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Show fE DEBATES fjBII ; Discussion Pre-Vote Pre-Vote on McNary Wilson Criticised. ;8 Senators Begin er and Delay Bal-Pending Bal-Pending Measure. R SEARS HENNINQ AA V gyirar Kiuni the Louisiana senators. ,rous time-consuming tac-;S tac-;S action on the bill until v;--aeed automatically by ?railid bill- Senator Mo" 'eavor to bring the measure 'h-orroff, but the unyielding V two statesmen from the jane producing state threat-niaca threat-niaca more delay before the re a vote, , & of the McNary bill is to 5ied ates sugar equallza- ,h-v the Cuban sugar crop, ?-.,HiO (( tons, sufficient to of the United States Jlthe market at "a fair and A If these 3.000.000 tons Ahe shortage would be re- A and the price of sugar -A aVnost instantly, aceord- ipno.'ters of the measure. Blamed. ip tie measure Senator Mc-via;d Mc-via;d the blame for the sugar ltv hU'h prices at the door N Y i: -o n. Last summer, h e fen of the tight members of hiaiization board urged the Juy the Cuban crop, nmount- Sri'j.OOO tons. One member Frofes-sor Taussig, dissent-f dissent-f seven colieagues. submitted 'economies and persuaded the -let the law of supply and l;s course. Senator Mc-..ierized Mc-..ierized the president's fail-Vyon fail-Vyon the majority recommen- - s'jwr equalization board as or,'' and told the senate it ;he American people about Ahe rise in sugar prices did iv0 cents a pound. Narv said that as a result -edse that the government , buv the Cuban sugar, hoard- - dealers and individual con-: con-: berr.. He also attributed :he increased consumption . usrd L-y prohibition. The . n orgy of candy eating, so -jased consumption this year o about o'.O.'X'O tons, he extent ex-tent Erred. Lent seems to have made a -a grave error," said Sena-i. Sena-i. "I: is necessary fur con-dy con-dy it. The o,;.1 est ion now is, i I have made a survey of .'jation during the past few . e found that European na-irchascd na-irchascd about 75O.UO0 tons ::ar, and that about 730, uOO n sold to American re-ipe re-ipe relators, leaving about That would be plenty for "- In 11)20, and I understand '; be bought reasonably, al-, al-, la; been sold as high as 13Vs , d. If England gets into the ?::the sugar shortage will be '"e have ever dreamed. of 1 cent a pound in sugar , aerican people S0, OOO.noo. found increase means $S0o.-tie $S0o.-tie cost of running the. ' an government before the jfi-k that the people should pus husre sum." rris'. insisted that the bill -'e with domestic producers tnat he would not oppose strictly limited to foreign itement. y of Arkansas sized the P this manner: ;p b(?et sugar at about 10 jecan get the Cuban sugar at about 9 cents a pound. Yet the Louisiana producers, who supply only one-fortieth one-fortieth of the American consumption, nre demanding 17 cents. The question is, shall the whole people be compelled to pay about HO cents a pound for the sugar just to help the producers of one-fortu-th of their supply? "The government ought to take charcc of it right now. If necessary, t he government gov-ernment should buy the Louisiana tricar at 17 cents a pound and the Cuban suar at !' cents a pound and equalize the price so that the people can get sugar at V2 or 13 cents a pound.'' |