New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-15
ANOTHER ARGUMENT FOR CUBA.
SENIOR DE ABAD SHOWS THAT RECIPROCI-
TY CANNOT INJURE THE AMERI-
CAN SUGAR INDUSTRY.
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Washington. April l4.-Sefor de Abad, special
commissioner of Cuba, to-day addressed the fol-
lowing letter the members of the Senate and
House:
In document bearing date March %, 1902. ad-
dressed to Congress | showed that the granting
FE hs IS to- oer to h s
ate and House Of Representatiyes other considers
tions-and those more especially in the field or
is held by some members Of the Republican party
e ee and Of cn Rs ae OF
Republicans who oppose the concessions to Cuba
form of their party in 1896 promised protection
the domestic industries and that any conces-
privileges thus guaranteed. The first half of the
viii be shown to be utterly untenable,
In the hearings Of the Ways and Means Com
fcienty demonstrated that the United States has
in the past been obliged TO resort TO foreign nations
people consume: that Cuba, even when her produc-
was very far from being able TO supply the de-
mand OF the American market. and that theTeiofe,
other nharSes 4 diagram which will be found on
the inside pages not only corroborates this state
menu. but also illustrates the following points;
between So o,9 tons in the year 1862 900, in
1897 as maximGn and 800 tons h IN $50 a aS
during the period when this country ADMITTED the
Second-The production of sugar (Which furnishes
employment to four-ifths of the laborers of Cuba)
depends upon increase of the population Of the
isnnG ron of and the market Of the United
States free. she could produce only a little more
b fean that now With her people 25oe less in
number than In 1894 she can pTGduSe 9re sns" The
increase In the consumption OF sugar IN the nted
States makes It evident ih dpF fary r
lation to growth in population. and that at no
baWa been supplied by the domestic industry the
colonial industry and the cuban indqsTy al antea
buy sugar from foreign countries in larger amounts
These facts furnish incontestable proof that for
many years TO come the price OF sugar IN me
be regulated by the price In Europe piis ran m
Por,atiOn d0ieS etc can nn9 depfes it. Tariff
auctions made in favor OF Cuba cannot harm the
dSme ssr Of Enyopean eountries and their
denotes the development OF the 7 comes
snrance given to the beet sugar producers in the
Republican platform of 1896 was expressed IN the
Se Republican party favors such protection
me mre' sugar iusa Which the American people use
H. therefore. the time should ever come Tea I
the American demand and a conflict OF interests s
aTse the 1d9Hr in TefeTence to ali others but
the diagram shows that this considerat,om mas no
ure OF bIirarion Of the Republican party to AFFORD
pfoducers of United States Is thus PROVED 10 BE-
ntber obligation resting upon both parties equally
the obligation to put t an f eRf to to i've live in moderate
promise contained in the platform dat
ed at Philadelphia June 1890 is sureX nor 1stfnrm
adopted at St Louis on June M IS eu Words rfe
nakes a claim upon the Republican conscience OF
no uncertain meaning: ,, so,,- Government were
up in the same voice by which war was de-
CARED and to the letter this pledge shaH De per
f0Tmed will be impossible In Cuba as !.
sell e esewhere if the people to be deprived
work nd bread.