The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-02
REcIPROCITY'S DEATH
KILLED BY PENDING TREATY
 WITH CUBA.
Senate Amendment the Effect ol Which VIII Be to slay he "crowning Glory" of the
 Dingley Law.

m0 HOtUHF AXB0&lfVT 0k GtCR00aaS&tA AAJ " fisy in Congress than the junior Senator from Tennessee. Edward W. Carmack His recent speech on Cuban reciprocity showed convincinGly that there is some thing more in the treaty with Cuba than q treaty with Cuba; that reciprocity Is q name to couture with, ana. the enemies of reciprocity have cunningiy employed that name to deal 1t a blow that would be mortal
 Lord Byron once indulged some remarks with respect to the feelings of the struck eagle that viewed his own feather In the fatal dart which sped to qulver in his vitAls. If reciprocity could be personf- lied. imagination might attribute Co 1t some feeling Of observing it's own name stamped In gllt letters on the dagger now eus se Ssssef p !" ss the Ug provision in section of the act now pending In the Senate to tween the United States and Cuba, as
 s.Nc sugar. the product of any foreign country, shall be admitted by treaty or convention Into the United States while this convention is in force at lower rate
 aSis s saG 6nssd a stsss Rs July
 Mot Asked by Cuba.
 Now let 1t be understood. 10 begin with that this provision was not inserted in Of Cuba. It was put there as an amend ment In the Senate after the treaty, with out that provision. had already been ratified by Cuba. While Cuba is no doubt very much pleased to have this provision in the treaty, she had never dreamed of asking 1t and had never expected it. How does It happen that so important sur-
 sDa Of t RGwsT was nrst rs @ bargain with foreign nation?
 Senator CaffnacK says that while this is in form q treaty with Cuba, it Is in growers, but generally with the protect cd interests of the Unuited States that reciprocity shall die in this treaty. He calls attention to the fact that MT. Blaine the sugar duties was absolutely essential to any scheme Of reciprocity with the Central and South American countries, four-hfths of which grow sugar. As a American and European countries were based on sugar. So entirely was this true that every one Of those treaties was des. troyed by the Wilson Dill solely by reason Nothing else in that act would have if1- paired the obligation of the treaties neao- tiated by Mir. Blaine.
 discussed, @ f the authors S of it declared that they had made the duty on sugar exces- sive for the special purpose oe making reciprocity treaties. not only with South anu OGuLTAA SAuAGTtChg Dut WAt1l NCE&4A1fAyH Austria, France and Belgian.
 Sugar in the Treaties,
 Sugar was an important element In every one of the treaties that had been negotiated under the Dingiey act, with only one exception--whlc treaties were stiii pending in tho Senate. President Mckinley in his last public utterRnce had made powerful plea for these treaties, and 1t was in their behalf that the sena- session of Congress, had lifted up to heaven his ''wailing cry" The passage of this bill would destroy at once every one of these treaties. In othee words. tant." as Mir. Grosyenor, of Ohio. called 1t, and selecting It as the one article to be used for purposes Qt reciprocity and enters into a bargain that 1t shall not be used as intended, but that every dollar of this exorbItant tariff shall go into the pockets Of the American sugar producer.
 One point made by Senator Carmack was that the admission of Cuban sugar free of duty would not reduce the price because most of the sugar imported you'd be added s,,vat to Ihs the S'' P'Ties ,;, Sf therefore, simply divert some millions of dollars from the treasury into private pockets without reducing the taxes of the people a single !,. cent n6t;,h,,,.n ....,. |, inserting this provision in the treaty places It in a peculiar attitude with respect to reciprocity. Ever since the Wilson bill was enacted the Republicans in their platforms and speeches and news papers have been glorifying the vast req suits accomplished by Republican recip- rocIty and damning the Demec.atic party for destroying 1t. Mr. Diugley's conn InIttee prepared an elaborate report which filled a large leather-bound volume. set- ting forth the most miraculous benefits shaf had acrued to the United States from Mir. Blaine's efforts in this 1lre.ti91 and the destructive effects of the Democratic Wilson bill. The reports of the debates on fine DinKiey tariff show that Reru5- iIcans sfiII seemed to be extremely seal ons for reciprocity, which was conspicu- ous in the Republican platform of 1896.
 Browning the Glory of Ding ey Bill.
 Indeed the leading RepubIicans of the Ways and Means Committee declared thaf raelnrocItv was the ''crowning glory'' of the DinRiey tariff law, This glory was 10 find expression in the commercial treaties provided for under the act. Yet not a solitary comnercial treaty has yet been made, and under the terms or the treaty and the bill now pending to carry ff into effect no such treaties can or win ha made. The Kasson treaties. pending tn fha senate, are all that are left to vanraaant fine "crowning glory of the I1inrIev tariff; and they are to be des- troyed by the passage of the pending 'i'ir1Es 1she plain fact of the matter Is tl the Republican party has rung the ueaIn Tot stSting it too strongly when h. said that fhis Was It's 'Gast gasp" and many win agree with him that no such policy can he executed by a party that makes s fetlcb ,,f protection" He pePanenfly asked whether Republican Senators were