The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-30
THE WALL OF THE POST.

The Democratic Boston POST q
very pessimistic view of the tariff and
business situation, and sends out dole
full wall that sounds in strange con-
trast to the other vigorous utterances
OF that progressive journal.
Its tale of WOO hegins-andlendsLw with
sugar. The Post declares that the
Sugar Trust has the business Of the
country by the throat" and that through
Z" its tools and beneficiariss in the
United States Senate, this great monop-
oily declares that industry and trade
shall not have relief unless the tribute
demanded by the Trust 10 paid"
Yet when the same charge was made
by the Republican New York Press
weeks ago The Post Indignantly charac-
terized the charge as untrue, and a bit OF
partisan spite and venom, but today The
Post thinks that It Is a "monstrous anon
ally in this government Of a free people
that a single inflated monopoly should
thus rule the land. 1t il an unhesrd-of
scandal that the highest legislative body
in the land should be dominated by a
few men who serve a corporate trust.
eff there is to be anything left for the
people after this struggle is over, IL there
is to remain any strength and vitality in
popular government, the paralyzing
grip of the Sugar Trust must be shaken
off.
"There is no possibility of mistaking
the situation. The trouble is not with
the tariff tax on coal and iron, it is not
with the wooden schedules; il Is not with
any other of the details Of the bill on
which q difference OF opinion exists.
The single obstacle to the prompt settle
ment of the tariff question Is the greed
of the monopoly which controls, body and
soul, two or three Senators Of the
United States.
eff there were not force enough In the
great Democratic majority in Congress,
backed by the Democratic administra-
ton, 10 throw off this incubus, we might
despair Of the party and Of the Re-
public"
THE News has all along expressed the
belief that on the sugar schedules alone
rested the fate Of the tariff bill, and 1t
sees no reason for changing its belief to-
day. But 1t does not believe with The
Post, that merely because q few men
prove false to their duties and obhga-
tions that The Republic is to be ~despairsd
of and that the nation IL going straight
to the demnition bow-wows.
Traitors have always played their part
in the history Of great movements and
Of nations. There is always = Judas
ready 10 turn traitor to the most pre-
cious cause. and the thirty pieces of
silver are always forthcoming. Bene-
dict Arnold turned traitor, but the
nation, which was juss springiug into
existence, thrivsd in spite OF his com
srdly treachsry.
There are but two or three men in the
Senate who have deliberately ~conspired
to rule or ruin, having sccepted their
thirty pieces Of silver, and they cut but a
very insignificant figure in the 81. 00O, 900
Of people who go to make mp this nation.
The Sugar Trust may triumph, but its
day Of reckoning will come.
IL is a disgrace that such q monopoly
should be able 10 defeat the will Of the
Congress Of the United States, but be-
cause IL is able 10 do 50, Is no reflection
ON the countay at large. Those who ars
responsible for the Disgrace will DO made
to feel the weight Of the nations dis
pleasure.
And while not believing 10 the theory
that the end j~ustiiies the means, Tbs
NEws hopes that good will como out OF
] this betrayal Of principle. " The stand