The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-08-23
.0)NHERD At. LONE JACK.
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Inside History Of 6a5ah RsClp-
sssscsc rOcity sBiil sc7ssssi
ROOSEVELT "BAFFLED, NOT BEATEN"
The plain Uuvarpished Tale Of Tariff
Robbery.
I'D nstlo stnieq

sMr Cowherd said in part:
SLet me give youaha w6rdwheIME
tory Of the Cuban reciprocity bill. BY
the terms of the o6rtatys BeBweeh ahe
United States and Cuba she is unable
10 make commtfci,a9 ffeailes WING
foreign countries. unless. she first OBJ
tains our consent. This practically
shuts out of all markets but ours, and
the Diugley tariff bill efTectually shuts
Iber out Of ours. The natural result,
lsf course, is stagnation OF business
and industrial depression. In this
situabeR the president gRecqmmendeda
that the tariff laws be amended SO as
toreduce the rateon' Cuban products
provided Cuba would make a like con-
eession to US. Now, the main exports
Of Cuba are sugar and tobacco-and
on sugar we have tariff op ray
sugar ahdsa. differentiatdutyor higher
rate % Ee9nS a. sugar. As>the-sugar
srust conttels aA tbe redneries II was
useless forN anyone. aBht> the trust to-
import tBe--raw sugar, apd sasz> the
diFerential duty shuts 66t refined
sugar it controlled both the market
for the producer and for the con-
sumer.. In thisSituation welsaid we
win oniyrfeduce the duty fou raw
sugar foiqt the benefit OF the Cuban
planter but we will eakes.the7 differ-
entail duty off the refined sugar for
the ,benefits Nofs .tliee ,-Aner erieap" Gems
sumer. With the aid OF about forty
Republicans .apd the sold syots of The the
democratic members the bill passed
She house. 1t went 10 the senates-
every democratic BeaatoF stosd P|epi
Red to its passage and the admihistra-
;tion senator's on the repuPlicfn side
butuumbered thss iIsqrgents lthpTe
Ahan two to one, and yet rather than
Reduce the profits Of the sugar. Trust
She biliTaS Perhi&edEto vessbd The
calendarApas h7prssitdent anp0qnriedq n.yi 4
4 he was flhafled, but mot beaten
How bafied9 WAS ttfg hestfdcttonot
tbe monppoly.o Of the sugar. trust ba4
Sting the purposes Of the president o.
lihe United States2 r. ~ rr =
II you would Know bf the It1fuFE'
snnder the protection Of the tarlt
aa8sdetewe ghesyQpu the 5eeent bis
terY-ef the steel trust. Thepresident
aMASCAgs gsbGssASoEe q fegssdAgs sing sing
sin court that they had outstanding
ssl, 400, ,anB, ,0Oq mi stock, a1d onVtF
the past year that they mad paid i
5per cent dividend. or the enorpop
5ssum Of $40, 900, 900. Was It fsirl
5sarnsd2 J Leh 9S Feeg ARftae WSh
aington Post last week a distingulshe
strepublican, w. P. Hepburn, for NOR
1than twenty years a member Of cor
gress fr6hitiie state ii lIowa, lShail
man of one Of the g great 9 ,lg committees g It
the house and one Of the leaders
his Manly said thai of the 81, 400
1000, 900 OF stock Of the steel tru'
s.s1;1oG0gTGfaU WIS waters,eiIn;othf
words they took 10000 o0e =
properly, eapiSaHzeda7 a7tnforp sli4oo
900, 200 ofEdQliats and made you, Y
American people pay Ten per GER
dividend 6nAi1e entire anr5nbsi sllo
did they do ite Fitsts BY ishuttiT
out cnmnetitteni At homes sece9d,sl 4
shutting out competition from aOrt a
and thus wlthlttelma lmafketsabsulute
in iheir5d possession they made q
price what they pleased III "
would knowahow you we're robbe
notethe difference between thepric
made 10 the American and y
foreigner. Barbed wire Is sold 70 :
American ats3 per hundred .pounE
tOthe foreigner at s2'2e. shove
sQla,tolahe3 American Wholesaler
v7sOpebi dgseii9 u tlia 1arsignef
$3.50 wire halls, Anerieah sea
sfopaeper,si 39'lA Sewiu4 \ ills y Inn
s40iIiid eE7.a sl' 1l ''''se Z n +
YzNpeSRssaIY York JSoiipalslnl W.
f0ereep a .tepabl idan papeR 0iisJone
sg lltss Die result Of sahit,ll ctli
isla cTstuft ft9apq iAtlgH pb flls "
Allzp IIgQ q eQgsQlidatgd compsp
FROM 1890 to 1901, inclusive.