This is the present bill: That whenever the President of the United States shall receive satisfactory evidence that the Republic of Cuba has made provision to give full effect to the articles of the convention between the United States and the Republic of Cuba. signed on the lith day of December. in the year 1902That is the treatyhe is hereby authorized to issue his proclamation declaring that he has received such evidence. and thereupon on the tenth day after exchange of ratifications of such convention between the United States and the Republic of Cuba and so long as the said convention shall remain in force. all articles of merchandise being the product of the soil or industry of the Republic of Cuba. which are now imported into the United States free of duty. shall continue to be so admitted free of duty. and all other articles of merchandise being the noduct of the soil or industry of the Republic of Cuba imported into the United States shall be admitted at a reduction of 20 per cent of the rates of duty thereon. as provided by the tariff act of the United States approved July 24. 1897. or as may be provided by any tariff law of the United States subsequently enacted. Mr. President. I wish to call the attention of the Senate to the fact. because I think it becomes very material before we get through this discussion. that the bill of the last Congress provided that in order to have the benefit of the reciprocal reduction of duties there should be enacted by the Government of Cuba immigration exclusion and contract labor laws as fully restrictive of immigration as the laws of the United States. and that was a condition precedent to their receiving any benefits under the bill. Mr. President. that is not in this bill.
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