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Show Washington, Jan. ". The Cuban reciprocity re-ciprocity treaty was considered at some length today by the Senate Committee Com-mittee on Foreign Uclatlon, but action ac-tion upon It was postponed In order to olTord an opportunity for the presentation presen-tation of the views of tee beet-sugar Industry. It is probable that special meetings will be held on Friday for tnat purpose. There was a general exchange of views upon the treaty, of a nature to lead to tho conclusion that the treaty will be favorably reported re-ported and without any great delay. Peary announces that he Is willing to try for the North pole again, If lie can get $150,000 put up toouttlt him. Wc thought so; the craze of the North Is upon him, as It is upon all others who have wintered In tho Arctics; they arc never willing to quit. And when Lieut. Peary pointed out so clearly tho other day Just how he be-llcvcd be-llcvcd the North pole could bo reached, reach-ed, wc did not believe that he would ever be satlslled to have any one try his programme but himself. Five hundred million dollars Is a tremendous tre-mendous sum for a railroad company to raise for the extension and development develop-ment of Its transportation sjstciu. But that Is what tho great Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania company proposes. It lias now one of the very greatest carrying businesses, busi-nesses, and tho amount named ought to make It the very foremost. It will have six tracks from Philadelphia to New York and to Lancaster, and the same will very likely be extended also to Washington. A magnificent revenue reve-nue alone could Justify such far-reach Ing plans, but- tllO Pennsylvania has It, A writer In the National Magazine talks upon the subject of rubber growing grow-ing in Mexico. He has a plantation ncarSalto dc Agna, Clilpas, Mexico, which he believes will yeild him rich returns In the near future. We understand un-derstand there aro 75 or 80 people in Logan who have taken stock in the Chlpas Rubber Co. Wc have nothing to say against the company or tho profits pro-fits they expect to make. Undoubtedly Undoubted-ly there will be money made, but tlte point we make isjthat there are Justas good openings for investment here at home and the returns arc just as sure as they arc way oil in Mexico. We learn from Mr. Eccles that the sugar factory contemplate enlarging their beet storage bins during the summer so. that they can care for 20,-000 20,-000 tons of beets. They will also improve im-prove the plant so that they can grind up 100 tons more per day than at present. pre-sent. It is thought that this will enable en-able the factory to care for all of the beet earlier In the season that they did this year, and before the cold weather rcaly sets in. The company will begin to take contracts In a few days. They want to contract for 00,-000 00,-000 tons this year. Mr. Eccles says his company alone made enough sugar this year to load a tJaln of cars seven miles long. Speaking of the proposed reduction of tariff on Cuban Sugar Mr. Eccles said more than half of the Utah sugar this year will be sold In the east in competition with Cuban sugar and if tho tariff Is reduced It will work against the Industry in Utah. |