The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-28
SAY REPUBLICANS
PROTECT TRUSTS
Condemned For Not Taking AC.
ton on Reciprocity Measure.
NO TARIFF ON TRUST GOODS
OUR GOODS SOLD CHEAPER IN
EUROPE THAN HERE.

VI ASHINGToN, June pa caucus
w Of the Democratic members of
the house, held today, adopted
the following resolutions:
Resolved, First, that we condemn
the Republican majority in congress for
their failure to pass a measure proyid-
ing reciprocity with Cuba,
THE bill which passed the house of
representatives was heartily supported
by the Democratic minority after the
protection to the sugar trust had been
removed by a solid vote, aided by a
small number of the Republican menu
beTs. AS it passed the house the bill
carried relief 10 Cuba. 1t reduced the
price of sugar to American consumers
and struck a heavy blow at the nOtOri-
Gus and obnoxious sugar trust. The
refusal of the Republican senators to
consider this measure unless the pro-
lection to the sugar trust should be re-
stored gives evidence that the presi-
dent and Republican party in congress
are willing to refuse relief to Cuba and
totally ignore American consumers,
rather than abandon their alliance with
the trusts.
THE failure of all reciprocity legisla-
ton with Cuba rests upon the Repub-
lican administration which is willing
to reduce the duty on the raw sugar of
our producers but unwilling to destroy
the sugar monopoly.
Second, That the Republican ma
iOTity in congress is dominated and
controlled By the trusts and monOpOlies,
which have the great industries Of our
country in their grasp, is shown by its
action in passing an antitrust bill
through the house of representatives
OF the Fifty-eighth congress in the
closing hours Of the session, the senate
refusing to consider the same as a sub
terfuge to tide over the election of 1900.
That bill has been abandoned and they
have ever since refused, and do now
refuse and fail to bring in any measure
to suppress the trusts, or to favOrably
act on any of the numerous antitrust
bills introduced by Democrats during
this congress.
Third, That we favor the passage
Of a measure to amend the present
antitrust law so as to more fully pro-
tect trade and commerce against un-
lawful restraints and monopolies, and
also a measure to reduce the duties on
all articles and commodities manufac-
the United States by q trust or trusts
so as 10 destroy such illegal cOmbina-
tions and to reduce the rate duty on
any article or commodity manufaC-
tured in the United States and sold in
a foreign country more cheaply than
in the United States.
Fourth, We oppose the adjournment
of congress until the measures men
toned above have been enacted into
law"
The caucus lasted only an hour, and
was devoted to "a discussion of the
terms of the foregoing resolution which
was drawn up by Representative jack
son of Kansas, and presented by Rep
resentauve Griggs of Georgia, chair
man of the Democratic congressional
committee. A number of speeches were
made, arraigning the majority in con-
gress and in support of a strong Dem
Ocratic declaration.
Representative Richardson of Ten
nessee, the Democratic floor leader,
was among the speakers, and at The.
close of his speech, the resolutions We're
adopted unanimously