The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-26

Trade Under the RECIPROCITY treaty
Increasing-The Feeling Towards
the United states Is Cordinl-In
Havana shops the Prices of Goods
Are Marked in Both Cuban and
American Money-The Guantana-
mo Naval station an Important
One.
BY r. NJ. Larner.
Washington, May Ex-senator Bacon
and the other members of the party of
senators and Representatives who
went to Cuba with the Secretary of
the Navy on a tour of inspection Of the
new naval station at Guantanamo, has
arrived in Washington and will leave
at once for his home in Macon. Sena-
tor Bacon, who was considerably run
down after his winter of continuous
service is brown as a berry and looks
in the perfection Of physical condition.
He will do a lot of campaigning for
the national ticket later in the year,
when the contest is on. but in the
meantime will spend his time in Geor-
gia.
Visited Guantanamo.
The party first went to Guantanamo,
which was found to be an ideal place
for naval station. Senator Bacon
says the harbor there is excellent, with
a narrow entrance and plenty of deep
water inside for shelter. The work of
preparation being done by the Navy
Department has progressed in highly
satisfactory manner, giving promise of
splendid results. II will undoubtedly
prove of great value to the United
States, especially after the Panama
canal is completed.
From Guantanamo the party went
to Havana, where their investigation
was directed especially to the trade
conditions as they have developed UNI
der the reciprocity treaty. I'VE found
that the increase both in imports from
the United States and in exports to
the United States had been marked"
said Senator Bacon. The figures
show that the volume of trade has
increased something like 70 per cent,
and there is every reason to antici-
pate steady and certain growth.
Cordial Feeling Towards Us.
"The feeling toward the United
States is most cordial" continued the
Senator. "One of the most significant
facts as showing the trend toward
closer relationship is that you find in
all the shop windows of Havana the
prices of things marked in American
dollars and cents instead of the Gu
ban currency American money is
current in all lines of trade. The shop
keepers give you both the American
and the Cuban prices on all articles
that is, the price in American and Gu
ban money-and you can make your
purchases without being put to the
necessity of having your money
whichever you may have, changed
The entire attitude of the people seems
TO be that of considering themselves
part of the American system, and
the feeling of all classes is for in
creasingly closer relationship"
At Pensacola Navy Yard.
From Havana tbs party went to Pen
sacola, where the navy yard was in
spected, and from there to New Or
leans. At the latter city there was an
inspection of the government property
of different kinds, and a trip UP the
river through the Eads jetties. These
inspections, Senator Bacon says, were
not only very interesting, but highly
valuable to the senators and represen-
tatives, who are called upon rom time
TO time to pass upon appropriations and
other matters of legislation pertaining
to these properties A personal view
of them naturally gives legislators an
understanding which could not be OBJ
tanned from any number of government