The Washington times., 1902-04-09

Not content with all Of this. We now de-
I liberately demand that Cuba shall enact
& stringent immigration laws similar to our
/ own These laws are perfectly right in
themselves. said Mr.. Newiands. but ir III
comports with national independpnra for
any country to enact such legislation at
the bidding OF another The purp1ss Of
/ the Republican party is clearly to hedge,
Cuba about with so many irriratin,, rs-
strictions upon her sovereignty as ia
make her position intolerabIe; as a result
they hope she will become a humble sun
plant for annexation.
Mr. Tawney "The Insurgents
Mr.. Mcclellan Dem N ". a member
of the Ways and Means Committee after
a humorous introduction. referring to tbs
+, divisions over the pending bill and mar
rating Marshal Ney's report to Napoleon
Sire. | am the rear guard. prophesied
that Mr.. Tawney (Rep.. Mimi would be
found on the final roll as the Insurgents
Mr.. Mcclellan discussed the provisions of
the bill, advocating a still greater reduc
tion than that proposed by its terms.
To market this year S crop under pres
ent conditions. said he, would entail A
loss to the Cuban planter OF about ss
100000. Having borrowed money to make
the crop. unless relief were granted bank
ruptcy must inevitably result II would
not do to refer Cuba to the benefits to he
derived from the abolition of sugar houn
ties. for while sugar might be sold at 3,
profit under the operation OF the agree
ment OF the Brussels conference. il wouIt
not be at such a price as to eneouraga
the production of sugar, and meantime
some relief must be granted If the in
dustry was to exist at all in Cuba.
No
The proposed reciprocal reduction to
Cuba, Mr. Mcclellan said. was not enough
to give the United States any substantial
advantage in the islands Her tari1 was
SO low that 20 per cent would moi give
the United States control Of the market
The only way monopoly could be OH
tanned would be to increase the proposed
reciprocal reduction. He traversed the.
contention that the Sugar Trust would
receive the benefit intended for the Ctiuau
planters, and from the statistics furnished
by Governor General Wood asserted thar
it was wholly unfounded.
Answering a question by Mr. W. A.
Smith tRep., Mich.l Mr. Mcclellan said
he would gladly vote for free trade with
Cuba were it not for the necessity of
revenue for her government that must
partly come from customs duties The
reduction OF 20 per cent, he said. was not
complete fulfillment of the pledge Of
the United States but a step in that di-
rection. II would still leave the plant
ers more than 1900. 900 short of .he cost
of making this years crops.
Mr.. Newlands-Does the gentleman think
1t is the duty of the United States year
after year to save the Cuban planters
from lcsS2
Mr.. McClellan-I consider II the souri,
duty of the United States. having freely
assumed an obligation as a debt of honor.
TO pay it in gold.
Mr.. Mcclellan read Il few extracts from
the "Comm0ncF' deuouncing the inIposi-
tion of $50 900 00) duty on 2.00G.1g0 tons Of
su0ar for the benefit of The producers of
100. 900 tons of beet sugar. Mr. Cooper
tDem.. Texas asked his purpose N read
ing them.
Mr.. McClellal-To instruct members OIL
this side of the House i'll the pCinOrra,y
of William Jennings Bryan Laughter
In conclusion Mr.. Mcclellan said that
there were some things involving the
honor of the country. which were to be
considered and decided outside the PALE
of partisanship. and in supporting the
lending bill he said he should have the
consciousness of knowing tnat he bad
done his duty in the light God had gi.en
him. IApplause.l