The Monte Vista journal., 1915-04-10


ming the whole show so far as the
Republican party is concerned. They
would like to name candidate who
Is satisfactory to Big Business,
raise tremendous campaign fund
and put things through as Mark
Hanna did in 1896" They want to
send La Follettes, the Kenyons and
the Clapps to the rear and they are
not disposed to give much consider
alton to such make-believe progress
sives as Cummins of Iowa, Hadley
of Missouri and Bristow of Kansas
Root of New York is the type of
statesman the Standpatters would
put in the White House and if they
can't get him they would be satisfied
with Burton of Ohio, Weeks of Mas
sachusetts or Herrick of Ohio.
Any of these men might be relied
upon to give Business" what it
wants, put the protective tariff wall
higher than it has ever been before,
and buttress the whole thing with tn
and buttress the whole thing with
the biggest army and navy the peo-
pie could be forced to support.
Progressives Not Pleased
OF course, this program does not
appeal to the millions of men and
women who left the Republican
no rty
voted for Roosevelt. They are in
clined to be mighty independent just
now, for they are intelligent enough
to know that they are in position
to decide the result of the election
of 1916.
For one, do not believe they will
ever go back to the "Stand-pat"
camp
AS between Wilson and any one
Of the Republican possibilities" so
far exhibited to public view, l am
confident pronounced majority of
the genuine Progressives will vote
for Wilson. And that means his re-
election.
The Trust and the Farmer
Just before Congress adjourned,
I made a little speech in the House
calling attention to the fact that the
sugar beet farmers were not bene-
fitting from the high price of sugar.
l suggested that it was not fair for
the sugar factories to refuse toshare
their tremendous profits with the
men who produced the beets.
I.had not thought of provoking an
acrimonious discussion. l merely
wanted the Record to show the fact:
that the Sugar Trust" through it's
control of the seaboard refineries
and the inland beet sugar factories,
is enabled to fix the price it will pay
the sugar beet and sugar cane farm
ers for their product, and that the
farmers compensation is not deter
mined by the market price of refined
sugar.
The result is that while many beet
sugar factories during the last cam
paign probably earned 100 per cent
on the capital invested, the farmers
who raised the beets complained
that they found it difficult to make
both ends meet.
Fordney's Reply
My speech had a most surprising
effect on the champions of the
sugar interests. Congressman Ford
ney Of Michigan, who is recognized
as the ablest advocate in Congress
of sugar tariff, made an extended
reply during the closing hours Of the
session. l understand it is the in
tention of the sugar lobby-which
is again very active in Washington-
to food Colorado with copies of
Fordney's speech.
l am surprised that gentleman
OF Fordney's attainments could be
induced to stand sponsor for some
of the statements which are to be
found in the revised report of his
address.
For example. he asserts that the
Underwood tariff bill has closed all
the Independent" sugar factories
in Colorado, while the trust-owned
factories continue TO operate.
or course, there is not the slight
est foundation for that statement.