The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-18

troduce. The Republican party and the
trusts are one and the same. We can
prove this. The Republican party cam
not fight the trusts. 1t would simply be
fighting itself 1t would simply be COM
hitting suicide, and you know it is too
smart to do that. | make the prediction
that if Mr.. Roosevelt does anything that
amounts to anything against the trusts
he will not be renominated by the Re-
publicans for President, for the trusts
are the Republican party.
Passing to the question of reciprocity
he spoke of the bill drafted by the Re-
publicans of the Ways and Means Com
mittee for reciprocity with Cuba upon
President McKinley's suggestion, pro-
viding for a reduction of 20 per cent off
of the Dingley tariff upon articles i'm
ported into this country from Cuba, pro-
vded that a like reduction should be
made by the Cuban government upon
articles exported into Cuba from this
government, sugar being the chief
product to be affected by this reduction.
Eve we're told" said Mr.. Pou, that APP
proximately there was hundred million
dollars worth of sugar in the Cuban
warehouses; that this sugar could not be
exported to the United States until this
20 per cent reduction went into erect
But while this legislation was being dis
cussed, it was learned that the sugar
trust headed by Mr.. Henry. o. Have
meyer. had sent it's agents over to Cuba
and bought up over 90 per cent OF the
entire amount of sugar on hand. So you
see that the trust would have gotten
the benefit of this 20 per cent reduction
The Democrats in Congress said that II
this was to be the case, we would try
end repeal the tariff duty on refned SUI
car. known as the differential duty
which everybody admits was levied
solely in the interest of the sugar trust
When this proposition came up for con-
sideration in the Committee or the
Whole, Mr. Sherman, of New YORK,
Republican. was in the chair. An amend
ment was offered to the reciprocity Dill,
repeating this iifferential duty on sugar.
Every single Democrat present voted III
the interest of the people and against
the sugar trust. (Applause) Thirty
three Republicans voted with US. Mr..
sherman had declared the amendment
out of order, but we appealed from his
decision and the House sustained the APP
neal and for the first time in years leg
islation passed the House of Represen-
tatives which had tendency to curb the
mower of the sugar trust and Ia make
that article cheaper to the consumer
"Thcn what happened? The bill went
over to the Republican Senate ana
rather than injure the sugar trust, the
Republican Senate refused to pass the re-
ciprocity legislation. and that Dill sleeps
in tho archives of the Senate Commit
tee 1t will never be awakened Mr..
Roosevelt is now enacting treaty with
the Cuban government, and when thaf
treaty is ratified you will IND that the
differential duty on sugar is permltte1 10
remain
Speaking of the Republican policy IN
tho philippines Mr.. Pou declared it was
morally wrong and quoted Senator Hoar,
showing that ten thousand American lives
had been sacrificed and at least one hum
| drcd and fifty thousand Filipino lives
| II prefer to appeal to the conscience OF
my fellow citizens said he. | prefer to
anpeal to that sense of right and wrong
which Almighty God has put in the
breast of every man. ! am glad that the
day has not yet come when the party to
which | belong has abolished the prin-
| ciples declared in the ten commandments.
The National Republican party has no
conscience It is unitarian in all of its
policies. 1t seems to me that the peo-