The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1912-04-06
WORKING FOR SUGAR.
A United Effort, North and
South, to Save the Tarlll
on Sugar
Special Correspondence:

Special correspondence:
Chicago, III March 3o.-lf the
uorth has ever thought the sonti
anything but progressive, or slow
to move, all such Impressions have
been dispelIed in the minds OF th'
northerners Interested in bee
sugar production hy the comes
being wagcd in the south. Louis
lana in particular IL admired fol
the active manner in which IT,
business men have "ssar1ed a fir,
under congressman who voted i'
abolish the sugar tariff, and thus
destroy The cane sugar amt t"e'
sugar industries in the ImteG
States.
The northern beet sugar men
and sugar beet ralsers have. as .
matter oi fact. copied the methods
of he southerners III their efforts
to prevent the wlping out of tn,
northern beet sugar industry.
! The beet sugar men have beer
less pcrtu.bed than the sugar
beet raiscrs, and most of the agi
IatiOn IN the north Is from the
sugar beet ralsers, who are hestlr
ring the agricultural organlza
tions in all the states whtre sugar
! bectS are raised, to protest IL
their congressman against acced
ing to tho demands of the sugar
trust, winch toy putting sugar on
the free list will give the sugar
sale monopoly into the hands OF
the trust.
Here are some of the steps tax
en- in the north to save the bee
sugar manufacturers. and thu
farmers whose best revenue j.
sugar beets:
In California, where factories
are numerous, public meetings are
being held, and the county and
district and state sugar beet rails
ers organization, all agricultural
bodies, are planning to send dele.
cations to demand that the far
mcrs be given Il chance to express
themselves on this problem.
In Colorado where Il representa-.
tive Of the trust went to meet
sugar beet opposition, public
meetings were held, and his visit
only served to fan the flames
against the sugar trust, and Colo
RADIO will have both manufactnr
ers and sugar beet farmers at
/ Washington to protest against
The. removal Of the duty.
In Wisconsin the state society
of equity has held speciai con
ventlOis to formulate deB,aHd
upon Wisconsin, congressman that
they vote to save the duty.
At Milwaukee recently Il con
ference was held Of national beet
sugar manufacturers from maoy
states, where it was decided that
If the tariff was cut these manu-.
facturers wo0ld have to drop
plans for the erection of about
twenty new factories in some sev
enteenth northern states, at u cost
of $50, 100000, which would pay
farmers $25, 100000 u year tor
beets until the tariff is settled.
The conditions in Michigan and
Ohio are so strongly pro.tarIff
that the congressman IN those
states were not willing to face
certaIn defeat by voting for the
abolislnng of the duty, except in a
few instances, and the farmers
letters protesting against their ac
ton, received by these congress
men, have not been such as to
cause them to do much talking
for free sugar.
One unique movement which IS
steadily gaining force is the use
Of the chain letter against these
congressman. Farmers in bee'
sugar districts would write to
their congressman protesting
against the free sugar PROPOSE
ton, and would at the same time
send ten letters to other farmers,
asking them to Go the same and
pass the word along.
Louisiana, however, according
to northern sugar beet raisers.
finds it easier to cOagulate sentl
ment against free sugar, because
Of the transcendent Importance
there of the sugar industry.
The whole situation, however,
has given the north a demonstra.
tion that will not soon be forgot
ten that when energetic ac.
ton is needed, it will he found
that the southern is no less quick
and no less aggressive than his
northern cousin in going after
what he wants.-I. Il. Whitman.
Armand Drffez, at Lafayette,
died of disease diagnosed as
cerebrO.spinaI meningitis.