Show GENEROUS revisionists the beet sugar interests are making a manful fight against the proposed reduction in the tariff and foremost in alie fight for what michigan demands stands william iden smith tho arguments of who for the eake of helping cuba would sacrifice an indus try that nas assumed large proportions and yet is little more than in infancy have been met lo 10 sic that cannot bo refuted and so ably has alio contest been carried on that the tariff revisionists who two weeks ago were full of confidence arc now in a panne the contest has been splendidly managed and must bo continued until the plan to sacrifice the beet sugar industry shall be abandoned the false position that the revisionists find themselves in is clearly shown by an incident in the conference thursday evening He of pennsylvania after a long dissertation on the debt we owe in morale to cuba was asked by mr smith whether if cuba produced ron and steel instead of sugar lie would favor a reduction of duties upon iron lie said that he would not and under the goading he received from sir smith ho admitted that it he came from a beet sugar state ho would stand exactly eliere the men from lue acet augar states now stand against tariff reduction the revisionists are animated by the same sahit which inspired the patriot who was willing that all his rifea relatives should enlist they arc willing to acknowledge our debt to cuba but are careful that payment ahall be made out of the of somebody else if we owe cuba anything let us pay it out of the federal treasury and then wo will know that it is paid and will have a receipt to show for alio outlay if this be not considered feasible au do the same thing in another way uy giving the cubans a cash rebate on nil the tarbit collected in i merican port on cuban products but do not lay the entire burden of helping cuba on the beet sugar industry grand kapias herald |