Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-10-25
The President s First Blunder.

President Roosevelt is record
breaker all the way round. He gener-
ally does as he pleases and lets the
consequences be what they may, but
1t WAS thought that on becoming
/ President change like that Which
ovcrcamc the Prince OF Wales on ac-
ceS,ion 10 the crown might lie evolved
from the mass of concentrated energy
and determination Which is now at
the head OF national affairs.
Mr.. Roosevelt has, however, set the
people agog by inviting Booker T.
! Washington, a negro, to dinner, and
it Is thought that he has thereby put
off the good day when the Republi-
cans should rule in the South, to 4
very Indefinite period.
There is no disposition to censure
the President individually for what is
so grayely considered a breach of pro-
priciy in the South as we'll AS by
many III the North, but for him to
deliberately, as the head of the nation
and presumably the President OF the
whole people, fly into the face of as
grave prejudice as that OF color, is
universally regarded as in bad taste,
and by many as 4 deliberate insult to
those who have been so long confront.
ed by race antipathies.
1t is said that Roosevelt has been in
the habit OF hobnobbing with his COL
ored friend at Oyster Bay and in New
York city, but that will hardly be re-
garded as a valid defense for seating
the "gem'man OBJ color" at what is
regarded as the national dining table.
The political effect may be to unite
the colored people of the North, posi-
bly, into support of the Republican
party, but this advantage cannot but
be much more than offset by the re-
awakening OF race prejudice in the
South. All unprejudiced people who
have lived south of Mason and Dixun's
line candidly admit that there are in.
surmountable difficulties in the way
of the white and the black races exer-
cising mutual political rights without
a clash. If this be true, the act OF the
President was unwi.e as political
measure and will te fraught with dis
aster in party sense.
Some Startling Facts About Sugar.
AS good deal has recently appeared
in print regarding the consumption OF
sugar in this country, the various
sources from which it is obtained, the
amount of duty paid thereon, ETC., the
following facts and figures taken from
the Sugar Trade Journal, will, we be-
lieve, be of interest to our readers
The total consumption of sugar in the
United States last year was 2,2l9,S47
tons, and based on the average in.
crease OF 6.34 per cent. during the
past 10 years, the consumption this
year should be 2,36O,5S5 tons. OF
this quantity 100000 tons in round
figures will come from American
sources, say Louisiana being able to
produce $4,000 tons, United States
beet factories 10000, Hawaii $4,000
and Porto Rico 10000, all being free
OF duty, leaving ,36O,5S5 tons to come
from other sources and on which duty
is paid. The average duty assessed is
$36 per ton, or total OF $4S,9S1 ,O60.
The price OF all the sugar consumed,
however, being enhanced to the extent
of the duty OF $36 per ton or total OF
$S4 1881 ,060, it is evident that $50, 600, ;
600 additional is paid by the people in
order to provide the government with
40 millions for revenue, of which the
government is not now in need. II
the duty is taken off Cuba sugar, the
benefit of IS millions goes to the PEG.
pie. On October Sth, the quotation
for Cuba Centrifugal sugar, % degrees
test, free ON board Cuba was LOCO per
h., duty on same amounts to 1850
equivalent to sc per cent. advalorem.
j Is any better nronf Wanted of the