The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-02


| on wheat, oats and other grains and near
ly every other item in the bill, but all
were rejected,
On this schedule the session again went
far into the night though the opposition
gave evidence of having largely spent
it's force.
Expect No Delay
Tonight there were indications that re-
publican leaders would not undertake to
delay the passage of the bill much long
er. Representative Moore of Pennsyl-
lvania, who has been active in offering
minority amendments, voiced this view.
He said the republicans would not at
tempt to filibuster, and that they had
been "hammering away at the Under
wood bill for four days without making
single dent in it" The fact that many
who claim that their business is affected
are asking the republicans to hasten
| matters in order that they may read
just their affairs is said to be partly
responsible for the minority attitude.
Representative Hardwick, closing the
sugar debate declared the American
sugar industry was hot house in
dustry.
Averring that under the circum-
stances the cane sugar industry of
Louisiana could not possibly survive
dozen years, Mr.. Hardwick urged the
/ ouisana people to abandon augar
growing and plant other crops on their
rich soil. He asserted that If the
Louisiana planters would plant cotton
instead of sugar they would have to
get stepladders to harvest the crop, the
stalks would grow SO high. In Louis
| lana the cost of producing sugar, he
argued, was 3s4 cents a pound, nearly
the cost of production in Cuba, Porto
| Eico and Hawaii. while the Philip
pines, he asserted, when modern ma
chinery is procured and better trans
portation afforded, can produce all the
sugar for the whole country at lower
prices than it is furnished today. The
planters of Louisiana. he said, had in
vested in sugar only S119,000,000 and
would compel the American people to
ray tax of $140,00O,00O year to sup
port the industry. 1T is not fair sad
Mr.. Hardwick. lit is unrighteous; it is
| undemocratic."
Delegate Kalianole of Hawaii took
advantage of his privilege of debate to
oppose the proposed sugar rates. when
we came into the United States" he
said, the treaty by which we were an
ncxed promised us the same prosperity
we had enjoyed as an Independent ma
tion. Now you propose to cut the
throat of Hawaii so far as the sugar
industry is concerned"
Mr.. Kalianole declared that the bill
would drive American labor from the
islands and turn Hawaii into the hands
nf Asiaties.
The Fordney amendment to restore
the Payne rates finally was defeated
by viva voce vote.
Among other rejected amendments to
the agricultural schedule were:
BY Representative Kenty of Califor-
MIA to put cattle on the free list; Will
us of Ohio, sheep from 10 per cent to
81 per head; Woods of Iowa. meat from
Tree list TO 20 per cent; Sloan of Ne
oraska. meats to 10 per cent; Fordney
or Michigan. all live stock from 10 to
20 per cent; Steenerson of Minnesota,
potatoes from the free list to 25 cents
q bushel of 60 pounds; Helgeson of
Minnesota. barley from Is cents to 25
cents bushel. Morgan of Oklahoma,
broom corn from the free list to s35
ton; Fordney. barley malt from %
cents to 40 cents per bushel: Browning
or New Jersey, macaroni from l cent
10 "a cents per pound; Fordney, oats
from 10 cents to Is cents busheI.
Many more minority amendments to
change the rates on farm products went
to defeat at the night session. The
democratic majority solidly sustained the
10 cents bushel rate on wheat and re-
jectcd all proposals to fix the same rate