Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-22

The proposed increase on s'Igsr in thu
new tariff bill Is widely and vigorously
discussed. with Its advocates ccntendins
for the building up Of the domestic in
dustry and It's opponents protesting
sgainst an addition to the cost of liz
ing and the effect on trade with Cuba
On world sugar the duty would be
raised from "a cents a pound TO
cents. On Cuban sugar, with Its q
per cent differential, the increase is
from l.76 to "a cents q pound.
The sugar schedule. whether It Is
wise or unwise." according TO the Bui-
talo evening News (Republican). "he-
bren framed with the purpose Of en-.
coura ging the production of beets or
Western farms-that Is. of promoting
greater Investigation in farming. The
expansion of agriculture from the one
crop system to a variety of crops is an
essential part of the farm relief pro-
gram. Where well directed diversified
ton is practiced, farming usually Is .
prosperous industry now. The sugar
enormous and the possibilities of fur
fher increase are so unlimited that 1t
should offer IN attractive f1eld for In
creased home production without dimin-
ish'ng the imports"
In opposition to this view IL the
contention of the Nashville Banner
Cndependent that 1.-The claim that the
changes in the sugar schedule were
medc in the interest of the beet sugar
producers of this country Is seen to be
a shallow hoax. 1t is estimated" con-
tinucs the Tennessee paper. that the
beet sugor producers would secure only
about 100000 additional under the
new schedule. This is only about one
twenty-fifth of the 500, 900 extra
rost of living that would be placed en-
the American people. OF whom the farm
ers compose the largest class"
1T might have been expected" suR-
gssts the New York Sun independently.
that the little republic which the
United states set free and which has
been more or less under the American
wing since 1899 would receive more
considerable treatment in the sugar
schedule. II this be dismissed as A
wholly sentimental argument, the tariff
makers might remember that Americans
have 81. O00, 600, 900 invested in Cuba and
that these Americans do not like the
picture of Cuba heading for bankruptcy
or revolution, or both. Thu SIN
continues To be fer protection. bat it
cannot speak VIII of a bill which Ssems
10 serve no purpose except Eil ing
nervousness TO business and offending,
ptIIFIlN Thil IIS, hCAslJuul'
The influences in Wall Street whic h
are so powerfully behind the Cuban
sugar industry" charges the Salt Lake
Deseret News independently. ARE not
going to take defeat lying down. Money
is power-and they control plenty OF
both. But against all this Is the
emphatic necessity, as understood by
TIL. tariff rcformers and as expressed
by the President. Of placing such duty
on the imported product as shall make
its cost in this country not less than
the cost Of production Of the domestic
article under American standards of
labor and living"
Emphasizing the BENEFITS to Michi-
gan farmers expected from the proposed
rates. the Flint Daily Journal Cnde-
pendenD remarks: This. Of course. is
pleasing to those States which raise
sugar beets. of which Michigan is che,
but It will form the basis of much OPP
position to the measure, as considerably
more States are merely consumers than
are also producers OF sugar"
1T is history recalls the Detroit