The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-24
"God Help the Sugar Indus
try" Says Rep. FOrdney.
Between Mercy of SpreckIes Of
Frisco and SpreckIes of n. Y.
CONGRESS CRIPPLED TODAY
One Hundred Members Take a
Joy Ride to New York.
Republicans Will Settle Policy
i'm Caucus Tonight.

WASHINGTON. April 24.-Tariff discus
sion was on again today on both the
senate and house sides of the capitol.
There We're informal conferences Be-
tween senators and the house met ;in
hour earlier than usual. The house
publicans conferred regarding their
caucus tonight when they purposed to
settle upon their policy as to the cot
ton schedule. The caucus already has
voted in favor of the wool schedule
prepared by Representative Payne, out
the cotton schedule has been delayed
through what Representative Gard
ner, of Massachusetts, has explained
to be inability of his subcommittee
of the ways and means minority to
agree Mr. Gardner expected to
be ready with the plan tonight.
Before the debate was resumed
Senators Ransdell and Thorn
ton. of Louisiana. and two Louisiana
sugar growers called on Majority Lead
er Underwood and pleaded for more
time before proposed % per cent re-
ductiOn on sugar goes into effect The
senators declared it would afford con-
siderable relief to the industry of
Louisiana if the sugar reduction could
be made effective not before October
! next instead of immediate on the
bill becoming law. Mr.. Underwood,
it is understood assured his visitors
that the request could not be enter
tanned. Representa- tive Hammond, of
Minnesota. opened the days discussion
in support of the bill.
on to New York Today.
The house attendance was depict
ed by the departure of more than 100
representatives. on a special train for
New York to attend a banquet as
guests at celebration of the opening
of an office building. After a long, in
volved discussion of various tariff
theories Representative Hammond
urged a middle course between high
protection and absolute free trade. In
a detailed discussion of rates, Mr..
Hammond endorsed the placing of
-four on the free list. He explained
the keeping of the duty on wheat while
wheat flour was placed on the free
list by holding that as manufactur-
ing proposition, the millers of the
can wheat, grind it into flour and COM
pete with the finished product in the
markets of the world.
con this basis they can surely COM
pete at home" he said. Representa-
tive Peters. Democrat. of Massachu-
sets. declared the present Democrat
control of government was the result
of the failures of the Republicans to
revise the tariff in the interest of the
consumer.
Representative Fordney. Republic
can. attacked the sugar schedule.
THE free sugar provision of this
bill" he said, 'as proposed with the
assistance of Frank c. Lowry, press
agent of the committee of wholesale
grocers, which has never held a meet
ing, and so far as 1 can learn all the
money expended by Lowry in his free
sugar campaign was supplied by Au-
gust Spreckles, president of the Fed
eral Sugar Refining company of New
York.
Another Spreckles. Rudolph of San
Francisco. was one of the most ardent
supporters of President Wilson during
the last campaign, financial and other
wise. Between Rudolph Spreckles in |
San Francisco and August Spreckles in !
New York, God help the sugar indus
try"