Show SUGAR TARIFF ESSENTIAL TO TOr PROSPER PROSPERITY TY IN THE WEST r I DECLARES PRESIDENT TAFT i l T I Democratic Victory Would Mean Striking Down Down o of Great Industry Built Up in n Western States Nov XOY Taft Crawford WASHINGTON L A l. A letter from President ent to of ot Denver dealing issues o of the campaign was ma made e public tonight It follows Encouraging tt reports have hac come clime to me in regard to the political situation situation situa- situa tion in Colorado l From rom the beginning I have hl felt fell certain that the thc campaign of education which the Republican party is conducting would bring the peo- peo people people plc to a clear understanding understanding- g of their own interest in it Republican success this year car The Tho men and women of Colorado need the Republican party so much that it would seem almost unnecessary to urge them to retain those economic policies that thal have hac made th their ir state great and prosperous I 1 that whose hose am sure euro ever every man judgment Is not controlled d. d by his prejudice no now realties realizes that this Is a aC campaign C between the tho nep Republican and Democratic parties It is apparent that tho the third party movement mO has not gained hoad headway ay as a national force and that again the thc alternative Is vr resent Present Presented resented ent- ent ed cd to the American people either other to support the protective policy of ot the party In power power or or tp or-tp tp turn turnover o over or r the tho government gO t to those who ho ar are commit committed I ted to repeat t. t e resulted re rei resulted re- re i suited In a comme commercial cial n when it was last tried I Those who liv Ji live fn tn a n. atmosphere atmos atmos- atmosphere phere have a wl wider er range range of 0 vision than those whose homes a ar are in lu the lowlands But the thc people of Colorado o odo do not need their Vantage o oC altitude to see that thaL Democratic victory the striking down of ot a ju lr which has been built bunt up In their tate state It does docs not require a profound ii J vl- vl II edge of oC the principles of or economy but only common cornmon C 5 sl to I see fice that mt the placing o ot jUgar l free list w would ud p 1 rutn tb tf Q our our- ur fellow citizens citizen who are en enIn en- en ena aIn a in t the c c cultivation tU dU n of ot the tho J fu for or lr Free Sug nr i The Tho Democratic party is committed to free Cree sugar and If It It is successful at the polls wo ma may expect as one of Its first legislative o acts tho lassa passage o of or a bill to admit sugar suar dul duty free atour at al atour our ports of ot entry Democratic orators may mad talk until their throats are hoarse I of or their Interest In the American farmer farm farm- er cr but tho fact remains that In March larch I of his Ills year ear the governing Jo tariff body of or the Democratic party part tho the Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic members of or the ways was and means committee by unanimous vote ote reported th the blU lU to place sugar suar on the free list and this hill bill hillas was as pa passed h by a Democratic Demo Demo- Democratic cratic House Our pr present ent crop of ot beet sugar u ar con constituted constituted con con- 15 per cent of or the entire consumption consumption consumption con con- of or the United States Vc We have o seventy one beet sugar factories I In sixteen states Colorado and Michigan Michigan Michi Michi- gan Jan leading with seventeen en fl factories each erch Thousands of oC American farmers farmers farmers farm farm- ers are arc engaged In the cuI cultivation of or orthe the sugar b beet et and the factories s which buy U their product employ about menTho men nien n. n Tho Republican party parly stands stand for adequate protection for the beet beat sugar Industry of ot this country Such tion Hon Is In the Interest of or tho the United States Slates treasury It St contributes contribute to the tho growth of our national policy of or irrigation irrigation gation allon and reclamation and It Il n is the shield of ot the American a against an Increased price for a household household household house house- hold necessity Free su sugar r cannot be defended from Crom any angle It Is In to conf conflict with tho the theory of ot a tariff for revenue To only and Its effect would be to maJ make e almost certain the monopolistic control of or n f great industry It would diminish the tho revenue of or the tho government nt annually and antI b by reducing tho the worlds world's production by nearly tons a n of or to the tho year raise tho the price sugar consumer Permanently lower prices I for Ru sugar ar In tho the United States Slate and antI fre freedom dom from European speculative market ct can only onh be he secured by producing producing pro pro- our own sugar under tho the American Ameri can flag nab The American production of ot sugar both cane and boot beet has been made mado possible by tho the present tariff policy of oC the Republican party part Cane t sugar Ugar luo production dates hack to long before the tho war but the tho beet sugar ar Industry is hs of ot recent growth In 1807 when the tariff law was vas enacted there were only six Mix beet sugar factories Inthe In Inthe the thc United Pelted States Slates Now No there then are aro sev sC enty onty The rhe first Congress passed nat on July 9 4 4 Continued on Page Pa l 2 Column 3 l SUGAR TARIFF BOON I ITO TO 10 STATES IN WEST NEST Victory for Democrats Would Strike Down Great I In Industry In- In n- n Says Taft RESOURCES ARE PEOPLES PEOPLE'S Measures Taken to Remove Causes for Complaint Against b Conservation Service Continued from rage Page 1 1 liS' liS a general tariff act In which was a dut duty on sugar From that time to the present sua r has always paid a duty except pt during tho the operations operations operations opera opera- of or tho the McKinley law which placed raw sugar on tho the free tree list and I levied lell b 5 cent per poun pound on refined sugar but guarded the Interests of oC the domestic producer b by ln gl a 2 cents a Sl pound bounty on all sugar In the United States I If If the United States Stales should abolish the dUl duty duly on sll sugar ar It would stand atone n among civilized powers as aM tho the only sugar producing country countr with sugar on the free tree list The production of ot beet sugar has had a tendency to keep down clown the tho price of sugar to the consumer Free sugar Rugar would force the suspension of our beet sugar factories for lor the they would not lIot only be he forced to compete with cheap torel foreign n factories but they would be bo under tho the further handicap Imposed b by a bounty of or 72 cents per pcr hundred pounds on sugar shipped to the United States State from Crom Russia Hussla tho second largest beet sugar bugar country countr In Inthe Inthe the world I cannot believe that the Intelligent voters oters of your our state are willing to put the tho growers of or Colorado Into competition with the peasants of ot Itus Russia nus s ia on these terms H Resources Conserved cd d for P People Permit me to say Hy a word also with regard to another subject In which Colorado and other neighboring states slates are arc Interested Your great western country needs need development dc It mu must t thae ha e mop men and capital und and It must h be beable able to offer oCer Inducement to attract both The Tho Republican party part does docs not believe In a conservation policy that would tie tic up our national resources resources and deny their use to the legitimate homesteader homesteader miner and capitalist We e are holding the part of oC tho the do domain domain domain do- do main that has coal pho phosphate phate and oil until Con Congress shall make provision for Its disposition by on profitable terms to private capital with the re retention retention re- re of oC sufficient title Olio In the government government govern govern- ment to control and prevent monopoly In ownership and consequent exorbitant char charge c to tho the public for Cor these commodities commod commod- s. s The problem which the Republican lican party Is solving Is how row to save an anal an how to utilize how to cons conserve e and still develop lop foi tor no sane bane person can contend that It Is for vI the common good that natures nature's ble blessings s are arc only fur for unborn generations s There I Is Just foundation for Cor the complaint In the west that the laws lawshae have ha not been administered with a n. liberal view to the tho accomplishment of ot their purpose but lather rather In a spirit which has put as many obstructions as possible In the way of or earning title from rom the tho government Injustice Due to n Muckraking kloJ This condition followed a crusade of or muckraking which reached a point I where there seemed to be real hostility of ot property by a aman man who wh o had earned d title to It under the theland theland theland land and mining laws of or the United d States by the performance of or those conditions precedent th t In the statute statute stat stat- ute uto were declared to be useful In the Ule development de of or the tho country countr Ab Js a of attacks that extended to tho those o who legitimately were seeking smoking a n share In the public domain by the exercise of ot the steps required b by law there thero was developed a timidity and d on tho the part of ot bureaus divisions dl and und employees oes of or the tho Interior 11 department department depart depart- part part- ment In granting patents that had been earned This Is not the tile fault f of ot any Individual In tho the Interior department or of oC the head of or it but It Is 1 tho the result suit of oC a very pry vicious period o of muckraking ing In which those who were ere likely to tobe tobe tobe be tho the object of or slanderous attacks preferred preferred pre pre- the tho easier course of or making no decision and justly and unjustly do- do laying the granting of or grants to persons persons per per- sons Ions en entitled tilled to them Secretary Fisher has haR struggled lcd to overcome this and to hasten the decision decision de de- de- de elsion of or cases as rapidly as possible but there theio still remains much to bo ho accomplished accomplished accomplished ac ac- In this direction We Ye are arc laboring as hard as ns wo we can to overcome o the evil and injustice which these delays de do- o- o lays Jays have havo entailed d and believe bellove that with proper congressional appropriation tion and continued effort eUort on the tho part of or the secretary of ot the tho interior and hl his subordinates the tendency will disappear disappear dis dis- appear |