The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-09-08

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a fair sized audience at the Auditor,
ium Tuesday night, explaining in de-
tail to the voters of Welsh the plat
form upon which he expects to be
elected to congress from this, the
Seventh Congressional district.
Mr.. Edwards is an interesting
speaker, his low, soft tone of voice
being much more pleasing than the
usual harsh oratory emitting from the
political platform, and his person
al biography, as we'll as that of his an
cestry is interesting and historically
instructive to an apprehensive de-
gree.
Mr.. Edwards address was supple
mented by a four-reel motion picture
show which the attendance enjoyed
at his expense.
Of his advocacy of a two-cent tar
iff on rice, Mr.. Edwards had the fell
lowing to say in recent letter to Mr.
Otto c. Lightner, Manager of the
Rice Journal, published at Crowley:
l beg to state that | will not vote
for any measure tending to reduce
the tariff on rice, but on the contrary
will exert myself to the fullest ex-
tent of my energy and ability to have
the old tariff restored, and in no in
stance will / vote for any measure
providing a lesser rate.
In the old days thetariff question
was given more than passing import
ance as a party principle. My view
is that it is not prominent principle
of either the Democratic or Republi-
can party, but is a matter largely of
business expediency, reason and JUS
tice. do not think it can be presum-
ed that person holding my views can
be considered at all as sacrificing, or
abandoning any principle of Democ-
racy.
Republicanism advocates a central
lied government, an enlargement and
Capitalization of the powers of our
governmental departments and off
Gals.
The Democratic party stands for a
curtailment of their powers, thus leav-
ing the operations of our government
al affairs in the hands of the people
through officials with limited pow
ers, i. e. restricted powers.
The duties on rice under the pres
ent tariff arrangement are as follows;
Clean rice, lie per pound.
Uncleaned, or rice free from the
outer hull and still retaining the inner
Cuticle, 5-8c per pound.
Paddy, or rice still having the outer
hull on, 3-8c per pound.
Rice Flour, Rice Neal, and Brewers
Rice, lac per pound.
The duties on rice under the previ.
Gus tariff arrangement were as fol.
lows:
Clean Rice, &c per pound.
Uncleaned, or rice free from the
outer hull and still retaining the inner
cuticle, 3-4c per pound.
Paddy, or rice still having the outer
hull on, 3-4c per pound.
Rice Flour, Rice Meal, and Brewers
Rice, lac per pound.
| The rice acreage of the United
States has grown from $4,000 acre.
in 1912 to $4,000 acres in 1916, al
increase of $4,000 acres this season
Of the present acreage Louisiana ha.
more than half, or 446,000 acres, ant
of this latter quantity Southwest Lou
isiana has the considerable quantit,
of $4,000 acres, or about az per cen
Of the entire acreage of the Unite,
States. 1t will no doubt be surpisin,
to some rice producers in this section
to know that the acreage planted t.
rice in the Seventh Congressional dis
trict is "a per cent of the entire acre
age of the United States. The acre
/ age Of rice in the Seventh Congress
sional district is 20 per cent large
than the entire rice acreage in tn
state of Texas, is 2 IL times as larg
as the acreage in Arkansas, and over