Gilpin observer., 1913-04-24
WASHINGTON NEWS
By Edward Keating.

Washington, April 22.-Tle tariff
t'i', as adopted by &he Democratic
maiccity CT the HcGse cf Representa-
tives and approved by the president,
is rlclw before the people. 1t e unique
for two reasons: 1t is the first tarlsf
bill which has been made an admini-
s',ra.iJn measure by the Leader OF his
party, the president OF the United
States; and no ether tariff bill has
ever received such careful corIs.dera
ticn. The Democratic members OF
the ways and means committee have
devoted two years to study of the
bui1 Democratic membership of the
House ard the president have scrutl-
IiZed every ore of the 4200 items
New 1T is before the House for ex
tended discussion. The party is pre-
pared to stand or fall by this piece
of legislation, and the senator who
attempts to block it CIR ema9culate
it will find himself outside of the
parity fold. In my judgment, IT will
be placed en- the statute books prac-
tically as it goes through the House.
This means that the tariff on sug
ar VIII be reduced % per cent at
once and will be placed on the free
list in three years; and that raw
wool VEIL be placed On the free list at
xxil
carry what has been described by
the newspapers as the Bloody Angle
of the tariff battle-the sugar and
wooden schedules" The trusts which
have been built up on these schedul-
es have defied presidents ard pub
lic sentiment for quarter of a cen
tury, but they are totter,ng TO their
fall
/ voted fer free sugar and free
wool in fulfil'ment of the platform
pledges l made last fall. Congress
man Kimdel supported me on both
propositions; Congressman Taylor and
Seldomridge opposed free sugar, but
the wool schedule, Seldomridge voted
with Kiniel and myself, and Taylor
was absent.
During the discussion on the sugar
tariff, many interesting facts were
developed 1t was shown that the
sugar tariff costs the American con-
sumner S125,OOO, 900 a year, and that
of this sum, $4,000 900 went to the
government and s73,0OO.0O0 to the
Sugar Trust Hardwlck, CT Georgia.
chairman of the Congressional Com
mittee which Investigated the Sugar
Trust, declared that some CT the beet
sugar companies earned as high as
81 per cent per arlum on the capital
| invested and cited cases where fac-
tories were paid for with the pro-
fits OF one campaign. Some of the
defenders of the sugar tariff made
a feeble attempt to show that the
Trust favored the removal of the tar
iff. but this clsim was riddled by the
free sugar men who produced the
sworn testimony of Chester S. Morey
President of the Great Western Sug-
ar Company, to prove that the Sug-
ar Trust had controlled the beet sug-
ar factories Of Colorado and other
western states since 1902 Mr.. Nor
eys evidence was given in the case
cs the United States VS.. The Ameri-
can Sugar Refining Company He
swore that he helped promote some
of the factories erected in Northern
In the business year, he went down
to New York met Havemeyer. head
CT the Sugar Trust, and offered &c
sell controlling interest in his Colo
RADIO factories providing Havemeyel
paid him a big bonus. The Sugar
Trust magrate agreed and then em
ployed Mercy ct salary OF $4,000
year to be his western representa-
tive. 1t was Morey's business to be
on the lookout for proposed new sug
ar factories. When possible. capi
talists were discouraged from putting
their mercy into the enterprise, ans
If that failed a demand. backed b,
threats was made that HaNemeye1
be permitted to purchase majorft!
of the stock. In that way, the Sug
ar Trust hampered the developmen
Of the beet sugar industry and drov'
possible competitors out of the bust
more than a year ago the same meth
DDS. practiced by the same men. pre-
vented the erection OF a sugar fac
tory at Durango. This financial pirac
was not confined to Colorado but ex