Mr. Sherman to Mr. Taylor.
Washington , August 21, 1897 .
Sir: I inclose copy of the memorial of Gustav Salomon & Bros., of New York City, who complain that they are the owners of some 1,645 bales of tobacco purchased by their agent in the provinces of Pinar del Rio and Havana, Cuba, prior to the publication of the prohibitory edict of General Weyler, and that the said tobacco, being ready for shipment and proved to have been purchased, as above alleged, prior to the edict of General Weyler, is being detained (permission to export the same being denied by the Spanish authorities), to their great loss and damage.
You will bring the case to the attention of the Spanish Government and endeavor to obtain permission for the exportation of the tobacco in question.
Respectfully, yours,