The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1902-04-19

mlttee. You recOllect they tailed
in the second meeting, and that
there were rumors of a call to the
White House to confer with the
President on this subject, and then
the Sugar Trust sent it's agents over
here, and then another conference
was held, a fourth conference was
held, and it was only after fourth
conference that they were enabled
to compel the Republican recalcl-
trants to vote on it and report this
measure without the assistance Of
the Democratic members, who
seemed to be eager 10 report this
bill to the House.
"You all remember that at ali Of
these conferences one by one the
opponents of this measure on the
Republican side of the floor joined
the forces of the leadership on this
side. You all recall that sfter the
bill was reported there was some
doubt as to whether a rule should
be applied in order to compel or
to prevent amendments along the
proper lines Of tariff reform. You
remember the discussions, whether
the rule should be brought and
whether they chou d not exclude,
as they did under the bill for the
reduction of the war revenue tax,
every amendment that might be
suggested.
/ "The gentlemen say that this bill
Is in line with tariff reform. /
deny that. deny 1t most emphat-
really, and the facts are so plain
upon that proposition that the
wonder to me is how gentlemen can
be 80 ingenious as to present an
argument on the other side of the
question. Will this bill reduce
l maintain, first, that tariff reform
must be upon the lines of giving
cheaper goods to the American
people than they are compelled tc
: pay for them to-day. Is there any
gentlemen who contends on this
floor that this measure will give te
the American sugar consumer &
cheaper article than he is getting
to dag? Not one. The gentleman
on the other side who made the frs
speech In behalf of this bill Mr.
Payne) said that 1t would not etfec
the price Of sugar to the consumer
The gentleman from New YoIl
} (Mr. Mcclellan, who on this side
has led the fight in behalf of thl
! bill has admitted 1t would not re
e duce the price of sugar.
"Do gentlemen believe that W
: can make the people of this countr
believe that by voting tor cut Il
g the tariff that gives them no benefi
at all, that does not reduce tn
y price of the article cut at all, tina
} that ia q measure along the lines Q
: genuine tariff reform? Do they be
lieve they can go to their COZ
y stituents and say, 4 have cut ,h
tariff twenty per cent on sugar, an
= expect the people of their district
. will be go 1ull as to not understan
3 that when they go to the grocer
; store they will have to pay th
same price for the sugar that the
e paid before the cut came?
le 'sThen the question resolves itse
= into this: VINO Is to get the advan
y age of this cut? Some one will b
:. nefit by it. gentlemen on one sit
y say the Cuban planter will get. de
~ tlemen on the other eide say Il
- trust will get 1T. But all gentleme
agree that the consumer will n
q get the benefit of 1t. Which sha
d 1t be- Will the planter get Il
II benefit Of the cut that you purpo
g IN this bill, or will the sugar Tru
p. get it?
Il 1--WE in New Orleans, we IN n
- district, producing sugar, are co,
OF pelled by the Sugar Trust-held
60 by 1t every year our crop comes
ne the market-to accept just what I
OF Sugar Trast will ray u. We a
as told that we will be given for o
~ sugar three slxteenths Of cent Il
be than the Cuban producer gets
on the New York market, aud We q
es- compelled to take II. We are co
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