The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-17

ldEe. they give employment 10 labor a
-nefeAsee vases and furnish their prod
-ele 70 tnc consumer At reduced price
81 thus saisDease blessings on ever
hand But can ne induce the Americal
people 70 beii1ge this2
Inc vases Of labor have not been al
Nahced. bui The cost OF living % The it
Dorer has Ia many eases been doublsd
Ordinarily farm products have not IN
creased IN quantity or IN value In
farmers know how much more the trust
fcetife them % nav Tor the things con
stunned aDOn their farms than formerly.
senator beveridGe saws that trusts a
ROT exist by reason OF the tariif. IL y
certain. however. that the Dingiey taflt
law Was framed lafgelv Ia the interest,"
of the trusts High duties were place
uton all articles coming from abroaa
which mlght compete with the products
Of The trusts III this country. "a has beer
clearly proved before the Industrial com
mission that these trusts so protected
sen goods for export much cheaper kAat
tfee sell 70 fne American people Trey
meet foreign competition Ia foreign mar
kets without the aid OF protection, ane
foreign consumers derive the Deneiil
while. BY reason Of the tariff. they shu
cut foreign competitors from our owl
market ard exact prices as high as tne
tariff duties viii permit. and the Aiii.il-
can consumer suffers this disddvantdst
10 is thus plain that these duties build up
aud strengthen the trusts. enable them
Elorc cffectuallv 10 control prices, and
smut ont comaetition-
senator Beverage says. How shall the
prosperity OF the last five years be con-
tiuued = the real question OF the cam
paiEn. New markets for American prod
acts. This Is the only answer % this
great question How does the hcpuo-
lcan party propose 20 obtain new mar
llcts and extend trader Senator Beveridge
SAYS u IL BY reciprocity with Cuba ana
other countries and by the expansion or
our territory. Raw sugar Is produced by
Cuba. Is bought By the sugar trust re-
fined and the refined article sold 20 the
American people. The administration
wants the duty on raw sugar coming
from Cuba reduced. The sugar trust Is
protected In the. American market from
foreign competition by what IS known as
The dlfiercntial duty upon refined sugar.
The Democrats IN the house. aided by
some forty Republicans, passed a bill re-
duclng the ddty upon raw sugar coming
from Cuba % per cent and repeating the
oifferentlal duty upon refined sugar. The
former provision was 10 the advantage OF
the trust 20 the extent OF 20 per cent and
Il nsiRht result IN raising 20 the Cuban
planter slightly the price OF his raw
sugar. The repeal OF the dlfferential duty
was to the disadvantage OF the sugar
trust. tending % destroy its monopoly
and 10 cheaper { price OF refined sugar
70 the American people
WHtH hNl3 Dill reached the ttIALes the
administration and the Republican lead
ers were unwilling 20 permit II TO pass
IN the form Ia which the bill came from
the house. The sugar trust. in other
words. would not permit this party which
IL controls 10 repeal the differential duty
upon refined sugar. which would tend
70 weaken and destroy It's monopoly.
What Sugar Trust Wants.
II seems quite plain that the chief mo-
exert rs influence for the reduction OF
the duty upon raw sugar coming from
Cuba Is that the sugar trust may receive
this advantage 10 Is rather their inter-
est IN monopoly than their desire for the
relief OF suffering Cuba that inspires their
activity. The demand for expanded mar
ksts has behind Il a similar purpose. IL
II not expanded markets for our agricul-
tural products because Great Britain
and Europe must purchase for eonsump-
tion whatever We have OF those products
70 supply. Il Is expanded markets for the
things which the trusts produce. The
Republican party erects a tariff barrier
giving these trusts a monopoly OF the
home market and invites them 10 exact
OF the American people prices from 50 To
100 per cent higher than 10 foreigners;
then, while giving them this ADVANTAGE
and monopoly. invites them 10 sell like
products % foreigners In competition with
the rest Of the world.
To thus enable the trusts to discrimin-
ate against the American and In favor OF
foreign consumers. the Republican party
would have the government engage IN
wars OF aggression for the ubmgatiOn or
unwilling peoples unfit for our citizen
ship, and cast upon the American people
the burden OF large and constantly In
creasing military and naval establish
ments.
Our Trade With Philippines.
For this reason IL As demanded that me-
permanently retain the Philippine islands
IN order 10 secure the trade OF The Orient.
These islands have cost us already more
IMAM S610oe,U0. to say nothing OF the
sacrifice OF life resulting from this war
OF aggres siOn. The import from ana ey-
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