The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-10-06
ALLISON ON SUGAR
Mastery Argument By the Bril-
liant Iowa Senator.
THE BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY
Election Rsturns From Connecticut
Hill Still Undecided About Accept
Ing That Nomination.

Upton. Iowa, Oct. AT the coun
~ convention today magnificent au
dience assembled to listen to Unite.
States Senator Allis on. L. H. Broth
lin, president, who introduced th
speaker, said Iowa would he proud t,
follow him as presidential candidat
two years hence. The senator re
sponded happily.
Senator Allison's speech was devoted
almost entirely to the sugar question
and the action Of congress thereupor
for the past tour years. Modern in
vention, he said, has in the last 2
years greatly lessened the cost of re-
timing sugar, ana as this cost has gradu
ally diminished. the protection Of re.
fined sugar has been reduced, until by
the act of 1890 all sugars not above II
Dutch standard in color were admitted
free, and all ref ned sugars and sugars
above 16 Dutch standard in color, be-
ing sugars not required to he refined
because of their purity, paid duty Of
half cent per pound, with an addi.
ticnai 0ne-tenth Of a cent per pound,
as against refined sugars coming from
countries that paid u bounty on sugar
exported, the practical effect of which
was to levy an additional One-tenth vi
cent per pound upon refined sugars
coming from Germany. as tina: was
the only country that practically gave
bounty upon all refined sugars.
Beet Sugar Industry.
The development Of the beet sugar
industry has been SO rapid within the
last few years that nearly three-fifths
of the worlds product of sugar is now
extracted from beets and little more
than two.tifths from sugar cane.
Under the law of 1890 great impetus
was given to the production OF cane
sugar in Louisiana and Texas and of
beet sugar in California and Nebraska,
and in 1893 Louisiana nearly doubled
her production. MIR. Allison then
quoted from President Cleveland;s let
ter OF July 20 last 10 Chairman Wilson
relative to the action of the house OIL
sugar, and then said that while the
democrats professed to be indignant at
the Presidents action, they passed
law which provides that the duty on
sugar which. though it inadequateIy
promotes the Industry, nevertheless it
levies tax equal to 81 per annum on
every man, woman and child in tue
United States.
We are left without adequate produc-
ton. but it must not be forgotten that
the republican party in the senate and
house voted against every provision
and every suggestion placing q duty
on sugar. The production of sugar in
Germany from beets this year will be
l, zoo. 600 tons. Can any one tell why
these beets should he 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 demon
strated that the soil Of Iowa, Ne
braska, Kansas, California and Oregon
is especially adapted to the growth of
beets; that more sugar per acre can be
produced here than in any part of Ger
many, aud yet, for theory, we destroy
this power Of production.
The beeis are taken from the soil and
at the factory to the point
of producing granulated sugar. These
processes can he seen at Grand Island
and Norfolk, in Nebraska. in Utah,
in California and in Louisians. In
this way small factories would be es-
tablished In the interior Of our coun-
try, making it impossible for com.
biDatlons to control prices.
Connecticut Election News.
New HAVEN, Oct 2-Returns from
100 towns In Connecticut show uu.
precedenled game for the republicans
In the town elections yesterday. Towns
that have not elected republican |
officers In years. went republican by !
\ thousand majority. In Waterbury |
the A. =. A. movement aroused the |
Catholics, who elected an entire school
DuarL of Catholics. In New Britain,
he no license vote Of one year ago Ia
reversed. The liquor question has
,+en under constant discussion during
,he year. In almost all the towns the
A. p. A. met with deien'. Meriden,
Norwich. Middletown aLu New Mil
ord, democratic formerly, wore cap
ured by the republicans. New Lon.
Ion elected a democratic mayor, who
displaced republican,. The repub-
leans, however, captured all the other
'ffices.