St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-25
WHAT ALLIED CALIFORNIA?


California did not do quite as badly in
the election Of congressman as was re-
ported for time The Republicans
failed by trifling majorites to capture
the TWO out of the six the Democrats
had held. 1t was mere scratch that
saved them. There was more general
expectation of carrying the state and
gaming the senator for the Democrats
than there was in several states they
did carry. The result shows that the
Republicans made considerable gains
there. while the political forces all over
the country were moving in the oppo-
site direction. This suggests probable
local causes, and it appears that there
were such. The beneticiaries of the
MCKINLEY tariff are largely in Cali
fornia. Congressman MCKENNA, who
was a member of the tariff committee,
states that some of its important pro-
visions were shaped with special view
to the interests of his state. The wine
makers advised the committee of their
wishes, and were given virtual mo-
nOpoly of the sweet wine business of the
country. This is a very lucrative in
duStry in that state. and has geeat DO
litical influence. Other private inter-
ests there came in for most gen.
erOus share IN the bounties of
McKinleyiSm. The state has a sugar
industry. This was one of those in
duenceS that stood in the way of free
sugar, and induced the compromise
bounty of two cents a pound, and half a
cent on graduated sugar. An ilIustra-
ton of the value of this TO some indi-
viduals and companies there is afforded
III the case of the Alvarado Sugar COM
pany. 1t manufactures sugar from
beets, for which it pays the farmers
$3.50 per ton. Eight tons of the beets
make ton of sugar. 1t pays $50 for it's
raw malerial-its eight tons of beets-
and the government is to pay it $40 per
ton bonus for all its product. This is "a
better than free raw material. The
company has a capital of $500, 900, and
It's annual product is given as 5000 tons
of graduated sugar. The bounty to be
paid the company will aggregate. then,
SI20,OOO year, or "A per cent on it's cap
ltal. The fact that the beet sugar works
have been able to compete successfully
with the S12,000,000 worth of raw sugar
brought in from the Sandwich islands.
without dHty, shows that the business
has been profitable, and was quite able to
keep its lobbyist at Washington to aid
in the preparation of tariff bill for the
benefit of the masses. 1t will be pro-
tected to the extent of half
cent a pound on its graduated
sugar, and be rewarded from the
treasury by the donation of Sl2O,O0O
for carrying on its business. That it
should propose to greatly enlarge its
work In order to get more bounty is to
be expected. 1t furnishes a market for
1890 acres of beets. and to that extent
benefits the beet growers. The people
are mulcted 100000 year for the ben
eht OF the corporation, that was doing
good business without it. With such
favored Interests in the political field.
with plenty of money to use, it is not
surprising that many votes were can
tdred for the party that legislates for
classes at the expense of the people.
industries can be sustained and deyel-
Oped In that wav, and if it is right in
one case 1t may be IN all. Prosperity
may be insured for the few, but it is
necessarily at the expense of the
masses.
BETTER GO TO THE SENATE.
Ii is lncreditable that Gov. Hill. of
New York, should refuse to 90 To tho
Uhlted States senate if he has chance.
ID the deiuSlon that he can push CLEvE-
LAND out of the way and take the presi
dental nomination himself in 1892
There never has been, and is not apt TO
De, much mutually of feeling among
the leaders of either party in New York.
and HILL is not likely to spend much of
his r.av rnat+ar in sao,r;,,tr a.