Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-11-02
President Insists Democrats
Mean to Cripple Great Indus
tly by Putting It in Competi-
ton with Foreigners.
ADMITS ABUSES IN
CONSERVATION POLICY
Says Homesleaders and Peo-
pie with Desert Claims Dealt
with Unfairly by His Admin
iStration,

tBy Morning journal Special Lensed WireI
Washington. Nov l~A letter from
President Taft to Crawford nm. of
Denver dealing with issues of the
campaign, was made public tonight,
1t follows
"Encouraging reports have come To
me in regard to the political situation
in Colorado, From the beginning |
have felt certain that the campaign
of education which the republican par
ty is conducting would bring the peo-
pie to a clear understanding of their
own interests in republican success
this year. The men and women of
Colorado need the republican party so
much that It would seem almost un-
necessary to urge them to retain
those economic policies that have
made their state great and prosper
Gus.
Il am sure that every man whose
Judgment Is not controlled by his
prejudice now realizes that this Is "A
campaign between the republican
and the democratic parties. II Is APP
parent that the third party movement
has not gained headway as national
force and that again the alternative
Is presented to the American people
either to support the protective policy
the government to those who are
OF the party in power or to turn over
committed to repeat the experiment
which resulted In a commercial ex-
plosion when last ii was tried
"'rhoso who live in rarified at
lmospherc have wider range of vision
"a, a n, thA
lowlands But the people Of Colorado
do not need their vantage OF altitude
to see that democratic victory means
the striking down of a great industry
which has been built up in their state.
1t does not require profound knowl-
edge OF the principles Of political econ
omy, but only common sense to un-
derstand that the placing of sugar on
the free list would spell ruin for those
of our fellow citizens who are en-
gagged in the cultivation of the sugar
beet.
"l'he democratic party Is commit
ted to free sugar and If II Is success
ful at the polls we may expect as one
of it's first legislative acts the passage
Of a bill to admit sugar duty-free at
our ports of entry. Democratic ora
tors may talk until their throats are
hoarse of their interest in the
American farmer, but the fact remains
that in March of this year the gov
crniAg tariff body of the democratic
party the democratic members of the
WAYS and means committee, by unan!-
nous vote passed the bill to place su-
gar on the free list and this bill was
passed BY democratic house.
"Our present crop of beet sugar
constitutes 3 per cent of the annual
consumption Of the United states. We
have seventy-one beet sugar factories
IN sixteen states--Colorado and Michi-
gan leading with seventeen factories
each. Thousands Of American farm
ers are engaged in the cultivation of
the sugar beet aud the factories which
buy their product employ about 25,0 600
men
THE republican party stands for
adequate protection of the beet sugar
industry OF this country. Such pro-
lection is in the interest of the United
States treasury. II contributes to the
growth of our national irrigation and
reclamation and II is the shield of the
American consumer against an In
creased price for a household neces-
sity.
Free sugar cannot be defended
from any angle 1t is in conflict with
the theory of "A tariff for revenue
only and its effect would be to mako
almost certain the monopolistic control
of great industry. 1t would diminish
the revenue of the government $751;
600. 900 annually and by reducing the
worlds production by nearly 100000
tons a year. raise the price of sugar to
the consumer Permanently lower
prices for sugar in the United States
ana freedom from European specula-
tive markets can only be secured by
producing our sugar under the Ameri-
can flag.
The American production of sugar.
both cane and beet. has been made
possible by the present tariff policy of
the republican party. Cane sugar pro-
duction dates back to long before the
war; hut the beet sugar industry Is
Of recent growth. In 1897 when the
Dinglcy tariff law was enacted there
were only six beet sugar factories in
the United States. Now there are
scventy-one.
THE first congress passed on July
4. 1883. a general tariff act. included
in which was duty on sugar, from
that time to the present, sugar has
always paid a duty except during the
operation of the Mckinley law, which
placed raw sugar on the free list and
levied one-half per cent per pound on
refined sugar. but guarded the inter-
ests Of the domestic producer by Civ
ing a cent pound bounty on all