The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-20
CONGRESS EXTENDS
CONTROL Of SUGAR
OVER YEAR 1920
Legislation Authorizing This Is
Completed and Sent to the
White House for Wilson's
Signature.

WASHINGTON. Dec. %. Legislation
continuing federal control of sugar
through 1920 hut limiting the licensing
power of the United states sugar equal
ization board to the period ending next
June 30 was completed today by con
gress and sent to the white House
BY vote Of 80 to u the senate to
day adopted tho compromise on the
bill to continue government control OF
sugar during 1920, accepting the house
amendments increasing authority OF
the United States sugar equalization
board but limiting its licensing powers
to June 80, next
ON the motion OF Senator McNary to
concur in the house amendments with
restriction of the licensing powers of
the board to June 30, next, three Ike
puhlCans, GronnR, Of North Dakota :
pulndeXter, OF Washington, and Smoot,
OF Utah, joined nine Democrats, in op-
position. The Democrats were Gay, on
Louisiana; Henderson, Nevada Rams
dcll, Louisiana; Smith, Georgia; smith,
South Carolina; Thomas, Colorado; I'm
derwood, Alabama; Walsh, Montana
and Williams Mississippi
In the limited debate preceding the
senate vote on the bill Senator Gay
Democrat. Louisiana, made the princt-
pal address in general opposition To
continuance Of governmental control
sugar for control IN peace times under
war powers and argued that govern
ment control would increase rather
than decrease the price to American
consumers. -
Playing to Others,
1--WE are simply playing into the
hands Of the refinsrs and injuring
American producers said Senator Gay,
This bill could well be called an act
to benefit cuban planters to the dCtri-
ment Of American producers and TO add
to the Golfers Of the sugar trust
Consumption ot SUGAR In the United
states this year, senator Gay said,
was all out OF proportion to the world
supply The West he asserted, should
| Produce more sugar beets. while the
acreage of cane sugar easily could he
| Increased in Texas Louisiana, MISSY.
sippi, Alabama Georgia and Florida
| He protested against making sugar a
political football ana continued,
S"SuppOse we we're to license cotton
The people would rise up everywhere
| in their just Indignation and demand
| to know what riget congress has ia
| the United States Is to take over the
private business Of the country? II II
| has, we certainly should start with the
public utilities.
Federal control Of the sugar industry
v AZ desirable, Senator Gay said, "onlS
| in extreme emergency" He added that
| such an emergency existed during the
war, and that the sugar situation hat
been ably handled by Herbert Hoover
| and later by the sugar equalization
board but that the control should have
ceased with the armistlce,
| Mention Of Mr., flowers nam
| brought an interruption from Chair
| man Gronna OF the agriculture corn
mttec. who said he hoped Senator Gay
would go more fully into the merits Z"
the policy pursued by the former foo
administrator,
II am not speaking for Mr., Hoover,
replied Senator Gay
II hone the senator will, returned
| Senator Gronna, because Mr. Hoov
| will need It before the American pco
pie are through with him
Senator Gay declared the propose
regulations were unfair. unjust an,
IN American" and that 1t was "un
Justified to single ont the sugar indus
try to be treated as the liquor busines
and other businesses that have prac
tically been outlawed
In opposing the bill Senator Smoo
I'defended beet sugar growers and pro
ducers, denying that they had prof.
teered In sugar and said they had Of
fered to turn over their sugar TO tn
| H., ard