Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-21
SOLVE CUBAN tariff
Representative Long, OF Kansas.
Has Solution OF the Reci-
procity Problem.
Would Remit 30 Per Cent of
Duties When Cuba Estab.
fishes Government.
Committee Is Still Widely Di.
vided Over the Question
al Issue.

Washington, Feb 21.-Representative
Long of Kansas solved the problem of
Cuban relief Thursday by submitting TO
Yhe committee on ways and means, OF
which he is member. simple but ao-
solutely complete reciprocity PROPOSE
ton. This is the first time thefcommit-
tee has had before 1t an out and out re-
ciprocity proposition, and the bin pre-
pared by Mr.. Long is accepted as the
view of the administration, and espe-
cialiy OF President Roosevelt, with
whom the Kansas member has been on
particularly cordial terms.
The Long bill provides in effect that
after there is stable government es-
tabIished in Cuba, and after it has pro-
yided by treaty for the admission of all
goods coming from the United states
at a reduction 40 per cent below the
rates charged by Cuba against goods
from other countries, thereupon the
president shall be authorized to issue a
proclamation renting 40 per cent OF
the Dingley rates on all goods coming
into the United States from the island
of Cuba.
This Is horizontal reciprocity pure
md siniule, and Mr.. Long, who is one
of the youngest but unquestionabiy one
of the ablest members OF the ways and
means committee has been generally
congratulated on the simplicity With
which he has formulated the bill which
unquestionably gives the necessary re-
lief to Cuba and at the same time puts
the United States in a position to con-
troll absolutely the entire trade or Cupa.
1t does not at all follow that Mr.
Longs bill will pass the hosue but II
will come back to the house some day
beyond all question in the form oil q
senate amendment. and the Long f,ill,
which unquestionably reflects the Jews
of the administration, will almost Ger
tainly be the basis OF the legislation for
Cuba.
There was an excited debate all af-
fernoon in the committee over the Long
proposition and other schemes which
have been suggested. a majority OF
the republican members of the commit
tee are at the present time opposed 20
reciprocity in any form. They say they
would be willing 70 enter into such an
arrangement with Cuba, but they arc
afraid of other countries. The dyed-in-
tr1e-wool protectionists on the commit
tee are In mortal terror of some revision
OF the tariff, and even men like Bab-
cock of Wisconsin and Tawney OF Min
nesota who voted in the committee for
the Babcock bill. which proposed 10 re-
duce the rates on iron and steel, are OBJ
jecting to reciprocity on the curious
ground that it is an interference with
the existing tariff arrangements.
During the debate it was developed
that up TO the present time Dalzeii, o.
Pennsylvania, Grosvenor of Ohio. Rus
sell of Connecticut, Steele of Indiana
Tawney of Minnesota, Babcock OF
wisconsin, and Metcalf of California
are opposed to reciprocity, while Payne
of New York, Hopkins OF Illinois, NC
Call of Massachusetts and Long Oh
Kansas favor reciprocity.
The discussion therefore demon
strated that If an issue had been made
reciprocity would have been beaten by
n vote of to T.
one of the strange things about tho
situation is that altho the republican
members of the ways and means com
mittee are opposed to reciprocity with
Cuba in the proportion of nearly two
vote not to take any action. 1t was
developed In the course Of the dis
cussion yesterday that even those
members OF the committee who are
opposed to reciprocity with Cuba real
lie that action to pigeon hole the Long
bill or any other scheme for the relief
of Cuba could not possibly be final
The members of the committee with
out exception realize that the agitation
has only commenced, and that in the
near future 1t will undoubtedly be ex-
tended.
Mr.. Long predicted in his talk with
The committee today, 1t is said. that
when the American people realize that
In return for trifiing reduction of the
revenue on sugar they could them
selves secure absolute control of the
Cuban market for every product of
agriculture and manufacture common
in the United States. they would insist
on the immediate passage of a sweep
ing reciprocity bill
Mr.. Long made the telling point that
the situation has now arrived where
the people of the United States could
extend relief to Cuba and at the same
time benefit themselves by an extension
of their foreign markets many times
the value of the benefits conferred up
on the Cubans.
He warned the committee that when
the farmers of the west learned that
their -four cattle, hogs and provisions
would be given an exclusive market
in Cuba. and when the workmen OF
Pennsylvania and New England learn
ed that they would receive an exclus-
i've market for their machinery cotton
goods, boots and shoes. and while al
the same time the southerners would
be given similar market for theii
rice, the wave of public sentiment
would force the house, whether il
wished to do SO or not, to pass a lib
eral reciprocity measure.
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