The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1911-11-04
Governor Sanders Attitude on Sugar
and Rice.

| OF mis- claims 60 one or the United
States senatorships, delivered one
of the best speeches of the cam
paign at Jeanerette on the 25th
ultimo. The Governors theme
was almost exclusively devoted
to the sugar and rice interests.
and such was the force and clear
ness of his language as to leave
no doubt in the minds of his deep
| ly interested hearers of his attitude
with regard to these staple pro-
ducts. He declared himself as
being unequivocably in favor Of
revenue tariff on all imported
sugar-a tariff affording sufficient
protection to the homa producer,
| while in no sense an ul,ra-protec-
ton advocate by which the best
interests of the sugar trust would
be promoted to the injury of the
industry and the people of South
west Louisiana. He intimated
that this was not essentially a
party question with US here in
Louisiana, but one of business,
purely and simply. That, as
mocrat, he could not sauctioD
the processes of the Republican
party, which adopts high protec-
ton as its slogan, not to benefit
American manufactured and pro-
ducers so much as to facilitate
trusts and syndicates-a system
which has become odious and is a
bane to the great majority of the
American people to-day. 10
speaking of Gov. Sanders tariff
attitude last week the BANNER
said nothing more or less tnan
what he stated in his Jeanerette
speech on that all-important sub
ject to our people, and a sense OF
fairness and a love of truth
now compeis those who have
been-for selfish political reasons
-upbraidlng him for alleged tree
trade antagOnlsm t. oursugar and
rice interests, to drop that silly
campaign fla IRRIGATION and start on
some other tack. Commenting
on his Jeaherttte speech, the New J
Orleans Picayune Of the 26th inst,
has the folio "ing to say of GOV.
Sanders and mis- senatorial fitue-a
Last night Governor Jared Y. |
Sanders, VINO is actively prosecuting
his candidacy for the United State, |
Senate in the parishes, made an ad-
dress to the people of Jeanerette AS
was but natural in such community |
in the heart OF the sugar aud rice sac
ton Of the state, the governor devoted |
his attention mainly to outlining his
position with respect to these great |
agricultural interests, on the pros
perity Of which SO largely depends the
wealth and advancement of this com
mOnwealth.
"GOvernOr Sanders repudiated with
energy the insinuatiOn that he was
willing to sacrifice sugar and rice in
the interest OF party, and declared
that If elected to the Senate he would
be in much more powerful position
to safeguard LOulsiana's material in
terests by loyal adhesion to the Demo-
cratic Party and its policy o. tariff
for revenue than by adopting the
practice OF voting with the Republican
and Observation-Disclosures.
"GovernOr Sanders pointed out
that the sugar and rice duties were
revenue duties. and sugar
supplied the government
with more than So, 900, 900 of revenue
per annum. The Democratic Part,
mas always Justified the support OF
sugar as d revenue producer. and he
believed That IN view OF the pro-
liability that within little more Than
4 year all branches OF the government {
would be IN the bands Oh the Demo- {
;ratS, the Interests OF sugar and rice
would be much safer III the keeping OF
IN Out-dud-Out Democrat than iu ! ,,
hose Of d man who preferred to train
With the Republicans and mad actual. /
)een repuulated by the Democratic |
eaders III Congress.
"Governor Sanders made it perfect
y clear that be proposed to do every
hing in mis- power tor sugar aud rice,
Is well as for all other Louisiana in
erests, but he believed that he could
ender more effective. service as al as 9
ured Democrat than by swallowing {
he whole protection programme Of t
he Republicans, who Were more in
crested IN potecting d few New Eng =
and manufacturers ana the great :
rusts than IN caring for the sugar
nd rice producers Of Louisiana.
Governor Sanders takes the position $
hat sugar ana ..Ice are Sd fer uuder the t
Democratic doctrine OF tariff for re- a
enue than under the Republican :.
heory Of protection for the favored il
ow. s.
"Louisianians may be certain that il
enatOr Sanders will not fail to stand r.
Or every Interest of his state, in 81
hose political arena he has been such g
giant figure for many years. His v
reat ability to represent Louisiana n
acommends his election by large Il
lajorlty." b