Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-05-27
SEVEN HOURS
TALK ON SUGAR
Senate Spends Entire Session in Dis
cussion of This Schedule Of
Tariff Bill.
MENERY Is FOR HIGH pIT
He Says it Would Render
States Independent. =
sMooT AND BURROWS sPl :;
Michigan and Utah Senators Suppt
Committees Action.
BRIsTOw ON BROWN SUGAR
Kansnn says Present standard Makes
IL Impossible TO Buy Unrefined Ar
ticIe and CompeIs All to Pay
He Says il Would Render
States Independent.
Michigan and Utah Senators suppt
Committees Action.
ON BROWN SUGAR
Kansnn says Present Standard Makes
it Impossible 10 buy Unrefined Ar
ticIe and CompeIs All TO Pay
Tribute to Trust.

Trfbute tn trust
WASHINGTON, May S.--For more than
seven hours today the senate was engaged
in the discussion of sugar, as that subject
is involved in the pending tariff bill Be-
ginning with an effort by Senator Nc
Emery, the Louisiana democrat protection
ist. there were four set speeches three of
these were in support of the sugar schdule
as reported from the committee on finance,
while the fourth was a plea for mtaerial
reductions.
Senator McErney made an earnest pela
for stiff protection. not only because OF
the necessity for such policy In the in
terest of revenue, but because as, he de-
ciared, such a course would render the
United tsates Independent of other coun-
tries.
Senators Burrows OF Michigan and Sena-
tor Smoot OF Utah, both of them mem
bers OF the finance committee, also spoke
in support of the committees action.
south and Protection.
Resuming the thread of his discussion
OF the sugar schedule, NM McEnery OF
Louisiana, in the senate today dealt with
the attention Of the southern states and
southern statemen towards the policy of
protection. Referring to his remarks in
the senate yesterday. he said:
THAT there is a change of sentiment
going on in the south in relation to pro-
lection was shown recently and ] hope
senators from ths south who have support
protection on every industry in the state,
may extend the vision of their horizon and
accord protection to great national in
terests."
Mr. McEnery spoke specially of the need
of protective tariff on lumber. which
industry he said employed 5000 men, pro-
ducing lumber worth s44ooo,oco annually.
After pointing out that southern SEN
ators have voted for a dutv on lumber
which produced a revenue of only 1,0Oo,0o
annually Mr., McEnery called attention to
the vastly greater innhme produced by
sugar which yields a revenue of $50, 100000.
II want to appeal to southern senators,
he declared in ringing tone, TO abondor
their absurd case Of theories of the tariff
for revenue only and vote to support the
Industries of the United States
II do not base my plea for a duty on
sugar for the great revenue II brings.
put IL .on a higher plane. which Is the
necessity for the country to become indie
pendent Of any foreign government for
things It requires. Break down the tariff
on sugar and this country will be run over
with sugar from Europe both refined and
granulated and it will stop every beet fac
tory IN the United, States and stop the cul-
ture Of cane in the state of Louisiana
BristOw on Brown Sugar.
Mr.. Bristow followed. While Mr.. Nc
Emery, democrat, had spoken for high
and protective rate on sugar. the Kansas
senator a republican. advocated a reduc-
N STR Ia
out the provision for mo. 1s Dutch stand
ard and reducing the duty on refined
sugar from 1.9O to 1S2Iz cents poud. He
said: whenever a senator endeaVors to
reduce the existing duties in the bill he Is
at once accused OF attempting TO destroy
the industry effected
He insisted that the senators who are
endeavoring TO obtain reductions in the
tariff duties were the best friends of the
protective policy They want he de-
clared ITO have the protective policy stand
as a symbol for American industries and
not as a symbol for graft and greed
Illustrating his remarks by exhibiting
hotties OF sugar, Senator Bristow ex-
planned that according to his view the re-
noval of the Dutch standard test would
allow dark colored sugar TO come into this
Country and at once go to consumers II
they should desire TO have II without the
rehntpg or whitening process
THE only purpose of this color test,
he said lis to force the people 70 pay to
the American Sugar Refining company q
cents per 100 pounds for refining that
sugar"
He claims that N order to avoid the pay
mept OF duty on sugar Of higher color
standard the 81 gar trust imports the prod
uct OF dark color and refines IT, II the
Dutch standard test we're renewed he said
a greater amount Of revenue would be re
ceived. The Dutch standard had beer
superseded as a standard for testing sugar
by the polariscopc test.
Holding up to the view OF the senate
bottle Of dark crystalized sugar he said II
was A product OF Java and SOLD largely
20 consumers in England.
HAS not that very sugar driven out OF
existence the sugar refineries OF EnglandT
incurred Mr.. Smith of Michigan.
Mr. Bristow did not know about that, bu
he declared that IL such Java sugar could
he brought into the United Staaes il woulC
permit the American people to use It with
out rayng toll to the American sugar re
fnery.
Il cannot as United States senator sa.
10 the American citizen that he cannot bu,
cheap brown sugar If he wants to do Sd
declared Mr.. Bristow. ITO do so would b
tyranny that American citizens will no
stand"
Mr. Bristow declared that actual differ
ential received by the trust on refined
sugar has been increased from 30 cent
per 100 pounds TO 67.S per 100 pounds sine
the Dingley law went into effect
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