Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-10-09
OF A
SUGAR TARIFF A
BOON TO VALLEY
RECOMMENDATION BY PRESIDENT
TO CONGRESS MAKES SURE A
GREAT VALLEY INDUSTRY.
SUGAR PLANTERS BELIEVE THERE
WILL BE GREAT INTEREST IN
GROWING CANE IN VALLEY.

The atiun of the national admins
tration in deciding to recommend Ia the
next congress that the sugar tariff he
retained bv this government until after
the passing If the Eur pean war and the
rcSumution of normal conditions means
practically the revivifying Of the sugar
industry in the Lower lsf, Grandc Val
lev. according t. the belief Of sugar men
IN this section. and ii means also that
bv next wear there will he planted prob
ably double the acreage now being
p,anted To sugar cane in this Se~tion.
However. despite the fact that = few
months ago prospects were that the su
car tariff would 60 of May ! III" there
has been renewed activity in sugar IN
this section. Indicated by the or"1hiza-
tion ~ the Bordcrland Sugar torpD
ration uf New Jersey. with n capital
stock ~ S5OO. 0OO and the purchase bN
this concern of the san Brnito sugar
mill. which il now being placed ~ trsi
class shape for operation inns 1ail
Some of the best known sugar men III
the United States are interested ~ TINS
conrcrn. AN interest taken on whch
several of the number visited this see
tion about year ago with the sole ob
icct of seeing the possibilities Of sugar
i'm this section The organization Of the
sugar concern followed.
There are now four sugar manufactnr
in. plants in the Magic Valley. or Low
cr Valley. one of them. the dcfurrt Ono
< Texts mill. located near Brownsville
the mill at San Bcnito that ~ To he op
Grated one mill al Harlingcn. in-oper
atiye and mill AZ Dhnna that may ~f
may not he operated this year. Ii =
confidently believed by sugar men N this
section that If the sugar acreage !
planted To Justify II. every mil " TINS
| section. and perhaps additional mills
| will bc in operation in the fall ni 1917
Confidence has been 50 str'ng I'm the
sugar industry in this section that 81
car men have not hcSitated tU offer FAR
merS ~ Inducements 10 plant sugar cane
u minimum guaranteed price FIR their
product This offer has bcen made cs-
pccaIIv "a farmers who have lad eN
ppricuc III cane raising. and whose abll
tiles AZ farmers have h"cn apparenf
since their residence III this section.
The following Washington diSpaicL
concerning proposition to make lnonrra-
tive the tariff measure afiectin. sugar. i
Of interest.
! Retention Of the present duty on sugar
until conditions become normal and ex
7 tension of emergency tax law until Eu-
ropcan war il over are two revenue
measures which the administration ha~
decided To ask from congress ut cnmin.
session Secretary McAdot announced
"Wednesday he would recommend ths
necessary legislation. and i iS under
stood that President Wilson Is ~ ac
cord with the plan.
No other revenue measures have beer
approved hv the administration - far
although many suggestions have beer
offered which may he considered before
congress completes its work Retention
of the duty on sugar which goes tn
free list May 1916. unless congress
acts would give the treasury abon
$50 O0O 0OO wear. The emergency tax Il
counted upon to produce about Sl"O 0oO.
600 a wear
Since both the sugar duty and tn
emergency tax are workin. ~ present
however. this would not mean any IN
crease in existing revenue. Larger M
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