New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-16

:. ,or.red :ha lam and rarmaade makers
uonId have cheap sugar, and the consumer IN
the end would not be taxed. Iaese Sons IN
lions are not taken into account 10y Sir Henry
Worran's critics They condemn his protection
scheme as impracticable. and protest rehe-
roenfly against any departure from the estap-
iirhed system Of free trade under which Eng
ian6 has been enriched, even II meny o. her
coionits have been impoverished
TIE alternative policy recommended py tne
,irae commissioners is based upon the suosti-
,ution Of other industries in place or sugar ana
mon Mr. Chamberlain's method OF smal IN,
uaps,roents Of treasury funds for the beneht OF
n.clected estates of the empire. Tnese expe-
disnts include imperial grants for the mamie,
rance OF botanical gardens and agrlcuitura'
''hoole. steamship subsidies for the encouraee-
,onnt Of the fruit trade with America; an nm
nerial loan for the construction Of central suia
factories in Barbadoes special grants ,"' Vim ne
'nneninc of new roads in Dominica ana - Nln-
Int for clearing off the Boating debts OF solne
~ the islands, for resettng negroes OH ~"
lands. and for the reshipment OF surplus iro or
Lilies 70 India: proposals for various WlnoI
economies in administration, and vague pam
for the creation 81 a peasant proprietary ,o ton
A summary Of thcse grants aH1 60 onqI 90 en-.
;relv apart from the measures Tor p!oIro' .io
.n,ieration resettlement and cohVertlhs ~. ~
khoring class into peaSan, ssoners frankly
.S,nit would be very great All these
onndations are opposed in half hearted; hope
- sririt NOT with q view 10 avertins th' M
ess ipe crisis or restoring the prosperity or me
prjtish West Indies. but merely 10 e,lao re 90
colonies 10 take advantage temporary, do,es
-,ous peddling expedients and charla,nIe - y,
t lou vitnassng the inevitable collapse or
their Only important Industry.
SMALL. DOLEs AND NO RELIEF.
more protesoue application OF Mr. Chamner
,.,,.s nr,nciple of tudicous investment OF Treas
urv funds for the development or negiec,eo es-
,atas Of the empire could not re fedouy in'
erred Here is imperial gilt 81 H-''"'''
,ronosed In decade. with an immense a'o',
t,onal sum. which the Commissioners 90 "o'
venture TO estimate for measures OF eih's'd
,on ograrian resettiement ana socldi ieco"
struction: and there is no prospect OF ANY auV
cua.s return FOR these iudicious Investments oS
wbicb the political and social cohni'io"S Vi
the British West Indies WOULD pe Sun aa' dsl
ursattled For half century the whites 9ls-
hasr,.ned bv financial losses ana h"peI'oS
struggle to make living nave pren ~ 70
ing from the islands ana dhahdoi''hs '"' ~
The Colonial Office has been winding ana I'M
winding spools Of red tape ana cohc.lIanS we
black constituencies by ncu.ious , TN. go
and occa sionaly Royal Col, i. .ar,,,o
80 sent out 10 repeat the old-tine warning
against carrying all the eggs N one uas or,r
Al this time the one grea' ihaus'ls ;,oss ,o,,rs
trx has heen confronted with neICheSs No',pS
Wy ha 60. NO Furonean Continent, where
the beet producing countries We're 'oAni ~, ~
selves in order TO desiroy II. "u to" futiie sur
end is close ct hand there are Jew lu I suS
eas,ions for grants for BOTANICAL gardens az
ricultural schools, central factories, s'eaiishii
subsidies for the fruit trade, new roaus anu
,nn@.ures for thinning out blacks and coohes
in overcrowded districts what mas neeh he ,
cd in the British West Indies Is European I'M
noieratton and that has been Impossible so long
ss the chief industry is abandoned TO hopeless
competition with the bounty aided peet cuitlva-
ton Of the Continent. Nothing snorl OF oo"It
prehersive imperial policy for the ueicnce VI
that menaced industry will attract white SET
tiers and English investments ana restore me
prosperity Of those neglected estates OF tle
md
ca have gone on increasing their export
hn,lnties and protecting their home marKets, anu
cane sugar has been crowded OUT or the MAJ he,s
If the world England has had cheap sugar, and
tam and marmalade have taken the pace OF
hutter and treacle; and the sugar lands nave
been abandoned to their fate, 80 nope PEI. $50
improved by the extinction by civil war OF ule
cuban industry, which only few years ago Was
furnishing from 40 to % per cent OF the Amer
can imported supply
Sir Henry Normans proposal is 'he only Piao
t;coI measure of reof II would secure for the
sugar islands some hing ike fair play IN tne
English market and by bringing effective re-
teliatory measures to bear against me Conti-
mental Governments might convince them ina.
nv overstimulating the beet industry they We're
cutting their own Threats. With the suspension
~ Continental bounties the counterVaiilns ouues
wou,i lapse and the sugar producers wouia oe
left In q position to compete Win the pc,
industry on fair terms. No other policy oners
so good prospect OF salvation Tor the briusn
West Indies; but nothing VII! come OF IT, IL y
q measure for protecting colonial planters oE
a British tariff. and free trade England. when
has persistently refused TO protect her own
farmers against foreign competition VII cor
tinue 10 thrive on cheap jam ana marhaldue'
n her conscience be troubled by the ruin
wrought in the West Indies the cradle OF her
Empire and her Navy. there VIII re series o;
rninor dole. and charity funds and great deal
of excellent advice about putting money into
new products like the unfortunate sisal INDUS
trv IN which even the shrewd and bus'nessllke
Mr Chamberlain is reported ny the English
press to have sunk S2J0OCO !. ~ r.