The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-09
WHAT THE Beef SUGAR &EN DID.

WHAT THE BEET SUO%R Mn Iio
The bcet-sugzr advocates In IN
House. says the Literary Digest nav
made a break In the party ranks. ans
have compelled the party 20 declare ~
attitude toward the sugar trust. 80 tn'
great majority OF the papers dec are
and the free trade papers think ihal
thev have also started a tariff reform
avalanche that may sweep the Repuo-
Iicsn party out OF power In the House
TIE thirty beet sugar Republicans join
Il forces with the Democrats. on Fri
sav OF last week. TO add 20 the Cuban
reciprocity measure n clause making
IN the tariff on refined sugar. reduc-
tisn that will cut the profits ot the
sugar trust. IL IL reckoned. about so.-
co. 800 n year. After thus amending
the measure. the thirty arrayed them
selves against II on the final vote. COM
p-iIIng the party leaders TO depend on
the affirmative votes Of Democrats to
secure its passage. The bill. with us
anendment aimed at the trust. passed
by q vote OF 2fT 10 s. As the proposed
reduction In the tariff on refined sugar.
20 fudge from the comments In the
New York Journal OF Commerce ana
other papers. will hurt the beet inter
eta as much as 10 will the rehneries.
~ fs pretty generally supposed that the
beet men put the amendment IN with
the idea that II would kill the bill: but
~ was passed. and now goes 20 the Sen
ata which must decide whether or not
IL win indorse this antitrust amend
ment. II the Senate cuts IL out. says
the Philadelphia Ledger Und- Rep).
the Republican party's antitrust pro-
fessicns wiz receive a severe blow. and
many Republican candidates. especial
IL I'm the Northwest. viii receive harsh
treatment In the Congressional cleo
tions."
The Rochester Post Express (Rep)
DECLARES that the beet men. have for
fefted all claim TO consideration II
says:
Because they could not have their
ewn way. that Is. because they could
not defeat the concession TO Cuba. they
have apparently tried TO revenge them
sesves upon the party that has shielded
them from foreign competition Their
action has all the appearance OF an
elimination OF the nose TO spite the
face.
"In consequence Of this action. the
Republican majority might. II seems TO
uz. have regarded themselves as re-
iieved from obligations to the beet
sugar interests. and adopted the
of Representative McClei-
Ian increasing the proposed reduction
60 Cuban imports from twenty TO forty
per cent
The Washington correspondent OF the
New York Herald reports "a very
prominent Republican as saying.
mot In ten years has there been n
time when the situation In national
poiitIcs was so threatening for the Re-
publican party. We are just preparing
Ia 60 before the country for the cleo
tion OF a new House OF Representa-
ttyes- Apparently IL will be 1890 over
again. How are we preparing for IL?
We seem to have no leader. The Re-
mob. A minority OF the Republicans
here combine with the Democrats. and
sat IL an end OF party responsibility
Md party discipline. Exactly the same
afuation prevails In the Senate. There
q no leader. and a few Senators who
we're elected AZ Republicans stand
'eady TO form an alliance with the |
indeed the alliance has
'ot been formed aiready-to overthrow |
-
~ defiance TO party authority. How
. u To end? Unless the big men OF the
arty come TO their senses II will end
4 disaster after disaster and loss OF
he Presidency In 1904"
The beet-susar growers OF Michigan
nd the West regard the thirty as he.
ses. The Detroit Journal iRep.). for
,stInce. says:
'sWhether the Senate refuses TO pass
n form. and the House finally re-
.des from its position favoring the
moval OF the dinerentiai duty In IA |
~ Of raw sugar. or whether the con-
airy occurs. can not take from the
1chigan members OF Congress the
Edit they should have for the tight
ICY have made In the interest OF beet
Ixar. They have fought all the way
, the San Juan slope. from the top OF
hich the representatives whose con-
ituents' interests were not affected
ere firing hot shot In favor OF foreign
anters. not one OF whom came for 8
ard TO testify TO actual. present dis .
ess- The Michigan men drew recruits
om the opposing force. they disiodsed ,
e enemy and took possession OF their 5
rthworks."
The proposal to pay the Cuban In
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