The morning call., 1894-09-09

VIII be sent u the next Congress from
Louisiana and that the Republican Presi-
Dental electors may be chosen two years
from now. This movement is no more
than might have been expected. The
Democratic Congress has dealt shame
fully with the great interest of Louisiana
after repeatedly promising to sustain It.
The party has received strong and con-
sistent support from the State for many
years and the first time 1t secures com plete
control of the Government it proceeds to
inflict upon Louisiana the hardest blow
she was ever given by legislation. We
have not only been unfairly dealt with,
but have been deceived-in a word, bun
koed.
I'VE were promised, back in the Pres
idential campaign, that the sugar in-
dustry should not be crippled by changes
in the tariff. Then, when the tariff was TO
be amended in the Senate, there was de-
finite promise that the bounty should be
continued for this year. The crops this
year were started on that understanding
and investments have been made on this
basis. Yet the party TO which the State
has given its undivided support has enacted
bill that will drive many Of It's prosper
Gus business men to bankruptcy.
THE Republican party, on the other
hand. has enacted the legislation under
which the sugar industry has prospered.
The Republicans in this Congress have
voted for the sugar bounty on all occa-
sions and, think. have done 80 consist
emily. So have the Louisiana Democrats
for that matter. Now Congress holds
further menace over our heads in the form
OF threat 10 put sugar on the free list at
the next session. No other industry has
been treated in this way"
How far is the new organization ex-
pected to 90 ?"
1T may make Republican nominations
for this fall, but the gentlemen who have
started the movement only suggest CO.
operation with the Republicans on nation
al issues and do not propose State ticket
or local ticket"
When asked to state his personsl
opinion he said: 81 would not dyise our
people 10 go into tne Republican party.
They would do better to make nominations
for Congress on the Democratic ticket.
with the understanding that their repre-
sentatiyes should act independenllv
wherever they can serve the interests of
their Stale best by doing So"
Secretary Carlisle is expected on Mon
day 10 render decision on the claims for
sugar bounties unpaid prior to August o.
1894, when the new tariff bill became a
law. The amount involved is about S26o
OO0. TIE Secretary will hold that under
the law he is not only uns uthorized 10
make these payments, but is specially in
strueted under the new tariff act not to
pay them. Sugar-producers contend that
Congress had no right and did not intend
TO prohibit the payment OF bounties on
sugar produced while the act of 1890 was
IN force. and the licenses issued under the
act are in the nature OF contracts and
carry wlthsthem an obligation that the
Government will pay the bounties proyid-
ed for. These licenses expire annually on
June 80.
Tue records of the Treasury Depa-t-
ment shows that during the fiscal wear
ended June so, 1894, the payment, as
bounty on sugar aggregated $12, ,0e9. 500. of
which amount S11,l14.29O was Oh cane
sugar, SS52, ia was on beet sugar. ST.. .312
on sorghum and $116,2l1 on maple. OF the
bounty on cane sugar, $40, ,6sS, sos was paid
TO producers 10 the State of Louisiana.
The records also show that the $1f. ia. go
bounty In cane sugar was paid 70 57S pro-
ducers. which makes an average of
sl9,l95 Go to each producer. The amount