Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-01-18

Allison answered that tho oh ject of the
amendment was yielding, so to speak. to
those VINO believed that with proper en-
couragement sugar could be produced sue
cesSfully III the United States from beets and
sorghum, aud went on to quote Mr. Spreckels
as authority Tor the statement chat 20
pounds or sugar had been produced from a
TON oil beets, grown on lands that produced
from twenty tn forty tons to the acre.
Sherman advocated the amendment 1t
was not, lie said, new question, but had
l'ean proposed and debated at different
times. He admitted that there was a strong
feeling IN the country against a direct
bounty Tor the protection of ANYTHING And
yet such bountieS-as to salt and fish and
other matters-had been supported by the
most ennnent men in the history of the
country. The United States could learn
from the experience OF France, Germany,
Austria and Belgium, as to the benefits of
encouraging the production OF sugar from
beetS. He believed that within ten years
sugar enough could be produced in this coun-
try TO supply the domestic market He IN.
derstood that one-sxth of the entire weight
OF beets could be converted into sugar. He
spoke of the existing duty on sugar as being
equivalent 10 81 or So per cent, larger than
on any other product except rice), aud said
that, notwithstanding that enormous pro-
lection, the relative proportion Of the
Louisiana production to the consumption
was less than it was twenty years ago
Eustis said he did not ask for any special or
undue protection for the sugar industry,
based on favoritism. The sugar cane grow
ers of Louisiana had strong ground to stand
upon in regard TO the sugar duty. From
the fOnnHatiOn nf fha - 49,
present time the duty on imported sugar had
been exceedingly high, in the interest of the
treasury. IT the Republican ma jority in the
senate proposed to kick out the sugar inter-
est OF Louisiana from the ma tional household.
like bastard. and to let it come to the ma
tional kitchen for crumbs of bread, then the
only thing he could say was that Republican
senator's had abandoned the ground on which
they had boosted of standing, and that the
last presidential election had been carried on
false pretenseS. He spoke of the sub
stItute as being based on the Chinese theory
of prohibition and commercial non-inter-
course, and referred, jocuiarly, to the pro-
posed protection of American actors and
actresses, which be spoke OF as protection
to the legs OF American ballet dancers
against British competition"
Allison said that Louisiana had grown
strong and vigorous under the tariff "trust"
end had "stood in with it, and acted BY it,
for sugar and sugar alone" but when a
proposition was made that would reduce the
price of sugar to the consumer | cent a
pound the senator from Louisiana nswered
it by Remuneration of tue whole system
He [Allisonl declared that it woUld be better
for the people 20 pay for the whole sugar
crop of Louisiana and dump it in the Gulf of
Mexico than to keep up the existing duty on
sugar The tax took SIS, 900, 900 out of the
pockets OF the people in order that the sugar
producers OF Louisiana might receive cent
a pound on the infinitesimally small proper
ton Of sugar which they produced the
pending proposition would save about $22,-
00O, 600 to the consumers OF sugar in this
country after the proposed bounty was paid