The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-06-12
KILL SUGAR IS
WILSON POLICY
Washington Correspondent Says
Beet Industry Is
Doomed

Here, writes staff correspondent Of
the Detroit Free Press from Washing.
ton, under date Of May 2s, is the adj
ministration attitude toward the MI,
chigan beet sugar industry
81 SIT IL Is hot house industry and
can 7 exist without artificial tariff pro-
lection, then we don't want it.
I" Anything 30 artificial, SO unnatural,
20 lacking in innate strength that ev-
erybody has To be taxed 10 support IL
had better be lot die. Better substi.
tute something that we won I have to
tux everybody for a
This attitude is held by the depart
ment of commerce today. Bearing this
IN mind Il is easy to forecast the re-.
port that will be made BY the secret
investigators of the department Of COM
merce now scrutinizing the Michigan
sugar beet industry.
The bureau Of corporations, part of
the department Of commerce, sont out
some Of its "smelling experts 10 as
certain how. the Michigan beet sugar
business is fariDg under the Under.
wood Simmons tariff.
Smelling has Been Enough.
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" vas lgyttu, tnsI alsl ., y, ~
P,ession nlgnt " iglnu anu ena' :
s \, PVisis ~ svup lhsns ~ ii'ue On
ing some Republican business man TO
hang higher than Haman' Ito quote
the words Of Secretary Rcdfcld, tor
many years vice president Of the Amer
lean Blower works in Detroit.
But the department Of commerce has
lust reiterated the above quoted atti.
tude regarding rhot house Industries. :
This IL Significant. IL means simply
this: The sssmelIinq', squad out in
Michigan has seen enough; IL has learn
cd that the Michigan sugar beet in.
dnstrv is actually on its last legs and
will be wiped out when free sugar be-
comes effective in the spring Of 1916.
In other words, the Michigan beet
sugar industry will Be dead in 19i6--
and the Democratic tariff will hay.
killed il. Just as the Louisiana cane
sugar business Is dead already al a
loss that will reach $iO,oO0,0oo.
That's why the department Of com.
merce "a 50 emphatic right now in
shouting. We don't want any hot
house Industry, They are trying to
make people believe that what they
are killing ought 10 be killed.
IN The Democratic platform Of 1919
Il 4 stated. regarding the Republican
tar;ff ! q Under a. onerations nc Amer.
;ran farner ana labor;nr man arr the
ehias i, t ar }; X 4 n
800 go =, I, 81 =. !. Z.
oOnsiossinan y y ies'sot 4,
There are p lot Of farmers who have
found beet culture profitable in Michi-
gan in; a good many years pist. They
are already finding that the words Of
the Baltimore platform apply in vcriest
truth TO the operations Of the Demo.
cratic tariff, aud that, 'funder its oper.
atoms the American farmer and labor
ing man arc the chief sufferers. ?
CohQfcssman Joseph w. Fordney, Of
Michiaan. declines 10 charge the Demo.
cratic party In advance With bad faith.
lie views the secret Investigation now
being prosecuted N tho. Michigan beet
eonntrv with much interest. and he
savs. assuming thar the investigation
n honest. that there Is lust one possible
ontg ana,
ssThe Investigation. else II Z dis
honest. must show that the beet
sngar indnstrv n now doinq lis hest
81 ronfinne. that Il probably will con.
tiuue tbronehouf 1913, but that II can
moi exist sfter the sprfng az lai8.,s
In CONGRESSMAN Fordney 4 opinion Il
the Democrats are honest, there will
fellow . movement g revise the w.
industries imperiled .by the act as Il
nov stands IN
Tho answer 10 this Il the department
90 commerce,s declaration that owe
want the death az hot house indus.
tries ,'s' 1
The Democratic party laid down is
nlatform Of ssruIe 81 ruin,i at BaIti.
moro and the INSTRUMENTATION h goino
Ia hui its way through IA. the fuish
no matter what hapne3s. and when rs
free trade method .ills an Industry
hara and another there. the only com.
ment 4 going I'd be' }sWo want tRe
daath az hot house industfies.,,
SomaG very interesting developnent.
ara taLing mace chose DAYS. showing
what mig6t NJ csIled ! rather close
connsetion bafween the pamocratie mar
W ana "a Ieast one Great tr,,st which
win M directlv benetifea ~ free trade
ID u sneh AM interestiag AFFAIR A,
10 have been made die subject az com
mant on tbe Aoor ~ thu senate and