The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-09-20
TO DECEIVE THE PEOPLE.
How the Democrats Are Planning for ths
 Coming Contest.

How the Democrats Are Planning for the Coming Contest.
 In recent interview Congressman Grosyenor, of Ohio, who has taken the stump in the congressional campaign, speaks as follows upon the tactics of the democratic party:
 'There are increasing indications that the democratic congressional campaign committee intends to re- sune the campaign of deception of last year. The country storekeepers arc 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 crossroads 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 las it will be claimed) by the passage of the tariff bill, and it is expected that this practical appeal to the pockets of purchasers will add many votes to the democratic column.
 'The republican committee is obtain ing evidence of the intention of the democratic campaign committee to de- ceivc the voters in this way. Informa- tion 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 ad- vGnced very materially since August 2S, when the new law went into effect.
 "The democrats, however, intend to accomplish their purpose if it is within their power to do so. It is probable that within the next few days the scheme by which this misrepresenta- tion 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 German -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 democratic congress.
 Ut appears that in the month of July, 1894, the importation of beet, cane and other sugars not above No. 16 Dutch standard amounted to no less than 75S, ,153,6SS pounds, which was 46S, ,39S, 126 pounds in excess of the inn portation of the month of July, 1893, which was supposed to be equal to the ordinary demand of consumption. Of this immense increase about 427, 700, 900 pounds consisted of cane sugar, and the remainder of beet sugar. For the seven months ending July 31, 1894, the importations of beet, cane and other sugars admitted free of duty amounted to 3,373, ,S9S,O ,O9i pounds, which was 9s7, ,62s, ,349 pounds in excess of the importations in the correspond ing period of 1893, and only about 0,OOO, 900 less than years consump- tion.
 "This would seem to indicate that while democratic congress had been wrangling oTer 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 it's att tention to the beet sugar supply of Europe. When the bill of sale be- came law by the consent of Presi- dent 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, 1,30o, COG, 1000, or an amount equal to at least four months consumption. For every pound of this sugar American consum CTS will be compelled to pay an ad- vanced price for the benefit of the