Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-26
BILLS BY PAYNE AND TAWNEY
Two Measures Proposed at Republican eau
u on Cuban Reciprocity.
NETTING IS ADJOURNED WITHOUT ACTION
BOth Plans Advocate Concessions of
About Twenty Per Cent, ss sus-
sested by ways and Means
Committeeman.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.-The republican
members Of the house Of representative
met In conference at Sis O'Clock tonight
10 consider the question Of Cuban recipro.
city, the republican members Of the ways
md means committee having reached an
agreement to grant reciprocity concessions
ef about 20 per cent.
There was an unusually large attendance,
about 125 republic an members being present.
Representative Cannon OF Illinois acted as
chairman and Mr.. Loudensiager Of New
Jersey as secretary.
Chairman Payne OF the ways and means
committee presented a bill along the lines
authorized by the republican committee as
follows;
That for the purpose of equalizing the
trace of the United States with Cuba the
president is hereby authorized, as soon as
may be possible after the establishment OF
an independent. government In Cuba and
migration and exclusion laws as fully re-
strictiye OF immigration as the laws of the
United states, to enter into negotiations
arrangement Of a commercial agreement,
IN which reciprocal and equivalent conces-
sions may be secured In favor OF the prod
ucts and manufactures OF the United
states by rates of duty which shall be less
by an amount equivalent to at least 20 per
GENT ad valorem than the rates imposed or
like articles when imported into Cuba from
the most favored of other Countries, and
whenever the government of Cuba shall
lenact such immigration laws and shall
enter into such commercial agreement with
Ahe United States and shall make such
manufactures thereof as aforesaid, and
which agreement In the judgment of the
he shall be authorised TO proclaim sucf
Facts. both as to the enactment OF such
immigration laws and the making OF such
agreement, and thereafter the imposition
OF the duties imposed by law on all articles
from Cuba into the United States shall be-
SS.spsndes' and n Iisg thereof there shall
levied upon like articles imported from
have power. and IT shall be his duty when.
ever, he shall be satisfied that such immi.
grafton laws or such agreement mentioned
the government of Cuba, 10 notify such
government thereof and thereafter there
from Cuba the f ERY" duty ss I provided imbp By lSS
on all, articles imported from foreign
countries.
Mr.. Payne spoke for more than an hour
in support of this plan.
Substitute by Tawney.
Representative Tawney Of Minnesota, 9
p member Of the ways and means committee
then proposed the following substitute;
Resolved. That the ways and means com
mittee be and II Is hereby directed to pre-
R6AO ana ACROAA ~ 1T HOuHt n Dill 10
the relief of Cuba and to extend the trad,
between the United States and that island
which bill shall in substance authorize tn
president In consideration of our securing
on goods. wares and merchandise the prod
uct or growth OF the United States goinl
into Cuba, substantially lower duties thai
those imposed upon like articles imported
into Cuba from other countries, to agree L
pay, and to pay, during each year that saiC
reciprocal trade agreement shall be IL
force from the treasury of the United
states to the government. OF Cuba. wheI
lected In the United States as impor
growth Of the island of Cuba imported int,
the United States, a sum Of nearly equiva
lent In amount 10 20 percentum of tn
that so much of said sum as shall b,
equivalent to 20 percentum OF the duty col
lected on sugar imported from Cuba int,
the government of Cuba or through suci
other or additional agents or agencies a
the president Of the United States shal
direct, under rules and regulations to b
prescribed by the government OF Cuba an,
approved by the president of the Unite,
States to actual bonafde resident suga
ton to the quantity OF sugar produce,
from cane grown by them during the yea
preceding the date of said reciprocal trad
ing the continuance thereof, and that sal
reciprocal trade agreements shall eontinu
IN force for a period OF three years fror
the date of its negotiation and said bi
shall further provide that before the pay
ment of said sum, OF any portion thereof
TO the government OF Cuba, or before an
of the conditions of said agreement sha
become operative, Cuba shall first enac
our immigration laws.
Mr.. Tawney spoke IN support Of his sub
stitute. II was now after II o'clock D. m
and as II was clear no final results coui
be secured an adjournment was taken unit
8 D. m. next Monday.