Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-12

Thirty-Seven Speeches Have Been Pre-
pared.
MR.. BRoUssARD OPENS TODAY
Opposes the Measure in Behalf OF
Sugar Interests and Styles 1t An
other ''Dispensation of Charity"

When the House met today II refused its
unanimous consent to close general debate
on the Philippine tariff bill at noon Mon
day. coupled with the extension of the ses-
sion tomorrow and Monday by beginning at
IL instead of II CLOCK. 1t was stated there
are twenty-five speeches to be made for and
twelve against the bill.
After the objection, Mr.. Payne gave notice
that he should demand a vote on the Ques-
ton of closing debate as soon as the House
meets Monday.
Later another and successful effort was
made by Mr.. Payne, whereby the House
agreed to close general debate on the bill
Monday at O'Clock. and that the sessions
tomorrow and Monday shall begin at IL in
stead OF u o'clock.
Mr.. Broussard Ga.), opposing the bill,
was the first speaker. He figured the Phil
ippine treasury would receive $S.64 on every
ton of sugar shipped from those islands to
the United States under the bill: that the
shipper would make profit because of the
tariff concession of S10.50. With this stu
alton. the Filipinos could well afford to ship
their entire product and buy sugar for their
own use from Java. or other sugar coun-
tries
Mr. Broussard asserted with great empha-
sis that to reduce the tariff on raw sugar,
as contemplated in the bill, would benefit
the sugar trust more than any one else,
simply by providing 1t with raw material at
less cost.
The present "dispensation OF charity he
said, was the fourth of the same kind, and
all at the expense of the sugar industry of
this country. The Porto Rican reduction
was the first. Cuba the second. the % per
cent reduction for the Philippines the third,
and now the rs per cent reduction is pro-
posed. He concluded with the prediction
that under her treaty relations Cuba would
come next and demand the same concession
that is being granted the Philippines.
Mr.. Brooks in Opposition.
Asserting that the beet sugar industry
was the essential factor in the success of
the irrigation projects Of the west, Mr..
Brooks (Col) characterized as bad states
manship any move to cripple it. II let
alone, in ten years the sugar beet would
furnish half the sugar consumed in the
country. In six years the industry in Colo
RADIO had increased her production to S5-
600 tons annually with q value of 81, 750, eco.
Mr.. Brooks provoked good-natured ap-
plause by applying to the iron and steel
industry of Pittsburg Mr.. DalzelPS argu-
ment addressed to the beet sugar industry:
You need no protection, what you need
Is improved methods ..s.at
The statement of Mr. Dalzeil that it
would cost "a. 10 hundred to lay Philip
pine sugar down in New York was dis
puted by Mr.. Brooks, who placed the figure
at 1856. The friends of the bill. she said,
claimed that under, 1t, 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 them
selves believed would come-from 100000 to
100000 tons. The Filipino laborer, who
would produce the sugar, Mr.. Brooks said,
wears for clothes a breech clout; he gets
his breakfast from a tree, his dinner from
the same tree and works for 10 cents day.
This is the labor that will be placed IN
competition with the American laborer."
Lamar Arraigns Republicans.
Mr.. Lamar CF1a) arraigned the repub-
lican party for departing from It's founda-
ton principle of protection 1t was, he
said, this protection that had built up the
tobacco industry of his state.
Mr.. Lamar denounced the democratic
position on the bill, If 1t stood for treating
the Fillpinos as American citizens.