Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-25
SENATOR WORKS SEES
RUIN FOR BEET men
Declares Industry Cannot Sur.
Wve When Sugar Goes on
the Free List.

The destruction of the beet sugar indus
try of California and other western states
was predicted by Senator Works of Call
| fornia, should the sugar schedule Of the
Observation-Disclosures tariff bill be enact
ed into law. when the tariff debate opened
| In the Senate today. Senator Works COM
pleted the speech which he began yester-
day.
There are thousands of acres Of land In
California now cultivated in sugar beets,
said Senator Works. land hundreds OF
families in my state live on the proceeds
from this labor Of cultivation. The alkah
lands in California can be used for notn-
ing else. The sugar beets. because they
absorb the alkalis in the land, are re-
claiming the land.
Punishment at Polls.
with a duty of cent a pound on
sugar the industry may be able to strug-
gle along. though its growth will be cur
tailed. It will not be the manufacturers
but the farmers and laborers who Will
suffer from the reduced duty. But the
tariff bill proposes to place sugar on the
free list at the end Of three years. THIS
means the ruin Of the sugar industry.
1t cannot survive.
the tariff. The tariff should be reduced,
but on manufactured articles. which have
been overpi detected in the past, not on
the products Of the farm.
1.-The people at the polls Will punish
the party which puts such changes into
effect"
Offer Many Amendments.
When Senator Works completed his
address. there was no other senator
ready to continue with the general de-
bate. and the bill was then taken UP
for amendment. The republicans con-
tinued to offer amendments to nearly
every paragraph of the chemical
schedule, which was under consideration
but did not succeed In changing the
bill.
Senator Jones today introduced an
amendment to put on the tree list gram
bags, on which the new bill proposes
| du.y OF 10 per cent.
Hope for Passage by August ID.
| The Senate yesterday continued to
make good progress with Its cons.dera-
ton of the Underwood Simmons tarin
bill. and at the close Of the debate demo-
cratic leaders expressed the hope that
the bill would be passed by the senate
| not later than August 10.
committee of the House now In wash
ington, including Majority Leader IN
derwood, have said that they believed
the conference over the bill would pc
or two weeks and perhaps less. They
stand ready, sag the House leaders, 10
accept the great majority OF the reduc-
tons made by the Senate.
| Senator Townsend OF Michigan gave no
| tice in the Senate that he intended to
make an address on the tariff next Mon
day. 1t is the plan Of the democratic
leaders to keep the Senate working
steadily on the tariff each day up TO
| 6 O'Clock in the evening. and II Sena-
tors are not ready to continue with the
general debate the bill will be reau
paragraph by paragraph for amendment.
| In this way no time will be lost
Taken Up by Paragraphs.
AS soon as Senator Weeks completed
! his address Chairman Simmons asked
| that the bill be taken up paragraph by
paragraph for amendment. -
For two hours the Senate labored
along on the chemical schedule. max
! ing a total advance OF little more
| than one page. Senator SmOot OF Utah
| moved to put on the free list saffron
and saffron cake, and demanded roll
call. On a strictly party vote the mo-
| ton was defeated forty to twenty
| seven. senator OHOoI save AOtiS0 She-S
he would offer an amendment later to
increase the duty on formaidehyde
| solution to cents a pound.
Amber, which carries a duty Of 81
pound in the democratic bill. was the
subject Of a long discussion. Senator
Smoot and Senator Lodge Of Massachu-
sets asked that it be returned to the
free list where 1t Is at present. Sena-
tor Bristow Of Kansas suggested that
amber was found in New Jersey, and
for that reason a duty had been placed
upon 1t. This was denied by both the
democratic senators from New Jersey.
Senator Lodge discussed the duty on
dextrine and starch, declaring that the
AGAINST because the duty on the fin
ished product was being reduced to a
| greater extent than that on the raw
material.