Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-01
SQUARE DEAL DEMANDED
FOR AMERICAN INTERESTS
Negroes Have Balance of Power in the
Island-Bis Interests May Finally
Force Annexation to United States
TiIlman's Failure to Protect His Tea
Patch.
Especial correspondence.1


that there must be more evidence of
disposition to deal fairly and square
ly with American interests in the is
land, or the island may expect to have
trouble on its hands.
The Gomez government is or trial
at the Washington foreign office, and
back of the mild intimation to Cuba
there is firm determination that if
American troops go into Cuba again,
it will be for the last time. That was
the fixed determination of President
Roosevelt, and it is one Roosevelt
policy that everybody expects will be
enforced by the Taft administration
with quite as much zeal as by Roose-
Welt himself President Taft has made
a speciality of colonial relations. He
knows all about Them and the an
neXation of Cuba under his admins
tration would set up great landmark
by which all the future would fix the
name of Taft in mind.
The new government in Cuba is a
government of the liberals, which
means of the mass of the people;
which, again, means of the negroes.
With the negroes in power the whites
of the island are divided into two
classes; those who direct the big bus
mess, and those who work for bust
ness. There are no political jobs for
either group. The problem is to keep
them satisfied while being governed
by the blacks. The latter are the more
numerous, but the whites have most
of the ability and the money. The
masses of whites must be kept busy
and contented, without having the
political jobs; and to keep them in that
attitude is no mean task. Washington
accepts without question, tho with a
certain cynical recognition of the in
evitable, that when the big American
business interests in the island aN
ready for annexation. they will bring At
to pass. These consist of railroad IN
terests, tobacco, and sugar. besides
many smaller ones. But these three
are looked upon as the ones which will
determine the steps in the procedure.
1t has recently become known more
definitely than formerly, that the
sugar trust interests are gathering in
rapidly of the sugar lands and planta-
tions, and organizing to produce raw
sugar in immense quantities. When
ever they have enough to assure a
comfortable control of the American
market even without the tariff Te-
moved, they will be expected to pre-
pare for annexation. They are sup
posed to maintain some sort of har-
monious understanding with the tofac-
co trust, which has great holdings in
the island, the location and extent OF
which are better understood than are
those of the sugar trust. The European
owned investments in the island
would generally be glad of annexa-
ton. for obvious reasons; and Wash
ington looks upon it as certain tt
come before long.
Senator Tillman tried to put on.
over on the finance committee, in con
nection with his proposal for a tax OF
tea to protect the 10000 pounds a yea
that are raised in South Carolina. blu
he didn't do so we'll as Senator Talia
ifere did with his proposal for dut,
on pineapples The Florida man go
away with his: Tillman didn't But
twas funny roll call that defeated TIL
man. Just two democrats voted for til
tea tax. Tillman and Bailey. A goo
long string of ultra protection repub
licans grasped the opportunity to q
something for the south. Your Chinese
wall protectionist is always lookin
for chance to do something for agri
culture in the south The souther
democrats could have tariff a mil
high on cotton if they would just hea
to it; but they know first that the
don't need it, and second that if the
got it it would forever afterwards b
held UP to them as an evidence of thei
insincerity when they tried to reduc
the duties on the manufactures of othe
sections of the country.
The southerners have not been s
willing as have the middle western ag
ricultural communities to accept thi
sort of favors. This session of con
gress they have repeatedly -proteste
when tariff protection was offered t
, certain of their interests that the
didn't want It, To refuse in such cir
D cumstances is not always easy. Their
2 is nothing easier in tariff legislatio
than to log-roll a bit: to take "some
: thing for your section,"-and afte,
= WdTuS ne lWIlIcQ vi having ldhSu
f The middle western republicans be
2 lieved almost without exception, an
5 frankly admit for private Consumption
e that they get no benefits from ii
duties on their agricultural product
But they belong to a protection part
and they must have something to sho
their people at home as evidence tn:
x their section likewise benefits by tt
It tariff. So they take the protection c
c their agricultural staples, AMI wine
: hogs go to So they point to it as
e triumph of the protective system.
IS Senator Tillman was talking abol
e the. tea duty Somebody on the repul
e, lican side asked whether he wanted
e as protective or revenue measure.
t, 81 want 100000 of protection Z
a THAT side of the chamber, mo tionir
e to the republican side, "and 100000
n of tariff for revenue on this side" il
: dioating the democrats. tits doub
d barrelled demand"
d 1.-THE senator will please indica
!: from time to time which barrel he
t. talking thru" suggested Senator Dixo
Delay in commencing treatment for
n slight irregularity that could have be
is cured quickly by Foley's Remedy mi