Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-04-02
WASHIN GTON LETTER.
IsPEoIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MONITOR.
Washington, Mar. 26th 1900.

| Washington, Mar. 26th 1000.
Senator Foraker frankly stated
when he asked that his Porto Rico
bill, to which the house bill had been
attached, be sent back to committee,
that it was desired to have his bill re-
main in committee until the senate
was given an opportunity to vote on
the house bill alone, which deals with
nothing but the tariff. Mr.. Foraker
believes the house bill will be passed.
The senate carried out one of Presi-
dent McKinley's recommendations
when it passed the bill authorizing the
appointment by the President of a
commission to visit Asia and study
and report upon the best methods for
increasing American commerce with
China and Japan.
A bill appropriating $4,000 to pay
the expenses of securing a proper de-
sign for memorial to General Grant,
to be erected in Washington, was
passed by the house without dis
senting vote.
Senator Gallinger, who is member
of the committee on Porto Rico, in d
speech advocating the Is per cent.
duty on Porto Rjcan products other
than coffee, which, by the way, con-
stitutes four fifths of the islands eX
ports, said: eve are proposing to
treat Porto Rico better than we treat
any territory of the U. S. We collect
internal revenue taxes in Oklahoma,
New Mexico, Indian Territory and
Arizona, and every dollar of it goes
into the q. S. treasury. We shall col
lect internal revenue taxes IN Porto
Rico, too, but every dollar so collected
will be returned to the Porto Ricans
and be used for their benefit.n OF the
connection of trusts with the question
and their alleged control of republican
policy, Mr.. Gallinger SAID: eve heard
the same when Hawaii was annexed
and free entry to our ports was given
Hawaiian sugar. Now it is raised
again when we propose to place
small duty upon the p1 p1oducts of Porto
Rico, for the benefit of the Porto,
Ricans themselves. The trust which
is suffering, the trust which we are
depressing by this legislation is COM
posed of some gentlemen at the
Arlington hotel in this city, a trust
headed by the British vice consul at
San Juan. That trust is suffering con-
siderably. Those gentlemen bought
up sugar under the full Dingley rates,
and if they can get it into this country
free of duty, they will make the full
100 per cent. of the tariff; but if we
succeed in putting tariff duty of Is
per cent. of the Dingley rate on that
sugar, the trusts profits will be cut
down by that much, and the people of
Porto Rico will benefit to that extent"
Chairman Hit, of the house commit
tee on foreign affairs, agreed a few
days ago for that committee to make |
an investigation of the charge made |
by Ex Consul Macrum, that official |
mail from Washington, to the U. S.
consulate at Pretoria, had been held |
up and opened by British military Off
GERS, without the adoption of formal
resolution by the house, and the in
vestigation will be started this week.
Secretary Roots answer to the SEN
ate resolution asking if he had given
my exclusive permit for dredging the
gold bearing sands of the ocean off
he Alaska coast shows that no excIu-
i've permits have been issued for such
lredging, but that under authority of
aw, as interpreted by Mr.. Root and
very member of the cabinet, permits
AVE been issued to several applicants
o dredge the ocean bed from the line
If low water outwards off the Alaskan
:oast, when it may be done without
with navigation, and will
'e issued to others who may apply for
hem. Inasmuch as these permits
ave been issued to all applicants,