The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1894-02-02

To disturb tho sugur bounty In any form
whatever, would be penny wisdom and pound
foolishness. Were Congress to declare that
the bounty shall remain during tho period
named In the law. bcforo tho expiration Of
.hat Time, u Is saio TO anticipate or predict
that 500 sugar factories wound be In operation
IN the United states. That would employ
e., SOC, QUO 900 capital and produce probably
1.-Two billion poupds o. sugar. by that time
the population D.. tho United Stated will like.
~ reach loo, 000,000, and II each person com
snmes 70 pounds Of sugar annually, VIC would
still have to import two billion pounds But
II In twenty years We should have 1000 fac
torlcs thnt would produce ten billion pounds
| OF sugar, and our population In that tluie lii
creases TO 1t3i 000.G0J, we would consume g.
OSO, UOO, 600 pounds and have surplus Of near
ly two billion pounds for export, upon which
the government would receive duty.
1t is to be supposed that by 1905 the Indus
try will have become so thoroughly cstab-
| llshed that It will not be necessary TO continue
| the beunty after that date. Let us see what
Will likely be the result, II the bounty Is to re-
main until 1905, and by reason thereof, 500
factories should be IN operation We would
have invested, largely In foreign capital, e.
500, 600, 900 In plants. 1t would require say
) ,0Jo acres Of ground TO be planted In bccts
for each factory, or 3,500,00J acres In all.
| Each factory would give employment, for u
portion OF each year, TO 5000 people, ihclud.
Ing the hands at the factory, and those cult
waiting tho Land, hauling the baets aud trans
porting tho sugar, mining coal and limestone
and burning coke. That would give partial
| employment to 5,O0O,0J0 people. Each fac
| tory would consume per day, say OF 100 days
for campaign, 800 tons OF beets, 60 tons OF
coal, 30 tons OF limestone md tons Of coke
That would require yearly consumption OF
81, 100000 tons of bccts, 100000 tons OF
coal, 2,250, coo tons OF limcstone and GD0, 900
tons of coke, and would increase the value OF
the $500, 900 acres Of land from $40 TO 800
| per mere, adding to the wealth Of this country
S225, 900 900 In land values alone. TO give
employment TO 5,000,0O0 persons say at q,
per day, 100 days per annum would aggregate
q 500, 100000 10 say nothing OF the vast mum
Der OF Industries that would be fostercd and
encouraged through IT. which ! cents per
pound bounty on 5,000,000,00o pounds 'of
sugar, which is probably NIL We would produce
by 1905, would amount TO 500, 900, 900 and
this money would be kept at home and dis
tributcd among the laboring and producing
classes OF the nation, while more than double
| that amount would 20 abroad for sugar II the
industry Is allowed to languish, which would
have to be paid by the masses Of the people.
by adding cents per pound TO the price OF
| their sUgur.
Two hundred million dollars year or more
which We would have TO pay for foreign sugar
would be nm enormous amount and under
| present conditions would have to be paid In
gold. Where Is this money to come front
VIII you meet 1t By yearly Issue OF gold
bonds' 1t cannot be INST by export OF our
| products at present prices.
II the nation is to prosper, the productive
interests of the country must be fostcred.
From the cultivation Of the soil, we receive
| our chief productive values. IL would be fu-
tile to protect Eastern manufacturers unless
equal production Is extended To the producers
| OF the soil. for the manufacturer cannot cx.
l.t ks,t inIs ell. n IA. "a,
tured product. II therefore the products Of
| the soil cannot be produced at profit, there
viii be no market fos the manufactured artl-
Gle. The fountain must he Supplied or the
stream will go dry,
TOR the past three years the Trans Mlsslss.
ippi Congress, composed ms Il is of the repre-
sentative delegates Of all the Trans-Mlsslss-
ippi states, hare mt each meeting unanimous
ly petitioncd Congress 10 continue the bounty,
and many state legislatures and business or
CARNATIONS all through the West and South
have adopted resolutions to the same effect.
II IN the wisdom Of Congress. II is deemed aG.
! ylsable for purposes OF revenue, would Il not
be more equitable TO tax the lixurles OF life
than the neccssil!es uf the poor mans table!
Suppose We add q per gallon TO the 1885,
0OO,OD0 gallons OF whlskcy nov In bond, aud
an additional tax Of the came amount on
other spirits which would amount 10 as much
more, or $3.50, 600 900, and ia. burden, II such
II may be called, will neyos be felt The re
port Ul the commissioner of Internal revenue
just published, reveals the fact that We con
sumed In this country within the year 81 geo
coo gallons of whlskey, brandy and dlstlllc,
spirits, or G,O0O,UJJ,OOD glasses oil
whisky for which was paid In cash, NOR,
than s6)1.0O1.0J1 or sJO,0Oo,OOJ more thar
tho combined annual appropriations Of Con
gress, The consumption Of beer, according
to the same authority, was 81, 900, 900 barrels
1900, 0O00oO glasses. representing an ey
pendIture Of $3.50, 0DD.0Dp From The Sam
source we learn that s,a3, 40, Ooo Is consume,
In the smoke Of cigars aud chcroo,s. ~,
B;2.OO0 In cigarettes, hnl si40, go, 900 II
chewing and smoking tobacco TO any moth
Ing OF imported wine. and other lnxurlc
vi ich tho-c who have, by vicious legislation,
absorbed tho wealth OF tho producer, now
purchase with snch ptoiignllty.
Can none OF these articles be taxed, I,
make up the Insignificant amount paid Ms
bounty on sugar, Must these ltcins OF lux
ury bc encouraged ut the expense OF imposin.
n tariff on sugar' Thereby directly iaxln,
one Of the Necessities OF nil our peoplei
within the last three years foreign capita
hrs been invested In beer brewing establish
mrnts In Tits country 10 the Hmount of slUJ,
100000. These brcgerles pay dividends o
20 per cent, annually, which goes abroad
and yet Congress eau find no way Of raising
revenue 10 psy tie bounty on sugar TO pro
tedt home industries, and propose. To violate
sacred contract nth those no have inyrstet
millions on the supposed honor and integrity
Of the nation, aud null'y our treaty sllpula
lions 18th some OF the most prominent ma,
tons OF thu civilized world, BY cnactl ny
law that shrinks the rate Of tho bounty one
eighth each year and terminates II three
years In advance Of the limit of the contract
coninined IN the law, thus su.pendlng N,
sword 81 Dnmoces over one OF the great In
dlstflrs Of the country, with no sssurinc
that tho nallffaal
the great injustice proposed by the Wil,ot
bill, by making the repeal complete.
II Il the custom for civilized government
TO respect such contracts aud concessions
which i abundanty aticstcd 90 far rs thl
country l. concerned, We need hut instance
the transactions With our government bonds
which are stu grecn In the memory OF ~ all
which were doubled fous or tye times slmplj
because Mama requested II.
No one will deny but that France aud Ger
many ntc governed bT statesmen. Thcs,
governments have fostrFcd the sugar indus
Try 10 the extent Of paying n bounty unit,
their exported sugar can BE- sold cheaper N
this country than 10 their own people. |,
comeA 10 rs alAo, based upon both cheap
labor aud capital, Before Congress onsrnt
10 relieve the burdens on uhi.ky. tobacco
cigars and beer, and the large iist Of import
ed Injuries. which only the nbfofbera OF Tho
wealth OF the producers can Afford 10 pur
ehasc; nj the expense Of striking down what
In a lew year, under wi,e legislation would
become the ptlnclpAl Industry Of the country
II might be well TO consult the wishes ~ III,
people IN this tcgati-especlni IN the farm
Ing sections which would b. benefited by
market for furar hceis aud Other crops, AM
diatrlcts ms produce eoii, aud ilnc stone
manufacture barrels, machinery, boot, shoes
cotton and ~ooion goods. clothing nni farm
implements. and IN ihc, nearly cyety MANN
featured product, all u which would Had
greatly Increased inarko, wherever sugar fac
tories arc located.
Secretary Blaine urgni tho importance II
this Industry To secure reciprocal trade rrla
tons With Spain ani the Central American
governments, by which many industries II
this country have prpncd largely. Mexico
Venezuela, Brazil nnd tuhn nil opened wid,
their ports Ia tho admission 81 American
| nIllnaIa which AlImnlnIrI the tni.ar lnlI.Ifi