Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-06-13
SPECIAL MESSAGE
ON RECIPROCITY
President Roosevelt Today Sent Special
/. Message to Congress Urging the Passage
Of a Cuban Reciprocity Bill.
The IRRIGATION DEBATE
Grosvsnor Of Ohio Opposes the Reclamation Of the
West Because Sugar Bssts Can Be Raised Cent
aPound Cheaper on Irrigated Lands
Than In the East.
A MESSAGE ON CUBAN RECIPROC.
ITY,

ITY.
Washington, June 13.-Presiden
Roosevelt will send a message to con
grvs.; toCay on the subject of Cuba
reciprocity. The message wifi 'clear1
state the presidents views on the sub
ject and will advocate a reduction o
the duty.
The president earnestly consideret
the matter several days and it is stated
that the action of the anti-reciprocit,
Republican senators yesterday decidins
to hold out against the policy advoca
ted by the majority of the party die
not influence the president in the leas
in deciding to transmit the message te
congress today. The presidents ac.
tion, it may be stated from sources
close to him, was influenced by the
broad question of the duty of the Unit
ed States to Cuba and with fairness to
the new republic. 1t is stated that the
presidents positive message of today
Will end his active efforts to bring
about reciprocity.
The message quotes from the presi-
dents message sent to congress in De-
cember and also from McKinley's mes
sage of 1898. Continuing 1t says: eyes
terday received by cable from the
American minister in Cuba the most
for legislative relief before it is too
late and his country would be finan-
cially ruined. The granting of reci-
procity with Cuba is a proposition
which stands entirely alone. The rea-
sons for it far outweigh those of
granting reciprocity to any other ma
tion, and are entirely consistent with
preserving intact the protective sys-
tenn. under which this country has
thriven SO marvellously. The present
tariff law is designed to promote the
adoption OF such reciprocity treaty
and expressly provided for reduction
not to exceed 20 per cent upon the
goods coming from this particular
country, leaving the tariff rates on the
same articles unchanged, as regards to
all other countries.
can objection has been made to
granting the reduction on the ground
that the substantial benefit was not to
go to the agricultural producer of sugar
but it would insure great benefit to the
American sugar refiners. In my judg-
ment a provision can and should be
made, which will guarantee us against
this possibility: without having re-
course to the doubtful policy such as
bounty in the form Of rebate. In
my judgment no. American industry
will be hurt. and many American in
dustries will be benefited by the propos-
ed action. 1t is to our advantage as a
nation that the growing Cuban market
should be controlled by American pro-
ducers.
Events following the war with
Spain, and the prospective building of
the isthmian canal render it certain
that we must take, in the future, far
greater interest than hitherto, in what
happens throughout the West Indies,
Central America and the adjacent
coasts and waters. We expect Cuba to
treat us on an exceptional footing pol
itlcally, and we should put her in the
same exceptional position economical |
ly. The proposed action is in line with |
the course we pursued, as regards all
the islands with which we have been
brought into relations with varying In
timacy by the Spanish war. Porto RI
co and Hawaii have been included |
within our tariff lines to their great
benefit, as we'll as ours, and without |
any danger of the feared detriment to |
our own industries. The Philippines, |
which stand in different relation, |
have been granted a substantial tariff |
concession.
''There are few brighter pages in Am
erican history than the page that tells
of our dealings with Cuba during the
rast four years. 1t is earnestly to be
hoped that we will complete in the |
same spirit the record so well begun. |
and show in our dealings with Cuba
that the steady continuity OF the poll
cy which 1t is essential for our nation
to establish In its foreign affairs, II we
desire to play we'll our part as a world
power. We are wealthy and a pow
erful nation; Cuba Is a young republic,
that is still weak, who owes us her
birth, whose whole future, whose veryI
life, must depend on our attitude to-
ward her. ask that open handed
help, of the kind which self respecting |
people can accept, be given to Cuba, for
the very reason that we have given
her much help In the past: that she
may have all possible chance to use to
the best advantage the freedom which
Americans have such right to be
proud of, and for which so many Amer
icans' lives have been sacrificed"
HOUSE.
washington, June 13.-The house to-
day resumed the consideration Of the
irrigation bill. The general debate
having closed yesterday. the bill was
read for amendment under the five
minute rule.
Grosvenor Of Ohio. offered to substi-
tute for the proviso in the first section,
providing that no part Of the proceeds
Of the sale Of the public lands under the
act of August /, 1890 (for the endow-
ment Of agricultural colleges and me-
chanical arts) should be set apart or d.
verted to the irrigation fund. provisoI