Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-04-12
LOUISIANA May
GO REPUBLICAN
Most Rockribbed State in
the Union May Quit the
Unteffified This Fall
Threat Of Free Sugar Is
1OfningOId TimeP Politicians
and Newspapers

NEW ORLEANS, La, April H.
Louisiana, the most rockribbed demo-
cratic state of all southland, threatens
to go republican this fall
Missouri, the mysterious stranger"
Of the famous McCutcheon cartoon
four years ago, may have company
this year.
This the threat of newspapers,
business men, and planters, as the
revenge of the state upon democracy.
if the democratic party succeeds in
its efforts to put sugar on the free
list.
The most warlike language is to be
heard from the newspapers and men
of prominence who have always in
the past been regarded as the men
who be democrats to their graves, but
who now fear, in the threat Of free
sugar, the humiliation of the states
most cherisher industry.
If the north ever thought the south
SLOW" the yankees would have their
eyes opened by the activity of the
campaign against free sugar now i'm
full swing. The soutAerners are sure
of their own state delegation, but
their efforts are now being directed
toward cooperation with the beet
sugar manufacturers o. the north and
west. Quietly their campaign has
been launched, until it is now in full
swing, on the chain letter basis.
Every southerner who has friend
or business correspondent in the west
and north, has written asking that
friend to write to his congressman,
especially If that congressman voted
for free sugar in the house, to protest
against the removal of the duty. Each
friend is also asked to pass the word
along to all his friends, with the aim
of so bombarding the lawmakers with
the evidence of sentiment against
free sugar, that when tehe bill comes
back TO the house from the senate.
which is expected to refuse to pass
the measure, the lower house will see
the light and reverse its former &C
ton.
The New Dreams Item, a staunch
old democratic organ, is the leader in
the voicing Of the threat of the state
to go republican, and break the solid
south, If the democrats pass the free
sugar bill.
The Picapune, newspaper famous
in the days before the Civil War, and
now one of the leading publications
in the south, gives prominence to
statement by Charles A. Farwell,
president of the American Cane Crow
ers' Association, when he says: II
say frankly that believe the time is
ripe for Louisiana to send republicans
to Congress"
""The appeal of Louisiana to the beet
sugar states of the NORTH" continues
Mr.. Farwell, lis because We believe
this is the time to demonstrate that
the states of the south and the states
Of the north are one in interests, and
old sectional lines should be forgot
ten. Louisiana has about 800, 900, 900
invested in the sugar industry. Seven
teen northern states have the same
amount invested in beet sugar fac.
tories, but the interest of the north.
ern states should be even more
strongly against free sugar because
the beet sugar factories Of the north
spend $10O,00O,O0O a year in buying
beets of the farmers, and these north
ern factories, Like those of our own
state, spend many millions every
year in wages to employees.
1T the sugar trust wins it's fight to
eliminate the competition of the beet
sugar industry, the Louisiana cane