The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1908-09-26
Bonynge Exposes
"Honest John
sHAFRoTH AND HIS PARTY WOULD
DESTROY BEET SUGAR
INDUSTRY.
What the Record Shows.

Ehafroth's record and the record OF his
party in opposing the protection Of the
beet sugar industry has created sen
sation in political circles: Mr.. Bon
ynge said:
"In the course OF Mr.. Shafroth's
speech, as reported, he called upon the
people OF Colorado to vote the Demo
cratic national ticket in order to Sc
cure protection for the sugar industry.
Surely a Democratic orator must as
sumo that the people of Colorado are
gullible and totally ignorant OF the
principles of the two leading politi
cal parties, as well as OF the actions
OF both parties on the sugar question,
when he makes a serious effort to con
vince the people that protection
which our Democratic friends invari-
ably denounce as robbery Is to be
secured for local industry through
the election Of Democratic national
ticket
Let US examine this question in the
light OF some indisputable facts and
consider the public records of the Re
publican and the Democratic parties
as well as of the Democratic nominee
for governor on this important sub
ject and then the people can deter
mine for themselves from which pc
litical party they are most likely to
obtain protection for our domestic
sugar industry. BY the Mckinley tar
III act OF October /. 1890. Republi-
can measure, section 231 provided a
bounty OF 2 cents per pound to the
proucers of sugar from beets grown
within the United States; by section
1877 OF the same act a tariff duty was
levied on sugar imported from foreign
countries and to encourage the build
ing of beet sugar factories in the
United States all beet sugar machin-
cry was admitted free of duty until
July l, 1892.
Republican Party Favors All Protec-
ton Needed.
THE Fffty-third Congress was Demo
cratic and the Democratic WilsonGor
man bill was enacted August 81, 1894,
which by section 1872 repealed the
bounty on sugar grown in the United
States. When the Republican national
convention met In 1896 1t said on the
sugar question: I'VE condemn the
present administration (referring to
the Cleveland administration under
which the Wilson German bill was
passed) for not keeping faith with the
sugar producers OF this country. The
Republican party favors such protec-
ton as will lead to the production on
American soil of all the sugar which
the American people use and for which
they pay other countries more than
100000, 900 annually
"As soon as William Mckinley was
inaugurated as President he called the
Congress in special session to enact
new tariff law, and as the result the
Dingley bill was passed, which. by its
provisions carried out the pledge in
the national Republican platform OF
1896 in regard to sugar
"Confessedly the provisions OF the
bill have had the desired effect. Even
Democrats in Colorado almost without
exception. admit that the protection af
forded by the Republican protective
tariff law. known as the Dingley bill.
encouraged and developed the beet
sugar industry. At the time the bill
was passed we had but six beet sugar
factories in the United States and pro-
duced annually only 10000 tons of
beet sugar. Now we have sixty four
factories and produce annually 100000
short tons Of sugar. 100000 tons of
which are raised in Colorado. This
marvellous result is admittedly due to
the Republican policy of protection &C
corded to the industry by the Republi-
can Dingley tariff bill.
Mr.. Shafroth was a member of Con-
gress at the time the bill was enacted.
We naturally have a right to expect
that he was one of its foremost advo-
Gates. now that he is so strongly op-
posed to any modification of it's sugar
schedule. Alas' and alack. The Con-
gressional Record. on page 557 of Vol
ume so, shows that when the roll was
called on this bill containing the sugar
schedule which has worked such won
representative sat in his seat and con-
tented himself by responding pres
ent" (page 557 Congressional Record,
Volume 80. part y, refusing either to
vote for or against the bill, and by