The Glenwood post., 1912-03-23

milwaukee,, WIS, March 22.-Ine
prospects of the establishment of new
beet sugar factories in Colorado is n.
tracing, wide attention, owing to the
danger of the passage Of the democrat
ic bill providing for the removal of the
tariff on sugar, but nowhere is tho
danger appreciated greater than in Wis
consin, for it was at Milwaukee con
ference few days ago that G. ..
Hamlin of Colorado Springs, chairman
of the executive committee of the
United States Beet Sugar Industry;
made his declaration that the demo
cratic bill would throttle the beet su-
gar industry, prevent the building of
new factories at cost of $25,OOO,O00
and the expenditure of $25,00O,00O
year in the purchase of bects from
farmers. The free sugar plan of the
democrats, he said, would give the su
gar trust monopoly of the industry,
and he limited in no mild form that
once given a monopoly, and with the
beet sugar industry destroyed the low
er prices under the tariff would only
be temporary. Last years experience
when sugar mounted to and cents
pound in some parts of the country
when the beet sugar output for the
year was consumed, was only an in
stance of what might happen with the
sugar trust in control of the industry.
Mr.. Hamlin's statement which was
made for the independents of the
country, 90 per cent of whom are rep
resented in the association for which
he spoke, was as follows:
"If the tariff is cut the farmers
who raise sugar beets will be the most
Immediate sufferers. The retention Of
the present duty will mean the invest
ment of millions in new factories.
"The people generally are wholly ig
norant Of the sources of these at
tacks. The agitation is wholly inspired
by the Now York refners and import
ers of foreign raw sugar, who see their
business menaced by the competition
of beet sugar, the interests usually
known as the sugar trust.
"Every refner who testified before
the Hardwick committee and practic-
ally alf'the refners on the eastern sea-
board did testify, expressed themselves
in favor Of free sugar or, at least,
drastic cut in the present duty; ard
all testified that their reason for de-
string the removal or reduction of duty
was due to the fact that the beet SUI
gar industry was menacing the mon
opoly which they once enjoyed.
"John Arbuckle, the coffee king, is
one of the most vociferous advocates of
free sugar. The testimony of M.
Jamison, one of his partners, is sig
nificant. In testifying in favor of free
sugar and giving his reasons why he
favored the same, he said that it was
on account of the beet product. Mr..
Jamison further said: IF there was
HO uuty uO uOC tnlnk tne Deet WOulu
be 30 prosperous and we would proba
bly, sell more sugar, if it (the duty
was removed, mean.' He was only
one of many who testified along the
same lines.
"Mr. Arbuckle may be philan-
thropist SO far as sugar is concerned,
but his record with regard to coffee
can scarcely be looked upon as guar
antee in this direction. Coffee has
doubled in price in very short time,
and that it has doubled is due to tn.
monopoly enjoyed by few men. De-
stroy the competition which the re-
finers have to meet On account of the
domestic beet production and what
guarantee has the consumer that like
monopoly will not be established in
sugarf
"We are now producing shout 6oo,-
900 tons Of beet sugar per annum.
We're the industry permitted to grow
this amount would be doubled within