The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-27
SM0OT DEFENDING
SMITH AND TRUSTS
Apostolic Senator Again Turns
Himself Loose in Carefully
Prepared Speech.
SAYS MORMON PROPHET
IS THE FARMERS FRIEND
Senate Spends the Entire Day
in a Discussion of the Pro-
posed Sugar Schedule.

WASHINGTON, May 26.-For more
than seven hours today the senate dis
cusscd sugar, as that subject is In
| volved in the pending tariff bill. Be
| ginning with an effort by Senator Nc.
| Emery, the Louisiana Democratic pro.
tcctionst. there were four set speeches.
Three supported the sugar schedule as
reported from the committee on finance,
while the fourth was a plea for ma
terial reductions.
Completing his speech Of yesterday,
Senator McEuery made an earnest plea
for stiff protection, not only because
of the necessity for such policy in
the interest of the revenue, but be.
cause, 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 subject Of protec-
ton.
Apostle Smoot Heard.
Senators Burrows of Michigan ana
Senator Smoot of Utah. both members
of the finance committee, also spoke
in support of the committees action
Mr., Smoot presented carefully pre-
|
Mr. Burrows appealed more particular
" to popular sentiment. The Michl-
gan senator charged the sugar trust
| with an attempt to establish a reputa-
ton for fair dealing by pretending TO
be in alliance with the beet sugar IN
! terests. which. he said, was not the
! case He asserted reduction OF duties
would destroy the beet industry and
thus render it necessary 70 send $780,
| pE Tho for
sugar.
Mr.. Bristow. the new senator from
Kansas was the only advocate of a re-
duced 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,
instead of wanting to destroy the sugar
industry. they were the best friends of
that interest as they were of the pro-
| tective policy Their desire. he said,
was 10 prevent graft and greed on the
part OF the trusts.
Still Talking of Sugar.
Promptly resumjng the thread Of
| his discussion OF the sugar schedule
of the tariff bill. Mr.. McEnery of
Louisiana in the senate today, dealt
with the attitude of the southern states
| and southern statesmen toward lne
policy of protection, He said:
| THAT there is a change of senti-
ment going on in the south in relation
TO protection was shown recently, and
I hope senators from the south who
have supported protection on every IN
| dustry in the state. NAV extend the
vision of their horizon. and accord pro-
lection to great national interests
Mr., McEnery spoke especially of the
need of a protective tarlb on lnmper;
which industry. he said, employed
$4,000 men, producing lumber worth
! Slf.000,000 annually.
! After pointing out thai southern SEN
ators had voted for duty on lumber
| which produces "a revenue OF only
$2,O00,000 annually, Mr.. McEnery
called attention 70 the. vastly greater
income produced by sugar. winch
Yields a revenue Of S60,000.000, 81
he declared in ringing tones, TO
| abandon their absurd ideas and
theories of the tariff for revenue only.
and vote 10 support the Industries OF
the United States. Thomas Jefferson
said there should he duty on the
necessities of life. because this govern,
ment should moi he forced 10 depend
on any foreign country for ITS neces-
saries.
Basis of His Plea.
tsI don Z base my plea for a duty on
sugar for the great revenue il brings
! put it on Il higher plane. which Is
the necessity for the country to be-
come Independent of any foreign gov
crnmcnt for things it requires. Break
down the tariff on sugar, and tins
country Will be run over with sugar
from Europe. both refined and granu-
lnted. and il will stop every beet fac
tory in the United States and stop the
culture of cane in the state OF
Louisiana
If the sugar trust he said had
violated the law. the guilty men should
be put IN tho peu,entiary. But why
cruelty the people TO bring down
vengeance ON the sugar trust!' nc
asked
The Louisiana senator declared that
the so-calcd poor mans sugar:
sought by the late Senator James X.
Jones and procured through the low
sugar schedule of the Mckinley tarlt
Law, was fraud. as it contained l6ta
per cent water, while the sugar pro-
duccd in refnerics Of Louisiana con-
tanned only per cent of water,
"That sugar he said, was beau-
iful in color. but in taste 1t was q
cheat and fraud.
'fThat kind of sugar disanpcaITed
with the enactment Of the Dlngley
bill he said. in concluding his re-
marks. "and it would again appear
with lowering of the standard and :.
under lower duty on sugar.
Republican for Reduction
Mr.. Rristow followed. While Mr..
Nc Emery. Democrat. had spoken for
a high and Il protective rate on sugar,
She Kansas senator. Republican, adj
vocated a reduction, introducing. an
amendment to strike out the pTovlsion
for ono. Us Dutch standard and
reducing the duty on refined sugar
from $I.9l to $685., I cent pound.
He said. "Whcneyer senator en-
dcavors ia reduce the existing duties
ON the bill he is Mt once accused OF
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