Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-04-13
Opponents Of Measure Fight
for Hours to Have the Bill
Changed in Conformity with
Wishes of Cane and Beet Men.
STRONG PLEA MADE BY
LEADER UNDERWOOD
Vote is Overwhelmingly h
Favor Of Standing by Wood
row Wilson as Head of Party
Organization,

Inv Morning journal ar-e's, Ieased wlrel
Washington. April ~ -lmmodiatr
free sugar was rejected today hN the
house democratic caucus hy Am over
whelmmg vote. following an appeal
OF the democratic leaders 10 stand by
the president and the ways and
means committee
This leaves the susar schedule un-
changed from the compromise form in
which il was presented To the caucus
by Chairman Underwood and his coli
leagues of the COMMITTEES. following
conferences between the White House
and leaders Of both houses of CON
gress. The democratic members of the
committee, including such free trad
ers as Representatives Harrison. ef
New York. and Rainey of Illinois.
stood as "a unit for the throc-year
graduated action 10 free sugar basis.
Besides this action the caucus left
open the exact date when sugar would
go ON the free list In 1915 An amend
ment proposed by Representative
lardwlck. Of Georgia, proposed that
the time it should take effect should
be May J., 1916. SO as to be effective
before the beginning Of the canning
season The caucus agreed To- leave
the matter to DE brought up 10y the
ways and means committee after all
the rest of the tariff bin has been dis
posed of in caucus
The overthrow of the immediate
free sugar movement came at the close
Of day of arguments, and the
amendment proposlng that sugar
should become free with the operation
of the new tariff law was made by
Representative liafdwick II precipi-
tattd the real fight of the day. and
was lost hy vote of l55 to 3D.
After the schedule had been assail-
ed for hours by the representatives
OF the sugar planters IN rouisiana and
the beet sugar growers Chairman
Underwood vigorously defended The
proposed rates. In his speech 60 the
caucus he pleaded strongly for unit
ed party in support of the bill as pre-
sented. and he omphatcally asserted
that the sugar adjustment suggested
by President Wilson was most eqnit-
able one.
I'VE viii concede, Alr. Underwood
said. agreeing with some of the OPP
ponents Of the bill "that immediate
free sugar would put the domestic
planter out Of business. But We as
sert also that free sugar in three years
will destroy no legitimate industry
Those who have invested their
money i'm sugar lands and have plant
ed crops viii have a chance under
the plan of revision to pay their bills
and adjust themselves to new condi-
tions.
Mr.. Broussard complains that
President wilson's request for free
sugar in three years IS not equitable.
We say that the presidents course IN
this schedule is founded on most
equitable basis.
This is party measure ana be-
lieve that most of my democratic col
leagues want to see this schedule pass
the house as il was drafted
His speech was received with app
plause and cries of vote vote.
Representative Rainey appealed for
the caucus to stand hy the democratic
party.
I'VE have been fighting republican |
presidents he warned the democrats
"and we ought not to strike blow at
a democratic president President |
Wilson regards the provision in this
bin as presented. as a policy Of his
lie has broken the /
icv barrier between the White House
and the house of representatives, that
had existed for more than q hundred |
years by his speech from the clerks
desk Of this house Can we afford |
ms democrats to defeat the first policy
he has announced, the policy Of
three years reduction Of the tariff Of
sugar.
There Is no issue Of free sugar. on
this the president of the United states
and the majority of the democratic /
side Of this house are agreed The
ways and means committee stands
with the president We are for the
bin as IL stands, without dlssenlioh,
without division. sugar viii be free.
The only question is when it shall be
free. now, or to be reduced This year
and next year and next year ana then
free. We ask you, by your votes not
to defeat the administration
Representative Dupre Of Louisi-
ana. replying to Mr.. Underwood,
"a statement made by the
majority lender that free sugar ulti-
mately would save the consumer
000 annually Mr. Dupre de-
clared that If the entire saving that
would follow free sugar fell upon the
consumer. the per capita saving per
day would be only one-third Of cent
As matter OF fact MIR. Dupre
declared. "only one-thrd Of this say