St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-11-09
NO BOUNTY, AND WHY.
PROTECTION rae oxIr sASeouARp.

PROTECTION rae oXLr sAJeoUARD.
tCity Itsn.l
The s,sbjoinsd article 10 taken
from . Kansss contemporary. not
because Tho Item approves tho
bounty scheme. but to show how it
10 regarded in other sections. Our
digestion to bouutiss 10 not l'ecause
Of . rsluctans,s to secspt bsne6is in
this " any other form. bat because
the bounty would be oniy tsssp.,-
rary. Other industries have tho
benefit Ut . protective tariff. and
there 10 no reason Why sugar shOald
bs made An exceptions 10 the gen.
eral rule.
Tho revenue from the sugar du.
tiss will diminiah with the develop
msut Of the industry. II the sur.
plus 10 embarrassing. . good way 70
ts'duce it 10 u foster the sugar in
dustry.
Tue country might make no great
objection 10 paying . bounty of
$4,000. OOO on sou. 600, 600 pounds
VI sugar. But when production in.
creased tenlOld the abolition Of .
bounty which took $6.OOO. 900 an
nuslly out Of the treasury would
become = burning" issue, aud il 10
cafe to cay that the bounty would
have to 20.
Ksnsas would End its salese plan
to Join Louisisna in dsnanding
hat the tariff on sngar be left - il
is. or thst only . slight reduction
TuB 0UoAa D0UHTY.
lcopsks CaplGall
From what has appeared in these
cOlumns concerning the customs
duty On foreign sugar. It must not
l,s inferred that our faith in . Ma
tional sugar bounty has bssu weak
ensd IN any respsct The Capital
~as the fret party paper. % Tar -
70 kuow-certsinly the first in
Ksnsas-t0 advocate the removal
II duties from foreign sugar aud
tue payment ct . bounty On the
homemade article required equal
TO the duty now paid on the foreign
article. II the duty IL high snough
~ protect the home industry. sure
y like sam paid directly u the
manufactured will afford equal pro.
lection Our reason for Suggesting
" discussing the cutting VI the ,ln-
ties in two. leaving Ons-i'slt Ut tue
present rates remaining. il that tho
country has bseu notified many
times by Democrats high aud low
that that party would stnbbornly
resist any aud oil attsmpts to re-
move Ill the duty aud substitute .
,'ouaty. At tie meeting Of the
Tsrmers' Congress here last lall .
resolution proposing free foreign
sugar with bounty u the home A.
ticls Iast with suoh prDmpt and
.2iritsd Opposition from the South.
eru members that it had 10 bs
abandoned.
A - The wisdom Of the bounty
policy there can 10 no reasonable
.ioubk Germany anil France de-
vel0pssi the sugar industry ~ the
i'symsat Of bvnuti~s TO tho sugar
makers. aud uow they are the great
II sugar producing nations in tie
world. A bousty Of J cents a
pound guaranteed f.r ten years
would place saysr making in the
S0uthsr0 cane States. and kaus~.
aud other sorghum States. on Z
i,ermsnsnt baxis. Kausns uow pays
! cents pound. aud will continue
10 10 w lew years longer. II least
until the general government makes
: change Or refuses To change il
policy IN this respect.
The people Of the sugar making
regiosp do not comprehend thu
msguiaads Of the sugar Industry,
aud hence do not sss what splsrdid
opportunities are within thsi,
reach. Think Of the snor,nou,
qaantity Of sugar the ps.,pls u
these United States uss every year.
We hsvs not the figures Tor tn,
lass two years convenient. bat ia
1896 our people consumed OF Tor
sign sugar $500. ~. 699 pounds
!. 3O3. ia. l86 pounds OF Southes,
home. made sugar. besides . lsrg'
quantity imported ire from e.,
Southwestern islsndA aud . CON
siderable quantity Of maple sueal
made in our Nosthsrs States. Th'
aggregate f.r The year was aLov'
3.OOO. OOO. NO pounds. aud Ior lS8t
4 wss at lsaat 10 per cent. more
giving sn sgxrsg Ate of 5 SOC. O0O. O0'
pounds These figures show large
but the reader has no adequate ids'
VI the fullness Of their meaning nm
les hs sses them in different form
The Parkinson sugar works Of For
J Scott last year turned out 4OO. 90
! pounds Of sugar. II 10 divide u
amount consumed. in the oouatr,
BY the amount which this one fec
tory produced, - will have III
number OF such factories require,
~ supply the people Nth suga,
and the number % $3.50. II th'
reader will ascertain the number q
counties IN such Of the States .
, can produce sugar. be can easil,
. determine bow many Of these fae
, tories each OF these counties woul,