The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-01-30

hearing before the ways and mean
committee of the house. This favor.
able situation of the consumers be-
tween the A~lleghanies and the Rockies
it was explained, is due to the fact
that there are 0 over seventy beet
sugar factories actively competing
with one another. Furthermore it is
asserted on the authority of w. p.
Willett, recognized as the foremost
sugar expert of the country, that the
competition afforded by the product of
the American sugar beet farmers,
against the trust and it's fellow re-
fners, has saved the consuming public
half a cent a pound on all its sugar
this year, and insures a permanent
cheap supply of this commodity if the
domestic industry is permitted to con-
tinue the remarkable growth which
it has enjoyed during the past dozen
years. 1t is admitted by both the
~refiners and the advocates of the beet
sugar industry that any considerable
reduction of the present duty would
put an end to the manufacture of
sugar from American grown beets on
account Of the higher cost of raw
material and labor in this country.
The problem before the democratic
leaders, therefore, is to decide whether
they shall throw the control Of the
sugar supply into the hands of the re-
finers or protect the producers and
consumers of the country by maintain
ing the duty at or neal it's present
level.
Representatives Hammond of Min
nesota, and Pepper of Iowa, tried,
trusted and true democrats from nor
mally republican states, are at the
head of a get together boys" move
ment, especially adapted to the needs
of the Mississippi Valley partisans,
who will try to get a full share of the
patronage and glory that falls to the
majority party. Hammond and Pep,
per are vigorous fellows, and like most
of the northern democrats are not con-
tent to remain at the tail of the pro-
cession while southern members carry
the banner at the head of the parade,
and get all the pork" when the stock
train comes into the yard, simply be-
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senate there is another little bomb to
which a fuse is being carefully laid,
with the idea that the progressive
democrats" will come down the pole
just ahead instead of way behind those
who claim the fine places because
they were there first" For the first
time in history the democracy of the
north is in actual control.
Chairman Underwood, the tariff
Pooh Bah, says that Gin the recent
hearings We have noted from time to
time minor differences in the con-
illusions of the majority members"
The chairman goes on to explain the
aim of the new tariff legislation which
Is to remove the present tariff noun
TAIN" and ito build in it's place a wall
only so high a to provide for the in
take of sufficient tax imports to pro,
vide adequate revenue" The plan is
to soak it to the %luxuries," as one ex-
pressive statesman puts it, and to
"slow down on the necessities" In
the meantime the different sections of
the country are showing their interest
in the proposed revision, and Massa-
chusetts democrats want protection
for shoes, while Ohio does not, but the
latter state is enthusiastic for pro-
lection for wool. Thus it is that in the
desire of different sections of the coun-
try to have their particular interests
protected, that the minor differences
are beginning to show up.
From every part of the country
comes an ever increasing demand for
government participation in road max
ing, and there Is at the National Capt.
tai a permanent organization for the
purpose Of fostering the good roads
movement. President Taft, Governor
Wilson, and Colonel Roosevelt have
given encouragement to the congress
men who have been fighting for the
movement in the two legislative
branches. The automobilists are do
ing effective work in promoting good
roads. Recently a remarkable auto
mobile race was run across the state
of Iowa. The contest was between
two automobiles over the states two
most famous highways, The Great
White Way" and the "River-to River
road" These two roads are the lead
ing ~contenders for the route Of the
Ocean-to-Ocean Highway, extending
from New York to San Francisco. The
winning car, an Oakland roadster,
driven by Don Mcclure, made an aver
age SDeed of fOrty-tWO miles Der hour