The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-01
HTAsHINGTON, March 91.-Chair-
w TlanPayne today presented to the

w UanPayne today presented to the
house the report Of the ways and
means committee on the Cuban reci-
procity bin. which that committee had
ordered reported earlier III the day
After reciting President Roosevelts
recommendation in behalf Of Cuba, Mr..
Payne said.
"Our relations TO Couba are peculiar.
Tn our declaration Of war with Spain,
and ever since, we have sOleunly pro-
claimed to the world that our object
was 90 give Cuba a stable and indie
pendent government We have labored
for more than three years to accom-
plish that result and in this endeavOr
We have spared no expense. During
the years of preparation we have given
her an example Of the benefit of law
and good order. Of cleanliness and of
the preservation OF the public health
and OF good government generally She
has organized her government under
constitution. and is now ready to
launch forth among the nations OF the
earth ia the month Of May"
Gives Excuses for Debate.
Nr. Payne explained the depressed
condition of the Cuban sugar industry
as due to the worlds ver-prOductiOn
of sugar, and said,
This condition threatened grave dis
aster TO this. the principal product of
Cuba, 1t is tue that labor in Cuba
IS and for the past three months has
heea. fully employed at fair wages, that
there has been no distress. hut a trust
worthy writer. an American not in
terested IL sugar and a cereful OBJ
server says. under date of March 10:
While the masses of Cuba are not
actually suffering from lack Of food, the
planters and business men are on the
verge of collapse and bankruptcy, and
are anXiOusly hoping for concessions in
the United States tariff, in order that
they may receive new life and hope
The merchants have large sums of
money trusted out, ana are not paying
each other They are simply holding
each other up in the hope of obtain
ing relief and if failure once begins.
they win run ike Wildfre.
Says Crisis is Threa teued.
"Au the evidence received before the
committee points to q conclusion that
the crisis threatened involves the most
serious consequences.
This threaned financial distress
comes al the very time we are about
20 set the Cuban government up in
business on it's own account. We .tave
performed the part Of a guardian up
90 the present time. and are about to
send the ward forth into the world. We
cannot AFFORD To- take the risk of her
failure &c little timely aid win insure
success.
The report adds that we are bound
10 care for our own people but after
reviewing the American sugar situa-
ton, says.
III can work no injury TO our sugar
industry f we make this small lreduc-
tic7 an Cuban sugars. The enactment
OF Ihis bin vii. not affect the protection
ot The sugar producers Of the United
states There rs no reasonable pretense
that the same reduction on other Cuban
products VIII .uiure any other Ameri-
can industry.
Something fo~ Nothing.
The report asserts that the planters
and nor she rehlegs VIII receive the
benefits OF the reductions. and adds.
Ub1 does NOE come simply as a.
saeudictnt Epr should she De treated
as such She offers good trade I'm re-
turn. THIS she is willing 80 Concede.
Under thu -rovis.ous Of the bin we
should be able 90 double the amount of
our export trade with cuba. which
amounts 10 s-So00,ooo more than that
" tt'''tiii'' i-i -ii- .it~t i--t4 year
In conclusion the report SAYS:
To is happy circumstance that
without an yinjuFy 60 cur own indus
tries, and without tha loss of anything
except Sl.ooo-0oG oI $N.QQ0o00 OF revenue.
which we 90 not need. we are able 20
extend this relief 10 Cuba. and at she
same ime GET reciprocal trace reIa-
ti1nS w.Jh her
Aside from the exceptional case that
N1ha presents. she action Of the com
mifJee Is lu entire accord with the
reciprocity doctrine OF the Republican
u,auorEl ana the declarations of Presi-
oeat Mckinley and President Roose-
Neit IL inrojves no proposed revision
OF Tie tariff or anything not entirely i'm
harmony with maintenance of the pro-
Jlctive system"