The Washington times., 1902-03-12

| party to the people when it asked and re-
ceived their support.
- Entirely independent of it's effect OF
the beet sugar industry as present fac
| in established concerns, it would smother
| the further development of the industry
| through the scores. of plants now in va.
! rious stages of active advancement.
| AN industry which has grown fivefolt
| in the last four years. and doubled since
! 1909. has in it the certainty of future
! development so stupendous as to beggal
| prophecy and appeal with cogent force tC
our national pride.
"A. In so far as the proposition pro-
| fesses to be in the line of Republican
! reciprocity, We assert that 1t is essential
| ly denial OF that great policy. We deny
| that reciprocity is desirable except as a
corollary to the greater policy of protec-
tion. Republican reciprocity. wise reci-
procity, does not seek an exchange oi
products at the expense of any American
industry; ii does not seek to give, it does
not give commercial advantage to any
foreign product which comes into COM
petition with our own products; it does
not seek an exchange of products which
deprives any American artisan of his
work or any American farmer of an op-
portunity to proftably till his soil.
This was explicitly declared by Mr..
Mckinley In his Buffalo speech, in the fol-
lowing words:
by sensible trade ARRANGEMENTS.
which will not interrupt our home pro-
duction. we shall extend the outlets for
our increasing surplus
When Cuba Needs Help.
"5. To say that the duty on sugar is
to be lowered on the plea that it helps
Cuba is to say that it must always be
lowered when Cuba needs help, and a re-
duction of one-ffth by the House of Rep
reseutatives means that elsewhere, both
in and out of Congress, the extent of that
reduction shall be measured by the vary
ing views of those who consider it.
1T must. therefore. follow that The
protective principle is to be subordinated
to the question as to what amount OF
help Cuba may need
With such a policy declared by a Re-
publican majority. what wise business
man can be induced to invest his money
in the beet sugar industry? What prom
ise will there be of its future develop
ment?
And if that Republican majority is
once constrained to such a policy. what
license have we to believe that the cita-
del of protection will not be further as
saulted in the house of its friends? When
that time comes the days of Republican
supremacy will be numbered.
Never more earnestly than at this
hour have we been summoned TO our
duty; never has the cause of protection
to which We owe our party success and
our national prosperity-more needed our
undivided and unfinching support.
Therefore be it resolved, First-That
We reaffirm our adherence 10 the Repub-
lican national platform of 1886, ensur-
Ing adequate protection to the cane and
ri in ha M fa6 Hot
and TO the policy of reciprocity as de-
clared in the platform of 1900
Second-That We have maintained and
will continue to faithfully discharge the
obligations to Cuba assumed by virtue of
the Treaty of Paris and the platt amend
ment; and that we favor such CONNER
cial agreements with her as her Govern
ment. when established, may be willing
to make, and which will be in harmony
with our national policy of protection and
reciprocity.
Third-That no further action be
taken respecting the proposition to re-
duce the tariff en- Cuban products COM
ing into this country"
Harmony Urged.
The venerable ex-Speaker Grow. of
Pennsylvania. then made an earnest plea
for harmony. and urged the Republicans
to stand by the organization He favored
the Ways and Means proposition.
MI Mondell of Wyoming made a strong
protest on behalf of the beet sugar in
dustry. which he said would do more
than anything else to reclaim the semi
arid lands in the Western States.
Mr.. Sibley of Pennsylvania presented n
compromise which he stated had the an
provai OF the President and the endorse
ment of the Ways and Means Committee
He proposed that the 20 per cent reduc
tion upon Cuban products, as suggested
by the committee. should be passed. and
continue until December l. 1903 No vote
was taken upon this resolution or that
introduced by Mr.. Tayler, which was uu-
derstood to have been approved by the
conference of the beet sugar men at their
meeting on Monday night.
Mr.. Cannon Suggests Compromise.
Mr.. Cannon took the floor some time
after II o'clock and delivered a character
istic speech, advocating party harmony.
lie declared that ii was absolutely i'm
perative that the Republicans should get
together upon some proposition and stick
to it.
He advocated no particular compro-
mise. or any specific measure. but gave
his promise to stand by whatever propo-
sition was adopted by a majority of the
Republicans
Mr.. Dick made a brief speech favorine
an indefinite postponement of the whole
matter, and Mr.. Parker OF New JERSEY
closed the evenings discussion, advocat-
ing the Ways and Means reduction propo-
sition. The vote on the adjournment was
then taken.
Some of the beet sugar men were mad
through and through last night after the
conference land unhesitatingly declared
that there would be trouble for the House
organization in case the Ways and Means
proposition is forced through.
There is a goodly number of them who
threaten war. and declare that they will
never yield. What trouble they will cause
in case they are finally defeated remains
to be seen, but 1t is easy to see that
there Is trouble ahead.
The split in the party is now wide open,
and 1t is predicted that Ii will lead to
disastrous disruption.