Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-10-29

he United States by receiving |
ioubtful security In place Of United
States bonds. which Che law plainly
Why II this Republican
afraid 10 legislate on
these and other matters? Being In
league with the trusts and combines,
they dare not legislate against them.
They fear the people.
IL the Democrats show gains in
the elections this Fail, it viii indi-
cate that the voters are determined
to turn out the Republicans. with
their numerous scandals, and i'm
augurate the reform that is SO ne
cessary for the public welfare.
Equal rights 10 all and special pri-
vileges to none" is the Democratic
slogan, and Is the voters are begin
ming to see that trust prosperity
means the piling up of millions in
the pockets Of the favored few and
no fair share to the many, il is only
reasonable 10 expect the voters win
demand q change 10 political condi-
tions. That the Republican leaders
are frightened TO the point Of des-
peraticn is plain enough or Presi-
dent Roosevelt would not have au-
thorized the speaking members of
his Cabinet to take the stump for
Hanna In Ohio and 10 bolster up the
rotten Lodge machine In Massachus-
etts. and to aid the disreputable
crew in Kentucky that call them
selves the Republican party In that
state.
The disagreement between Rus
STA and Japan and the utter break.
down OF the Tnuch-heralded 'open
door" in Manchuria has alarmed the
export merchants OF the United
States, and they have sounded o note
Of warning TO President Roosevelt
and the Republican leaders, that in
stead Of aiding the enlargement Of
our business In Asia, they have vir.
tually closed the door that was at
least partly open. That Russia will
ever withdraw from Manchuria is
not within the realm OF probability !;
she owns the railroads and the banks
there the Chinese authorities are
subservient to the Russian repre-
sentatives In q word, Manchuria Is
Russianized. The boast OF the Ad-
ministration that the treaty just con-
cluded with China gives us twoopen
ports in that country is, therefore.
worthless, unless Russia opens their
doors, for she has the key TO both OF
them. Even IL these two ports were
open, are they of value2 Mookden,
one of the two, is on q small river a
hundred miles from the sea, accessi-
BILE by a scow, and Niu Chwang, at
the mouth of the stream, is occupied
by the Russians. The other is q
village on the coast, but there is no
harbor, and SO shoal is the offing
that no man-of-war could approach
within twenty miles. The merchant
who tries to get any trade through
these "open doors" will not bless
John Hay and the Republican party.
The Sugar Trust, having bought
a controlling interest in it's COMPETE
tor, the Beet Sugar Trust, the fight
so long waged between the Republi-
can factions over Cuban reciprocity
will probably cease. The reduction
in the duty on sugar for which Cuban
reciprocity provides, will give the
combined trust an enormous bonus,
amounting TO millions of dollars on
all the raw sugar imported from
Cuba, and under the ordinary laws
OF trade, the price Of refined sugar
should decline at the same ratio.
But the trust is so fully protected
by the duty OF about one quarter
cents pound on refined sugar that
the foreign article can hardly be
imported here to compete with the
trust. Freight, tariff duty and 9th
er charges make the cost of import-
ing foreign refined sugar about equal
to the trust price. II raw and re-
tined sugar paid the same duty, the
trust would have to reduce its price
accordingly and the consumers of |
the United States would buy their
sugar at retail for at least one centa |
pound less than they now paw forit. |
That is the reason the Democrats in |
the last Congress proposed and pas
sed through the House of Represen-
tatives the amendment TO the Cuban
Reciprocity Billabolishing the extra /
tariff duty or refined sugar, which |
is technically called the discriminat.
ing duty. When she Cuban recip-
rocity measure comes up m the /
session of Congress, the De-
will offer the same amend
nents. How many Republicans will |
be found voting with them? The
issue viii be aplain one-the trust or
The people.
CHARLES A. EDWARDS.
FROM MIR. RAYNER'S SPEECH.