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Eastern Colorado times., 1913-05-23

Senators says: Il enthusiastic
cally urged Mr.. Wilson'S nomi-
nation for the Presidency and his
election because believed he
was a statesman who would fear
lessly insist upon a general tariff
revision downward. and upon the
removal of the unnecessary tariff
props from industries which time
and experience had proved could
stand alone"
He then endeavors to prove
that ''The very lowest price for
which Americansbeet sugar can
be made is s2.75 per 100 lbs and
the highest cost of Cuban cane
sugar. including refining chages,
81. &c per 100 lbs"
Basing his conclusion on this
statement of fact, he argues that
the American beet sugar cannot
survive if the tariff is reduced
below one cent per pound.
If the Senators figures were
correct, the duty of one cent a
pound, which he says he is will
ing to accept, would not be- suf-
ficient to save the beet sugar in
dustry. If you add one cent a
pound to the highest cost of
Cuban cane sugar., quoted by
the senator, you will have $2.66
as the price for Cuban refined
sugar may be laid down in New
York duty paid.
This would be four cents a hum
dred less than the very lowest
price for which American beet
sugnr can be made", according
to the senator.
Of course, the result, accord
ing to the Senator's own state
ment of facts, would be the
wiping out of the American beet
sugar industry.
Senator's grave errors.
But the Senator has permitted
himself to fall into some grave
errors in my judgment.
In the first place the cost of
production does not always deter
mine the selling price of an
article of general use. The law
of supply and demand is the most
potential influence.
Let us take a familiar example:
The cost of producing a bushel Of
wheat in the great wheat fields
of North Dakota and Minnesota
is scarcely more than half what
it is in less. favored sections of
the country. But the wheat
raiser in Minnesota and the Dak-
otas does not drive the Illinois
farmer out of the wheat business.
Both men sell their wheat in the
same market at the same price.
This price is fixed, not in Min
nesota, the Dakota's or Illinois,
but in Liverpool-the worlds
market, where the u. S., like the
rest of the world disposes of its
surplus wheat.
And men stay in the wheat
business just so long as they can
raise wheat and make money out
of it by selling it at this world
price. .
Now, there is a world price for
sugar, like there is for wheat,
and the price is determined by
the English market, just as is the
price of wheat.
The countries of the world
dump their surplus sugar stocks
on England, and the price of su-
gar there is less than any where
else on the globe.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-05-23
Washington Letter,
BY Edward Keating,
Conglessman-at-Large
From Colorado.

AdVC bOAOAS AAAS SAAS As0SAAJ
Mountain News of Sunday, May
IL, containing an article by Sem
ator 7. M. Patterson on "Why
Free Sugar Would Cripple Colo
RADIOS Great Industry. ."
I do not think am exaggering
when 1 say that no recent con-
tribution to the discussion of the
sugar tariff has broughtsuch JOY
to the hearts of the hordes of SUI
gar lobbyists in Washington as
this statement from the pen of
the editor of the News.
For weeks these hired men of
the Sugar Trust have beseiged
the offices of Senators Thomas
and Shaffroth pleading and ca
joling with them to enter into a
combination with the sugar SEN
ators from Louisiana for the pur-
pose of blocking the Democratic
tariff revision program. Appar-
emily they received little or no
encouragement. In fact one of
the press agents of the sugar in
terests publicly announced that
1.-The jig was up" and that the
Underwood bill would go through
the Senate without amendment,
or rather without material amend
ment.
Then came the Patterson
article and the sugar lobbyists
were filled with a new life. They
evidently regard the former SEN
ator's pronouncement as their
last and best card, If Patterson
backed by his powerful paper,
cannot drive Colorado's Senators
into the sugar camp then nothing
can move them, is the way the
lobbyists figure the game.
Will Defeat The Entire Bill.
1 am discussing the matter
frankly, because I believe the
people of Colorado should under
stand the situation.
If Senators Thomas and Shaf-
roth should follow Senator Pat
terson's advice and join forces
with the Louisiana senators, the
tariff will not be revised this ses-
sion.
There are 96 members of the
senate-51 democrats and 45 re-
publicans. If four democratic
senators desert their party, the
protectionists will control the sit
uation, ard no tariff bill will be
passed which does not conform
to the views of the Sugar trust
and Wooden trust. These two
great combinations are the head
and front of the opposition to the
Underwood bill-'the keystone
of the arch Of protection, as
Senator Aldrich happily phraised
it. =. .e.s
It is inconceivable that the
House and President would ca
pitulate I'd. this piratical combi-
nation. The President has de-
clared. with an emphasis worthy
of "Old Hickory, .that Il am
neither seeking nor asking COM
promises, and the, position of
the House is equally unmistaka-
ble.\
If the Senate surrenders to the
Twin trusts, the mutilated bill
will be defeated in the House or
vetoed by the President, and the
Responsibility for notification of
the peoples will must be placed
where it belongs.
Patterson's Position.-~e
Senator Patterson in justifica-
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-05-23
countries.
Worlds Price Of Sugar.

that any country which can pro
duce sugar and sell it with {
profit at the English price car
successfullymeet the competition
of the sugar-making world.
Now, what is that English OF
worlds price.
The price for a period Of ten
years has fuctuated between $3-
20 and So. GO per hundred pounds.
Of course, Senator Patterson
is not going to contend that the
Cuban will sell his sugar in New
York for 81, sc when he can get
$3.2 or So. 60 for it in England.
The German beet sugar maker
does not hesitate to enter the
English market and meet the
competition of the Cuban and
East Indian, and in fact the lat
ter plead for protection"
against the aggressive German.
Germany has abolished its
bounties, 1t has a tariff for rev.
enue only of So cents. and it ex-
ports vast quantities Of sugar.
In 1911, the latest figures l
have, this German beet sugar
was offered for export at Ham,
burg for $500 per 100 lbs, and
the world bought at that price.
Why didn't the Cuban with his
$1.66 sugar slip in and capture
the Germans customers?
The answer is very simple:
Because the Cuban cannot sell
refined sugar at 81. &c, never has
sold refined sugar at that price
and in all human probability nev-
er will.
With all due respect to Sena-
tor Patterson, the story about
refined Cuban sugar selling in
Now York for $1.66 is a sugar
trust myth-pure and simple.
Can We Compete?
If Germany can compete with
the cane sugar of the wcrld
what is to prevent the Uuited
States doing the same things?
Absolutely nothing, so far as !
have been able to discover author
tiles on both sides of the sugar
debate.
The German factories pay as
much for .beets as does the
American factory, and in addi-
ton it gives the German farmer
free seed and forty to sixty per
cent of the pulp.
The German factory pays more
for it's power or fuel, than does
the American factory, especially
in the west?
The American labor cost eX-
ceed the German, but-that is a
small item, for according to the
sugar men the labor cost of pro-
ducing 100 lbs of sugar in this
does not exceed four.
teen cents. The German cost is
less but the difference is trif1ing
perhaps five or six cents per
100 lbs of sugar-and is more
than made up by the advantages
enjoyed by the American, factor
les.
The fact is that up to-date
American factories, economically
managed, should be able to pro-
duce refined beet sugar for from
S. so to So. 70 per 100 lbs, with
out reducing the price paid the
the farmer for his beets.
With the price of sugar rang
ing from So. 20 to So. go an ample
margin is left for generous divi-
dends on the capital actually in
x,ootoI
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-02-24
STEEL ORDERS
SATISFACTORY

Steel interests are surprised at the
way business keeps up and the readi-
ness with which consumers are fur
nishing specifications. Shipments from
the steel mills continue heavy, and the
new buying Is sufficient to enable mills
to secure substantial premiums where
they are in a position to guarantee
prompt delivery In some lines. how
ever. this is not possible this side OF
October.
Railroads are buying cars and ma
terial, sales of steel rails here last
week being $4,000 tons. There was also
a good tonnage In car material. as
railroad requirements are large. The
market for pig iron is quiet, although
there were more inquiries for delivery
in the second half of the year. Prices,
however. are easy Large contracts for
cast iron pipe have been made of late
by South American cities, part of which
have gone abroad. The coke market
is easy and the coal trade slow. with
the tonnage of the railroads smaller
than last year.
Dry goods houses are doing a large
business, both for immediate and fu-
ture shipment, retailers having their
Easter opening earlier than usual. In
other lines trade was about the usual
volume. and collections fairly good.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-02-24
OFFICIALS
LOOK OVER
NEW SITE
Gary's Sister City Across
the Canadian Border,
Which Is to Have $40, O0O,-
600 Steel Plant, Will Bar
Liquor.

Ebert II. Gary, chairman. and other
officials of the United States Steel cor
poration today are in Sandwich, Ont.
inspecting the site of the new $4,000
900 Canadian steel works which the
trust will erect at Sandwich.
No saloons There.
The holdings of the corporation will
be incorporated into a city to be known
as Pontias, which will be built on the
lines of Gary. But there will be no
Iliqour sold in Pontias Judge Gary
saw the city that bears his name get
enough notoriety by the Gary blind
pigs and for this reason Pontias Will
have no saloons
Several Gary men, including Tin
Englehart and George McGinnity have
procured options on property in the
new steel town.
| A dispatch from Sandwich to TIKI
TIMES reads:
| Sandwich, Ont. Feb. 24.-E. H. Gary
chairman of the board of directors OF
the United States Steel corporation, i:
here today to visit the site opposite
this city in Canada, where the cor
poration will build a s20.0o0.o00 stee
plant It will be his first visit to Sand
witch. Ont, where $500 acres have beef
bought for the plant.
Tenants on the land received wore
today to move A bill has been drafte,
to be introduced in the Ontario parlia
ment at Toronto Incorporating the new
steel city under the name of Pontiac
In the bill William Wollatt of Walker
willie is named as the first mayor. TIL
iallermanic body is composed OF Alex
ander Dawson, William C. Kennel.
Alexander Leslie and Harold r. Hatch
err. The sale of liquor will be barre
in the CITY,
I'VE are going to start constructio
on the plant at once" Mr.. Gary sal
land we expect to start operations |
the fall of this year or in the sprin
tof 1914. We are going after the trad
of Canada and the other British posses
Isions. This will be an immense field
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-02-24
+. NAGLE. SOUTH BAY
HOTEL PROP, DEAD.

Frederick A. Maggie. proprietor OF the
half years died Saturday night at 1850
o'clock in his apartments in the hotel
His death which was caused by dropsy
was not unexpected as he has been
suffering from that disease and from
anaemia for the last eight months. The
funeral private and took place
from the hotel at noon yesterday. The
remains were placed on the Lake Shore
train which leaves the Harbor for Chi
cago at 1910. On arriving in Chicago
the body was transferred to the North
western railroad and taken to Rosehill
where 1t was placed in a vault to await
burial. The interment will take place
at Rosehill some day this week, the
exact date not having yet been decided
on. and at that time services will be
held at the cemetery.
| Mr.. Maggie was born in Bohemia, IS
Chicago four and half years ago to
take charge of the South Bay hotel
Prior to coming to the Harbor he had
been a salesman for Mcneil and Hig-
gins, wholesale groceries for a number
of years. AS boniface Mr.. Maggie was
very popular. being well liked by the
guests of the hotel well as by every
one else with whom he came in con-
tact. He leaves widow to mourn him
and much sympathy is extended tc
Mrs. Maggie in her bereavement.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-02-24
.RALSTON ACCUSES DEMOCRATS
OF DOUBLE CROSS ON UTILITIES

to amend the utilities bill to suit his
stand bound by the caucus action. He
would not be a boiter
The story has gained ground that
there are seventeen democratic sena-
tors who stand opposed to the utilities
bill in its present form and. who are
ready to vote either to change 1t so as
to make II Ineffective or to kill it. 1t
Is said, too. that these democrats have
been making overtures to the eight re-
publican member and the two bull
moose members to get them TO line up
with them against the bill. This would
give them a majority and they could
then do they please Therefore,
some of the wise ones are pointing out
that in urging the democrats to aban-
don the Monday night caucus the gov
ernor Is playing into the hands of
Fleming and his supporters. because.
according to this story they will be
able to do they please with the
bin on the floor of the senate in an
open fi-ht.
If the utilities bill goes through in
its present form, except for the amend
ments prepared under the direction OF
the work of Governor Ralston. OF
that there can be little doubt. for the
situation in the last day or two has
made ii look very blue for the bill The
governors statement will safe it If it is
saved
No one here is criticising Fleming
for the fight he is making on the bill
in its present form, because. it is
pointed out. he has interests and rep
resents interests that would be affected
by it,
| The house redeemed itself Friday
bill providing for nine-hour work
! day for women, with a limit of fifty
hours in any one week. The bill passed
/, by vote of SO TO 23s There was a lo-
| of oratorical fireworks while the bill
was under consideration. but there was
no way to stop the members from vot
ing for the bill. A number who votee
| against the Keegan bill several day.
ago voted for this bill.
1 There was also a nice fight in tn.
/ house over the passage of the Fleming
primary bill. introduced by Represent
ative Fleming of Portland. This bill
| provides that all state nomination.
shall be made by delegate conventions
the delegates to be elected a. primaries
| held under legal safeguards. It ais
| provides for statewide presidential
| preference vote at primaries.
All other nominations, including
! congressional legislative. judicial
| county. township. city and town, shall
be made by direct primaries but tn
voters have the right to change thi
| plan If they wish to do So In orde
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-02-24
ASK Scent FARE
FOR SOUTH TOWNS
Business Men of South Chi
cago and West Pullman
Demand Decresae.

Coincident with the establishment of
through routes to South Chicago and
West Pullman by the Chicago Rail-
ways Co. yesterday. business mems as
sociations of both these sections
mapped out a campaign to get scent
fare. Under the terms of the trans
portation company's franchise 1T can
collect a second fare after passing Sew
enty-ninth street, and has been doing
so.
The first step in the campaign Will
be taken today when Edward Cohen
president of the South Chicago Bust
ness Mems association, and city collec
tor of Chicago. will appoint commit
tee to bring the question before tn,
committee on local transportation o
the city council Like action will b.
taken by A. r. Runsten, president o
the South End Business Mems associa
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-02-24
III. B. RILEY
IN HOSPITAL

Harrison B. Riley, president of the
Title and Trust Company, ana director
in the local Allman-Gary Title COM
pany, was opertaed upon yesterday for
appendicitis at the Pasadena city hos
pital. in Pasadena. CAL Information
given out by physicians was that the
patient probably will recover.
Mr. Riley went to Pasadena a month
ago to spend the winter at his home
on Orange Grove avenue. Thursday
morning he was taken Ill and hurried
to the hospital.
A consultation of prominent doctor!
Of Los Angeles and Pasadena wa.
quickly called and an operation wa
pronounced necessary.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-02-24
CHICAGO land MARK
BOWS TO PROGRESS
The Hub Moves Across State
Street to New Home.

Chicago, Feb. 24.-Another Chicago
land mark has given way to the march
of progress.
Old residents Of Chicago have just
Witnessed the transformation of one
of the city's oldest institutions. The
Hub, which for more than a quarter
OF a century has occupied the build
ings at the northwest corner of State
street and Jackson boulevard, moves
across the street this week and takes
possession of the magnificent eighteen
story Lytton building, erected on the
northeast corner of the same crossing,
by Henry c. Lytton, president of The
Hub.
One by one the great merchandise
institutions which make State street
the greatest retail shopping district
in the world have outgrown their orig
inal quarters and the small nondescript
buildings of early days have given
place to mammoth steel structures.
The Hub is the latest OF these great
establishments to take possession of
home especially erected to meet its
needs. The first eight floors and
Easements OF it's new palatial home,
which towers eighteen stories high
at the south end of the State street
shopping district, will be devoted ex-
clusively to~men's clothing and kind
red lines of haberdashery, upon which
! the reputation Of this house has been
| built during its more than quarter
of a century existence.
Clothing merchants and buyers
from all over the country, as well al
thousands of men who appreciate
good clothes, are crowding the store
this week inspecting the complete
ness OF the equipment of the new
Hub and the variety and excellence
of ite stock.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-02-24
TIMES BUREAU
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.

Al THE STATE La.
Indianapolis. Feb "a - Governor
Ralston built a fire under the demo-
cratic senators when he issued fhat
statement Friday in which he init
mated that the democratic senators
were giving their party a double cross
on the public utilities question After
the statement was given out there was
hurrying and a scurrying around
the like OF which has not been seen
before in the senate in many a day.
There were numerous conferences
among .thes enators. the last one being
held last night the governors pri-
vate office. attended by a number of
the senate leaders What the outcome
will be no one seems to know. but tine
governor has given proof by this action
that he has the backbone to fight for
what he believes is the right thing.
With such a powerful influence as
Senator Fleming on the other side and
Senator Fleming is the most powerful
member of the senate many a governor
might have hesitated to issue such a
statement. but not so with your Uncle
Samuel.
On the other hand. there are some
who feel that the governor made a
tactical mistake in giving out that
statement. for, they say. it will muddy
the water and make the opposition all
the more determined Senator Elem
ing is understood to prefer that the
public utilities bill be taken on the
floor of the senate for considera tion
instead of in caucus. because If the
bill is considered in caucus he and all
the rest OF the democratic senators
would be bound by caus action while
Ii the bill comes on the floor withou,
caucus action those senator's who are
opposed to the bill or who wish to
amend IL in important places will be
FIRE to do their work without being
bound by a caucus.
Senator Fleming is the leader of the
forces in the senate which which &c
make amendments in the bill. For one
thing. IL is said, Fleming wishes tc
have steam railroads taken out from
under the jurisdiction of the public
utilities commission. He has made "a
fight for that point, but up to this
time the railroads are still In the bill
But it is said that If he is left free K
amend the bill on the floor of the sen
ate he will go ahead with his fght
supported by an uncertain number Of
other senators.
One thing must be said about Sen
ator Fleming and that is that he is
fighter that fights fair. He will VIII
his fight IL he can. but If he can't ht
will take his licking in good humol
and like it,. Therefore. there is M
doubt expressed here hut that II hi
goes-into the democratic senate caucu!
this evening and loses out on his fgh
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-02-24
DEATH CLAIMS
THREE GARYITES

The death occurred yesterday of
Harold. the infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Larson, Twenty-fifth avenue and
Harrison street, who died of pneumo-
MIA The funeral was held this after
noon, interment being at Gary Oakhill
cemetery.
Warren r. Cuff. So years old. colored.
a city employee, died yesterday at the
Gary General hospital Cardiac asthma
is given as the cause.
William Porter. 40 years old, a MEM
Der OF ~the bartenders' union and en-
ployed at Frank McBride's cafe, died
yesterday at the Gary General hospital.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-02-24
TO do this petition signed BY i per

TO do this petition signed by / per
cent of the voters of the district,
county. city. etc. may be filed and the
question will be submitted to the vot-
ers at the January party organization
primaries. II majority of the voters
vote In favor OF Nominating by prim-
aries then the nominations will be
made that way. Otherwise the nomina-
lions will be made by primaries.
When the bill was taken up Repre-
sentative Crawford of Fayette county
moved to substitute the John r. Jones
bill for the Fleming oill The Jones
bill provided for direct primaries for
all nominations. The Crawford mo-
ton failed. however, and the Fleming
bill went through by a vote of 76 to IA.
Whilethe Fleming bill was not in
reality an administration bill, 1t is un-
derstood that it is satisfactory to the
administration adm the democratic
state organization. 1t will pass the
senate
The senate passed the bill already
passed by the house to separate the
LakePorter circuit court and give
each county a circuit court The bill
is now ready for the governor to sign
The house also passed the Moran bill
providing for medical examination OF
all firemen before appointment before
they will be eligible to participate in
the firemens pension fund.
Another salary raising bill was in
troduced by Senator Greenwich to au-
thorize increase of $4,000 to 5000
in the salary of the Allen county audi
tor Off acting as city treasurer.
which provides that where a saloon ha.
been put out of business by a cour
decision the saioonkeeper may hav,
refunded to him to portion of his Ii
Gems efee for the time the licens.
would still have to run.
The senate committee on public NOR
ais killed the bill which would hav'
prohibitsN shipments of liquor into DIR,
territory.
The bill which was intended to pro
hibit all work, amusements. theatres
baseball and other forms of arnuse
ment on Sunday was killed by senat
| committee
The house passed bill to appropri
| ate $4,000 to pay for taking to Gettys
burg, Pa. next July all Indiana sur
| viving soldiers who fought in the bat
| tie OF Gettysburg. There will be re
union of Union and Confederate sol
diers of that battle at that time. TIL
| adjutant general of the G. A. r. is au
.thorized to prepare a list of all sue
| soldiers in the senate and all are to b
| taken on the trip adm all of their ex
1 penses paid.
| The senate adjourned yesterday aft
| ernoon till Monday afternoon. but tn
| house remained In session today
| celebrate Washington's birthday. TIL
| Twenty third regiment band from For
! Benjamin Harrison. together with tn
| officers of the regiment. attended TIL
| exercises this forenoon.