Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-26
McEnsry Boldly Espouses Protection
Theory and Advises Colleagues
to Follow His Example.
DEMOCRATS PAY SCkMT ATTENTION
Leading Republicans cheer southern-
cr, However, BY Following Him
Closely-lumber Schedule Tempo.
rariIy put Aside-Beverldse Says
Taft Stood for Revision Downward.
lny Associated Press,

iBy Associated treSs-j
! WASHINGTON. ID. C.. May 30
! The Senate today began the formal
consideration of the sugar schedule,
| but did not approach n vote on It.,
| Instead the time allotted TO this
schedule was entirely SVEN ever TO
speechmakng. and. strarge TO say,
| the two speeches on the subject,
while made by Democrats, were In
strong advocacy of high tariff on
| sugar OF all grades
The speeches we're by Senators
| Foster and McISery, Of Louisiana.
SIR. Foster laughinEly deprecated the
application of the word protection
, to his attitude. but Mr. McEnery
boldly espoused the protective the
! DRY aud openly advised his Demo
! cratic friends to follow his example.
He declared protection TO be In the
! line OF Democratic policy.
Scant Attention From Democrats.
Mr. McEnery was cheered by the
| careful attention Of the leading Re
publican senators, but his remarks
received scant attention from his
Democratic colleagues.
The lumber schedule was temper
arily put aside in order to permit the
committee OF finance to make
| changes in it.
, Early in the day Senator Dever-
! idge addressed the SENATE ~ some
length In support Of his contention
! that President Tart had previous to
and after his nomination been con-
| sistent advocate of a downward re-
| vision of the tariff.
Would Be Maximum Rate.
| He followed the maiden effort of
! his Democratic colleague. MIR Shive-
| ly. who undertook to prove that II
the tariff bill now before the Senate
/ should become law, the rates over
which the Senate is wrangling would
not constitute the tar..i that would
go into effect, but that under the
| maximum and minimum provision the
country would find itself operating
under the maximum rate. which is 20
per cent. higher than the minimum.
The Senate adjourned at p. m.
Fcster For Revenue
IF the revenue provided in this bill
| from the importation of sugar" said
Mr.. Foster, lis necessary for To
. honest and economical administration
OF the government, then II should not
be disturbed"
A duty he pointed out has been
| imposed upon sugar by every political
party since the foundation OF the gov
eminent, and except in the Walker
act. differentiaily duty had been i'm
posed upon the different grades of
! sugar
MIR. Foster said In the United States
sugar is sold cheaper than in any
other country on the face OF the
earth except in England.
Mr.. Til!man interrupted to say that
sugar ought to yield revenue.
whereupon Mr.. Foster laughingIy
said he did not wish that offensive
nection with the revenue.
Under the Dingley act the sugar
producing had increased in value from
S4.072 coo to s4S.iS0.oOO in ten years.
he said.
In reply to a question by Mr.. TIL
man. the Louisiana senator declared
his belief that II the duty should
be taken on sugar the domestic in
dastry would be DESTROYED.
Then we farmers win have to pay
, to keep The industry going suggested
Mr. TilIman. The cotton growers
ami the corn growers responded
Mr.. Foster. will have 20 help sup
port this government. and ] see no
reason WIZ they should object 10
doing IL through tax Of this kind
Like Ne Used 70 Steal
Nr. Tiiiman insisted that he want.
ed 20 buy brown sugar Of he kind he
used 20 steal whea he vas a boy
without paving the trust two cents a
pcu1d on Il
~Brown sugar said Senator
Smoot. can be brought from Porto
Rico nov free of duty n any SAFE
could be found for a. The troa0ie
is there Is no demand for IT,
Mr.. Fc-tcr declared that the inde-
pendent srear -~rners acre not . n
collision ~ the trust. and that the
trust had nothing % DO with the
sugar prodrcticn Of louisiana
Denouncing the trust s. having
outraged every principle ~ honesty
in trade. he stil appealed 70 the
senate not TO strike a bloU az the
sugar industry IN order 70 punish the
trust
Although q Democrat. Mr. wcEnery