The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-07
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
REQUIREMENTS TO SECURE
 cUBA's COTTON GOODS TRADE
The Prospects in the Congress sional Campaign This Fall, Other Gossip From. :,
 Washington.

l Washington, Sept. 6.-(Speciai. .l-Undel
 date of August F the United States Min ister to Cuba, H. G. Squiers. has sent tt the State Department the following which will interest the cotton mill oper' ators of Alabama
 American manufacturers have either not studied or not needed certain tndis- pensable requireIN,nts to gain and retain the cotton goods trade in Cuba. They rely mainly on the export commission houses in New York engaged in Spamsh-Ameri- can trade to secure business for them here. Once in a while they send one O. their represe entatives to Cuba to work up trade, and he is generally one who does not speak Spanish, and must, therefore, transact his business through interpre- FteFs.
 'The following requirements are noted
 Special and careful packing, giving exact
 and minute details of goods in the in
 voices or on a separate memorRpdum at-
 tached to invoices. This should specify
 marks and number of packages and gross
 and net weights. The net weight of each
 separate class of goods contained in g
 single case should be specified; how each
 is packed, whether without wrapper CT
 with paper wrappers or pasteboard boxes,
 and the net weight with and without
 wrappers or pasteboards: the total num- Der of pieces of each class or 'guslityj the
 total number of yards; price per yard;
 width; whether white, crude, printed or
 manufactured with dyed yarns; and
 whether mixed with wool. silk or linen.
 On the foregoing data depends the tariff classification; for this reason the state ment is essential to the merchant here
 as it remarkably facilitates his customs declarations,
 v European houses are liberal in the matter oEi credits, and it should be ob- served that failures are rare among the textile importers of Habana.
 ''The British have the largest part of the cotton goods trade. Spain and the United States are close rivals. Spain sur passing the United States fin some lines. notably in knitted hosiery and underwear. Spain does a thrifty trade with Cuba in wines, of which the United States might secure a share for its California products. if they were properly introduced. Spain also ships a considerable quantity of hams and sausages to this market. Too much importance can not be attached to label ing and advertising goods in the Spanish language. this being vital to their ready purchase and popularity"
 Congressional Campaign.
 The contention or Ine NeW lOrk EVeH- ing Post and other newspapers and indi- vi iuals to the effect that neither of the great parties are seriously trying to win a victory at the Congressional elections to be held this fall. is disproved by facts which speak for themselves. The Presi- dent, up in New England, has been mak- ing stump speeches of the most pro- nounced type and from New York, where the headquarters of the Republican Con- mittee are located, come reports which show that an unusually large number of prominent espeakers are to be sent into the close districts during the campaign,
 Among these prominent speakers are several Senator's Hanna of Ohio will ad- l dress a number of meetings In large cities l and Spooner of Wisconsin. one of the l strongest men in the party, is booked | for a number of similar engagements. 1 His colleague, Senator Quarles, will come | East and will appear In several of the l close districts in this vicinity and. per- haps, in New England. McComas of Ma ryland will take the stump in his own State and in West Virginia while Fora ker of Ohio will be seen and heard in some of the central and middle Western 1 States. These men are only the advance agents as 1t were, for the plans of the Republican Committe contemplate the sending out of a number of other SeHa- tors who are more or less noted for their oratorical ability and whose words are