Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-12
uoId , Fourth and frultIess Caucus
On Sugar Question
LONG AND LIVELY DEBATE.
Son,ne was Accomplished
.n.,or,. In Matter Of Adjournment
po,ened ON Rcciprociy's Banner'

u,..h,ngton, March 1.-THE fourth
,-.orce Of the house Republicans on
ono reciprocity question was ruthless
vte those which preceded IT, the con-
ference adiourning at midnight uhlli
40, tuesday The victory was win
,no advocates Of reciprocity, as the mo-
% adiourn was carried, " TO %,
snA after a motion to amend the mo-
,or IN make it a sine die adjournment
or,rod NV Mr.. Lttlehold Of Maine, one
81 the leaders Of the opposition, had
been voted down, 81 to 10
The motion to adjourn was made by
eneol.er Henderson, and the opponents
oi reciprocity claimed after the adj
,ournment that some Of their friends
dla not care to offend the speaker by
declining to heed his appeal for fur
Their conference
Earlier in the evening the opponents
NJ reciprocity had insisted on a vote to-
nlghf upon the main proposition. The
session tonight was a stormy one.
Nh sibloy of Pennsylvania offered
comprolnlse proposition for a reciproc-
nv agreement to last until Dec. |,
i0O, which, he claimed, had the APP
nroyel and Endorsement of President
pooseyelt He also said he had assur-
ances that II the house granted Il 20
nor cent concession the senate would
not increase II.
About 1870 members were present
Sneaker Henderson and the leaders on
both sides Of the controversy were in
attendance. Representative Cannon of
Illinois presided, and an arrangement
was made for division Of time be-
tween the advocates and opponents OF
reciprocity
REPRESENTATIVE Long of Kansas, a
member Of the ways and means COM
mlttac. opened with an exhaustive ar
glment In favor of the 20 per cent con-
cession advocated by his colleagues Of
the ways and means committee
He argued that the maintenance Of
protective tariff was not involved in the
propostIon Of the ways and means
committee but that the policy Of reel
procity was THE defeat Of this bill"
said he, means that the Republican
party has refused to follow the leader
shin Of Blaine, Of Mckinley and Of
Roosevelt and II would mean that
reciprocity was no longer part of the
Republican faith
lie pointed out that the Republican
platform Of 1896 referred to the repeal
Of The reciprocity agreements and the
Mckinley law as a national calamity,
mud 1pnnQuHnd thaip penaM1l QftH as
tension The original section of the
Dngley bill authorizing reciprocity
agreements he recalled, named sugar
as one OF the articles on which the
president was authorized TO change the
duties but the section was changed In
The senate and sugar was stricken out.
The Dlneley law authorized the presl-
dent to make reciprocal agreements on
articles produced In this country, and
President Mckinley made agreements
with France, Germany,ltaly and Portu-
gal that were now IN force. so he main
tanned that those who favored reel
proclty with cuba were not untrue to
the doctrines Of .he Republican party
because tobacco and sugar produced In
this country, were included Moreover
he Insisted that the hearings before the
committee on ways and means showed
concluslvely that the concessions made
on Cuban sugar would not affect the
price Of sugar In this country and that
the beet sugar industry would not be
injured
A reduction Of 20 per cent on Cuban
sugar leaving the duty on sugar at
N,S per 100 pounds. would not enable
the Cubans, after paying freight rates
and cost Of refining, to compete with
beet sugar In Chicago, Kansas City
Or Denver which are the principal
markets for beet sugar.
He espoused reciprocity with Cuba
helpful to Cuba but because II would
De helpful to Cuba, but because he be-
lleyed we would get an adequate re-
lurh and In support of that belief he
hslanced theresult Of the reciprocity
with Cuba under the Mckinley law,
from Sept, /, 1891, to Aug, q, 1894. I'm
ger mat law sugar, molasses, coffee and
hldes were admitted free, and In re-
turn Spain made concessions on our
products entering Cuba.
Inc results were demonstrated in
lhe TACT that our exports to Cuba in
creased from Sl2,224, 1888 In 1891 to $24,-
lSlbgS IN 1898. In 1896 after the agree
menl was abrogated, they had fallen to
N55OSS0 Our exports to Cuba were
row only &SNS,7O2 out of total of
No,Voo ltl The witnesses before the
COMMITTEES on ways and means. he said,
sa'ed t.Pt with prosperity In Cuba the