The Progress., 1894-03-31

course and be true to the trust re-
posed in me | cannot believe for Il
moment that any Eair-miudel farmer
of North Louisiana would have me
pursue any other course. LOuisIanH
has great Interests to conserve; Her
cotton interests in North Louisiana.
her sugar and rice interests in South
Louisiana. her river interests, her
timber interests, her commercial ia
teresta. The greatest city OF the
South is within her borders. All
these interests are within my keep
ing in part as United States Senator,
IN SO far as they are affected by
Congressional Legislation. Can Il
man hold the trust of the State as
Senator and refuse his efforts to con
serve and protect any one Of these
interests and remain true TO that
trust / think not
As Representative from the Fourth
district, | had Immediately and d.
rectly i'll my keeping only the inter
ests Of the people Of that district
The vote | held was theirs and
they wanted it cast For the best that
could be had from the Democratic
House it the way Of taritirefor III
measure. | SO cast It.
If the Wilson bill with sugar on
the free list were submitted to the
voters Of the Fourth district, | be-
iieye a majority Of the people, while
regretting that the sugar industry
would be dissstrously affected by it,
would vote for the bill rather than
run the risk Of failure of tariff re-
form. Believing this | cast the vote
of the Fourth district for the Wilson
bill ia the House.
But if the same bill under the
same circumstances were submitted
to the voters of the whole State, |
believe a large majority of the PEG
pie would vote against it. While as
Democrats they would want a tariff
reform bill passed, they would not
sanction by their votes one which
gave the incident Of protection,
springing from a tariff for revenue,
to other industries, but denied 1t to
theirs. Believing this, could [ as
Senator representing the people, con-
sistently cast their vote in the Sen
ate for such a measure? Is it posi-
bic that your conception of the Rep
resentatives duty leads you to q diff
ferent conclusion?
Does it nob strike you that repre-
senting the two hundred Thousand
people Of one district, with one SEN
timent and one interest is a different
thing from representing the one
million two hundred thousand peo-
pie Of the whole State with a diversi-
ty Of sentiment and variety of in-
terests? Is q man any less tariff
reformer because he insists that in 4
bill to raise revenue by taxes upon
imports from foreign countries, a
duty be placed on sugar? Ifso, then
all the great Democratic leaders Of
this and other epochs were at fault
for they all supported sugar tax
From the formation of the govern
ment down 70 the Mckinley act, a
duty was always levied upon sugar
imported from abroad The sugar
duty is a revenue duty. 1t pays
nine dollars into the Treasury in the
way Of revenue, where it pays one
dollar into the pocket Of the sugar
producer in the way of protection
1t is the ideal taxing article, produc-
ing the maximum of revenue with
the minimum of taxation.
The Democratic platform declares
for tariff for revenue. Therefore,
in advocating Il duty on sugar, / am
strictly within Democratic lines, and
there can be no doubt that the suga :
industry Of our State requires the
protection which results from a reyp-
hue duty on sugar. Four hundred
millions year are required to be
raised to support the government.
This money must be raised by some
form of taxation. The indirect
method of taxation resulting from
the )evying Of duties on imports from
abroad is the most satisfactory way