Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-01-22
NEW POLICY.
Proposed Government Aid to West
India Sugar Producers.


or state For tho Coiontoas Proposes
. PIaa Which a Lsndon Paper De-
slAres '.savors ef Protection"
Livsrpool. Jan. se.-Ths LavsrDooi
chamber ef eonmerea gave \ banquet
last night to Right Zen Joseph Cham
berlain, secretary Of state fer the eol-
onieA Lsrd gtrathsena ana Asunt-
royal was a1so present Mr.. Chamber
lain was greeted VITA an 0Vation. and =
special ehasE was given for Mrs. Cham
berlain, wla was with hinn.
Mr.. Chamberlain. N the course ef
vigorous and important speech. refer
red to the great changes In eornmeree
during the last - xears- He said:
'9incs the great powers were bitten
with the mewalomaEia. with which the
Germans are accustomed - taunt us.
as II Il were our exclusive pecuiisrity. |
the German empire has increased six /
fold and the French fourfeld, while
England" he said Has emily added
modest third to her eoIonial empire"
Answering the argument that II IL USE |
less te eoloniza barren wastes. he point |
Cd 20 the magnificent enterprise OF the |
Canadian Pacific railway. that had |
opened up q vast country Of the great |
est wheat aelds and was about to open
what were perhaps the greatest fields
in thu world.
Looking to the certainty" he said,
ssthat we are likely te be excluded by
hostile tariffs from any country where
the British nag does not float. eur pres
ent policy Is to take q very nrm atti
tudo and to maintain free markets
What the foresight OF our ancestors has
done for us in building . great empire
we must continue 20 do for our sue
cessCrs- This is not the policy Of aS-
gression or lswiessnena. We have
thrsefold duty. First. te keep what
rightly belongs to US: second. in Lord
Rosebery's admirable words. TO peg
out claims for posterity,' and third. II
any one tries TO rush these claims,
gently to prevent them"
Referring to ''the fact that our sac
rsfice OF territory and our general for
bearance and Difference to the sensi-
bilities OF our allies have only resulted
| in our being told that wa are best hated
nation in Europe" he repeated Lord
| 6alIsbury's warning, There Is a limit
| TO this forbearance.'' After q repiti-
| ton Of the old xollverein aspirations.
which he described a. Tess absurd
thar some have supposed" Mr. Cham
/ berlain said I'VE must seek In our own
| family the strength and support we
| shall never find from foreign nations.
and with this view we must be ready
to respond to any colonial overtures.
| without seeking pecuniary recompense.
but looking to the wider interests OF
| the future"
Then came the weightiest portion OF
the speech. Mr.. Chamberlain reviewed
at length the West India question. and
the report OF the royal commission
thereon. and emphasized the great in
jury OF the bounty system. which. while
running the West Indies, brings = gain
estimated at $4,000, coo yearly to Great
Britain" The government. he said. be-
lieved the country generous and just
enough to remedy this crying injus-
tice." Ee ws7 glad that Belgium had
anticipated Great Britain In calling 8
conference on the subject. and hoped
this might succeed better than former
conferences.
There were many objections. he con.
} tinued. to countervailing duties. which
would Involve Us IN commercial treaty
difieulties with foreign nations" bn
the main objection was that while th'
Z trade they wished to save amounted Il
2 96e, ,oee tons, Great Britain's own sugal
D imports amounted to 1.E00.eoe tons.
seemed uascientific te beneat the for
S msr By injuring the latter.
z Therefore," he said. ''tha govern
2 ment has decided to exhaust every al
J, tentative before having recourse t
such q drastic measure. and feelinl
that the recommendations Of the com
!, missioners, though good. would no
work quickly enough the chancellor O
the oxchequsr has consented to propos
to parliament a very large grant In al
to the West Indies. The grant viii no
be So large as the incidental gain Grea
: Britain derives from the bounty ays
1 f,.,k ; I'll ~ l. -.
able the industry and the population {
:, tide ever q crisis until continental ns
Z tions recognize the impolicY Of tn
# bounty system"
Mr.. Chamberlain expressed his cor
victson that the immediate relief meas
ures to be proposed In addition. whic
- he said he could not as yet explain 1
- Detail, would stimulate the sugar II
= industry and enable AL well manage
10 estates to hold their own. while tent
q ing to the ultimate prosperity OF IL
- eolony."
Newspapers IN all sections Of II
country are commenting on Mr.. Chan
- berlain's West india scheme. The Lol
"a don Times says: I'VE are not great
! enamorsd Of the system OF doles
which By some fatality the presei
- government has rssorted with unusu
frequency" The London Standal
g. warns Mr.. Chamberlain that his DR.
= | posal "saVorB OF protection" ana tn
= he must be prepared to deal with crit
ce cism. The Daily News asks wheth
Hs Mr.. Chamberlain has forgotten the v
hemsnt language IN which he condemn
al ed the late government for voting
no small grant to New Foundland-
o. President Dole Starts for w vashingto
re- San Francisco, jan 19.-Preside
IL Sanford B. Dole. OF the Hawaiian T
ns public. resumed his journey to Was
oi ington this afternoon. The party hi
II intended to remain in San Francis
for soma time. but dispatches receiv
F0 By him from Minister Hatch, at Was
70 ingtOn, advising him to reach the ca
nc ital as soon as possible, changed
lSe plans. The Hawaiian president and I
ses wife and attendants so by way Of CT
loS cage and New York.
ID
ou Robbed by Employees.
New York, Jan 1e.-Mors than 20 u
es. faithful employees OF the Adams Expire
me company IN this city, II Is said. ha
her 81, 900 and ts.eee In cash for goods dell
9TH erd or said to be either lost, stolen
lb- Eislaid. all Of which the company h
md been forced to pay. A number Of {
,ri- suspected drivers and helpers have
on ready been arrested. and other arrel
pa are contemplated.
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