Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-03-08

according to his fancy for stripe and cut
That suit with ordinary care will last him a
year, Through the protection to the indus.
tries Of this country it has been made pos
sible for him to get out and earn the price
of that suit in week to week and a
half. What more does he want for a
" nicklep"
On the other hand let US look at the
sugar situation. A few years ago it was
found possible to produce so staple an
article as sugar from the fields of our
western country as well as the northern
and some eastern districts. Past exper-
ience had taught US the way to build an
industry was through a reasonable. legiti-
mate tariff. All that is necessary is to
look at the sugar situation today. We
are producing cane sugar as fast as we
can. growing beet sugar as fast as we can
and the price Of sugar is not so high but
what we still have to buy slso,ooo.ooo
worth of sugar from outsiders every year
Had there been absolutely no tariff upon
sugar here is what we would not have
had in Colorado today: Thirty-five mlli-
on dollars invested in sugar beet land.
Sle,25o.ooo invested in seventeen fac
tories. $500 people engaged in sugar
manufacturing. sl5.szo.ooo worth Of
sugar manufactured last year. $685.
900 distributed to factory laborers and
Sl.e2o.o0o to field laborers. The old
saying ''let well enough alone" has proven
itself on more occasions than one. am
thoroughly convinced that past history
and present conditions might well prompt
US to consider the truth Of the statement.
What American laborer wishes to place
himself in direct competition with the
cheap Asiatio coole labor or the Mexican
peonage systemP Remove the tariff on
the articles above mentioned, and that is
Just what will be done. The American
laborer is too high minded to attempt to eke
out an existence on any such income as is
received by the above class of labor.
Should the tariff be removed or reduced
as proposed it can only result in closing
down the mining industries affected. as
well as the sugar factories in operation.
Virtually undoing what it has taken years
to build up. Don't let the American Sugar
and Refining company deceive you by the
promise of cheap sugar as an argument
to reduce the tariff on imported raw
sugar. The extremely high prices we
had to pay for sugar from September
to December will show you how sincere
that organization is in its effort to secure
cheap sugar for the American consumer.
The American Sugar and Refining comp
any knew that the 1910 beet sugar pro-
duotion had practically all been disposed
of by the time.
They saw an opportunity to made "a
speck" between that time and the time
that the l9l | production could be gotten
onto the market. A little outside factor
entered into the situation that afforded
them apparent justification in setting
their prices. That factor was the fact
that there was shortage in the European
beet sugar production last season, So.
say they. we are justified in setting prices
based on European sugar laid down in
New York. When, mind you, none OF the
European sugar was brought into the
ports Of New York, but the above said
company was importing its sugar princi-
pally from Cuba at prices agreed upon
months before. Now this is Just sample
Of the cheap sugar that we would get
were the beet sugar interests Of this
country run out Of business as is the wish
of the agitators OF the proposed reduc-
ton on sugar. Lets let well enough
alone"