The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-11-13
Bill Introduced in the House
Yesterday by Representa-
tive Payne
TO MAKE TREATY EFFECTIVE
Rates of Duty on Cuban I'm mports
to the United States
Fully Covered

Washington, Nov. 12.-Mr. Payne
today introduced in the house a bill
making effective the Cuban reciproc-
ity treaty. The message was referred
to the ways and means committee.
Following is the full text of the
measure:
That whenever the president of the
United States shall receive satisfac-
tory evidence that the Republic of
Cuba has made provision to give full
effect to the articles of the convention
between the United States and the
Republic of Cuba, signed on the elev-
enth day of December, 1902, he is
hereby authorized to issue his procla-
nation declaring that he has received
such evidence and thereupon on the
tenth day after exchange of ratifica-
tions of such convention between the
United States and the Republic of
Cuba and so long as the said conven-
tion shall remain in force, all articles
of merchandise being the product of
the soil or industry of the Republic
of Cuba which are now imported into
the United States free of duty shall
continue to be so admitted free of
duty and all other articles of mer-
chandise being the product of the
soil or industry of the Republic of
Cuba imported into the United States
shall be admitted at a reduction of
twenty per centum of the rates of
duties thereon, as provided by the
tariff act of the United States ap-
proved July "a, 1897. or as may be
provided by any tariff law of the On
tied States subsequently enacted.
The rates of duty herein granted
by the United States to the Republic
of Cuba are and shall continue dur
ing the ter of said convention pre-
ferential in respect to all like imports
from other countries; provided:
That while said convention is in
force no sugar imported from the Re-
public of Cuba and being the pro-
duct of the soil or industry of the Re-
public of Cuba shall be admitted into
the United States at a reduction OF
duty greater than twenty per centum
of the rates of duty thereon as pro-
vided by the tariff act of the United
States approved July "a, 1897, and no
sugar the product of any OTTER coun-
try shall De admitted by treaty or
convention into the United States
while this convention is in force at
a lower rate of duty than that pro-
vided by the tariff act of the United
States approved July "a, 1897, and
provided further that nothing herein
contained shall be held or construed
as an admission on importation and
prior to that entertives that customs
duties. can be changed otherwise than
by an act of congress, originating In
said house.
Section 2. That so long as said con
vention shall remain in force the laws
and regulations adopted or that may
be adopted by the United states TO
protect the revenues and prevent
fraud in the declarations and proofs
that the articles of merchandise 10
which said convention may apply are
the product and manufacture of the
Republic of Cuba, shall not impose
any additional charge or fees therefor
on the articles imported, excepting
the consular fees established, or which
may be established by the ,Unsteo
States for issuing shipping documents
which fees shall not be higher than
those charged on the shipments OF
similar merchandise from any other
nation whatsoever, that articles of the
Republic of Cuba shall receive on
their importation into the ports OF
the United States treatment equal TO
that which similar articles of the
United States shall receive on their
Importation into the ports of the Re
public of Cuba; that any tax or
charge that may be imposed by the
national or local authorities of the
United States upon the articles OF
merchandise of the Republic OF Cuba
embraced in the articles of said con-
vention subsequent to said importa-
tion and prior to that entering into
consumption into the United States
shall be imposed and collected with
out discrimination upon like articles
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