The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-02-21
TRUSTS WIN AGAIN
Have Got Administration in a
Pretty Box This Time
THE ARMY APPROPRIATIONS
Exceed those of England, Russia and
Other Countries with Big Armies.

OIner countries with Big Armies.
Washington, February 16-The
sugar trust has scored again: It's l,st
previous victory having been when
it persuaded Mckinley to shift on
the Porto Rican tariff question. This
time the result will be more serious.
Under the Dinglry law, when any
foreign country grants a bounty to
sugar grown within It's borders, the
United States lays countervailina
duty equal to the bounty on that
sugar if imported into the United
States. Such duties have been inn
posed on German, French and Hol-
land sugars. Russia, which has re-
Gently begun to export sugar gave,
no bounty and has been exempted,
from such taxation, a TACT that
caused much discomfort in the
European countries Just named. This.
however, would have been of little
Importance, had not the sugar trnst
also found that its interests would be-
injured if Russia were allowed II
develop her trade in that mathrikl.
Some Russian sugar comes overirsw.
but most of it comes in such a ICON
ditiOn that no further refining is;nec-
esSary, thus entering directly into
competition with the trust. Hence
the latter set to work to devise some
excuse for barring it out, and with
the present subservient adminfstrs-
ton to back it, easily fnundi one.
Russia charges an internal revenue
tax on sugar grown there and re-
mits this when the sugar is exported.
The trust argued that this remission
amounted to bounty, and succeeded
in persuading Secretary Gage to i'm
pose tax eq qual to Russian internal
revenue levy. The Secretary evil
IDENTITY failed to consider that, if this
BE- bounty, the United Sales- also
pays bounties on neaFs .eYery arti-
Gle taxed by its internal revenue
laws, as it RENTS these duties when
the goods so taxed are exported.
Yet the United States has never
been accused- of paying a bounty on
whiSkey making, for inStancei Al
commercial war with Russia is IikelV
to follow this unjust discriminatory
The opponents of the ship subsidy
bill have ample material for speecheS
to consume all the remaining time Of
this session, if they want to do so, al
they say they do. Senator Cafferv
will resume his speech when the hiiE
Is again taken up. He is probably
tine most remarkable man In the SEN
ate for capacity to consume time in
Speechmaking without departing
from the recognized character Of
legitimate debate. While Allen
holds the record for continuous talk
ing without opportunity for rest, CAT
fiery IS the wonder of the Senate for
smooth persistency and prOtracted
OratOry, kept up like a continued
story, cut eff at the end of one day
to be continued in the next. WitE
abundant material always on hand
and a calm, deliberate delivery, a
feature of which is skill in making
1 graceful pauses to permit state9ent9
to "sOak in" or to look over refers
ences, the hours slide from under the
session day by day while CaHery
talks. There are various opinions as
to how long he could talk on one
subject if put to the test. Some say
he could occupy each days session
for q week, but the most common
} opinion is that month would not
fatigue him If the subject were sufi-
ciently broad. Even this limit may
be too contracted. The test to Its
full has never been made, and may
never be. 1t is said, however, that
though there are several gifted great
endurance orators ready to talk on
the shipping bill, the Louisiana Seaa-
tor could readily consume the
remaining days of the session
himself if there were need for it.
Hence the chances for the
subsidy bill have vanished.
Appropriations for purely military
and naval objects for the next fiscal
; year will aggregate approximately
$500, 100000. This is leaving out
, of the calculation all deficiency sp-
preparations of money to be ex-
5 pended during the present fiscal
? year, which will aggregate at least
$40, 100000 more, and will bring
! the total appropriations for military
and naval objects made by the pres
ent session of Congress up to the
enormous sum of S4O5, 600, 900.
! This SUM, of course, includes PEN
sions, which amount to, about e155,-
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