Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-23

A good deal oil dissaslefactlon Is expressed
in many quarters with the conduct OF the
United States Senate in postponing con-
sideration of the treaty with Mexico until
next December. Railroad building in
Mexico is making rapid progress, and intel
ligent thiskers perceive that we ought to be
prepared to make use Of the facilities those
roads will offer TO our trade as soon as they
are open, These facilities are not monop-
olies of ours. They can be utilized by other
nations as well as ourselves, and it is our in
terest to see that no other nation gets the
start Of us. Such being the Gaze, it ia plain
that the hardness of the Senate is a disad-
vantage to the general commerce OF the
country. What is there so strongly counter
balancing the general Interests OF the United
States as 10 delay action on the part of
the Senate? There is, principally, the
dread of the Louisiana sugar planters
about the admission OF Mexican sugar
Already the country has to pay
two and half cents per pound on the
], s7S, 556, 900 pounds of sugar it imports, for
the purpose OF allowing these Louisiana
people TO charge two cents and half
100000 pounds that Louisiana contrived TO
coax out of their acres, where sugar- grow
ing, according to their own statements, does
not pay. Is itnot too much, after such heavy
inhictioD, to have these men who carry on
business that will not maintain them, stand-
ing as an obstacle TO prevent an aGvanta-
geous treaty being made during the last
session Of Congress, on account Of their COM
partively petty interest? Have not the peo-
pie of the United States good reason to re-
greet that it is possible 10 grow sugar on their
territory at all? There are about 500 of these
impecunious cane-groWers, and 10 enable
them to carry on stupid noa-remunera-
ting business, a population OF 100000
people must have its interests postponed or
abandoned. Is such proceeding worthy Of
a reasonable people, who pride themselves
upon their common senseI A treaty con-
ferring advantages very beneficial to our
trade is offered US; one such as the English,
, Germans and French are eagerly DESTROYS 10
obtain; treaty that would prove OF general
. present business advantages 70 US, besides
opening a trade connection that will be Of
great value in years to come; treaty that
would give US a market for articles provid-
ing employment for fifty times the number
the petty Louisiana sugar business supports
, as planters; that would open a demand for
our agricultural and mining tools aud ma
chinery, molds, patterns, telegraph wire,
bsrbed fence wire, window blinds, all kind
OF steel tools and implements, locomotives,
steam engines, plows, care, carte, clocks, Pc
troleun, and many other commodities for
which we want customerE--a all this must be
delayed, and perhaps ultimately refused as
| if it was not worth taking, all for the sake
OF 500 planters that csnnot make their daily
bread at a business that is carried on only
for the immense dip il gives these people in
| to the taxes. With such Z treaty, and the
trade it would bring, New Orleans would rise
to the first Importance. The railroad whistle
and the crowd of chipping at the river land
ing would make that city one of those
"whose merchants are princes;" but all this
must be jsopardized or lost for the sake of a
few hogshesds of passable sugar. When
protection interferes with the interests Of the
country to the serious extent we have just
been glapciDg at, it is time We paused 10
ask whether We are not paying too desr for
our protection whistle?