The times., 1894-06-29
A Story of Shame Unparalleled.

From The New York Press:
The American people are not yet pre-
pared to believe that the Senate will con-
summate the infamous bargain with the
Sugar Trust. The nation is not yet pre-
pared to believe that majority of Congress
will consent to plot for handing over to
the sugar monopoly from $40, 200, 900 to
$50, 600, 700 from the pockets of the people,
while sweeping American wool out of ex-
istence and striking a crushing blow at
American cwoolen manufacturers. 1t is
utterly useless for few Mugwump organs,
willing to sanction the Sugar trust betrayal
because it was dictated from the White
House, to attempt to divert attention from
Senatorial corruption. What are the facts,
as known to the people? The president Of
the Sugar Trust had interviews with Secre-
tary Carlisle and with certain democratic
leaders in the Senate. According to MI.
Havemeyers own testimony, the Sugar
Trust had been liberal contributor to
campaign funds, and there is no doubt
whatever that the democracy was the bene-
ficiary of those contributions. 1t is proba-
BILE that, while the Sugar Trust acknowl-
edges to political contributions in Massa-
chusetts, republicans of that State received
nothing from the source in question, and
that any money given there went to the
side which had William E. Russell for its
leader. When the Sugar Trust needed
assistance at Washington it is known that
Russell worked zealously in its behalf.
Owing to his notoriety as a political hum
bug, this did not excite so much surprise as
1t otherwise might, but now Russell's sup
port of the monopoly becomes subject for
curious inquiry.
1t is known that the Sugar Trust made
such an effective appeal to the Cleveland
administration and certain democratic SEN
ators that Secretary Carlisle himself drew a
sugar schudule giving the Trust gift Of
from 10000 to $S0,000,000. The ap-
peal must have been powerful indeed to
secure such an enormous concession at the
expense of every family in the land; but a
monopoly with a profit of S12, 900, 900 or
SIS, 200, 900 annually can make powerful
appeals. The Trust apparently knew, for
some reason not yet explained butlpossibly
concealed in the testimony Mr.. Havemeyer
has refused to give, that it had the Admin
istration in its grasp, and 1t proceeded to
obtain control of Democrats in the Senate
| by methods that are sufficiently familiar.
The bargain was struck, and the telegraph
thrilled with the orders of Senatorial specu-
lators in sugar. The sugar schedule was
singled out for deferred date, obviously in
order to permit the Sugar Trust to make an
enormous additional profit at the expense
of the people and of the Treasury. Under
this schedule this years crop of foreign raw
sugar will come in without paying duty to
the government, but the amount of the. duty
will be charged to the consumer in increas-
ed cost for the refined sugar. The Sugar
Trust could readily import sugar enough
from this years crop to supply the refiners
| for two years to come, and thus make a
double profit of about $50, 900, 900, while
the United States Treasury would be with
out any revenue whatever during that
period, and the people would be forced to
pay an increase of 40 per cent, for their re-
fined sugar.
Such is brief review of the most shame
full episode in the legislative history of the
United States. Such is the detestable
scheme which will be carried forward to
consummation IL the Sugar Trust and its
Senatorial agents can accomplish their aims
and place the yoke Of their abominable bill
upon the necks of the American people.
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