If it should be further found that, following this, such a system of reciprocal rebates as both Cuba and the United States thought mutually advantageous in the late years of Spanish rule, would be useful to Porto Rico, then give them that.
Reid mentions the potential usefulness of a system of reciprocal rebates for Porto Rico, reminiscent of past agreements.
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