The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1915-04-17

the Price of Sugar During
| the Canning and Preserv
ing Season and Causec
American Housewives anc
Farmers to Lose Tons Of
Fruit and Millions OF Dol
lars.
(From the Congressional Record
March 4, 1850
Mr.. Broussard. Mr.. Speaker
the Members of this House OIL
yesterday received 4 circular let.
ter sent ont by the Federal Sugar
Refining Go. aud signed by r. O.
Lowry, its sales manager, in
which The following appeared:
For political purposes Congress
man Broussard recently stated:
"Refners told Congress, and
Congress believed the refiners,
that If the sugar duties were re-
duced consumers would receive
the advantage OF the reduction.
On March Congress reduced the
then-existing duties Is per cent,
and for not single moment from
that day to this has the consumer
paid as little money for his sugar
"a be did before the reelection"
Curiously enough, next day
Gov. Carter, of Hawaii, Congress
man Broussard's ally in tho effort
to retain the high duties on sugar,
none correctly stated the sltua.
tion as follows:
"Iu fact, the war in Europe has
made the last year the most phe.
n0menal year in the history of
sugar growers. In April, 1914,
We got the lowest price for sugar
in 20 years"
! will not d,gnlfy this miser rsble
scribbler by directing the attsn.
tiOn of the House to him further
than to recall that when he began
to circularize Congress a. the
mouthpeace Of the reflners, some
years ago, be posed and signed
himself Secretary" of the "Com.
mittee of Wholesale Grocers,
formed to assist in obtaining
cheaper sugar for consumers
through reduction Of duties on
raw and refined sugars"
he was afterwards compelled to
admit, under oath before an inves
tisatlng committee Of this House,
that this committee bad never
held meeting, even OF two mem.
bers; that not even . penny Of
dues had ever been paid into II
by the alleged members; that he
had elected himself secretary and
treasurer; and that his Employer
(Spreckels) had Financed It by
@ Contributing Approximately $780,
900 to Circulate the Fraudulent
and Untruthful Literature with
which hs Deluged Congress and
the Country. That piece of de-
ception was 10 keeping with the
dishonest practices that have al.
ways been pursued By the Sugar
Refining Combine.
Mr.. Speaker, l recent this effort
by the Sugar Refining Trust to
impugn my motives on the eve Of
my departure from the House.
At noon to-day l leave this
body to take my place at the other
end Of the Capitol, sitter 18 years
Df service spent within these
walls.
But q handful of the present
membership, yourself included,
Mr. Speaker, has seen similar
ength of service, but / believe
hose of you with whom / have
dedicated the best part Of my life
here In the interest Of my State
Will bear witness that ihroug ghout
.hese years I have been making
his same fight for . principle.
In it has been bound up the
yery existence of my people. Two
years ago upon this very issue the
people Of my State In . Demo. |
cratic primary selected me for
senator az q Democrat. A solid
Democratic Legislature unani. |
confirmed that decisions
and elected me to the Senate upon
his issue, which h 20 vital to
Iu that contest I was opposed |
~ two of the ablest and most In
i0entisl men 10 ms State.
One or them had been Tor 10
years q Member OF this body and
had justly attained . national rep.
ltati0n for his service % chair.
nan Of the Committee on Banking |
md Currency.
The other had 6lled almOst ev.
.ry office in the gift Of the people.
He had been elected successively
as member OF the Legislature, |
speaker OF tho house, lieutenant |
governor, governor. and United
States Senator for the term which
,yplres to day.