. Ilfs 2 ls-tsf,inv's r'n-
f~-ruc'~ .. The Whale H'uHe a.d a. ~"
N".ih'~ ''amt.r -'rvssl pag'Iv 'u 'I'nr
w" A'r'sp,i"i" surrounding ne ~ f'~ ~
~" h"puhh'aI- On tungr~ss o. ~ t"g"'n"f
IN support ia tiian 'arif reduction meas
ur". bat thor" - -'.l spus uncrr tautv
as t. Naat vii eventually be- accomplished
Ihsrc l. no dlsv Isitt,n oh the part II
S~ua'or Adrbrh AMI "a, other R~publh al
iead"rs to furr" the committee btll It"n
the R,publcan maJ,r,y. al time will b"
gwen TOT iull and frc~ d,scu- arm 70 all
pha-Cs of the -ubI,s.t With this esd IA
Nsw ,ummittt-. & thr,-' Sss.atorS. t'irr-
-enting each ftctipn, las lss'n d"sigaai'Ni
10 CONSULT with a view to hartnon,iihs
the EpnfilCtHs views - the Rrpublc
senators.
III" Cumui'tr- rrrr,'srftiEg thos" Who
arr known A. t."' -i,gar S"nai'r- and VA"
want either 10 legislation ~ all or 10"
ad"p,iut ui a plan tu iaN 10 lIo Nn's'h
t'oNcritirut "a rebate ui the tlfiH dutl'a
,uiltrt'SI are senators Fikius ~ West
Virginia, BurruW, Il N'Ei..0h aI,d Joi'~
ot nevada. NtgIlarly ctnugh, OILY on"
81 tr'~c SENATORS Mr Burrows, pIh'Siis
ts-f sugar state, and ia" persistent "p-
position Of the other two Inemlrrs ~ iho
committee To any legislation fOr the f"!hf
of tNba u the cause 81 much interesting
comment.
The senators who will represent the
Cuban committee IA this cOn.prutIi-" CON
icrcncc an" M,ssrs Plat oi Come ',icGi,
IA" chairman. and McssTs STOut"T 81
Wisconsin and ''Iilom Il lil'rois. Mr.
Sisuun"r Was originally ia favor ui III" r.
tate plan, tut abandoned u 'sCaii-c, IA
his opinion. u was unconstitutional 20 pay
money ~ that way To- foreign gu'"rh-
ment, and i-sausc he was dc-lrous 81 nav
inE tue k'plhllcan SENATOR Sut together
.NHVaNH
mcut will le rca~h"d for several davs.
Snator Dietrich of Nebraska. repre-
s"niing tie Senator's who ar" Dppoes 10
the Spooner compromise hll for 'Giah
p'C.prucitv. to-day .njr, dusd n hlll ai,,hd-
ing he sugar Sa'Cfiuu of ~" D.nglry iHrn
law 20 a. to cNeiLpt cuban sugar from tho
existing rates
tn" It'll then provides for reduction
Of - Irr cent IN the duties on sugar I'M
PORE from Cuha when that r'ruDhC re-
duc,s by like amount the dutses on pred.
uc,s from the United States. The biA
also abolshcs th. diffcphtIal between
raw and refined sugars coming frum CuuL-
'rles other than cuba, hut Incr,a>'s tue
duty on raw sugars by the amount 81 VA"
d nereIi .al-thai -. raises the duty on
raw - tho present duty on r"iiaed sugar
The concessions to Cuha arr "a run ui'il
Dec. I. lsu. and ARE to tr d'Icnd"n' upon
the enact nIsnt by GIha ot .mmigrui on,
exclusion and contract lahor laws, fully
a. restrictive as tho~a II the nIted Sia'cS.
WhoE thrss conditions have lcen COM
Pied with bv Cula the Prsl,rrt j. To Put
the cuno'ss On into effect s. pr,-lamitiun.
II. u al-o aut thoriz"d TO suspend the ois'r-
atoms uf the Cunv,s.Ion /! "a, any nm"
the conditions ar' not properly executed
bv cuba.
The obieCt. Mr.. Dietrich Savs. 20 trans
ferrng th" dih"rcntIal t. raw sugar vas
that the dff"ru'iul was only n protection
10 the Sugar Trust. which was only an i'm
poricrs' trust and praci callv employed
no American isbrr. and gave II n MON poly
for diCtating tn" purchasing md s'll.ng
prces ~ sugar which came To ~" United
States and crab led IL 20 Coll"c' from he
American r"upl" from ou"-half To thrr"-
quarters II a cont p'uff GA "yery pound uf
all the sugar consumed IN the United States