Show OF mca Chicago go Record President Schurman or of Cornell uni university cull regards the pledges ot of lien Oen Mil to 10 this the Ricans as upon Congress and On In his opinIon ion the tariff bill now pending In the Senate is III In Violation ot of these pledges lie himself as head bead of the Philippine commission has given assurances to the Filipinos which this the government at Washington Is In bound to roo ro lie is II only doing his duty there therefore therefore fore he protests against Vie tle pas passage SIlO sage of the Puerto m Rican an ti bill The Issue he says lays simply is this Shall we or shall hall we the national Shall this great republic break faith with the little island of lieu Having secured the fruits of Con Oen Miles prom promIse promice ice Ise shall hall we no now renounce the prom lee New York and Express there Is I a Ig and widespread d objection among our people to the re retention of at the er cent duties and the and hu has b been n amOng tho those who hae hai Insisted that every barrier should bo be removed even the one moro more ImagInary than real raised railed by the lI hOuse ule bill That would be the beet possible solution of the question Now York Evening Post The of the tho corn com mission admits that our legislation about Puerto Rico meo must be a tet and a test before tore the eyes ees ot of the Filipinos but It will be In their eyes a test lest of oUr national good faith Spain made such promises to the as 08 we have hae made to the Puerto Dr Schurman man says aa that the Filipinos keep Informed of oil all our doing and If we break k our word to the I Puerto Rican they will belle believe that the Americans are areno areno no more mor trustworthy than the Span lards The rhe senators senator who are standing out for a PUerto Rican tariff are oro thus thul to quote President strength strengthening ening the hands hand of Aguinaldo and the Insurgents Dos Ion Transcript The rho the purpose of whose existence has broil advocacy ot of high tariff says on this question The situation seems Item to tobe tobe be something like hike this We e fa say to tol l Puerto Rico You ron can buy anything you ou rant ant tn in the United States In fact you OU must mut bu buy or of us But If you ou have cot anything to we dont want It We have got ot enough stuff at home ho Go ani and peddle out to England Ocr Oer man many Pronce or Spain We seem cem to tobe tobe be cutting cUlling tI a figuro as an empire We have heard of mother countries like Uke France and Spain which force Corce their thelt colonies to bu buy everything In the tho motherland Wo We never heard or of on any mother country which forced the tho eel col onies tl to sell ell all their goods good outside the motherland If we e insist upon exact Pig tribute from the tho suffering Island we shall hall be acting the very err strangely It will be more lIke the step te motherland of the conventional type Boston While on the ot of Rico we nifty may say 8 In reply to the tho request of 1 a that the reduction of the tariff which It Is 18 now proposed to appy to this island would mean menn a bonus of per annum to tIme the Puerto on their sugar lugar crop reckoning It fl nt at the current aver ago ad regards quantity For the past three years taking them together the crop has hall averaged 1 n a little over at tons antI the saving by the of duty would o be between 29 S and 19 per ton Baltimore Sun Bun BunS S Senater nat t Allens amendment to the tho Puerto Rican lean appropriation bill de declaring lar Inc ing that the Con Constitution ot oC th the United States Slates extends to the Island was WAI tIe lIe tented In the Senate yesterday Among Amoni those thOe who voted against the amendment was as Senator Davis DIls of Minnesota Ir dr Davia recently introduced an amend amendment meat ment to the tho Puerto Rican JUeAn tariff bill passed by the house declaring that the Provision of the Constitution relating to uniformity of duties end and ex excise lo tAxeS throughout III the United States be applied to RIco The vote otc against Allen amendment was 48 In err effect el ela a by Republican senators that the Constitution extends by It its 1 own f force r to territory acquired by the Unit United Nt ed States State The profound polItical heed not waste In any time the oo a aspects of case ulle of Oui Governor Lenry has Ih the Colt to Guam I kt AdmIral Dewey Dewe at he cut the cable and ve 8 Congress an object lesson etI n ill in pili plain In duty The man who tte t t a way away th tb Constitution front from Imm r or r bl 1 around the will be handed n a few fel rh hr h Lear U 15 Navy 4 nr I |