Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-01
Democratic Tariff for Revenue Plan
Would Destroy United States
Sugar Industry.

petition with trust controlled products
should be placed upon the free list, g
and the sugar %rrtinrrs OF III" United
states are among the first group OF
business men named by Democratic an
thoriticS when they ~enuineratc The
great trusts Of the land. Therefore.
according TO their platform and Mr..
Bryan says In his speech Of accept
ancc that n platform IL binding upon
Il candidate and that It's pledges must
he carried ont sugar would be- one Of
the first articles put upon the ire" list.
That the effect Of admitting sugar
from all parts of the world fire." Of
duty would Il" the destruction Of tho
beet sugar Industry In the nitcd
States cannot ID" doubted. The average
cost per pound Of sugar in ID" country
from which We import that article has
steadily fallen from between . and t.
cents per pound in ia" scvenii"5 to loss
than = cents per pound In l1UI, 1909
and 1904 md In view nlSp Of 'h"
steady reduction In freight rates GA
the ocean, il yu'3 without say ing that
ia" admission Of foreign sugtr free Of
duty would pat tho beet SuGrr proIu'rr
Of the United States out OF business.
D~cnorrncy DI,rcg-rds intor.
'hcaphrss has been. and a. the sole
cry Of the Democratic party IN IT,
lHrin theory. II thinks nothing, up
p,t r,ttIt ar tl4. AS, rtit,, ftu ,Ir tI ,.,l..p
ia the United States, Whether agriru!
iural labor or o;!icrWl Use. IT." N"kin
ley tariff act authorized III" payment
Of n bounty on sugar prodn'od in the
nitcd states and admitted machinery
for manufacturing beet sugar fire." Of
duty. Prior to 1890, the scar Of the
enactment OF that law. a." beet sugar
production OF tho country ill never
reached 1000 tons. IN the very newt
year. 1901 1892, II hnlo,mtrd 10 over
1000 tons IN 1872 1893. 70 l2.OC0. and
in 1891 1889 to 10000 tons.
When tho Democratic party came"
into control IN the whit" iIou'" and
Congress II promptly repealed IA" Law
which gave n bounty on lDu" trown
tDlgIr. Fortunately, that ministry had
attained sufficient strength +, b" ubIr T."
maintain itself during H." .'.r than
three years IN which IL" Democratic
tariff vas IN force. ana when 'ir re
pub can party again cnuI" .a'p I.r''r
#ud established n protective 'u,U a.
beet sugar industry again showed iaplI
rHiuE, the production % beet sugar
Jumping from over $4,000 tup5 in l>JG
1874, the year Of III" enactment "f the
Dir%lry Law. Ia I|u"n ton m lNr
300. lJI,uJu toms ~ no iJtt. -,tUyu
tons In 1900 1906, and ar 'gp tou, III
1906 1901.
Thus under th" st'mulus gwen by Tho
Mckinley act in Il bounty on beet agar
aud the IRE" importation of machinery
for lis promotion, followed l} the pr"
lection granted under IL" Dinghy act.
The beet sugar product Of ID" country
has grown from 1000 tone per annlm
10 I5".UoO tons, and lts vain" from a
few Thousand dollars To- D"iw""n forty
and iifty million dollars 4 year ll"
area IN which H. Is nov s'lrr'a sally
produced stretches from Now i"rk to
California aud the section west IT The
Mississippi 10 day actually produces
NOR" sugar than II consumes, and ca
TREY from brcts.
I'll" United states is the worlds
greatest consumer Of sugar II con
Sum"S between six and seven billion
pounds ~ sugar per gear, an rr"rar"
Of over - pounds per c,pIla -" that
il may be truthinlIy sad HAT III" aver
ag" Individual In the uttnI states
consumes more than one hp'i his own
weight Of sugar every year. IiIig "Ior
nous quantity Of sugar cl'ls at r"lalI
quitting the average prize" ut only >
cents per pomndJ S33IurOou n y'l".
and with the rapid grD"lI IN p"pIla
ton and consumption Of sugar, II mL,
b" safely said that the value ~ sugar
during the next decade, N,'rIr" more
than Il million dollars a dag, and even
more than that ms fhr year" proceed
aud the population grows.
Hriaht Eutur" for Iadnstry.
t1n our farmers prOluCc all the
sugar for which olr consumers are
now paying and VIII doubtless continue
to pay In the tuiUr" an average ol -
million dollars n day? Yes.
What class Of sugar p%roduc"rs vilI
supply this rnorlnonS denHndf C0"arl,
and unqucstl"nabl,, the sugar beet
growers.
why The answer IL found in ,hc
following figures The cnno p.g,r pro
duction Of III" | ujlrd States has during
the last dc"nd" fallen from 3lGUfO tons
In 1878 to "IGroO tous IA 1907
while beet sugar production. with IT,"
snmr degree Of protection given To- can,
sugar, has grown from $4,000 tons In
1898 to 4"2,OOO tons ia 1906 1907,
IIn.a nnyI,.Iy ulpI S,.,I.