Iron County register., 1922-08-31
Washington Correspondence.
BY WALLACE BAssFoRD.

to consumers by about two cents per
pound. Here are the basic facts about
sugar: the United States refineries
receive and refine for Domestic con-
sumption about A IL million tons of
raw sugar in year. About one mill
lion tons of this are produced in the
United States proper; about million
other tons come to us from our island
holdings Hawaii, Porto Rico and the
PHILIPPINES. The other IL millions
come from Cuba. 1t is alleged that
Senator Smoot, representing both the
beet sugar people and the Republican
majority in the Senate, proposed to
the Cuban sugar growers that the inn
port tariff on their raw sugar would
be held down to cents if they would
agree to limit sugar shipments to the
United States to 1-2 millions of tons
per annum. The eject would be to
give this country just barely enough |
for its needs, thus enabling the sugar
refiners to get better price for their
product and to more closely control
the price. In other words, sugar
would never be plentiful, and if in the
course Of few years, or at any time
there should happen to be a short
crop at home, our supply would not
be sufficient for our needs, owing to
the steadily increasing population.
The 2-cent tariff means that the con-
suning public will pay one hundred
millions per year into the Treasury as
tax on the sugar coming in from
Cuba; that is not so bad, in a way, as
it helps pay the enormous bill of gov
ernment, but this tax puts up a wall
of protection for the benefit of the
sugar growers here at home, Hawaii,
Porto Rico and the PHILIPPINES, en-
abling them to charge two cents more
per pound for their raw sugar. This
takes eighty millions additional from
the pockets of the sugar-users and
places it in the pockets OF the sugar
growers. This is typical of the Re
publican position on the tariff; it is to
assess the general public to enrich
special favored interests, which in
turn can be counted upon to pay q
portion of their artificial gains into
the Republican campaign chest in
order to enable this party OF the few
to continue to exploit the many 1t
is the same old practice of the despotic
kings who sold privileges to friends
at court. All Republican tariff bills
revolve around the manufacturing
groups of the big industrial centers.
The Democrats view the tariff that
it should produce revenue to run the
government, economically admins
tered, while laying the lightest possi-
BILE burden on the consumer. vi
course, any tariff is bound to carry
with it some incidental protection to
the American manufacturer.
An unrestrained whoop of victory
is heard from the vicinity OF the
White House over the fact that Carnl
Thompson, supposed to represent
these feeble wabbiings grouped az
s'the Harding policies,'' 1.-THE nomi
nation for Governor Of Ohio over thu
opposition, divided among the candi-
dacies OF eight men. 1t is we'll tina
the whoop came before the facts ant
figures, which show that Thompson
carrying the load of Of Harding
policies = plus Harding unpopularlty
ID spite OF his own personal follow
ing, which is large, polled only abou
forty per cent of the vote cast IN tn
primary. II forty per cent satlsfie
Harding and makes the clan happy
then take it and welcome, is the at
titude OF the Democrats; another sue
victory and the Republican party
in the boneyard. But the cold trut
is that Thompson won through by th
fact that he is personally the mos
popular Republican in Ohio and WI
gotten into the race for Governor
the hope that he could pull w De
Fess through for Senator and say
the face Of the Harding administr'
ton at the same time BY keeping u
State in the Republican column 20
fall. Its remindful Of an irrevere
epitaph from a tombstone up in Ne
England, which runs like this:
Here lies the body Of Mary Ann,
safe il the bosom of Abraham;
Is's mighty nice for Mary Ann,
But pretty tough on Abraham.
And SO it seems pretty tough
Abraham Thompson TO have TO pe
the political sins Of Mary Ann re-
ali the little Fesses now on the HOY
payroll, and the unpopular 4 Hardi
policies'' from now until snow-fa
incidentally, if comes to Waahingt
from some Of the best sources IA VI
that the Fess family will fall to trar
e.s =, 4ho IInuaa DnvroIl to that