The Ordway new era., 1913-11-21
Sugar Company
Official Optimistic
Following Colorado Visit Says
Outlook for the Prosperity of
His Company Was Never
More Encouraging

Francis K. Carey, president Of the
National Sugar Manufacturing Com
pany, which operates beet sugar fac.
tory at Sugar City, Colo, returned to
Baltimore yesterday from one of his
periodical visits to the Company IS
plant, and at the request of The News
made the following statement of his
Company's attitude toward the new
tariff bill, which cuts the duty on
sugar 25 per cent, on March 1, 1914,
and provides for free sugar Oh May l,
1915:
II am glad to be able to use the
columns Of The News to explain the
position our Company takes toward
the new tariff, bill and towards the
present Administration, which has
promoted its passage. 1t Is we'll
known that I am a member of the
Democratic party and that did every.
thing could tn aid in the nomipa-
tion and election of President Wilson.
I therefore take the opportunity Of
saying, before discussing the beet
sugar situation, that In my opinion
President Wilson has made and will
continue to make the beat and wisest
President of the United States of the
last two generations. My business
and professional duties take me into
many different, parts of the country
and bring me into contact with q
great many different kinds Of people,
and feel sure that these views, are
shared pretty generally by the people
Of the United States. In other words,
my observation has been that Presi.
dent Wilson has the country behind
him.
$50 far as the tariff bill is con-
cerned. must in. .frankness say that.
generally speaking, / believe It to be
a wise and saiutary measure. which
has been framed as far as practicable
on conservative and fair lines, with
the welfare of the whole people as Its
controlling object, and without any
international favor or. partiality and
without any intentional Injustice to
any protected iaterest.
with this introduction / take
pleasure In explaining the position
which our Company took and is now
taking In regard to the provisions Of
the bill relating to the duty on sugar;
making it clear. however, that l am
speaking only for my own company
and am not undertaking to represent
the views of any other manufacturer
OF beet sugar.
when made my argument before
the Ways and Means Committee on
January Is, 1913, 1t was contemplated
that the tariff bill should provide for
Immediate free sugar, which would
have put sugar on the free list this
fall. The adoption OF this policy
would have caused enormous loss to
the beet sugar manufacturer because
his raw material had been contracted
for on the protection basis, and would
have put us all to our trumps to keep
our doors open.
I'm protesting earnestly against
such a suicidal policy stated 10 my
argument that 1 would not take part
10 any political opposition to any
compromise plan acceptable to the
President and his Cabinet. 1t will be
remembered that the President sug.
gested, and both houses adopted, the
compromise which is now in force.
After the formal announcement OF
the policy of the Administration 1
declined to aid in any futher opposi-
tion-not because l believed for a
moment that the beet sugar business
as general proposition could adjust
itself to free Sugar by May 1, 1916. or
because believed that the consumer
would eventually get any benefit from
free sugar, but because the interven-
ing period gave ample time for fair
and Impartial study of the subject.
"Our Company Is something more
than beet sugar company. 1t origi-
nally owned 1900 acres of irrigated
land surrounding its factory. 1t has
sold about one. half of this land In
small tracts to farmers and is con-
Quoting large and profitable agricul-
ture operations on the other half.
Our beet business is helpful incl
dent OF these agricultural operations
so helpful that our plant will be
found operating at full capacity even
II the unexpected happens and every
other plant In Colorado thinks 1t wise
to shut down. The present indics-
tIons are that our remaining 5000 acres
Of land will eventually yield US be.