It is bound to come because Cuba will demand it. and it is bound to come because the sentiment of the United States will demand it. And if it is to come I would rather have it come now than twenty years from now. I admit that much of the population of that country is now undesirable. but how much more undesirable will it be after we have given her reciprocity arrangements which will stimulate her sugar industry and permit the immigration to that country of the cheeip laborers of Europe and of the degraded labor of Asia. Iwish to have these negotiations now. so that our labor laws can apply to that island. so that they can be restricted in their labor colonization. so that they will be put upon the same market for their domestic supplies as we are. so that they will be on a par with our domestic producers in the production of sugar. I much prefer political union. for that involves the best kind of commercial union that can be established between the two countries.
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