Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 6, 1897

Mr. Woodford to Mr. Sherman.

[Cablegram.]

Legation of the United States,
Madrid, December 31, 1897.

Tobacco bando revoked. Leaf tobacco can be exported on paying tax, 12 pesos per 100 kilos. All manufactured tobacco except picadura free of export duty. Santiago de Cuba excepted from new order. Importation of tobacco from all parts into Cuba prohibited. New order takes effect January 15.

Woodford.