The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-03-14
FREE SUGAR wIrn 4 VENGEANCE.


The republican members of the commit.
tee on ways and means have decided 10
admit raw sugar free Of duty and pay &
bounty Of two cents per pound u those
who produce sugar In this country. Ne
greater outrage upon people who boast
Of oeing tree was ever proposed. The cf.
feet Of such legislation, II Il should ever be
enacted, would be TO take out Of the treas
ury Of the Un.ted States over Fifty million
dollars without, IN fact, cheapenlng sugar
% the tax payers Of The country. The rea.
son Il thisi Nearly all the raw sugar i'm
ported into this country Is below No I3
Dutch standard and upon which there Ii
row duty OF one and forty hundretbs
cents per pound, The republicans pro-
pose to take off this duty, and, IN order to
compensate our home sugar producers for
this cut. ihsy propose 10 pay bounty Of
two cents a bound for every pound pro-
duced at home. This bounty will come
ort Of the treasury Of the United States,
hence this bounty Is paid BY the CONSUME
css Of sugal after sli. The small amount
Of sugar produced In this country makes
Il an easy matter for foreign producers,
importers, and spectators 10 form comb.
nations by which the sugar product VIII be
entirely In their controi. and, therefore, the
people Of this country could moi expect or
hope 10 get sugar cheaper under the
''bounty system" than under the protective
system. But II IL barely possible that this
"5ounty biIl'' will ever pass. Should Il
pass II will mark the begInning Of the end
of the protective system, and, with II, the
downfall Of the republican party. This
"bounty system" 10 so utterly repugnant
10, ana incompatible with The independent
manhood Of American citizenship that it
IL matter of surprise that any intelligent
congressman could be found who would
favor such q movement Give us free su-
gar, but no bounty. The dangerous ten.
dency of establishing such precedent ~
this "bounty scheme" can not he too grave
" considered. II presrpposss that this is
a paiernai government whose duty Is TO
inquire Into every mans private business,
and II II be found that bis business Is Ian
gushing, then to extend government aid
In the way OF bounty on his products.
Are the American people ready 70 subvert
the fundamental principles Of their own
government by the adoption Of this
schemei II men In business are to depend
upon bounty from the government in
order TO make their business 4 success,
where and when will the demands for
bounty endi Are not tie wheat and corn
producers of the country whose business
IL In deploiable condition Of languish-
ment just as much entitled to bounty on
every buslsel Of grain they produce a. are
the sugar growers of louisiana The
scheme Is fraud. an outrage and the most
dangerous ever proposed. Il destroys ali
self.rellancc which Is At once destructive
Of that attribute OF American citizenship
which In time past has made this country
great. Those xho depend upon and re-
celve such aid arc no longer freemen. but
mere wards and dependents upon pater-
nal government. Cheap sugar At such Q
fearful loss OF American manhood and
exemplary citizenship would In the end be
dear indeed. Letevery voter In the coun
try raise his voice against this wicked
scheme Of bounlies.