The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-20
CUBAN TREATY READ
CONSIDERATION OF IT BEGUN
 BY THE SENATE.
Bacon of Georgia Offers an Amend ment Which, If Adopted. Will Require Action by the
 Lower House.

Washington. Jan. is.-Mr. Bailey of Texas objected to consideration by unan. imous consent of all bills on the Repub- lican side on the ground that the Sena- tors from New York had interfered with a. matter purely local to the State os Texas. A. discussion rose which was ter minated by Mir. Cullom moving an execu- i've session to consider the Cuban reel proeity treaty After half an hour in executive session the doors were reopened and Mf Foraker at { o'clock concluded his remarks fayoring Statehood for Okla homa. Arizona and New Mexico. The Sen ate at 6:2a adjourned until morning.
 washington. Jan. f9.-The Senate de- voted two brief executive sessions today 10 the Cuban reciprocity treaty. At the nrst session the treaty was read at length ana at the second session Senator Gull lom who. as Chairman of the Senate committee on Foreign Relations, has charge Of the treaty. made statement or It's rurport and effect.
 Senator Bacon of Georgia. also a mem- Der of the Foreign Relations Committee, gave nctice that he would have some amendments 10 the treaty to offer and asked the privilege pf making them pub iic following the example of the Senate m making the treaty itself public. This request wns denied after considerable dis cussion on. the ground that 1t would be impolitic and unwise.
 Senator Culloms statement was ex.
 hausttve. He produced mass of figures
 to show the extent of commerce between
 the United States and Cuba and, gave
 reasons for 8 belief he expressed that the | ratification of the treaty would cause a
 rapid increase in the trade between the two countries. He said that on the basis
 of cemnerce of 1901 the ratification of the treaty would cause a reduction of about saoo60Oo on the duty paid on Cuban i'm | ports and corresponding reduction of about halR that amount on American arti- eles shipped to Cuba. He contended that the United States could secure an advan- tage fin continuing. as the treaty does, the | present free list, as under this arrange ment there were about 5000, 600 worth of American goods admitted into Cuba free
 of duty while only about $2.000.O00 worth of Cuban goods come into the United States free. It was important, he said,
 that the free list be continued, as at pres ent if there should be any change in the Cuban tariff, the United States might be
 deprived of this advantage.
 Senator Cullom said that an increase ir the volume. of trade would result not oAOlAC run tHC TOudtSQ bdIlu, put OI ITe
 mutual good feeling after ratification
 He said he did not believe any American | industry would be injured by the ratifi. cation of the treaty. He considered the agreement from all standpoints one of
 mutual benefit.
 Senator Bacon offered one of the amendments of which he had given no- tico. It provides that this treaty shall l not take effect until the same shall have
 been approved by the Congress" This
 amendment if adopted. would require the
 House to act on the treaty. The amend
 ment was not discussed. The Senate ad 1ourned with the understanding that tht
 treaty would be taken up tomorrow dur
 ing the morning hour.
 The official text of the amendments tC
 the treaty made by the Committee or
 Foreign Relations was made public to day along with the text of the treaty. I
 shows an important variation from tn,
 text of the amendment as unofficiall! printed According to the official prin
 the prohibition of lower rates of d. '' | sugar imported into the United 4 l from other countries is confined to actioi
 by treaty or convention"
 The following is the full official text o the amendment which is attached to tn, eighth article of the treaty declaring fol preferential rates between the two coun 1 tries:
 Provided, that while this convention il in force no sugar imported from the Re
 public of Cuba and being the product O
 the soil or industry of the republic o Cuba shall he admitted into the United
 States at reduction of duty greater thai | % per cent of the rates of duty thereon
 as provided by the tariff act of the Uni ted States approved July "A, 1887. and nc
 sugar the product of any other foreigr country shall be admitted by treaty oi convention into the United States whil' this convention is ia force at a lower rat' | of duty than that provided by the tariff
 act of the United States approved July 2A | lS97