Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-17


production OF sugar beet. have eafefui-
I d. Investigated the soils and climate OF
I Texas Kansas. Nebraska and Caiiior-
MIA Their conclusions we're that ahe
high rolling black prairie lands OF
those states will produce the sugar beet
superior In guilty and quantity to those
. OF France and Germany These par
Z hes made experiments with the Ameri-
can sugar bee. and obtained from
10 per cent more saccharine matter
than Is furnished by the Gernsn OF
French beet In 1885 there were piu-
duced In the United States only 500
tons Of beet sugar. In 1928, under the
stimulus Of the bounty. the product
hGd Increased TO 25.pg1 tons.
one OF the great objects Of the Repub-
Z lIcan party IS by legislation to foster
: conditions that VIII tend 10 cheaper
The necessaries OF life to the people.
and at the same time 70 do no injury
I 10 domestic industries The sugar scned-
ule Of the Mckinley bill was framed
upon this idea. BY It's provisions su-
gar was put on the free list, and in
order 10 encourage our home produe-
ton, the government paid the Ameri-
can sugar producers a bounty OF two
cents per pound. The result was the
+ output % both cane and beet sugar IN
This country increased from LIB In 1880
20 lilo In 1893. True, mis- bounty sys-
TEN cost the government about Sll,o91,-
coo annually but sugar was cheapened
I to the consumer from and 10 cents per
pound 10 4 and 5 cents. Through this
reduction in sugar, the people saved
about S5f,QQD,QJg annually. Democrats
charged that this Ia wrong in principle,
and they removed the bounty, and tarliI
taxed the sugar we import 40 per cent.
SIR. Wilson, chairman OF the ways and
means committee. and one OF the faith
~ HMaH
VIII return the government revenue
OF SiJ.VJ0Q00 annually. So they make
the people pay this tax OF SO, 900 900 10
relieve them from the burdens VI SILL
10000 bounty
The iniquity Of this does not end
I heie. Urder q treaty made Witl the
/ saudN, 81 Islands years as3, ami mIll
I IN {. rec the sIgar imported II im t..at
country enters our ports free OF duty.
I Ar spreckies VI san Francisco and one
I or tWp others cwn and cCnuOl about
I AL 'Ec stEar produced on these Islands.
| by thus isr-reachIng Democratic STATES
/ manshlL these favored parties viii
I PROFIT 90 the extent OF about 100000
annually at the expense VI the Ameri-
/ can people. Tie Havemeyers and
sugar trusts also pr1nt largely while
! We pay the bins. Thus we ind that
/ when the sum total is uscertalnsd the
.
/ legislation about sol. y0y,JJJ annually.
/ However We should not blame tneln
too much for this, When Democracy
set Oh; on lts Wild hunt Tor tarlu Te-
f FORM the Proposition was 10 relieve
the farmer Of the oppression oil E4puD-
Z Icau tuAuOn. To dO this they reduced
I toe TAIN On Havana cigars and opium
I Tor smoking, French Draudlcs ana nue
/ wines, lacas and emDrolderles. ustricn
d 10. EaI#
I pearl Buttons. cue glass and CAlndware,
/ palnurS and stdtuAry. !ewelry, silks.
Nslvcts ana hue carpets. In addition
Z 70 the relief the poor VIII experience
" reason OF the reduction OF tari1
I on tile above articles many Of the
] necess2IieG Of lie nave been put upon
the Tree list. The poor man may be
l out Of work. with no money to buy
| bread. but the Democrats have pro-
vlced fer this emergency by putting
ac0rns, bros eggl ana roofs on the
iree list Fiye-cent cotton may not
| furnish the money to buy his wife a
neW dress. but IL Will be comforting
70 her TO know that fashion plates are
irea. TIE masses are no longer OPP
pressed by the robbgr tax on fish bait,
| turtles, leeches and snalls, and the
prices OF UoneE, skeletons and bladders
nave bcan greatly cheapened for the
more taxes on such necessarles as
woods, sand and moss, and musk. loss
sticks, spunh and old junk are now
1 placed within easy reach OF the toiling
MASSES.
The tarin on the above articles was
! grinding The faces OF the farmers Into
| the very dust " oppression. In order
/ 10 reouce the eNorbitant taxes ON these
! nectasdrles Of life the poor mans sugar
I mad 10 be taxed 30 per cent. The IN
come lecture of tine bill caused great
dlssension Ia Democratic ranks. As
| very rev OF W are troubled with an
[ income OF over $1,000, tAut Item has
1 worried US very little. However, Re
/ pubheGns cannot help remarldng that
there Is not one word In the Clicago
PlaIefm concerning an income tax.
1 NO Democratic platform has ever COM
! A4ned one word on that subject, ex-
espt severe deuunciatlon OF Republicans
Tor 'EnNlng levied an income tax as a
| war measure The Popullsts have a
! very Nlgorous demand for an income
tax IN their platform, and 1t has been
| suggested that the Democrats stole il
TO give the finishing touch TO their
SoIlllhn- Nilson tariff reform bill.
The Democratic campaign TINS far
Is one OF apology for their failures and
plunders rather than defense Of their
aSh!eVtments. Mr., Wilson. the leader
OF We pemocfatic majority In the
mouse, seems to be the only one who
eNults over the measure. He has re-.
eeutly been junketing with Tie free
traders OF England. In "a speech deIIv-
cred at a banquet rendered MIN in 7 on
don' he said; Our PROBATIONARY have
oeen building deienses to keep Won
"hd othcs nations from competing Win
US IN our home markets The tarlff re-
formers Rave been breaking down these
ueienses' Sir Albert Rollitt in renIv
TO TINS sentiment, said that Mir. VII
son name should become honored nrd
familiar ia England and that Iondon
III hnnoIlag him honored herself No
said that the new tariff law. whila i,
might not have realized the asniratio1s
o. US rromoters, had already benetited
hhgland; that furnaces had been onen-
Gu IN Yorkshire and Wales ana n !, IN
petns had been given textile indnstrias
MT Cleveland says the war rs On M
vi tarif reform has been accompIisbad
90 we are given to understand maj IT,
IS ths PURPOSE Of the Democratic mart,
20 pfehk down every barrier on nrotec
Nlpn TO GU Industries m. 4,