The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-02-11
CUBA TO BE GIVEN RELIEF.
NOW SEEMS CERTAIN THAT SOME
THING WILL BE DONE.

DingIey Rates viii Probably BE
scaled in Her Favor on Sugar and
Tobacco Duties-President ROose-
welt said TO Have Brought This
AbOnt by Urgently Presenting to
the senate Leaders the Needs Of
Public Sentiment.
Washington, Feb. 10.-Cuba will re-
ceive relief at the hands of this Con-
gress. That much is assured. The
Republican leaders of the Senate, who
in the end shape all legislation these
days. have decreed that this shall be
done and entirely irrespective of what
THE House leaders may determine, it
will be done. Just what form this
relief will take has not yet been de-
termined, but the results will be these
toward which President Roosevelt has
been consistently working. This means
a differential in tariff duties upon Gu
ban sugars and Cuban tobacco which
will be equivalent to the advantage
that would be granted by scaling the
Dingley rates from % to 80 per cent.
While this has been determined, it
is not likely that the matter win be
pressed to a speedy conclusion so far
as the Senate is concerned. 1t has
been deemed by the Senate leaders
good politics to withhold definite eX-
preston of their purposes until after
the House Committee on Ways and
Means takes action. Two things are
expected to result from following this
policy or programme. First, that the
President will be able to bring around
certain House leaders to his way of
thinking; second, that split in the Re
publican ranks may be avoided.
Assurances of the final result to be
obtained have been given to the rep
fesentatives of the Cuban planters, and
they are expected to be satisfied de-
spite the delay which will ensue before
action is finally taken.
The President Responsible.
President Roosevelt has been at work
with certain House leaders and has
undoubtedly brought them around to
the realization of the fact that his
plan is the only one to be followed He
has argued with sem. not only jus
tice to the Cuban, but, the political
wisdom of agreeing with the public
mands such justice. For time it look
ed as if the influence brought to bear
by the best sugar people would be
strong enough to sway the majority of
the Ways and Means Committee of
the House, but the stronger influences
of the administration and of public
sentiment have, it is confidently be-
lieved, prevailed with most of the men
who showed tendency to kick the
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not yet given up hope and men close
to them politically are still arguing
against any direct reduction in the
Dingley rates. Some of them, feeling
assured that this reduction must
come, are now ursing a project which
has for its purpose the giving of coun-
ter benefits to the beet sugar growers
through the adoption of bounty sys-
tenn. Among the propositions which
have been made is one which provides
for q direct bounty to be paid to Amer
can sugars growers equal to the diff
ferential which may be granted in
favor of Cuban sugars. Senator Spoon
er OF Wisconsin is understood to have
drafted q hill TO this effect but ii
does not seem TO have met with any
high degree of fsvor at the hands of
tina men who really rule things. These
that a proposition to give a
bounty in addition TO the high protec-
ton which the sugar interests now re-
ceiva. is one that could not possibly
stand the test before the American
people. and they argue that its adop-
ton would be great political mis-
take.
Must Handle House Gently.
BY holding off until after the Ways
and Means Committee of the House
has acted, the Senate leaders believe
they win avoid unnecessary friction
between the two houses. The Repub
LEANS of the House have been so often
turned down in matters of important
J 'gislatinn by the Republicans of the
Senate that they are exceedingly tender
on the subject. Senator Aldrich of
Rhode Island and other Republican
leaders of the Senate believe, after con-
ference with President Roosevelt, that
the Ways and Means leaders. IL let
alone VIII bring in bill on the line of
the administrations Intentions. and il
is because of their belief in this result
being obtained. that they consider il
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