The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-09-05
BERLIN WIRELESS HERALDS
SUCCESSES ON BOTH FRONTIERS
Destruction Of
SusuF In1lI y


Events have swiftly dsmonstratee
In . noss prastieal ansi ooavsnslne
manner tks alnest incrsd1oes folly
Of the free trade congress aat a1uaH
Istration IN withArawsns protsotioa
from the sugar producing Industry d
the United states and ~ insular a..
tendencies. What other nation. civ
ilized or uncivilised, would have de-
liberately planned to destroy 80 nm
portant an industry! II there be any
Free traders among the natives Of
Darkest Africa one can hardly. imag-
inc that they would be capable of 90
stupid an atrocity a. that Of legis-
lating out Of existence 30 important
a source of domestic employment and
profit. We think that even savage
solons would draw the line there and
hesitate to do such thing.
Within ten months of the enact
ment Of the law that IL to put Ameri-
can sugar growers intp condition
Of innocuous desuetude comes q great
European war which hats production
in Germany, Austria. Russia aud
France. They have up to this time
been the chief rsources Of Europe's
sugar supply. These countries have
been producing at the rate Of $780,
| 900 tons Of sugar . year. which IL
about so per cent Of the worlds beet
sugar product and more than one
third of the total sugar crop VI the
world. More than 100000 men
were called to military service and
away from service of Industrial and
agricultural production. A big r9duc-
! ton in the output of beet sugar must
ensue, and sharp advance in sugar
prices has already taken place. No
one knows where the advance will
stop. Ten cents pound is predict.
ed IL the European war should last
year or more.
Meanwhile, under the destroyine
influence of free trade, sugar produc
ton in the United States has beer
materially diminished. Our own su
gar growers are in no position e
n take advantage of the shortage II
the European supply. The certain
ty Of free trade, commencing will
1916, has already put out Of bushes;
many thousands OF acres OF cant
lands in Louisiana and many thous
ands of acres Of beet sugar lands II
the Northern States. According,
there has been shut down OF man,
cane grinding mills in the South an,
many beet sugar factories In tn
North. Many millions OF capita
have been lost and many thousands
of woSk people deprived OF employ
ment.
An article In Hearsts Magazine
: which tells in detail the dreadful hay
oc wrought by Free Trade in thu
} sugar producing industry Of Louis
ana. Also tells how. after havjp
had the Louisiana delegation swun
to him at the Baltimore conventto
in 1912, pursuant to Professor WI
sons REORGANIZATION pledge that tn
tariff of 1913 should not contain
free sugar provision, the professo
having become president entirely 10
got the promise and was directly :
!. strumentai in. bringing about the fr'
; sugar clause of the Underwood "a
n IN bill. The recital has for Its aut
d eritv the then Representative al
r soon to be Senator Broussard
e Lou.siapa. 1t is said that Mr.. Bro'
l. sa,d HIS never since then visited I
o White House.
n The whole story CT free trade
sickening and disheartenins Whe
le err or not the episode OF the prom
ny r. Broussard be truthfully narrated
to and there is small reason to dou
lie its truth the fact remains that
al. sacrificing domestic sugar producti
no upon the altar of free trade, the p
or sent administration and consress b
made up an unequaled record eitf
Of gross and reckless ignorance
III else of conscienceless brutality
he litical and economic history VIII r.
4, lister that verdict. There is no esca
2. from 1t.
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