El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-12


w the Louisiana Sugar Planters
offices in Washington, testified before
the senate lobby committee today that
all industries in Louisiana were re-
0uested to Join in writing the presl-
dent what disaster they beueEed WouIu
follow the free admission Of foreign
Truman G.. Palmer. secretary Of the
United States Beet sugar INDUSTRY, leS-
titled he had been in Washington since
1902, when he came here to oppose the
Cuban reciprocity bill
Palmer gave a long list Of beet su-
gar men whose object is the promoll9n
of the beet sugar. industry Part OF l lne
work of promotion was TO LOOK aLteE
legislation he said.
Republicans to Fight.
Republican leaders in the senate are
working hard in preparation Tor tn i.,I
fight AGAINST the Democratic tariff Dill
now being rounded into shape Tor de-
bate.
Senator Penrose. ranking Republican
member Of the finance committee IS TO
lead the opposition on the floor after
the bill is reported. Senator WilllaIl
Alden Smith, of Michigan, IS to lead
the fight against the sugar schedule
and senator SmOOt or LIan, VIII ColA-
mand the anti-free wool debate.
Senator La Toilette, who has amend
ments which amount practically 70 a
new bill, plans to make speech lhdI
viii extend over week
Majority members of the finance
committee resumed consideration OF
the metals schedule today
Sugar Men Admit Lobby
Investigation Of the sugar LOBBY
turned into q controversy over wneIn-
er president Wilson had given the Su~
gar producers resasOn to believe they
would have nothing to fear from Iree
sugar under his administration
Out of the testimony in which Louis
lana and Hawaiian witnesses repeated
ly declared they had not received 4alI
treatment from the president and mad
been misled by others as TO MS pur-
pose. the committee succeeded IN draw
ing what are believed to be some OF the
most important facts thus Tar deyel-
oped. Some Of the sugar men IranNLy
admitted they constituted loDpy,
although they objected to the charge
that any Of their actions had been in
sidious' or in any way iuegitimate or
underhanded- They admitted compre-
and carried out. to create -DackIlres
on senators and representatives from
their own states, in the nope or win
ming their support TO the anu-Iree
7''- prosperity at stnEze.7
The prosperity OF LOUISIANA was az
stake" said Jules GodchauN, a sugar
planter. I'VE tried to get the people
we did business with to write senators
and representatives, telling them tnal
free sugar would destroy the business
of the state. We asked them to write
and wire to Washington and to ask
the merchants they did business with
throughout the United states TO DO the
same. We tried to establish an end
less chain of letters and kilograms, to
draw the attention Of congress to our
arguments
John F. Hamburg, Of New York,
manager for a large Hawaiian sugar
firm admitted that his firm had urged
all of its 1900 or more customers TO
write to senators and representatives
pointing out that destruction to buSl-
ness would follow free sugar.
Wilson Program Sustained.
Free raw wool Immediately and free
sugar in three years as endorsed by
president Wilson and adopted by the
house We're approved today by the ma
jOrity members of the senate finance
committee. The action sustain - the
administration on both schedules was
taken after amendments to alter tncm
had been voted down
Revenue Loss S26,5OO,OOO.
Changes in the Underwood tariff Dill
by the senate finance subcommittee
transferring proposed dutiable articles
to the free list, viii aggregate an esti-
mated annual loss in revenue TO the
government Of nearly S1.5OO.uuO a year
This curtailment OF the total esti-
mates for revenue under the house Dill
is based only on articles known TO
have been transferred to the free list
thus far upon subcommittee recon-
mendatiOns and does not take into
account the decreases in duties which
the various schedules. Added to the
$4,000. 600 estimated loss In revenue
under the house Dill free list this
would aggregate S265O0. 900
Hemp on the Free List.
Included in the senate list are the
revenues that would be derived from
hemp. which the Underwood bill makes
7rrffaT,Ia Hrrr which the senate SubcOm-