Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-15

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entail in favor of refined sugar, elimi-
mating the Dutch standard and impOs-
ing Nat rate of cent per pounG Oh
all sugars. This bill was fairly ac-
ceptable all around and its passage
was predicted
Later, the family row in the Ways
ana Means Committee was renewed.
Bringing forward the sugar bill was
delayed for more than five weeks while
the various factions fought over It's
terms. The Shackleford subcommittee
was forced to throw up their hands
and tear their bill into small pieces.
The evolution of the combination plan
followed. 1t caused much bitterness
among the Ways and Means Commit
tee membership and created such
degree Of friction when laid before
the House as to imperil the passage of
the two measures necessary to encOm-
pass the presentation of free sugar.
one effect Of the enactment into law
of the Democratic caucus program of
placing sugar on the fee list would be
to terminate the present reciprocity
treaty with Cuba, and AFFECT 100000
900 OF American imports into that ISL
AMI, on which Cuba grants q reduction
OF from 20 to 40 per cent. In duty, Off
Gals of the Bureau of Trade Relations
Of the Department of state said yes
terday. The treaty provides that In
case of changes In the tarif OF either
country which deprive the other of the
advantage which is represented by the
percentages agreed upon the country
so deprived of this protection may ter
inmate the treaty after six months no.
ticc."
The obrogatlon of the treaty nv On.
ba wouId materially affect the coffee
industry of Porto Rico. which Is large
~ deuendent uuon the Cuban market.
where IL now receives the benefit OF
n 90-ner-cent reduction
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