River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-10-04
A CAMPAIGN OF DECEPTION.
How the Democrats Are Planning for the
Coming Contest.

How the Democrats Are Planning for the
Coming Contest.
In a recent interview Congressman
Grosvenor. of Ohio, who has taken the
stump Ia the congressional campaign,
speaks as follows upon the tactics of
the democratic party:
There are increasing indications
that the democratic congressional
committee intends To re-
sumo the campaign of deception of
last year. The country storekeepers
are to be made the medium through
which misleading information is to be
communicated to the voters. Money
is to be used to compensate the store
keepers for not increasing the price of
sugar. although the trust has already
marked up the price. In addition, the
latest proposition is a placard TO be
hung in all the cross roads stores in
the country, and especially in districts
where the margin of votes is narrow
one. This placard is to contain a list
of the articles upon which prices have
been reduced (as it will be claimed) by
the passage of the tariff bill, and il is
expected that this practical appeal to
the pockets of purchasers will add
many votes TO the democratic column
.'1he republican committee is obtain
ing evidence of the intention of the
democratic campaign committee to de-
ceive the voters in this way. Inforna-
ton has been received which points
positively TO efforts being made TO
keep down the price of sugar until
after the November elections. These
efforts have not been successful so far
as the retail price of sugar has adj
vanced very materially since August
%. when the new law went into effect
1.-The democrats, however. intend to
accomplish their purpose if it is within
their power to do SO. 1t is probable
that within the next few days the
scheme by which this misrepresenta-
ton of prices is to spread over the
country will be exposed.
THE summary of imports and ex-
ports for the month of July, which
has Just been published by the bureau
of statistics of the treasury depart
ment, discloses some interesting facts
in relation to the operations of the
sugar trust in anticipation of the en-
actment into law of the Gorman-Brice
bill of sale which will be especially
interesting to the consumers of sugar,
that necessary of life, who may be
called upon to pay higher price for
il on account of the legislation of
democratic congress.
at appears that in the month of
July, 1894, the importation of beet.
cane and other sugars not above No. 10
Dutch standard amounted to no less
than 75s, 1853, 6ss pounds, which was
46s, 39S. 1876 pounds in excess of the inn
portation of the month of July, 1898.
which was supposed TO be equal to the
ordinary demand of consumption. OF
this immense increase about 427, 200, 600
pounds consisted of cane sugar, and
the remainder of beet sugar. For the
seven months ending July 81, 1894,
the importations of beet, cane and
other sugars admitted free of duty
amounted to 1878. 39s. 094 pounds,
which was 9s7, 62s, $40 pounds in excess
of the importations in the correspond
ing period of 1898, and only about
500. 900, 900 less than years consump-
ton.
This would seem to indicate that
while democratic congress had been
wrangling o@er the terms of the bill
of sale the sugar trust had been ran
sacking the world for raw sugar, and
not finding enough cane sugar to sat
isfy its demands, had turned its at
tention to the beet sugar supply of
Europe. When the h | of sale be-
came law by the consent of Presi-
deut Cleveland, who had actually
given to the sugar trust ten days
grace in addition to all the other
favors bestowed upon it by himself
and his trusted adviser, the secretary
of the treasury, the supply of raw
sugar in the United States owned by
the sugar trust in excess of all legiti-
mate current demands for competition
have been nearly, if not quite, $780,
600, 900, or an amount equal to at least
four months consumption. For every
pound of this sugar American consum-
ers will be compelled to pay an adj
vaneed price for the benefit of the
trust