The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-07-19
HAVEMEYER'S BLAST.
TOPULlSTtC OUTBREAK BY THE SuG-
AR KING.


tory Tariff Rate For His Own Mo-
nopoIy, lie Dcnounccs Protection
ns the "Mother of Trusts"
The remarkable assault upon the pro
President Havcmeyer of the sugar
trust in his testimony before the indus
trial commJssion, attracted some atten-
ton among friends Of the policy of |
protection ut Washington Without |
exception Tie comment among the few
public men who remain ut the capital
during the heated term was that MIR.
HaVcmeycr would have great difficulty
in convincing the public that he is right
In asserting that protection fostercd
trusts and that the free trade shoutcrs
would find considerable trouble in max
ing profitable use of the sugar trust
presidents yitupcratlye remarks as n
part Of the antiprotection campaign lit
eraturc for the next presidential con
test
Protcctlonlsts in Washington, ms else
where throughout the country, have
been able TO see through the thin veil
which llavcmcycr supposed would hide
his real motives In assaiing the pro
tectlve system He feels that the Re
publican supporters of the protective
policy are not going into II defense of
trusts which monopolizc any field of
m lnn On In f,ap N,
sistance from protectonlsts In uphold
Ing his peculiar kind of trust. More
over, II is perfectly apparent that
the anlmns Of llayemeyer's attack
upon protection is the rage he feels be
cause the protectionists have given en-
couragemcnt to the production of sugar
In this country by customs duties
levied upon raw sugar This fact,
coupled with the admitted attitude of
the trust president In hostility toward
the protective system, except To the eX-
tent that II has been effective In bene-
fitting In some degree the general bust
ness of sugar refining. explains very
clearly why IIavemeyer tells the world
that 10 per cent of protective duties
are sufficient In any and all eases.
Among the few protection senators
In the city ut present Is senator
Thomas IL Carter of Montana. In re-
Spouse To request by The American
Economist correspondent for an cX-
preston on the llavemeyer outburst,
Senator Garter said:
Eyes. | observe that MIR ilaNcmeyer
the commanding genius of the Ameri-
can sugar trust. declares himself OPP
posed to the protective tariff. In so
doing he discloscs n spirit of patriot
ism and philanthropy very credtable
| ana emineutly worthy of the source.
In his testimony he declared. In sub
stance. before the Industrial commits
sion, that the protective tariff WIS the
foster mother of the trust; That II
really assisted In creating aud main
! talning the whole family Of trusts, re-.
| gardless of their special fields of opera
| ton In view Of this statement, how
truly touching and pathetic II Is To OBJ
serve the heroic attitude Of Mr. Have
meyer when he announces opposition
to the protective system. He manifest
~ desires the unWary to believe TINT
he earnestly seeks the destruction Of
his Own property In the sugar trust by
having the protective tariff destroyed
| have no doubt that Mr.. Ilnvcmcycr
IL opposed to the protective tariff sys-
tenn but his opposition does not arise
from the belief In his mind TINT protec-
tlon To American labor and American
Industries constitutes the yitnlizing
force behind the sugar trust. II he be-
lieved that system WIS necessary or
useful In the operation of the sugar
trust he would undoubtedly defend It's
continuance instead of counselng Its
repeal.
The fact Is the protective tariff sys
tenn has for It's underlying purpose the
creation of diversified industries
throughout the entire country. In the
execution of this purpose. the Dlngley
tariff law, against which Mr.. Have
meyer prOnounCcs SO strongly, contcm-
plated by It's provisions the develop
mcnt of the beet sugar industry In the
United States, and the sugar schedule
was arranged with special view to
the accomplishment of that end. The
appointed The beet sugar Industry
has been steadily growing, and 1t Is
against the continuance OF this growth
that Mr.. liavemeyer directs his Opposi-
tlon
The American sugar trust can de
stroy any single aggregation OF capital
invested in II competing business at
ut inf, ittt in Ia fry Nv
selling sugar below cost within the
legitimate limits of its competitors
market. With the small beet sugar
manufactures scattered all over the
country the trust cannot compete with
the same advantage. because II would
be compelled by virtue Of the widely
scattered competition to reduce the
price Of sugar everywhere below the
cost Of production. While Mr.. Have.
meyer could destroy one competitor at
one place he finds 1t impossible TO de
strOy 80 or 100 competitors at 80 or
100 different places. The beet sugar
manufactures viii inevitably command
the sugar market of this county In
due course Of time. Mr. ilayemcyer
understands this very well, and II Is
but natural that he should direct his
opposition Ia the protective tariff sys-
tenn, under which the beet sugar nanu
factories are being constructed and op
Grated so successfully. The position OF
his large sugar company Is not dlssiml
lar from the position Of one Of the lar
gcst snakes Of the tropics
at Is said that the large reptiles do
not fear any OF the animals OF the
country. being able TO strange the
stoutcst Of them to death but have
mortal dread Of the red ants. because.
whenever an abrasion occurs to the
thln Of the snake, these small, Indus
,rOus insects begin to operate upon
the body OF the reptile and finally de-
stroy its life"
One Of the leading friends of the pro
lection cause here said:
at is AN interesting situation In