Show CUBAN TREATY IS SURE S TO BE RATIFIED Action of Beet Sugar Association Asso-ciation Assures It CABINET IS MUCH GRATIFIED Michigan Organization Opposed S to Tariff Reduction They Are Separate From the National Association and Object to Proposed Pro-posed 20 Per Cent Cut TRIBUNE BUREAU t SOG Fourteenth Street r f Washington D C Jan 9 > At the Cabinet meeting today > satisfaction satisfac-tion was expressed at the action taken by the representatives of the National Beet Sugar association It Is regarded by Administration ofllcluls now as certain that the Cuban reciprocity treaty will bo ratified Representatives of the Michigan Beet Sugar association were In conference today to-day at the Capitol with their delegation in Congress upon tho subject of a Cuban I reciprocity treaty which proposes a cut of 20 per cent in the duty on Cuban sugar The Michigan men whose organization IH separate from the National Beet Sugar association are still opposed to tariff reduction re-duction They say that the National association as-sociation includes bcetgrowors and manufacturers of Utah who would not be hurt by a 20 per cent reduction as the freight on Cuban sugar from the Atlantic seaboard to the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Pa-cific coast States would equalize the reduction re-duction |