The herald., 1894-10-03
ALLISON ON THE STUMP.
The Sugar Question Discussed by tn,
Iowa Senator.

The Sugar Question Discussed by the
Iowa Senator.
TIPTeN, Ia., Oct. 2.-At the county
convention today magnificent audience
assembled to listen to United States
Senator Allison. L. H. Brotherlin,
president, introduced the speaker, and
said Iowa would be proud to follow him
az presidential candidate two years
hence. The senator responded hap.
PLY.
Senator Allison's speech was devoted
almost entirely to the silver question
and the action OF congress thereupon for
the past four years. Modern invention,
he said, has in the last 20 years greatly
lessened the cost OF refining sugar, and
the cost has gradually diminished; the
protection on refined eugar has been re-
duced until, by the act of 1890, all su-
gars not above 16 Dutch standard in
color were admitted free of duty, and
all refined sugars and sugars above 10
Dutch standard in color, being sugars
not required to be refined because OF
their purity, paid q duty OF = cent per
pound, with an additional lilo Of a cent
per pound, as against the refined sugar
coming from countries that paid
bounty on sugars exported, the practical
effect of which wss to levy an additional
1-10 cent per pound upon refined sugars
coming from Germany, as that was the
only country that practically gave
bounty upon all refined sugars.
The development of the beet sugar
industry has been so rapid within the
last few years that nearly three-tifths of
the worlds product of sugar is now ex-
tractsd from the beet, and a little more
than two-fiiths from sugar cane. I'm
der the law of 1890 q great impetus was
given to the production of cane sugar in
Louisiana and Texas and of beet sugar
in California and Nebraska, and in 1892
Louisiana nearly doubled her produc-
tion.
Mr.. Allison then quoted from Prssi-
dent Cleveland'H letter OF July I'd. last,
to Chairman Wilson relative to the ao-
tion of the house on sugar, and then
said that while the Democrats professed
to be indignant OF the presidents action.
they passed Q law which provides q
duty on sugar which, though 1t inade-
theless levies tax equal to 81 per an
mum upon every man, woman and child
In the United States.
I'VE are left without adequate pro-
teotion," consinued Allison, but it
must not be forgotten that the Republi-
can party in the senate and house voted
against every provision and every sug-
gestion placing duty on sugar. The
production of sugar In Germany from
beets this year will be 1,700, 600 tons.
Can any one tell why these bssts should
be grown there rather than here and
transported to New York and from
thence into the great agricultural states
OF the west for consumption 1t has
been demonstrated that the coil of Iowa,
Nebraska, Kansas, California and Ore
gon is especially adapted to the growth
of the beet; that more sugar per acre
can be produced here than In any part
OF Germany, and yet, for theory, we
destroy this power of production.
"The beets are taken from the soil and
manipulated at the factory to the point
of producing grsnulated sugar. These
processes can be eeen at Grand Island
Snd Norfolk in Nebraska, in Utah, in
California and in Louisiana. In this
way small factories would be estab-
lished in the interior OF our country,
making it impossible for great combina.
tions to control the processD