Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-05-26
SENATE TAKES
Up SUGAR
TARIFF
DEMOCRATS ADVOCATE
HIGH DUTY ON ALL GRADES
Beyeridge Quotes President
Taft in Support of Argument
For Revision Downward; Col
league Makes Maiden Speech

[By Morning journal Special Leased WireI
Washington, May 25.-The senate
today began the formal consideration
of the sugar schedule, but did not
approach a vote upon 1t. Instead, the
time was entirely given over to
speech making and strange to say, the
two speeches on the subject, while
made by democrats, advocated high
tariff on sugar of all grades,
The speeches were by Senators Fos-
ter and McEnery of Louisiana. Mr.
Foster iaughingly deprecated the APP
plicaton of the word protection" to
his attitude, but Mr.. McEnery boldly
espouscd the protective policy and
openly advised his democratic friends
to follow his example He declared
protection to be in the light of demo-
cratic policy Mr. McEnery was
cheered by the careful attention of the
leading republican senators, but his
remarks received scant attention from
his democratic colleagues.
The lumber schedule was temporar-
lily put aside to permit the committee
on finance to make changes in it.
Senator Beverdge addressed the
senate at some length in support of
his contention that President Taft had,
previous to and after his nomination,
been a consistent advocate of down
ward revision of the tariff. He fol-
lowed the maiden effort of his demo-
cratic colleague, Mr, Shively, who un-
dertook to prove that if the tariff bill
now before the senate should become
law the rates over which the senate
is Wrangling would not constitute the
tariff but that the country would find
itself operating under the maximum
rate.
Citing the growth of expenses of the
government Mr.. Foster predicted that
| il the duty on sugar should DC tam
pered with it would not be possible TO
make up the loss by duties on otht r
artiC les which are now taxed to the
limit
lntcrrupting, Mr. Tillman insisted
that he wanted to buy brown sugar OF
the kind he used to steal from the
sugar barrel when he was boy.
without paying the trust . cents a
pound duty on it, Brown sugar, n
terposed Mr. Smoot "can be brought
from Porto Rico now free of duty if
any sale can found for it. The trouble
is there is no demand for it,
lIr. Foster declared that the indie
pendent sugar cn iners were t is
collusion with the rust ana the trlst
had nothing to 90 with the sugar pro-
duction Of Louisiana.
Denounciug the trust as having out
ragged every principle of honesty IN
trade he still appealed to the senate
not to strike a blow at the sugar in
dustry in order to punish the trust
1T should be punished he said,
"like criminals Put stripes on them,
but do not strike down domestic in
dustry.'
Mr. McEnery spoke in support Of
the same principles.
No tariff, he contcnded, was ever
adopted by a democratic congress or
signed by amy democratic president
without involving the principle OF pro-
lection ut is gratifying that at tins
session of congress" he said, I'VE no.
ticc a great change of opinion among
democrats who are voting for a duty
on raw material, although at one time
free raw material was considered a
cardinal principle Of democracy. !
ibopc the conditions Of the country may
dictate to the democrats the abandon
mrnt of all the absurd theories OF
free trade and cause them to come IN
with the great body of the people
and vote liberal protection lor an
the manufacturing interests.
Mr. McEnery stated that so far as
he could discover the Aldrlch pll
imposed no injury TO any domestic
interests. nor" he said, has there
hecu imposed in any of its schedules
any burden upon the people
Mr.. McEnery had not concluded
when the senate adjourned.