The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

Cubss Treaty Favors Maauiacturers
Against Farmers.

! cubas Treaty Favers Massiscluress
y Against Farmers.
] WASHINGTON CRY, Dec. 30, 'O2.
To the intense relief OF persons
familiar With the interior workinRe
Of the White House and the State
! Department, the President has yield
ed to the strong pressure brought
! to bear on him by the Secretaries
, Of State and War, and has foregone
the pleasure of arbitartipg the diff
ferences between Venezuela and the
foreign powers. The invitation oil
Germany and Great Britain to ar
bitrate their claims so flattered the
President that for some time his
better judgment was obscured an
it seemed that, in spite of the pro-
tests Of Meesrs. Hay and Root and
and many of the republican Sena.
tors, he would accept the position.
So emphatic, however, were the ar
guments against such q course, al
most every republican newspaper
protesting, that he was obliged to
yield, and it now appears that the
troubles of Venezuela will be adiudi-
Gated by the Hague Tribunal.
Through the enterprise Of q me-
tropolitan paper the terms of the
Cuban treaty have been made pub
lie, and have excited both admira-
tion and criticism. To those mem.
bers OF Congress who represent the
manufacturing interests of the East
the convention affords the utmost
ga isfaction. but to those who rep.
resent agricultural constituencies it
is the occasion of worry and anx-
iety. Following the usual custom
OF his party, Secretary Hay has ss-
cured the most signal advantages
for the manufacturing and other
vested interests, to the disadvan-
Iage of the agriculturists. While
manufactured silk, watches, um-
orellas, and a long line of similar
products secure Q concession Of 40
per cent. from the Cuban duties,
such important agricultural produc.
ions as flour, wheat products, corn
Ind its products, beef and other
meats, etc., receive but the regula-
ion 20 per cent. II is trne that
otton and wool in the raw state re-
eive q special discount of 80 per
ent., but as has been pointed out
y a western republican, Cuba is
ot a manufacturing country and
here will be little sale there for the
aw materials. On the manufac-
ured cotton and wooden goods q
iscount Of 40 per cent is allowed,
0 that again the manufacturers are
ne beneficiaries. The interest of
ne beet sugar producers are, Of
oLrse, sacrificed, as 20 per cent.
sduction is allowed on Cuban su-
ar entering the United States.
The prospects for the ratification
the treaty are not as rosy as the
organs represent.
enator Burrows, after examining
le treaty, has said that he will
'rm no opinion as to its worth un.
after the national beet sugar con.
,ntion, which takes place in Wash.
gton next week. The California
slegation is strongly opposed to
% treaty, and is attempting to
rm an alliance with tina New Eng-
nd delegation, which is earnestly
'posed to the Hay-Bond conven.
IN, which will permit New Found
nd fish and-bait to compete With
Q New England industries, and to
Q Kasson treaty with France,
lich will permit French slips and
'tions to compete with numerous
Nv England manufacturers. In
is situation Senator Lodge finds
mself in q serious dilemma. His
endship for the President prompts
"a to vote for the Cuban treaty,
{ his seat in the Senate would be
perilled by the neglect of any op.
rtunity to defeat the French and
" Foundiand treaties. Under
zee circumstances the Senator is
ing . great deal of thinking but
not talking for publication.
Senator Morgan has made public
tatement in which he predicts
t the issue in the next campaign
be the tariff. He also advances
theory Of trust control, which
for it's basic principle the taxa.
. OF lhe capital stock Of corpora.
ns in . progressive ratio, the tax
tall very heavily on largo aggre.
ions Of capital. The Senator
minister's . grave rebuke to the
ders OF both Of the great political
ties, whom he charges with hav.
coquetted with the trusts e the
'ense of the people, and hs pre-
e that unless decided change
N occur both parties will s.
,rfhrown. n =