The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-02
eT1GAR BEFORE THE DEMOCRAT TIC
CAUCUS.

GA U[US.
Washington dispatches bring the
information that the question Of fix
ing the status of the sugar tariff IN
q bill to be presented by the ways
and means committee is to be con-
sidered today in the Democrauc mousse
caucus, and that decision Is 10 De
asked between the proportion CT
majority of the Democrats on Tue
committee to levy aEflat rate OF one
cent a pound on the. sucrose contenl
OF imported sugars, and the scnene
Of a minority, led by Chairman HARD
wick of the subcommittee that IN
vestigated the sugar situation. TO
place sugar on the free list.
It Is inconceivab1e that the adVo-
Gates of the total removal Of this
duty have any faith in the adoption
Of their own scheme. whether OF
not they care for the existence OF
the domestic sugar industry, Whlch
would be wiped out by the abolition
of the tariff, they know full Wen
that the government cannot do With
out the fifty to sixty millions Of dol
| lars revenue which the impost upon
imported sugars brings annually into
the treasury. It is manifest that
| thew are guided alone by political
| motives. as Mr.. HardWick has VII
tually confessed in the declaration
attributed to him that 1t Will DC
worth a million votes to the Demo
cratic party to put sugar on the free
list" These jugglers for partisan
advantage and political capital know
that the Republican senate and Re
publican president cannot afford t.
sacrifice the interests Of the govern
ment and the country by permitting
the harebrained plan for the remls
sion of the sugar duty to. succeed
and the intention Of the agltator
is merely to put the opposition il
hole by the claim that the Dem
ocratic party stands for "a fire
breakfast table," while the Republ
/, can party favors taxation of tn
! necessities of life.
AS The Chief said last week, tn
: reduction of the sugar duty to tn
} cent-a-pound rate will place it abou
! on parity with the rates fixed b
+ the Wilson bill OF 1884, whlc
f brought such widespread damage an
q disaster to the sugar industry 6
Louisiana. The welfare of a larg
!. proportion of the people of thi
state, and of other states and SCI
: tions which have sugar interests {
i their own OF dealings with thos
! whose capital and means of livel
0 hood are bound up ID the domestt
sugar industry, demands that neitht
! Of the propositions to be debated /
4 the Democratic caucus shall preva
I No consideration Of politics
I party will Justify any member
!, congress in supporting measur.
# that mean loss and ruin to the pc
n pie Of his state or district, and
{. is to be hoped there will be no hes
;. tation on the part of Louisiana's re
d resentatives in fighting to the la
y extremity against the pending mes
, ures to abolish or materially redu
the present reasonable schedule
h duties on foreign sugars imported
to this country.
4 Too much stress cannot be laid 4
- the manifest fact that the CRIPPLE
a. or destruction of domestic sugar pl
n duction will give the trusts a firm
4 grip than ever On the market a
result in an increase of prices
g future years that will far more tn
Ie offset the small reduction that N
le be enjoyed by consumers for a ST
:, son or two because of the loWerl
" or abolition of the existing tart
Il Every other country In the VOL
It where sugar can be produced tax
= care to foster and protect that
valuable industry. It will be crimil
e. folly for the United States to p
d sue a different policy.
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