Show SUGAR INTERESTS DISCUSSED Schedule of the Proposed New Tariff Law Condemned New Orleans La May 11The sugar convention met at noon at the Academy Acad-emy of Music which was crowded with representatives of the representates sugar interests at that hour The gathering was a thoroughly representative one The convention was called to order by President Pres-ident Murphy of the Sugar exchange acting for the planters Mr McCall who believes the passage pas-sage of the Wilson bill would be death to the sugar interests was chairman The conservative element it would seem therefore will control the convention con-vention ExGovernor Warmouth is taking a leading part in the proceedings The convention having organized at 1 oclock it immediately proceeded to the transaction of business Resolutions were adopted declaring the sugar schedule of the Senate finance nance committee fixing the duty on raw sugar at 40 per cent ad valorem is inadequate protection to the home producer and that it is impossible for 1 the cane growers and sugar manufac turers of Louisiana t pay for the actual ac-tual cost of production at that rate of duty that the sugar tariff was insti tuted from the beginning of the government gov-ernment and was continued until 1890 when the McKinley bounty went into operation the bounty being supposed to take the place of the duty then prevailing pre-vailing although the bounty itself was a reduction of the rates of the tariff law that under the influence of that bounty the sugar industry of Louisiana Louis-iana has been increased in three years from 180000 to 320000 tons that if the present law be abrogated and the duty adopted the sugar industry will be practically destroyed We also protest against the continuance contin-uance of the Hawaiian reciprocity We advise the legislature in electing United States senators that only men who can be relied upon at all times to stand up for rice and sugar be selected select-ed edAdjourned Adjourned sine die |