Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-27
DEMOCRATIC POLICIES
STYLED ABSURD IDEAS
Senator McEnefy Grows More
Bod IN UNFOLDING Repub
IiCan Doctrines.
WANTS. HIGH TARIFF ON SUGAR
Appeals to Southern Colleagues TO
Join Him and Abandon Their
a Republican,
Advocates Reduction in Sugar Sehe-
dule-Smoots Reply to Clay.
Try Associated Press.l

Mr.. MclEnery, of Louisiana, in the
Senate today resumed discussion OF
the sugar schedule. dealt with the at
titude of the Southern States ana
Southern statesmen toward the pol
lev Of protection. He said:
THAT there IL a change OF senti-
ment going on in the South In re-
laticn to protection was shown re-
Gently and hope senator's from the
South, who have supported protection
on every industry in their States. may
extend the vision Of their horizon anu
accord protection to great national
interests
MIR McEnery spoke specially of the
need of 2 protective tariff on lumber.
which industry he said employed 30
coo men, producing lumber worth
Sif.000,0 900 annually.
After pointing out that SoutherI
senators had voted for duty on
lumber. which produces revenue of
only 100000 annually. Mr.. Nc
Emery called attention to the vastly
greater income produced by sugar.
which Yields a revenue OF $60,0O0,00O.
Their Absurd Theories"
Il want to appeal to Southern sena-
4 lDTS, ne utttditt. III ii1binb tcittc
ito abandon their absurd ide-s and
theories of tariff for revenue only.
! and vote to support the Industries or
the United States
Thomas jefferson said there
should be duty on the necessaries
of life because this government ha0
not been forced to depend on any for
! eign countries for its necessaries.
| Il do not base my plea for duty
! On sugar for the great revenue IT
p, brings. IL put it on a higher plane.
which is the necessity for the coun-
try to become independent OF any for
| eign government for things Il r.
/ quires. Break down the tariff on
sugar and this country will be over
run with sugar from Europe. both re-
| fined and granulated, and 1t will stop
every beet factory In the United
States. and stop the culture of cane
J in Louisiana. Heretofore We have
been depended upon sugar for a tar
| it, Now it has grown TO lie a great
necessity. and IL will enable us to
! supply the worlds demand fer su-
gar"
II the sugar trust, he said, had
| violated the law the guilty men should
be put in the penitentiary.
| But whv cruelty the people to
bring down vengeance on the sugar
l trust7' he esaed
What We need" said MT. Mem
cry. lis some settled policy in regard
to this industry. Capital is easily
| frightened and every time there is
a revenue bill coupled with a demand
4 for free sugar conditions are unset
tied
Republican For Reduction.
4 Mr.. Bristow followed While Mr.
4 McEneTy, Democrat, had spoken for
a high and protective rate on sugar.
the Kansas senator. Republican. ad-
| vCcated a reduction. Mr.. Bristow
read from the testimony of the re-
port OF the Louisiana Sugar Growers
before the wavs and means commit
tee to show that the American Sugar
Refining Company fixes the price paid
the grower for his product and u
show that the sugar grower does not
get the benefit Of the tariff
Mr.. Bristow said he could not IN
. derstsnG why the reports Of the beet
sugar and cane sugar producers OF
4 posed his proposition
l 7 can see only one answer, he
said. -and that is that they are weak
and are afraid to antagonize this
great commercial power
Censuring in vigorous language
the fraudulent practices Of the sugar
trust In the evasion Of duty. Scna-
tor BURROWS defended the sugar
schedule Of the Aldrich tariff bill IN
the interest Of the beet sugar inter
esss 81 Michigan.
The problem confronting us to-
4 day. said Mr. Burrows. is whether
Ne shall produce the sugar We ncec
OF WIS ihcr we shall send abroad ev-
cry yea- oo.eO0.0oo to purchase this
sugar.
1 Tie mainl cd that within the Uni
! ted states alone mere sugar could Be
produced from bects than j. now
needed BY the entire world
snoot Replies 20 Clay.
Replying to a speech made BY Se'--
ator CLAW. Of Georgia. last Wednee-
dav ~ which he attacked the 40
1 called sugar trust and declared