Show U b U AE AB FACTORIES AND BOUNTY One On of the first fint guns gum against the new tariff bill is II tired fired d by hJ the beet sugar lugar men meD in the form of a protest against the withdrawal of the bounty this thi year r and aBd Bd a notice th tb t the sited States government will big b made a ft party defendant ina Ina in a suit for damages There are six 81 tx beet lugar sugar factories in the United States One Oue in la at Liebi Lehi Utah one each at Ai t Norfolk and Grand Island liland Nebraska Nebraska ka and three In California The Ne N Ne- Ne Nebraska e- e braska ka factory managers as ai stated In Inthe the dispatches assert that the with withdrawal of the bounty will ruin the they business b Into which they hare bave put a vast v t amount of at money The Califor Califor- California California nia Dia factories propose to make a strong flab fight for lor the payment of the bounty this year ear claiming that the govern lovern- government govern ment h has na entered Into a contract with been belD m which Congress cannot annul annulA As 8 for tor the other sugar ugar factories licenses nw I were wre trued issued to them for 1894 under the old law Jaw l w and they ent entered rea into lato contract with the beet rowen veers wera pursuant thereto The nse D for tor the year authorizes author them to 10 produce beet sugar IUlar at two Dents cent a ao pound ond duty but under the new law the be wear sugar ar inspectors ln are being with with- withdrawn with drawn which is II notice that the bounty will wID not be paid The lint first step dep taken by the California factories Is i to protest against the with with- withdrawal withdrawal of the inspectors This has bu ba bab been beeD b n done the claim oJe-lm being set let et up by bythe ti the sugar men that the withdrawal Is Isa isa IBa a breach of the contract for tor 1894 not authorized by the new law Jaw Of course the position of the revenue officers officer is I that fat Congress has hal annulled the con con- contracts con tracts and I ic it is upon this ihli proposition that the legal proceed proceed- proceedings ings are re re to be taken The sugar sawn mea claim that If It this construction Is II eone correct then the new Dew law Is in that respect It being retro retro- retro UT in ID Its iti It effect upon opoa the contracts contract I 6 and therefore of the class clam of f ex ex po poet fa lo legislation n forbidden by the tire Con Constitution Acting upon this bit view of f fUle the Ule case e the three California reft refineries have bave combined and have hare engaged legal legaJ talent An effort i is II to be made bothin both bothin bothin in Congre Congress and before the United States court coun of claims The bounty paid patti on beet sugar ugar last Jast year amounted to Of this thi I sum urn Utah received Nebraska and aDd California Thus it wille will e be 1 e seen that the Golden state tate factories are very heavily inter interested ested The 10 low loss l to the Utah factory through the repeal of the old law of course will be larger than the bounty paid last lut year ai as it Is ii expected there will be a larger output of ot sugar this season leason ea on than ever before The Lehl Lehi factory however does doci not con contemplate any other course than running toll full capacity and doing ing the best belt it can caD Whether or not It will be financially successful this year without the bounty can oan be figured up at atthe atthe atthe the close clou of the season As Ai to the merits or demerit to of the bounty iy system we ha have ve no discussion ion We merely wish to record events event that are to In progress and to point out the fact that while the sugar ugar beet acreage e Is la larger Jarger this year than ever the Nebraska manufacturers claim they are being ruined by the government and the California makers maken propose to have bave a 8 legal fight for the bou bounty ty but the Utah factory has hal settled down to work without grumbling or quarreling determined to make a success on its own merits merit abide anide from outside aid It if the people here will enable it to doso doso do so o by stand standing InK by it as ae they should |