The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-09-27
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TINE FIXED FOR THE SUGAR SCHEDULE.
Special to the Times Democrat.

] VI -, otAE W. 49,
about sugar in the tariff discussion,
except the subioined, from which it
will br seen that Mr.. Mckinley paid
Mr.. Price a very high compliment.
Mr.. Price secured the floor for five
minutes and said.
Mr.. S2caker-In the few minutes
allotted to me it will, of course, be
Impossible to say as much as | would
like to say on the schedule of this bill,
which, believe, has attracted as much,
if not more attention than any other
measure (the sugarschedule). Coming
as | do from a district growing O
! sugar than any other district in the
United States, | naturally feel that it
| is but just to the people and the inter-
est | represent to respectfully call to
; the attention of the House, and Of those
who may be appointed III the part of
the House, the great injustice that will
be done to those people unless the
time is changed which has been fixed
by the Senate for the taking effect of
the sugar law.
The Senate has named March l as
the day fer going into effect of the
sugar schedule. | would respectfully
say to the gentlemen who will com
pose the conference committee on the
part of the House that if this schedule
shall take effect March l the result of
it Will be to force the sugar farmers
and planters to sell the present grow
ing crops at virtually free trade prices.
J The ~refiners of sugar are allowed to
refine sugar III bond after the LIST of
February. That being so every intel
ligent man must know that the refiners
who are the largest purchasers of
Louisiana sugar will decline to pur-
chase Louisiana sugar at all in Janua-
ry, and, perhaps, in December, and
thereby force the farmers and planters
to sell their crop virtually
ut the prices the ~refiners may see pro-
per to fix.
This law should not take effect until
the LIST day OF July, so that the planters
may have al opportunity to sell their
crops. The planters cannot possibly
finish their manufacture before Jan. /,
and if the season is unfavorable it may
be even the 10Th and Goth of January
before the crop is able to be sem to
market; and frequently, owing to the
lack of sufficient transportation, TO
bad roads or other causes, the crop is
not sent to the New Orleans market
before February, and sometimes ever
as late as March, o later.
1t seems to me, Mr.. Speaker, only a
matter of simple justice that these
people, who, having faith that the gov
ernlnent of the United States would
deal fairly and justly with them,
planted and made their crops under
that law to sell their crops before any
modification of the law be permitted
to go into effect. The present crop in
Louisiana will amount to 300, 000, 900
pounds of sugar, the reduction of two
cents per pound in price on which will
mount to a tremendous loss to the
producers. a loss that must throw al
! most every farmer and planter in the
State of Louisiana into bankruptcy.
/ feel satisfied that the fair-minded
men of this House who will be put on
| the conference committee will see that
the Senate does not succeed in having
the law go into effect upon the LIST of
March, but will give us until July / for
the law to take effect.
Mr.. Kerr Qowa)-What about the
bountyP
Mr.. Price-In reply to the gentle
mans question: / will say. that there is
no chance whatever for them t. give
any bounty on the crop. They do not
get any bounty. If the law was to go
into immediate effect and we had a
bounty upon the present crop, it might
not seem to be so unjust, though /, for
one am opposed, as my friend from
Iowa knows, to the system being
changed and Il bounty beng given in
stead of a tariff.
Mr. Gear-The gentleman is in favor
of protection for Louisiana and free
trade for the rest of the country.
! Mr.. COleman-There is one gentle
man from Louisiana who is in favor of
protection all along the line.
Mr.. Price-I know the gentleman
from Iowa is disposed to be just, so he
will allow me to say hat this gentle
man from Louisiana is opposed to any
thing that ought to be fairly protected
being put on the list, and | am equally
opposed to Il great Chinese wall being
built up about this country, and am
certainly opposed to my people being
Disseminated against in behalf of other
industries. But, Mr.. Speaker, the
question is not as to the law itself.
1t has been about determined what
the sugar schedule shall be, and the
point ! am arguing is that the law per-
tanning to sugar shall not go into eff
feet as soon as the first of March, but
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