Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-01-10
The Sugar Question.

and the public generally to the proceed
ings of the meeting Of the Sugar I'lan>
tiers of this parish, held at tho Court
House on Tuesday last, and published to-
day il our paper. The resolutions pas
sed at that meeting speak for themselves.
They are short, true and comprehensive,
and cover the whole ground. Ihe1so-
position of Senator Houston o 'suspend
the. duty on sugar for two years, carries
upon its face gross injustice and strikes
= deadly blow at every man engaged
in cultirating sugar cane. Why does
he select the article Of sugar only In his
bill Of suspensions Why not take
iron, cotton manufactures or any of the
thousand and one articles, upon WHICH
there is a tariff of thirty per cent al
sya7orep? The fact is, this is q blow a.
the South given BY the fratricidall hand
OF one pretending to be her friend. l.
is a bid for Northern popularity. Ihe
ostensible object Of the bill is to suspend
the duty for two years. Well let ihe
Till once pass. aud is there any sane man
now living who believes the dlty vii
ever be put on again. 70, never, fesef.
The advocates offree trade would use this
as an entering wedge. Congress would
be engaged for years in discussing aud re-
modelling new tariff and in TIE mean
time the poor sugar planter won't be tie
victim. He would ~ made suffer by
this partial legislation. oliier
were growing rich. The "a tariff
is one for revenue and inesentsp pro'ec
ton combined. It VS. made a 1913
after long discussions and mutual eonces
sious and compromises. Statement OF All
parties agreed thatit acts fairly GA all sec
| tons of our extended and sometimes con
dieting interests. 1t supplies sufficient
| means to the treasury and affords some
| protection to the manufacturer and the
planter. For several years past the 81.
gar planter has had to contend with e.
tremely low prices. lie has been CON-
| PEELED to sell bis sugar often at q 10 3
cents per h., and mo'ases from 10 to l21
cents per gallon. The crop being almost
a failure this season, only about 10000
hogsheads, the price has necessarily ad,
| yanaed. Another full crop will bring
sugars back again. for it is as plain as
tie simplest proposition in the worid,
that if the crop tbis season had been
10000 ~hogsheals, sugars would now be
much cheaper. Is it possible that Sea-
ator Houston intends to take the tarli
schedule and whenever any article shou' i
happen to 80 up to introduce 3 bill g.
suspend the dutys2 Why upon this prin
cip|e If the article goes dorm be should
| add on a little more duty. Those vii
made this tariff aud those who have pur.
chased property under it never dreamed
Of such a tampering policy.
Will the great. Statesmen Of all partie:
give their support to such partial lesisia
ton? Will the Congress OF tie Unite
States %eontenance such "pol.ering in
double sense" No We can never believe it
In the name of common even handed
justice we do protest against such
course. We call the attention of I'll,
press in the various sugar parishes to thi
matter. Let them all speak out on thi
subject, for it is one Of vital importanc,
to the sugar growing community. Ih
present tariff on sugar at 50 per cent 81
ealorem is about 25eents per ID. Tier,
fore take of the duty and down goe
the price. For w cannot compete viii
the Island Of Cuba in raising cheap su
gars. If the sugar planters Of Louisi
ana will not arouse themselves ii thi
matter, it will be too late. Now is th
time for decided action. Let there be
meeting in every parish, and let Con
gress hear n loud protest from til
BaIize to the mouth of Red River.
THE VoIE OF NiscoSs1s.-The Pre-:
dental electors for Wisconsin were pre
vented by the snow from reaching Mac