Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-08-04
Too Holy TO TsucI1.

Kansas City Times.
Republican Cannon of Illinois and Re
publican Kelley Of Pennsylvania do not
! agree upon a construction of the Republi.
can tariff plank. Mr. Kelley thinks the
Chicago plank means what il says and
Mr. Cannon thinks that if Mr. Kelley is
night. he. Cannon, will have to get of
the platform.
Dir. Kelley has plenty Of supporters in
his party. Dir. MCkENEA of California
said in the debate which brought out the
difference between Cannon and Kelley:
Protection is not TO be sacrificed. That
is clear Protection is sacrificed IL ii is
taken from any American industry.
Mr.. Peters of Kansas said that to be A
consistent protectionist he must support
law protective of an industry that was
confined TO one State. From two western
congressman we here learn that to take
the duty from any article is violation Of
the Republican theory of protection.
Carrying cut the idea, this country should
lay duty on every article it consumes.
Imports should cease. If imports cease.
exports must cease also. When imports
and exports cease, all business relations
with other countries are at an end. Com
mcrce, which used to be considered an
honest and profitable American industry.
has no longer place in the Republican
conception of our national policy.
This debate was over an amendment TO
the sugar section of the Mills bill. Mr..
Cannon desired 10 place sugar on the free
list and to encourage the American sugar
growers with bounties Mr. Kelley and
Kansas members, Messrs. Peters. Ryan
and Anderson, wanted the duty on sugar
retained
Mr.. Peters objected to changing sugar
from protected to a bounty nourished
industry because he thought the people
would object TO the payment Of bounties.
lie said
If the product should increase SO that
$50 100000 or $40, 0O0. 600 were required
10 meet the bounty, Immediately there
would go up cry from the people that
the bounty should be repealed and that it
would be repealed, 10 the destruction of
the industry.
Will Mr.. Peters be kind enough to ex-
plain to the voters of Kansas why the
people will cry out against a bounty Of
$50, 900, 900 and prefer paying protection
tax to the government of $50. O00, 900 and
and cents pound TO the Louisiana pro-
ducers for the portion of sugar we get
from themg In 1887 we imported 8, 1885,
1920 pounds of sugar and paid in tariff
taxes $50, 507 ,495. Louisiana, our only
sugar State. produced 1871. 123, s72 pounds,
or less than one seventeenth the amount
We are compelled to import in order to
supply our wants. The cost of the sugar
in the markets of the world last wear
averaged q cents q pound The average
rate of duty was As cents pound. We
paid therefore in taxes and bounties
about 500, 000, 900 for the privilege of
producing one-scyenteenth of our sugar.
Every man, woman and child paid an
extra dollar for sugar. In Mr.. Peters
State II Kansas there were last year more
than 100000 people That State paid |
then in taxes and bounties not less than |
81, 500, 900 for the one article of sugar.
The State offered bounty of SOS. 900 for |
sorghum production and the people |
thought they were rather liberal to the |
new industry.
The sorghum industry promises well in
Kansas and both the government and the |
State should offer all proper encourage.
ment, but the Times lays the facts of 1
sugar taxation before the people that /
they may consider whether il is in its |
present stage worth sacrifice of 81, 600,- |
900 year Under Dir. Peters policy, If |
il could be consistently carried out, the
pINFAS Va hhHSAs hbulu GUY uOIlAuQ j
but Kansas grown sugar, if il cost
10 cents pound at the factory. I'm.
der the theory of the Republican, Mr..
Cannon, the people ought to get their
lecessaries Of life cheap and should not
pay surplus revenue into the treasury
Tor the purpose of fostering an industry
which may some time, but which never
las. either in Louisiana or anywhere else
n this country, responded 10 the nursing.
Il the sorghum industry needs money for
.urther experiments and if it promises
o give Kansas a new and profitable crop,
LIBERAL appropriations should be made to
hasten the day of its confirmed success
But il does not take 81, 600. 600 a year to
10 that with the most unlimited generosi-
y.
Mr.. Peters objection to bounties is
Of weakness in his extreme
ideas. He in effect says that
the people knew how much money
hey were taking from their families TO |
oster other industries they would be more
They would follow the adj
ice of theBlaineite school of Republicans
Arthur, Gresham, Garfield, Sumner,
Silson-and would call for correction
4 the inequalities of the tariff. They
would count the cost of system arranged
o draw the bulk of federal taxation
rom the working classes, while the
1ealthy classes get out of paying their