The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-07-25
CONGRESS PROTECTS
AMERICAN BUSY BEE
REPUBLICANS VOTE DUTY ON
HONEY. THE PAUPER BEE
OF CUBA AND MEXICO.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-When re-
publicans of the senate voted duty
of three cents a pound on honey, dem
ocrats tainted them for protecting"
American bees against the "pauper"
bees of Cuba and Mexico. The rate is
the highest in the history of the Unit
ed States. being one-haf a cent a
pound higher than the rate of the
house bill, IS per cent higher than the
Payne-Aldrich rate and $50 per cent
| higheresthan the rate OF the existing
law.
rs, it possible" asked Senator
Hitchcock, democrat, Of Nebraska,
"that the pauper bees of Cuba and
Mexico, in a climate so calculated to
ease and comfort, can produce honey
cheaper than the bees in the stimu-
lating climate of the United States?"
Several democratic senators joined
in spoofng the republicans on account
of this tariff on honey Senator Stan
lev of Kentucky declared he could not
understand the indifference of the Ne
braska solon to the Happiness, honor
and comfort" of the American bee.
without this duty" he said "the
busy and Industrious American bee
would drop to the low standard of liv
and diving, of dress and custom, in
which we find the pauper bees OF Eu-
rope, the uncared-for bees OF Canada
and the neglected bees Of South Amer
lea. Would you leave the bee family
unprotected? Would you see the queen
bee uncrowned? Would you leave the
American bee without the protection
of the law, without the wise and safe
guarding aegis of this benehcent con-
gress?"
Enervating Climate.
Senator Hitchcock gave apologetic
answer to the effect that he had been
laboring under the erroneous belief
that the enervating climate of Cuba
and Mexico would so detract from the
activities of the bees in those countries
that it might be possible for the Amer
lean bee, living in the higher standard
Of American life and enjoying more
stimulating climate, to produce sutt1-
cient honey to compete successfully
with them.
The Kentucky senator suggested
that the American bee probably would
"organize" under the benefcent inhu-
ence of the Fordney- McCumber bill.
"Tust think of the unprotected bee
of California, Where God sends flow
ers all the year around and sunshine
each returning day." he said. with
nothing on earth but the CALIFORNIA
climate, California flowers and califor-
MIA fruits to aid her, a California bee
has to lead an unprotected life, help
less against the competition OF some
foreign bee on the sand waste down
in Mexico or of some other bee in the
frozen wilds of Canada. Oh, Mr. Pres
ident, if this duty is not imposed | can
see the ruin of the American bee.
Senator Hitchcock, convinced OF his
error in thinking that the American
bee did not need protection, recalled
the impending menace" OF competl-
ton from the German bee.
"The mark has fallen so tremen-
dously that no doubt the German bee
is able to live at far less cost than the
American bee" he said. This has
been glorious day. The good book
describes a country of prosperity as
a land flowing with milk and honey.
We have put tax upon both the milk
and honey, so our prosperity is to be
subjected to the tariff"
Senator Shortridge, of California,
thanked Senator Stanley for his kind
reference to the California climate.
California is, indeed, the land OF
eternal sunshine, whereas Kentucky
is the land of eternal moonshine, he
said. Senator Hitchcock interrupted to
give voice to a little original poem
he had composed, running like this;
How doth the little foreign bee
Destroy our homemade honey?
He sends his money over
And takes away our money"
81 will reply to that poetic gem,
said Senator Shortridge, "by saying
that would preserve the American
honey eater for the American honey
bee"