Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-05-27
WRANGLE
OVER SUGAR
SCHEDULE
LOUISIANA SENATORS
INSIST ON PROTECTION
Burrows Declares Reduction
of Duties Means DeathbIoW
to Hundred Million Dollar al
Year Beet Industry,


tBy Morning Journal specI.; yessea Wirs1
Washington d. c., May 26.-For
more than seven nours today the sen
ate discussed sugar as that subject is
involved in the pending tariff bill. Be
ginning with an effort by Senator Me
Emery, the Louisiana democratic pro
tectionists there were four SGT
speeches. Three supported the sugar
schedule as reported from the com
mittee on finance while the fourth
was a plea for material reductions.
Completing his speech of yesterday,
Senator McEncry made an earnes;
plea for stiff protection not only he
cause Of the necessity for such pol
| icy in the interest Of the revenue. but
because he declared such a course
would render the UnlteG states inde-
pendent of otner countries. He as
serted that there had been change
of sentiment in the south on the sub
| ject Of protection
| Senator burrows of Michigan and
Senator Smoot of Utah. both member
of the finance committee also spoke
in support of the committees action
| Senator Burrows asserted a reduc
ton Of duties would destroy the beet
| industry and thus render 1t necessary
to send S100,O0O,O00 year out of
the country for sugar.
| Mr. Bristow. the new senator from
Kansas, was the only advocate for d
reduced rate. He presented an amend
ment eliminating all reference to the
| Dutch standard in determining the
grade of sugar. Referring to the at
titude OF the so-called progressive
senators Mr. Bristow declared that in
stead of wanting TO destroy the suga
industry they were the best friends o.
that interest as theS ttore Of the uro
tective policy. Their desire, he said
was to prevent graft and greed on the
part of the trusts.
| Mr. McEnery declared that the so
called "poor mans sugar sought by
the late Senator James *, Jones ana
procured through the low sugar SEIZED
ule of the Mckinley tariff law was a
fraud as it contained 16is per cent of
water while the sugar produced in re
fineries Of Louisiana contained onN
two per cent Of water.
THAT Kind Of sugar disappeared
with the enactment or the Dingley
bin" he said in conclusion OF his re-
marks, "and il would again appear
with a lowering Of the standard and
Iunder lower duty on sugar
Mr.. Bristow followed He intro
duccd an amendment to strike out
the provision for "No. 16 Dutch stand
ard and to reduce duty ON refined
sugar from one and ninety-one hun
dredths to one and eighty-two ana
lbalf one hundrcdths Of one cent a
pound.
Illustrating his remarks by exhibit
ing bottles of sugar, Senator BfistoW
explained that according to his view
the removal of the Dutch standard
test would allow dark colored sugar
to come into this country and at once
go to consumers if they should desire
To have it without the refining or
whitening process.
"The only purpose of this color
test" he said, lis to force tn' peo-
nla to nav to the American Sugar Re
filming company 80 cents hundreo
pounds for refining that sugar.
The Dutch standard alone win lls
attendant tax" he said, nov pre-
vents the importation of cheap brown
sugar" ...... ..,
~ cannot as a United states SEN
; ator. say to the American citizch th'l
he cannot buy cheap brown sugar
If he wants TO-" declared Mr. BrlstoW
"-ro do so would be "A tyranny that the
American citizens will not stand.
MIR smith CMichigan) insisted that
the beet sugar grower needs ehctu'
arement and that anything threateh-
ing 10 reduce the price of sugar beets
would destroy the industry.
rondemping the fraudulent prac-
tices Of the sugar trust IN the evasion
Of duties Senator Burrows delcnded
IN. suear interests of Michigan lie
maintained that within the Ohlieu
states alone more sugar could he Pr
; duced from bcets than is now heeu-"
/ by the entire world.
The sugar trust IN order To lhJuI' q
, tho beet suga grower needs ehcour-
The report among senator's. ne salc'
J tbat it is in league with that indus-
: trv AIr Burrows presented conhnN-
/ nications from AN the beet sugar tac-
4 tories in Michigan denying thar the
D sugar trust had any interest In any
Of them. ..
Mr. smoot asserted than the proper
tlon Of interest of tho sugar lrusi ID
the beet sugar industry was loss tlan
thirty per cent Hc proposed. h' saiu'
to show that neither the dictatorship
: nor the profits Of the trust We're Is
enormous as had been claimed ~
loroted the prices of sugar for the pa
nine years 10 show that under the
Dinsiev law they had been reduced
Tho best way. he said. to further re-
\ ducs the price was to encourage IA,
! bullding Of bet sugar factories ana
a The production Of sugar in this coun-
n try ..,.,,
!. Referring 10 the charge reeentls
made by senator CLAY that Presioeh'