The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-29

cost the consuming public and how much
it will inure to the advantage of the
sugar producer?'
MIR. McCumber. To-day it is u ques-
tion of life and death to the cane sugar
producers. / believe in maintaining the
sugar industry of the United States;
think in the end it win be beneficial to
do 50. / think it may cost the Amerl-
can public n little more just now to
purchase the sdgar should the bill be-
come the law, but / think it is better
that we should make the sugar industry
in this country self-Sustaining.
Mr.. King of Utah: Has the senator
from North Dakota any idea of how
many millions. tens of millions, or hum
dredS of millions of dollars will be added
to the burdens of the purchasers OF
sugar as a result of the enactment OF
this measure
Mr.. McCumber Il think it will be
very few hundreds of millions if it adds
to their burdens at all
Mr.. King: The senator has called
attention to the fact that unless this
measure is passed the sugar industry
might suffer materially. May | ask the
senator whether it was the purpose Of
the finance committee to take care of all
business enterprises in the United States
in all lines of industry that were suffer
ing during the present period OF read
iuStment: If that be true, then we
should take care of the laborlng men who
are thrown out of employment; we
should take care Of the retailers VINO
without fault have sustained great
losses; We should take care of the cot
ton growers who have been compelled to
sell their cotton, if they could find a
market at all, ut less than the cost price ;
we should be compelled to pay the wool
growers compensation, perhaps by an
apDropriatiOn for the losses they have
sustained In other words. does not the
senator think that if we predicate our
legislation upon the theory of making
reparation for injuries which have been
the result of the application Of economic
laws. we are not only prostituting the
powers of the federal government, but
we are going far beyond what we can
possibly accomplish 2
Mr.. McCumber: The purpose of the
committee was to afford relief to the
agricultural industries of the United
States both in the matter of grain rails
ing and sheep raising and stock raising
because we believed that the depression
in prices was due not alone to the pres
cnt impOrtatious but to the immense i'm
pOrtatiOnS which were about to come into
the country: and we felt certain that as
the American grain producer can pro
duce all of the grain that Is necessary
to be consumed I'm the United States, and
as grain is coming in that is being pro-
duced very much cheaper than it can be
produced in the United States. we ought
to give to the American farmer as much
a. we could the American market until
he could be placed upon his feet again"
The North Dakota senator insisted
moreover, that these conditions will not
last forever" but that the tariff was
necessary as an emergency measure
That's exactly the reason. however, why
eastern Republicans in their hearts are
opposed to the bill just as much
as are the majority of Democrats. They
recognize that Il particular class would
be benefited by the legislation. and that
other classes would Immediately raise
even more political dust because they
We're neglected or injured by the. emer-
gency legislation. Wise leaders like
Senator PenroSe know that you can't
tackle the tariff question in pieces but
that the whole subject has TO be handled
at one time with an eye to reciprocity
between classes and industries The de-
bate. however, furnishes Il significant in
dex of what is coming in the next ses-
sion of congress when the entire tariff
controversy will be opened anew.