Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-04-24 | Page 22 | House Favors Sugar Changes

HOUSE FAVORS SUGAR CHANGES Borah rah Proposal for Purchase of Beet Surplus Given Approval fly Dy CUALES 0 GRIDLEY Telegram Washington Correspondent I WAS WASHINGTON April The 24 J house ouse finally disposed of the sugar bill today after sugar had succeeded in slipping into the measure measure a provision exempting from floor taxes all imported sugar sug now now on onh h hand nd As the measure was approved stocks oZ ot beet sugar in warehouses will pay the tax while imported lugar will vill not Assured by Chairman Jones of the house agricultural committee that not snore more than tons of s sUgar gar would benefit by the exemption western of congress accepted the amendment rather than delay the bill f further though they protested against the di aga against ut sugar The house hous approved the Borah amendment providing for government purchase of tons of surplus sur pl plus s beet sugar out of taxes paid on floor stocks in order to steady the market price although there is actu actually actu ally no surplus of beet sugar sUlar now ex hUng As any surplus must be charged equally against Cuba and the Philip Philippines pines congressmen from western beet states did not worry about the language so long as it removed the possibility of a carryover o of beet sugar lugar at the end of this year ear Attempted objections against the Borah amendment and the additional language exempting duty paid sugar from tax were waived aside by Speaker Rainey Raincy who pushed both the conference report and the separate sepa rate consideration of the Borah amendment to speedy action