Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-05-29
Party Policies All Mixed up
By Party Representa-
tNes.
Democrats And Republicans Alike
HaVe Abandoned Party Plat.
forms 10 The Congressional
Tariff Discussion. n Otec-
lIOn Earnestly Adv0cat-
ed by Some DemO-
cratic Senator's.

than seven hours today the Senate
was engaged in the discussion of
sugar as that subject is involved in
the tariff bill. which is now pending.
Completing the speech which he had
begun yesterday, Senator McEnery
made an earnest plea for protection,
not only because Of the necessity for
such policy In the Office of the reve-
nue., but because, he declared, such a
course would render the United States
independent of other countries. He
asserted that there had been a change
of sentiment in the South on the sub
ject of protection.
He dealt with the attitude of the
Southern states and Southern states
men toward the policy of protection.
He said: THAT there Is change of
sentiment going on in the South in
relation to protection was shown re
Gently, and l hope Senators from the
South who have supported protection
on every industry in their states may
extend the vision of their horizon and
accord protection to great national in
terests." Mr.. McEnery spoke special
ly of the need of a protective tariff on
lumber, which industry he said en-
ployed $4,000 men, producing lumber
worth $44,00O,000 annually
After pointing out that Southern
Senators had voted for duty on lum-
ber which produces a revenue of only
$2,O00,0OO annually, Mr.. McEnery
called attention to the vastly greater
income produced by sugar, which
yields revenue of 100000, 900. 81
want to appeal to Southern senator's, .
he declared in ringing tones, Ito aban-
don their absurd ideas of the theories
of a tariff for revenue only and vote
to support the industries of the United
States.
Thomas Jefferson said there should
be a duty on the necesSaries of life
because this government should not
be forced to depend on any foreign
country for it's necessaries,
Il do not base my plea for duty
on sugar for the great revenue it
brings. I put it on higher plane
which is the necessity for the country
to become Independent of any foreign
| government for things it requires
| Break down the tariff on sugar, ane
this country win be overrun with sugs
ar from Europe, both refined ant
| granulated, ana 81 will stop every bee
factory in the United States and stoI
the culture of cane in the state o
Louisiana. Heretofore we have de
pended upon sugar for a tariff. Nov
it has come to be great necessit.
and it will enable us to supply tn
worlds demand for sugar.
If the sugar trust, he said, had vic
lated the law the guilty men shoul
be put in the Renitentiary. But VIII
cruelty the people to bring down ven
geance on the trust?" he asked.
What we need" said Mr.. McEnery
"is some settled policy in regard t
: this industry. Capital is easily fright
| ened and every time there is a revt
nue. bill coupled with demand fo
t free sugar conditions are unsettled
Senators Burrows, of Michigan, an
a Smoot, of Utah, both of them member
of the finance committee, also spoh
Z in support of the committee actio
r Mr.. Smoot presented a carefully pr
e pared analysis of the situation an
t Mr.. Burrows appealed more partic1
larly to popular sentiment. tt
/, Michigan senator charged the sugs
5, trust with an attempt to establish
l. reputation for fair dealing by preten
ing to be in alliance with the be
l. sugar industry in the United State
y which he said was not the case.
l. asserted that a reduction OF duti
1T would DESTROY the beet industry al
y thus render it necessary to send $40
ID LOCO 900 a year out of the country t
ir sugar.
t. Mr.. Bristow, the new senator fro
d. Kansas. was the only advocate OF
Ill reduced rate. While Mr.. McEnery,
'e, Democrat. had spoken for high a
r | rotectiye late on sugar, the Kans
ng senator. a Ee; ublican, advocated
on reduction. ". biistow read from
testimony of ne representative OF
at Louisiana sugar growers before
its ways and means committee to sf
that the American Sugar and Rein
company fixed the prices paid
growers for their product and to 81
that the sugar grower does not
the benefit of the tariff.
Mr.. Bristow said he could not
derstand why the Representatives
;-so usS the beet and cane sugar producers
~ posed his proposition. i can see