Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-02

1907. ..................... 5,9sS,107 lbs. 7b'SS9
The value of the citrus crop of Cali
fornia is $30,000,000, and the estimated
consumption in the state $1,OOO,ooO.
As to Cuba
"The consensus of the reports of
those engaged in culture of citrus
fruits in California is to the erect that
| the annual income from g. well KEPT
well watered, we'll aged and good con-
ditioned orange grove is about $lOOo
an acre." said Senator Perkins.
Reciprocity with Cuba went into
effect December q, 1908. BY the terms
of the treaty it is to continue in force
five years from the date of its going
into effect, and shall continue there
after from year to year until one year
| from the date when either party to the
treaty gives notice of its abrogation.
1.-The exports from the United States
| to Cuba for the year 1903 before the
reciprocity treaty went into effect were
S21. 761, 63S; for the year 1904, $27, S77, 456;
1906, $3S, Ss0,601; 1905, $47,76S,6ss; 1907,
S4S, 305, 274-an increase OF nearly twen-
ty-eight millions in dollars in our trade
with Cuba in four years.
"In 1903 I said: Our olive oil
raisins, canned and preserved fruits
onions, bean and peas, canned salmon
preserved, canned, picked and sailed
vegetables, wines and salt come into
direct competition with the same class
of goods imported into Cuba from
France. Germany, Spain and other
countries
"By the figures 1t will be seen that
our improved trade relations with Cuba
have greatly Injured to the benefit of
California in providing market for
these products.
''Under section 4 of the Dingley tariff
law the president OF the United States,
by and with the advice and consent of
the senate, can enter into commercial
treaty or treaties with any other
country or countries concerning the
admission into any such country or
countries of goods, wares, etc., provid-
| ing for the reduction Of the duties i'm
posed by this act, etc.
Defend Kasson's Work
"a treaty with the British West
Indies was negotiated by Commissioner
Kasson, appointed under this section,
which proposed to reduce the tariff on
oranges and citrus fruits coming from
that country so per cent. This would
have been ratified by the senate but
for the efforts of your delegation in
congress and by a special committee
sent by your Citrus association in
California. Had this treaty gone in
force it would have been of greater
| INJURY TO CALIFORNIA LHdH d uoZeu lISdI-
les such as the one we have with Cuba.
california is largely interested in
the tariff question, there being eighty
articles produced from our soil, mines
or manufactures, on which the aver
age ad volorem value duty is about
40 per cent. There are also on the
free list 25S articles; these, in many
instances, have subdivisions which
greatly increases this number.
"The Wilson-Gorma tarin passed in
1893. Six Democratic representatives
in congress voted for the bill and three
Republicans against it, In 1897 the
five Democratic representatives voted
against the Dingley tariff bill and the
four Republicans for its passage, with
a tariff duty on cattle, horses and other
live stock coming in from Mexico,
wool, hides, walnuts, almonds, olives,
olive oil, raisins, Zante currants, wine,
etc.
when the Cuban reciprocity treaty
was pending in the senate l sent a
copy of the treaty to the legislature,
then in session in California, giving
my views relative to the same, and
stated that If 1t was the wish of the
people of California I should oppose
the treaty and policy of the Republican
administration; I should defer to their
wishes as I did in the ratification of
the Paris treaty with Spain relative
to the Philippine ISLANDS. The legis-
lature took no Joint action in the mat
ter, leaving it to the individual judg-
ment of your representatives in con-
gress."
Standing by Perkins
Members of the delegation announced
that they proposed to send out the fol-
lowing circulars at once:
1.-THE Citrus Protective league the
organization which is to represent the
citrus fruit industry before the ways
and means committee on tariff matters,
is very much interested as to our next
congressional delegation. Not but what
any persons liable to be chosen for
such places might vote to protect the
Industries of California, but we want
more from our representatives than
their Individual votes. We want their
influence, and that influence is meas
ured by their service in congress, their
position on committees and their touch
and contact with other interests that
must be considered in the general
proposition of tariff revision.
1--WE believe it is the time for citrus
fruit growers to lay aside their likes
and dislikes and give their influence
| in an effort to return the present con-
gressional delegation to the lower
house and also to see to it that such