New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-16
DEMOCRAT DENOUNCES
HOUSE SUGAR TACTICS
Last Bill Monstrous, Says Tariff
Witness, Appealing to Wilson
for Business DeCorum."
FEARS INDUSTRIES RUIN
Removal of Duty Would Send
Companies to the Bankruptcy
Court, Asserts Colorado Man
Whisky a Necessity
From The Tribune Bureau

IRON The Tribune Bureau
Washington. Jan. l5-Asserung tha'
sugar never has been anything but the
football OF American politics" Francis N
carey. president of the National sugar
Securities Company and vice president OF
the National Sugar Manufacturing Com
pany Of Colorado, told the ways ana
Means Committee to-day that the passage
-, o free sugar bill would ruin the in
dustry..
Mr. carey was caustic in his criticism
,.r .be free sugar bill passed by the House
a, tho last session. THE passage oil such
biu'' fhe said. would send the plant
and property OF our company TO the scrap
bean. the auction block and the bahhrupF
~ court The Democrats claim l'eo
sugar might save American consumers
t5ll5 W0OO) annually
After. explaining that he was Demo-
erat and would not become party 7"
noi,ioat opposition 10 any policies declueu
unon ny the new administration even il
ttt urerKed his own business, Mr.. carey
,tsrtlsd the Democratic members OF lhe
,comuittee with the following FRANK au-
ivice: -.rs
L. ,roati,p- NJ the sugar schedule bust
,rsSs considerations have always peeu
.subordinated 10 what were assumes 80 w
The The political requirements OF tle liz liz
Srberes has never been any grosser mus
.5ration of this fact than the passage Oh
hhe free sugar bill at the last SESSION Wy
hbe House by an overWhelnlhS tlIaJo, a ~,
II il was not publicly stated oN nlelE
,of the Leading members OF the ptnI,-
cratic marty. II has surely been prlvately
iadnitted by them that such monstI,oGts
measure would not have receiVeu INC.
support If they had not tett SIRE the Snnate
IN ia currently reported that similar tac-
Tics are contemplated at the 'o''''"7
special session of Congress; -. .v,.c+
&c I have never had and never expect
20 have political ambitions j can Tan Tan
tho liberty Of saying that such Sou AZ se
would be. in my opinion, WlCkSu u,S
regard Of fair play ana ana, o MDaiu who has
voted for Mr. Wilson with connue.lCe
that he will approach this great quesliG?iIii
with business decorum ana that ne .i,, Mt,.
give what he has called lesIt'iiia'e
business" fair play and square deal
Revenue of s5o,oooooo.
Mr.. carey said that hundreds Of NH
lions were invested in the beet sugar IN
dustrv and the schedule Involves an
easily, collected national revenue OF IhoIe
than &0C0O.OOO.' He added
7, i.GbardIy fair that judgment should
ba passed by men wholly unfamiliar WIN
me compiled tons and risks OF HaIluLa ,o,
uring upon these Whe nave oo.e ~. ~ bsst
the pioneer work of estaDllshlns liIe Deet
sugar business in the United states
Frank & Lowry. of New York, repre-
senting. the Federal Sugar Refining com
panv. and Representative Fordhe!'
Republican member OF the commute
were engaged in tlts as result Oh Nj
Iowry's espousal OF low tarln on sus"i'
AIR Fordney declared that the beet
sugar manufacturers do not belong 10
the same human race as the renners 0i
sugar I'M New York" and the Michigan
member grew angry when MI Lo"iE
. gave evasive answers 70 his questions
NJ chairman Underwood ruled that the VII
j ness might employ his own LANGUAGE III
replying
Edwin F. Atkins. vice-presiicnt OF inc
American sugar Refining Company hie'
brief with the committee III Which ne
declared the company was in favor OF
reduced tariff Oh sugar, but was opposed
10 free sugar He said in part:
In our opinion the first effect OF nee
sugars while present production j. Indlh-
tanned, would be 20 drop prices NJ i1v, w. =,
price would destroy the Louisiana lndus-
Try also the beet sugar Industry IT NAM
localities and particularly tass Oi ,, raS :
Mississippi River once prodg@Ion WdS
curtailed foreign prices would advance
until they reached a point Wheie oohlsstl,u
producers could again enter 'hc field:
how long a time this would require -
problematiCal. meanwhile disaster wouId
te widespread. and consumers would get
hut temporary benent.
Whisky Necessity; Wines Luxury
The California wine business vas pic'-
ured as IN a deplorable cond don when
the committee took up Schedule II, wines
spirits and other beverages. John -
Ye,kes ex-Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue. contended that whiskey was .
necessity: but that imported wines were
a luxury and therefore should bear Inc
burden OF tariff taxation.
Victor f. Whtlock, a New FORK I'M
porter.. would not agree that beer was
entirely a luxury. lie suggested mat me
,ar5ff on: some well known brews be cut
from u cents a gallon to 10 cents a gar
Ion. its rate under the Wilson tariff law
or at least TO not more than 20 per cent
It's assessment under the Dingloy law.
Protect the bottles ana lhS Hiu''"'
waters. too said another importer,
Henry Melville, of New York. who urged
80 per cent as ample for both.
William Culman. for the California
Wine Association. claimed that tae lowest
wages paid in Southern California We're
double those paid abroad and that Amer
icsn wines were infinitely superior to
those Of twenty years ago, bur that the
industry should be protected by taxing
the imported wines as luxuries.