Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-11
TREATY READY FOR SENATE
Reciprocity Negotiations Will Be First
Papers Sent in at Nsxt Session.
OPPOSITION PROVES TO Be BENEFICIAL
Action Of Measures Adveruaries De-
velopes Much Good in DiscIos-
fng Necessity of Agreement
with Cuban Government.
drrom J staff correspondent.l )

cho VI tne hrat papers sent 20 the senate
when that body reconvenes in December
VIII be treaty Of reciprocity between the
republic Of Cuba and the United States
While the convention is not vet an ac-
complished fact. the negotiations have
proceeded far enough to warrant the
statement that II will be ready for the at
tentfon Of the senate as soon as that
branch OF the government ASSEMBLIES.
Political events in the northwest during
the last few weeks have demonstrated that
those who opposed concession to the new
republic during the last days Of the ses-
sion OF congress which recently closed
we're not in harmony with their constltu-
ents.
While the beet sugar industry has made
great strides since the first factory was
established, some eight or ten years ago.
u has not grown to such an extent as to
secure the unqualified support OF any one
state. California, Michigan. Nebraska. Min
nesota and New York raise many tons Of
sugar beets and other states In the union
are also devoting a great amount OF aofe-
age to this new industry. But the same
states are also heavily interested in the
production Of -four, meat products and
manufactures which Cuba needs
While sympathy Is felt for the fathers
u the new industry, keener interest Ia
maintained In other and older commercial
enairs, and In consequence the men who
iooked upon the sugar beet as the prime
proouct OF their respective states have
found that they have antaeonlxed ten men
where they pleased one.
The consequence has been that tho.e
members who opposed the policy OF Pres
ident Mckinley and OF President Rocoe-
yeit and Joined the forces Of the so-caiIed
insurgents" have had very hard time An
explaining themselves and their course 70
sne people who sent them to Washington
&c representatives in congress.
some OF these men have failed to az
cure denominations. others pulled through
only by narrow margins and still others
VIII probably be left at the post in No
vembsr.
ReHehciaI Results DeveIep.
still the action Of the men who defeated
the presidents Cuban policy has not been
Nitn0ue DvuvnriHI results. rad the So
called reciprocity bill secured a majority
Of both hoAses OF congress there would
have remained no assurance whatever that
Its enactment into law would have re-
suited In prompt reciprocal trade conces-
Fions on the part OF Cuba. The inhabit-
ants OF the Queen Of the Antilles, like ali
tropical and semi-tropicai peoples. are
much given to the,habit Of puftina off nm
~ tomerrDw what ought 60 Be done to--s
day. "Heista Manysnay wait TN tornor-
rows the almost universal policy Of the
spanish-American people.
II is therefore easy to understand that
II the republic of Cuba had secured every
thing desired from the United state
through legislative enactment Its state
ment would In all probability have insisted
that "tomorrow'' would afford annie on
portunity for the preparation. Of a recipro-
cal trade treaty which will assure To
American farmers and manufaoturer.
something tangible In return for heavy
tariff reduction upon Cuban products.
Il ts learned that the Forthcoming treatv
Will practically assure the control Of the o.
ban markets to the Americans. II viii he
practically a re-enactment Of the proviaion.
OF the treaty between Spain and the yTr,ted
States, which was negotiated by former
Senator Palmer Of Michigan, while uniteS
States minister to Madrid, and which win
open up In Cuba a market for Americsn
meats. hcur. provisions and maohinerv
which was never before. Cuba viii obtain
In the United States market for her
sugar, tobacco and fruits, and in return
will take what she needs from the United
States instead Of Europe,
The course of III = osAt sugar men win
not have been without material bepeft
TO this country, therefore. and It Is per-
haps Just as well that they declined "a
indorse the presidents policy without a
treaty. That treaty win be ratified, and that
promptly. needs no demonstration.
contractors' Syndicate Probable.
Hundreds Of large contractors IN svarv
part Of the United States are impatientiv
awaiting the final decision OF the preHi-
dent Upon the question Of the isthmian
canal Just as soon as Mr.. Roosevelt Il
ready TO announce that the Atlantio-Pa aeiae
connection viii be constructed via Panama
or via Nicaragua and Costa Rica. these
men Will be ready to submit formal pro-
posais for doing the work
II Ii safe to assert that there A not
contractor Of any Importance in the conn
try who has not secured every possible
bit Of information available as to the char
acter OF the work to be done on each Of the
routes. They know. fully as we'll al the
governments engineers. Just what the char
acter Of the land 10 bo excayated IA. eoma
Of them have made careful estimates AZ Ia
the number Of yards Of earth ana the num-
Der Of tons Of rock to be removed m order
70 obtain . waterway through either or
both OF the proposed routes.
II is quite likely that \ syndicats viii
be formed, composed Of the great railroad
builders Of the country-men who have
had wide experience In every state OF the
union-and others who have In the mast
performed much OF the work upon the
rivers and harbors. In fact, Il is known
that such q syndicate is even now IN pro-
cess OF incubation.
Those interested hsve experts Of their
own IN Central America looking over the
two routes. When the time comes thev
will be ready 70 bid intelIlsently for the
work and Il = more than likely that some
such syndicate viii undertake the whole
project and early completion viii thereby
be assured
Pennsylvania Road Improvements.
There is no longer any doubt as 70 the
nnal approval Of the plan Of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad for its tunnel from Jersey
Citulto Long Island. under both the North
and East rivers and Manhattan island. The
late Austin corbln had q dream Of a great
seaport At Montauk Point, at the extreme
eastern end Of Long Island. He conceived
the idea Of q railroad terminal Al that
point where tFans-Atlantlc steamers mlrhf
embark and debark passengers and save
a. least twenty-four hours 10 time between
Nnrfha m nfar and Inur Work