Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-08-30

Great is German, but greater than
German is the great American sugar
trust. The tariff bill framed in the
senate is the trusts bill. The presI
dent Of the United States himself Is
the trusts servant. When striving
and in vain, to force the democratic
majority IN congress to make d sem
blance OF conformity to the Chicago
platforms tariff resolution by repeal
ing the duties on coal and iron he not
only assured the trust that his cuckOos
should not chirp a note OF free sugar,
but actually offered to raise the diff
ferential' duty from an eighth to i
fifth, provided that the senatorial
servants of the trust should consent to
repeal of the coal and metal duties.
He huntbled himself and confessed
that German had spoken truly in the
senate when he said that it was part
of the bargains made during the demo-
cratic presidential campaign that the
trust should be taken care of. The
trust heard and disdained the presi-
dent. The senate bill was good
enough for it
The trust did not propose to take
the risk of defeat by the votes of four
democratic senators who were all resO-
lutely bent on preserving Il measure OF
protection for coal and iron, as the
president is, or was, on benefting the
Nova Scotia coal trust, in which dis
tinguiShed democrats are stockholders,
by admitting its products duty free.
The trust had placated German by
pledging its adherents in the senate
to favor coal and iron duties, provided
that he and the senators who follow
him would favor the 40 per cent and
one-eignth "differentiaI' duty on sugar.
German and his friends mad lived up
to their part Of the contract and the
trust gave Mr.. Cleveland, President
Cleveland, to understand that it would
not permit him to influence legislation
in derOgatiOn of the agreement made
between it and the Gormanite sena-
tors The president is an obstinate
person, but his obstinacy opposed it
self in vain against the Omnipotent
trust 1t is the trusts bill that will
pass if any tariff bill passes the two
houses.
The president, of course, can veto the
bill. 1t is believed that he would like
to veto it. He has condemned it in
language the severity of which will
not be eXcelled by any republican
critic of its dement's. He has called
it a bill to pass which would be party
perfidy and party dishonor" YET it
is not expected that he will veto ii.
Few believe that he dare veto it. The
trust is too strong for him. 1t is Omni-
present in at least two of the CO.
ordinate branches of national govern
ment, and it is OmnipOtent in them.
cleveland is president de jure, the
trust is president de factO. The SEN
ate nOminally is democratic in its
majority; actually it is occupied by
the sugar trust. The house Of repre-
overwhelmingly demOcratic; actually
il is an assembly of servants of the
trust.
BY action of a democratic president.
of a democratic senate, and of Il demo-
cratic house of representatives. the
people will be taxed al the rate of $40,
100000 or SO a year for the exclusive
benefit of the sugar trust; but with
such absolute power as it possesses the
wonder is that it has not taxed us more
severely 1t could have had the sugar
duty doubled had it asked for it.