Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-13
The BEET SUGAR
INDUSTRY MENACED
Mr. Howell Declares Enactment
OF Philippine Bill Into Law
Would Destroy II.
QUESTION DEBATED IN HOUSE.
,,,caIl of Massachusetts Sees No Diff
ference Between Tree Trade With
Islands and Rest OF the World.

washington, Jan. i2.-lnterest was
Injected into the Philippine tariff de-
nate in the house Of representatives. to-
1ov nv "a Massachusetts, idea tariff
oxpresson by Mr.. Mccall of that state;
no a character study OF the Filipino by
Mr. Longworth OF Ohio, and by a de-
,.,ss NJ President Roosevelt by Mr.. Pou,
MEMORIAL from North Carolina. Be-
,,des these. there were u number of
sneeches. delivered on the merits OF
tho bill. nearly all OF which were in OPP
nositlon to the measure.
During the day agreement was reach
"a whereby the debate is to continue
tor two days more. The house is to
meet at II o'clock tomorrow and Mon
day and 70 close general debate az 5
o'clock on the latter day. The meas
ure will be taken up for amendment
nader the five minute rule Tuesday ana
DOUBTLESS disposed OF on that DAY.
Mr. Brooks of Colorado declared the
beat sugar industry the essential factor
IN the success OF the vast irrigation pro-
laeU was sounded IN the passage Of
the pending measure.
Nh. Lamar of Florida said the bill
was in the interest Of the tobacco
rust" and meant the breaking down
NJ the Chinese exclusion act, so far as
cigar manufacturing is concerned.
Mr. Howell Of Utah, and Mr., clark
NJ Florida both opposed the bill. MI.
Crumpaoker OF Indiana favored II, and
Mr.. French OF Idaho closed the discus
sion for the day against II,
Mr.. Broussard (La) opened debate
on the Philippine bill today. He lig-
ured the Philippine treasury would re-
csiye 1854 on every ton of sugar ship
ned from those Islands to the United
states under the bill; that the shipper
would make a profit because OF the
tariff concessions Of $1,000. With this
situation, the Philippines could buy
sugar for their own use from Java or
other sugar countries.
Mr.. Br0ussard asserted with great
emphasis that 10 reduce the tariff on
raw sugar as contemplated in the bill,
would benefit the sugar trust" more
than any one else. simply by providing
It with raw material at less than cost.
Asserting that the beet slN4r indus
lrN Was lilt tsSfIilil Ahtlht W Allt SUI
ress Of the irrigation projects Of the
west Mr.. Brooks OF Colorado charac-
lerized as bad craftsmanship any move
to cripple It. If let alone, in 10 years
the sugar beet would furnish half the
sugar consumed In the country. In six
years ne Industry in Colorado has in
creased her production TO $4,000 tons
annually with value of. si,750000.
Mr.. Brooks provoked good-natured
applause by applying Mr.. Dalzers ar
gument, addressed to the beet sugar
Industry: You need no protection:
whas you need IS improved methods"
to the iron and steel industry OF Pitts
burg.
The statement of Mr.. Dalzel that 1t
would cost S4.l3 a hundred to lay Phil
lppine sugar down In New York was
disputed by Mr. Brooks. who placed the
figure az $685., The friends OF the
BILL he said, claimed that under it but
100000 tons Of Philippine sugar would
come here Beet sugar men were not
afraid Of that amount but were afraid
Of The amount they themselves believed
wdnld come, from 100000 to 1000 900
Ions
The Filipino lnborer who would pro-
duce the sugar. NJ. Brooks said, wears
for clothes a breech clout; he gets his
breakfast from a tree, his dinner from
The same tree. and works for Is cents
day This Is the laborer that will be
Placed In competition with the Ameri-
can labOrer.
Mr. Lamar VI Florida asserted that
on effeotual repeal of the Chinese ex-
custom act would be accomplished so
iar as the tobacco Industry is con-
,erned by the passage OF the bill. This.
ne sad, would benefit only the Amerl-
can tobacco company,
opposition was made 10 the bill by
Ar Howell Of Utah. on the ground that
was not only a menace, but threat
tned me very existence Of the beet
sugar industry. He reviewed the in
yepuon OF the beet sugar industry al
when time the Republican party vot-
W bounty Of cents pound to en-
soulase H. Now that party he said,
was about TO destroy It.
bnef speech against the bill was
m,"uc ny Mr., McCall of Massachusetts
mI Mccall said from tariff stand
Eal ne saw no difference to this
p,m,iug between free trade with the
thn''pllnes and any other country I'm
= AS 70 The tariff Mr., Mccall announced
~ "4s IN favor Of a judlcious revision
n. VISITING schedules Now there was,
,,,i slu' a popular Sc, tment that the
49,, schedules arranged nine wears
,s, uda grown Inadequate TO the hest
'"'V'esls' lie predicted that New YORK