The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-16
The Reciprocity Agreements.


The reciprocity agreements between
this country and Germany, Spain, Brazil
and some other foreign countries will be
terminated in all probability if the Wilson
bill in its present shape becomes law.
The agreements are not treaties, and can
be terminated at any time by the parties
interested
The Wilson bill, as amended by the
Senate, puts a duty on sugar OF the su-
gar we imported last year very nearly 80
per cent. came from Spain, Germany and
Brazil. IT paid no duty under the recipro-
cal agreements we have with those coun-
tries II the Wilson bill becomes law
sugarwill have to pay duty. Other
wise the duty would afford no protection
to the sugar producers of this country
1t is hardly probable that Spain, Ger
many and Brazil will desire to continue
the agreement if we tax the most import
ant of their products for which this coun-
try offers market.
There was statement a few days ago
that members of the Senate finance COM
mittee had said that the Wilson bill was
so worded that the reciprocal agree
ments would not be interfered with. 1t
must have been a mistake, because it can
not be the purpose Of the Senate to tax
sugar, and at the same time permit it to
enter free of duty.
There is only one country with which
we have reciprocal treaty, under which
sugar is admitted free of duty, and
which would continue to be admitted
even after the passage of the Wilson bill
il the treaty should not be abrogated, and
that is Hawaii. 1t is understood that the
Hawaiian government has been notified
of our purpose to abrogate the treaty.
II we tax sugar and molasses it will be
a difficult matter to make reciprocal
agreements with any of the countries
from which we import those articles, be
cause they have very little else that we
want They are, however, pretty good
customers of ours They want our bread
stutfs and agricultural implements, but if
they should put a duty upon them we
should not fnd them as good markets for
those articles as they have been.
A crank by the name of Frye-not the
gentleman from Maine, however-has
sent notice from Los Angeles, Cal, to
Secretary of War Lamont that he is rails
ing an army, "The Industrial Army" to
move against Washington in the interest
of better government; that the army will
start east shortly and that he wishes
the secretary to be ready to receive it
upoa its arrival. Frye demands that
the secretary order rations issued from
the various posts TO the industrial
Army and provide transportation for it
from the west. Frye states that his
following will number 100000 when he
reaches Washington, and iutimates that
it will be just as well for congress to ac-
cede to the requests that will be made
upon it, as resistance will be useless. A
Los Angeles telegram says several hun
dred unemployed men in that city have
formed themselves into a regiment and
say they mean TO 90 to Washington I'M
der Frye. Secretary Lamont, however.
has not asked for an appropriation for
the 'army," nor issued the order for the
distribution of rations.
The coming campaign in Kansas prom
ises to be rattler. Ex-senator ingalls,
has made known the fact that he will
take an active part in it. If he does. the
woman who beat him once will have to
go into the fight and beat him again. or
lose her laurels. With the ex-senator and
Mrs. Lease on the stump at the same
time, the campaign would be decidedly
spicy.