Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-06-22
ASHINGTON GOSSIP
4 AND DEPARTMENT NEWS.

his CONCLUSIONS are Ill the highest de-
gree complimentary, and his verdict
should be gratifying to every Amcri-
| can.
\ reciprocity treaty between the
United States and Great Britain in re
latiOn to trade between this country
and the British colony of Bnrbadocs
was signed at the Department of State
by the Representatives of the two gov
ernments. 1t is the first treaty framed
under the Dingley law and the first Of
the series of treaties which the Brit
ish colonies to the south of this coun-
try nre seeking to effect. John \.
Kasson, special reciprocity plcnipo-
| tentiary, signed for the United States
and the British charge, Mr.. Tower. for
Great Britain. The treaty is made for
the term of five years, with provision
for an extension unless either party
should denouncc 1t in the meantime.
1t is made strictly within the terms of
section 4 of the I.ngley law. which
provides for n reduction of not more
than 20 per cent. of the regular duties
on goods. wares and merchandise
| which may he agreed upon. In return
| for reciprocal reductions given by other
countries.
The Agricultural Department has re
ceived an Interesting report from Lieu
tenant A. +. Haync. California hcav!
artillery. on agriculture In the Philip
| pines. dated Manila. Lieutenant Haync
had been able to make no personal
observations beyond the American
lines, but he transmits the translation
of an article prepared for him by Scnor
Manuel Del Busto. chief OF the agri
cultural experiment station in Manila.
The most remarkable feature of the re-
painted of the conditions prevailing In
the island. The great fertility of the
soil Is pointed out. and II Is said that
in only few restricted areas. where
three crops year have been gathered
without interruption for several CEN
turtles. Is there any apparent need of
fertilizers. In spite of this. all attempts
at colonization have failed. either
| through the poor class of emigrnnt,'
secured, the financial inability OF the
various companies and the corEuption
or oppression of the governors and gov
crnment's agents. The result is that
the middle and lower classes In the
islands are almost of the worst possi-
ble type.
The feature of Saturdays session of the
industrial commission was the tcsti-
mony OF l.. NJ. Lockwood. an independ
ent oil producer of Pennsylvania. II,
denounced the Standard OIL Compan!
and railroad officials as highwaymen,
He quoted \. ]. Cassntt. the new pres
ident of the Pennsylvania railroad, ns
tcstifying before the Interstate Rail
way Commission to the effect thar
while the open rate to the public was
S1.9O per barrel. the rate to the Stand
ard Company was so cents. Further
| investigation. said Mr.. Lockwood. had
developed the fact that the railroah
companies actually received only 81
cents. This condition OF affairs had
resulted for time. according to the
witness. In giving the Standard Com
pany profit of 400 per cent. while the
Independent refncries We're being driv-
Ell rapidly into bankruptcy. Mr.. Lock
wood was free In the use of epithcts.
cliaracterizlng both the oil company
and railroad officials MS highwaynfen
md brignnds. He said that men who
had carefully nnalyzed the testimony
taken before tho Hepburn committee.
estimated that In 1856 months time the
five trunk lines of Pennsylvania had
paid the Standard Company S11.O0O.OO0
| In rebates. The railroad companies
Ind. he said. completely ignored the or
der of the Interstate commission to
stop their discrimination in favor Of
the Standard Company. resortlng then
to the system of false billing.
Henry o. IIavcmeyer. president of
the American Sugar Refining Com
pany. was examined by the Industrial
commission the other day. in connec-
tion with Its investigation of trusts.
His testimony related almost wholly
to the sugar industry. and he opened
with vigorous attack upon the Gus
toms tariff, which he declared WIS the
| Of oil st 10 hppnninr
by providing "inordinate protection to
manufactured articles In the course
of his testimony he said: II repeat
that NIL this agitation against trusts Is
against merely the business machinery
employed to take from the public what
the government In Its tariff laws says
1t Is proper and suitable they should
have. 1t Is the government. through
its tariff laws which plumbers the peo-
pie, and the trusts, etc. are merely
the machinery for doing it. Tariff
laws should not afford protection eN-
cccding ten per cent. to any industry.
so that. irrespective of the form of DO
ing business individual or corporation.
the people. that is. the consumer.
would be protected. AS the tariff laws
are and have been. II is the consumer,
that Is. the great mass of people. thnt
has terribly suffered, to the great nd-
vantage of the few of the business
community. The sugar company un-
doubtedly tries It's utmost to enlarge
Its business, but does it in n way which
1t considers the only proper one, that
is, by making the price so low as to
defy competition. 1t is my opinion th'
corporations are under no obligntion
whatever to my Of the states for their
existence. Quite the reverse. The
states are under obligations to them.
If the plant of the industries CONSOLE
dated was capable of being put on
wheels and moved from state to state.
you would find active bidding for them.
1t Is not nn unusual thing for certain
localities to guarantee free taxation
for twenty years. free water. and. In
some instances. give the land to corpor-
ntions to have them organize under
thnir statutes mud locate in their