The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-03-15

in that case, the treaties under con-
sideration never became operative. In
1905 under President Roosevelt, Secre-
tary Hay negotiated arbitration treat
les with Eng land and other powers
which providing that questions of vital
interest, national honor and those az
fecting third parties, were not to be
arbitrated.
The senate by a vote of more than
five to one amended the treaties TO
provide that any special agreements
for arbitration were to be presented
for its advice and consent. The treat
les were pigeon-holed in the state de.
partment.
Three years later, Secretary Root
now Senator Root, negotiated about
20 arbitration treaties which the sen.
ate ratified, but in each of those the
advice and consent of the senate to
arbitration was expressly provided for
Diplomatists think the situation much
alike.
Washington, d. c. - Dinner par
ties were raided, hotel Hobbies invad-
ed and many theater parties broken
up as the result of day-long filibust-
er against the private pensions bill
in the house.
The sergeant-at-arms and his assist
ants were the raiders and more than
so absent members were arrested and
hailed before the house to record their
votes. Among those was Mckinley OF
Illinois. manager of President Taft's
campaign. The bill was completed and
passed by the house.
Raw Wool on the Free List.
Free raw wool to follow free sugar
was reported to be the program of
the house Democrats. Although Chair
man Underwood of the ways and
means committee has been for a down.
ward revision bill, such as was pass.
ed last summer and vetoed by the
president. II is declared that a MAORI
ty of the Democrats of the committee
insist that a free raw bill be sub
mitted to the caucus and indications
are that such a bill will be ratified.
With the $53.000.000 revenue which
would be lost from sugar. provided for
by the proposed excise tax, the Dem.
ocrats are free to provide a duty on
raw silk or rubber for the $4,000, 900
estimated loss by placing raw wool on
the free list.
Washington. ID. c. Proposing to
rename the Democratic free sugar bill
IAN act to surrender revenue. destroy
competition and create monopoly" the
Republicans of the ways and means
committee OF the house submitted a
minority report on the Underwood bill
which will be the next tariff bills en-
! acted by the house. The report was
| submitted by Representative Fordney
of Michigan. 1t charges that there is
a union between the sugar trust and
! the Democratic party and that the
! free sugar measure is designed TO
| catch the votes of the consumer and
will in time deliver the consumer &c
| the mercy of the sugar trust
The report reviews In the main the
dissenting views of the Republican
members OF the Hardwick sugar trust
investigating committee. II gives cred.
II to the beet sugar industry for hold
ing down the price Of sugar during the
advance of last year and predicts that
such safeguard would be destroyed
IL the beet sugar men were driven out
of business.
The report asserts that the Under.
wood free sugar bill is the boldest
attempt in the history of our republic
to surrender an important and growing
industry TO foreign importers" and
that II is against the domestic sugar
producers and solely in the interest OF
the refiners of imported raw sugar
commercially known as the sugar
trust"
| Industry Would Be Killed.
The report says that the sugar bee,
growing industry would be killed II
the beet refineries were forced to sus
pend by tariff legislation. There are
10000 farmers engaged i'm growing
sugar beets, the report declares.
Predicting dire days for the sugar
consumers, the report says:
Not in the palmiest days Of the
trust when Mr.. Havemeyer ruled it,
fortunes with a rod of iron and an am
bition bounded only by the confines Of
this country did the American sugar
refining company ever monopolize such
a portion of the sugar consumed in the
United States as this bill would de
liver into its keeping.
The Payne-Aldrich bill places an
ad valorem duty of 25 per cent or
bone black. In the Democratic chem
ical schedule the duty on all items il
this section, except bone black is re
duced from 25 per cent to Is per cent
Bone black is taken out of the section
and placed on the free list. Who use.
bone black? Practically no one ex
cept the sugar refiners. II is one o.
the principal items Of expense in re
timing sugar"
/. Panama Bill Is Completed.
J The legal machinery for the opera
ton of the Panama canal and tn,
transfer of it's constructive force t,
its administrative staff was PRACTICAL,
agreed upon at a meeting Of the hous,
, committee on interstate and foreign
!, | commarca The question of Tolls fn,