The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-17

IS not ia effect today. Referring to AIr.
Payne. Nr Williams said: LAS to that
pan or has speech which advocates this
bin upon it's merits. it is almost as sud-
Den conversion as that of st. Paul on
his way TO Damascus; 10 is almost as
sudden an occurrence as was this re-
cent birth Of the new republic Of Par
elna AIR. Williams spoke only a few
minutes. rcserving the right TO close
the debate for the minority.
hiI swanson (Dem Na.) discussed
the uerils which be said threaten our
foreign commerce by the new tariffs
passed in other countries i'm retaliation
Tor the Dingley act. He insisted that
unless concessions are made from the
present tarin before long. an Of Europe
would De combined En- commercial war
fare against the United States. He
discussed Chamberiain's policy. saying
that IS per cent of our foreign trade
was with the United Kingdom and her
colonies. an OF which. De said. was
jeOpardized by this policy. Mr.. Swan
son then discussed the evils which he
said resulted from the failure of this
country to negotiate "a treaty with Can
ada. The exclusive policy of the Ding
ley act he declared would destroy our
foreign commerce. and remarked that
the Republican party would never mod
ify it,
NAtiNIN.NNIAA NANa'A-Is tt-hlllA as MS
text a treasury statement argued
against the Republican policy. which
hc said was that of excessive taxation.
All t.f4 %. I'M. the committee rose and
The speaker announced the following
IuC mixers of the committee on enrolled
bills. Eessrs Wachter of Maryland.
Burke of Pennsylvania, Wilson VI lille
u0is. Lands of Indiana. LLOYD of Mis-
souri,. johnson OF South Carolina. Liver
nash OF california. The last three are
Democrats.
A letter from Mr.. Ban of Texas. an-
uouncing bis resignation. was read.
Thl house adjourned az 1850 %. IN.
Should BE Amended.
T'.c minority report. signed by four
De uecra.lc members OF the ways and
means committee. states that the bill
provision that mo reductions in sugar
duty should be- made during the life of
the treaty. declarius that one congress
has no rirht to- bind succeeding con-
crosses. and by Inserting an amend
ment striking out the dinereriial on re-
fined sugar. because. the report says,
''iu Dur opinion We would thereby de-
priec the great sugar trust of this coun-
trg on some of its power 20 eXtort from
Che consumer currall its power TO bear
down The price Of The raw material.
Thereby iniuriug the sugar planter, and
lessen its ability Co dictate 90 wholesale
ard refau dealers in sugar the manner
in which they shall DO business and
the I-ice md which they shall sell re-
fined sugar.
The house during the Fifty seventh
Cougroes took this view and passed an
amendment identcally worded as now
proposed by us. she house took thai
rev after Gun inFcstigatlon and a
comparatively full discussion OF the
uceticn.'
Thc report says If the amendment Is
dopted the minority would gladly
hey recommend it's passage. because,
he report states. -we think that the
GOD 90 Dec done bv its passage win lar
rom q failure 81 take advantage OF the
DD0rtuuity t0 diminish the power OF
he sugar trust ard the evil resulting
rom e. bad precedent proposing. i'm
Gectually it is true. Co prevent the
ountly from stin Further reducing du-
iee upon Cuban sugars and upon SUI
afs fr0m other countries whenever 10
hau appear wise and cxpedient TO do so
81 reciprocal treaty agreement OF by
tamte Law.
"As long as the present party is in
over we can perhaps hope for tariff
educti0us and revision only from reci-
r0cify treaties. It Be- a piecemeal
rocess. but &c is better than no process
4 ain We hail 60 as q horbinger of
ufure reciprocity treaties with other
onntrics. especially those upon the
american continent and rotably our
.aierh0r to the north the Dominion OF
.anada"