New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1912-02-17
BROUSSARD WARNS THE
PRESIDENTIAL
ASPIRANTS.

friends of candidates for the Dem
ocratic nomination for the presl-
dency that one way not to get
support from Louisiana delegates
is to insist upon deep cut III the
duty on raw sugar, even II INSIST
ence upon the deep cut means the
creation of "a deficit. For the
sake of argument, he was wiling
to admit that the free traders
and the low tariff mln have a
right to insist that there shall be
heavy reduction in the duty, II
they ares willing to provide other
methods for filing the hole III the
Treasury to be created by the ed
ucation. He has no quarrel with
them for adhering to their theory
as to how tariff bill should be
made. tt
This mixing of presidential pol
itics and sugar cane came a'oout
when the Champ Clark men began
claiming that the Louisiana dele
cation will be for the nomination
of the Speaker Inquiries by
friends Of Representative Under
wood also served to draw atten-
ton to the fact that the two big
leaders Of The House soon will be
asking formally for the support
of delegates selected by the Lou
, isiana Democrats.
Not a Threat.
The Broussard suggestion was
not exactly threat 1t was more
in the nature of kindly advice as
to what a man should be careful
, to avoid while seeking support III
Louisiana. The Third District
Congressman never has claimed
to have any influence with either
Speaker Clark or Chairman I'm
derwood, Of the Ways and Means
Committee. All he ever claimed
was that he stood fairly well with
his constituents, that they had an
abiding belief that imposing
fairly heavy tax on imports OF
raw sugar was an easy way to
raise revenue and, unless there
should be a surplus in the Treas
ury, it was useless to suggest any
material reduction in the sugar
duty. He never has cared about
the tenth differential in favor
of the refiner but he has insisted
that, in view of the fact that a big
income must be raised from duties
on imports, the Democrats well
could afford to leave the duty
high enough to enable the farmers
Of Louisiana to continue growing
cane.
GA reduction of the duty to ono
cent a pound" said Mr.. Brous-
| sard to-day, "is not enough to at
ford the consumers any relief, be-
cause the demand on the foreign
| market for raw sugar. on account
Of the Louisiana FARMERS being
forced out Of the cane growing
business, will be heavy enough to
send the price upward. The i'm
porters. who are the refiners.
would get some Of the benefit OF
+, the lower rate, and the foreign
J growers the rest. If sugar abroad
were not controlled by foreign
| governments, reduction to q
| cent might result in lower price
here, but the chances are that the
result would be as in the case
! when we took the duty off coz
fee. Braizil's treasury has been
enriched by nearly, if not alto
| gether $5O0,0O0,000 on that ac-
| count The consumer pays as
| much if not more. for his coffee
as when there was a duty on it.
The American Treasury has been
the loser. With the sugar duty
reduced to a cent or even lower,
al the members of the Hardwick
committee members think it
should be, the Treasury and the
Louisiana farmers would be the
losers
Status Unchanged.
The status of the sugar schedule
bill remained unchanged to-day.
/ The only talk Of any change was
to the effect that possibly the su.
gar and chemical bills would be
reported on the same day, this
week or next.
Representative Broussard, who
is the only out and out fighter
against the bill, the Colorado
Democrats being content to lei
him take the lead, suggested te
the friends of the presidential can
didate that they had better not
be too sure that Mr.. Taft would
veto a bill Of the kind that is be
ing proposed. He suggested thai
politically Mr.. Taft has every
! think to gain and nothing to Los
from signing a bill, which. ac
cording to his calculation. is ap
to reduce the revenue $25. .000, 600
In the first place, he suggested
the reduction in revenue woult
leave the next Congress to strug
gle with a deficit, the beglnnin!
Of which would be apparent be
fore the presidential campaign !
well unler way. He suggested
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