Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-20
SENATOR SCORES
MORMON LEADER
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country free of duty, but there ought
to be a substantial reduction over the
rates fixed in the Dingley law"
Replying to the argument that sugar
is a great revenue producer, Mr.. Clay
desired to know why one of the neces-
stiles of life used by the entire Ameri-
can people should be taken and it's cost
increased to the consumer one-half
when, he commended, the amount of the
revenue now produced by sugar could
easily be supplied by an income tax.
Let us give to the American people
cheap sugar." continued Mr.. Clay. LET
us grasp the sugar trust by the throat
and strangle 1t to death, and keep in
view the interest, the happiness and
welfare of the plain people of America.
We must remember that sugar is an
important article of food daily con-
sumed by every man, woman and child
in the country"
Saying that the American working
man, during the last few years, has
had a hard time to earn living, Mr..
CLAW deprecated the fact that the duty
on refined sugar remains in the Payne
bill substantially the same as it is in
the DingIey law. He said that the
sugar trust had no representative be-
fore the tariff framing committees OF
either the house or the senate, and
added: Judging from the treatment
which the sugar trust has received this
corporation needed no representative
before either committee.
Tariff Is Low
Taking into account the reciprocity
duty on raw sugar from Cuba, the
reduced duty on Philippine sugar and
the free sugar from the Hawaiian
islands and Porto Rico under the
Dingley law, Mr.. Clay declared that
the average tariff duty paid on sugar
by the sugar trust amounts to 104
cents per pound instead of being 1.O91a
cents per hundred. He said that the
differential of .215 per hundred pounds
on refined sugar should be added to
the average duty of 104 cents per hun
dred instead of to 1.605 CENTS as is done
in the Payne bill
He said the sugar growers OF Cuba,
PortoA Rico, the Philippines or the Ha-
waiian islands or the consumers in the
United States received no benefit from
the concessions made in the duty on
raw sugar from those islands. Mr..
Clay declared that the price of refined
sugar was not reduced because of the
reductions in the rates on raw sugar.
Reiterating that the American Sugar
Refining company is commonly called
the sugar trust Mr.. Clay declared,
this trust has constantly violated
both the criminal and civil lsWs OF
our country. It Is unconscionable and
has continually robbed the American
people since it's organization.
Instead of knocking at the door of
congress seeking to increase its for
tunes at the expense of the masses of
the people by reason of favorable
legislation it's officers and those direct
ing and controlling its formation and
operation ought to be at the bar of the
criminal courts on trial for most serious
criminal offenses, and instead of en-
joying their ill-gotten wealth they de-
serve to be serving long terms in our
federal prisons"
Gives History of Trust
Mr. Clay reviewed the establishment
of the so-called sugar trust which was
formed, he said, in 1887 by the con-
solidation of twenty Of the leading re-
fineries.
While the actual value of the prop
erty of the trust was not greater than
$40, 600 900, according to Mr. Clay, the
sugar trust stocked the company at
$50.000000.
He said the concessions in the duty
on raw sugar from the Hawaiian
islands, Porto Rico Cuba and the
Philippine islands during the last ten
years amounted to $212, 220,773, of which,
he said, the treasury of the United
States or the American people had re-
ceived no benefit.
1.-THE most grasping and unconscion-
able trust to be found anywhere is the
American Sugar Refining company
added Mr.. Clay, commonly called the
sugar trust
1.-THE steel trust and the Standard
Oil. in point of dishonest and I'M
scrupulous conduct, are sucking babes
in comparison with the sugar trust I"
Mr. Clay reviewed the various cases
and claims of the government pending
against the sugar trust.
'Officials representing the govern
ment who have made an investigation
into these fraudulent transactions he
continued. "beleve that the American
Sugar Refining company has robbed
| the treasury of more than 100000
| Justly due the treasury.
| ut deserves no mercy at the hands