Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-01-16
A DEPARTMENT
OF COMMERCE
A Bill to Establish 1t Is Sharply
Criticised by Senator Hale in
the Senate.
A CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT
Reciprocity With Cuba and the Philippine
Tariff Bill Are Still Important Topics
for Committee Delibsration
Supplies for Boer Prisoners.
SENATE

| Washington, Jan. 16.-Upon request
of Hoar, the resolution adopted yester-
day in reference to supplies sent to the
Beers in Bermuda, was recalled, the
senator saying that the United States
! had not adopted that particular pro-
vision of the Hague treaty covering
this question. The resolution went to
the foreign relations committee for in
vestigation.
The house concurrent resolution,
providing for memorial services on
February 27 in honor of President Nc
Kinley was adopted.
Mallory, Florida, and Clay, Georgia,
declared they had been misrepresented
in a New York paper, which said they
favored the Panama canal Both said
they were for the Nicaragua canal.
Nelson called up his bill to establish
department of commerce, and a num-
ber of minor amendments were adop-
ted.
Hale sharply criticised the depart
ment of commerce bill, saying it pro-
important bureaus and make the de-
partment the most important in the
cabinet. The bill went over.
Mitchell Oregon, introduced bill,
prepared by the Pacific coast senator's
and representatives, for Chinese ex-
clusion.
The senate adjourned till Monday,
after an executive session.
THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF BILL.
Washington, Jan. 16.-The senate
committee on the Philippines consider
ed the house tariff bill today. The
Republican members presented prop
osition to reduce the Dingley rates Of
the house bill 25 per cent on goods COM
pines, also to lessen the export tax
charged in the Philippines. Action was
postponed until Monday to give furth-
er time to consider the measure
CUBAN RECIPROCITY.
Washington, Jan. 16.-Cuban reel
procity was again under consideration
today by the ways and means COM
mittee with large representations OF
Cubans and various sugar and tobacco
interests in attendance. A delegation
from the New York produce exchange
favorable to reciprocity and several
delegations from beet growing sections
opposed to reciprocity arrived this
morning. Evan Thomas ex-president
presented the views of that organiza-
ton. He said: "Should the United
States refuse to grant reduction of
duty on the imports of the two great
staples of Cuba, sugar and tobacco, we
believe the result will be ruin to the
planter, bankruptcy to the merchant
and great distress to the laboring class
es of Cuba, followed by serious indus
trial disturbances and disorder"
Charles Rabidan and c. P. Armstrong
of the produce exchange, also spoke In
favor of reciprocity.
Representative Robertson of Louis.
lana, asked series Of questions tend
ing to show that the Cuban people had
not spoken for reciprocity, and that
the movement was directed by sugar
people" interested in the trade.
Robertson also sought to show that
American capitalists, buying large
sugar tracts in Cuba, would be bene-
fited by reciprocity more than the Gu
| bans.
| AS the hearing closed, Representative
Richardson, Tennessee, ranking Demo-
crat on the committee, said: II notice
that a very prominent United States
senator is quoted in today's paper as
| saying that the senate will settle this
| whole question, will make the treaty
and we will have nothing to do with
it,"
"He will find out differently before
he gets through" answered Dalzell,
Pennsylvania.
| Chairman Payne stated that the to-
bacco men would be heard on the 21st,
the beet sugar interests on the 22d, and
that General Wood was expected up
from Cuba. The committee adjourned
subject to call by the chairman.
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