The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-28
A PARTY OF TRUSTS
REPUBLICANS ARRAIGNED III
DEMOCRATS OF HOUSE.
THE DEFEAT OF RECIPROCITY
CHARGED TO REPUBLICAN LOVE
OF TRUSTS.

willing TO Reduce Duty on Raw SUI
gar of American Producers, But
Unwilling to Destroy Sugar Mo-
nopOIy-The Republican Majority
Dominated and Controlled by
Trusts and Its Double Dealing In
This Matter Plainly Set Forth.
Amendment of Present Antitrust
Law strongly FavOred-Action by
Caucus WAS Unanimous.
Washington, June ga caucus Of
the Democratic members of the House
of Representatives, held Tonight
unanimously adopted the following dec
laration:
Resolved, first, That we condemn
the Republican majority in Congress
for their failure to pass measure pro-
viding reciprocity with Cuba.
"The bill which passed the House OF
Representatives was heartily support
ed by the Democratic minority after
the protection to the sugar trust
had been removed by the
solid Democratic vote aided
by small minority of the
Republican members AS it passed the
House the bill carried relief to Cuba,
reduced the price of sugar to Ameri-
can consumers and struck a heavy
blow at the notorious and obnoxious
sugar trust The refusal of the Re-
publican senators to consider this
measure unless the protection to the
sugar trust should be restored gives
evidence that the President and the
Republican party in Congress are will
ing IL refuse relief to Cuba and totally
ignore American consumers rather
than abandon their alliance with the
trusts.
1.-The failure of all reciprocity legis-
lation with Cuba rests upon the Re-
publican administration, which is will
ing to reduce the duty on the raw SUI
gar of our producers, but unwilling to
destroy the sugar monopoly.
Second, That the Republican major
ity in Congress is dominated and con-
trolled by the trusts and monopolies
which have the great industries of our
countHy in their grasp, is shown by its
action in passing an antitrust Dill
through the House of Representatives
in the Fifty-sixth Congress in the clos
ing hours of the session, the Senate
refusing to consider the same, as a
subterfuge to tide over the election of
1900. That bill has been abandoned and
they have ever since refused and do
now refuse and fail to bring in any
measure to suppress the trusts or to
favorably report any of the numerous
antitrust bills, introduced by Demo-
cratic members during this Congress.
SHOULD Make Amendments Now.
Third, That we favor the immediate
passage of a measure to amend the
present antitrust law so as to more
fully protect trade and commerce
against unlawful restraints and monop-
olies, and also measure to reduce the
duties on all articles and commodities
manufactured and controlled or pro-
duced in the United States by a trust
or trusts so as to destroy such Illegal
combinations, and to reduce the rate
of duty on any article or commodity
manufactured in the United States, and
sold in a foreign country more cheaply
than in the United States.
Fourth, we oppose the adjournment
of Congress until the measures men
toned above have been enacted into
law"
The caucus lasted only an hour and
was devoted to a discussion of the
terms of the foregoing resolution,
which was drawn by Representative
Jackson of Kansas and presented by
Representative Griggs of Georgia,
chairman of the Democratic Congress
sional Committee. A number of
speeches were made arraigning the
Republicans in Congress and in sup
port of strong Democratic declara-
ton.
Representative Richardson of Ten
nessee, the Democratic floor leader,
was among the speakers, and at the
close of his address the resolutions
We're unanimously adopted.