Show SUG SUGAR Ut TARIFF AND GA By L L. L A A. Hollenbeck There was a raise in the sugar tariff by the last congress bf of 16 cents a hundred pounds But the e price of or sugar raised In ip price from about six dollars to about ten dollars dollars' Curious Curious Curious Curi Curi- ous that a raise of or the of-the the tariff tax of 1 16 G cents a hundred would raise tho the price four or five dollars a hundred The sixt sixteen en cents insured a sale salo f I of the American product at a fair Calr price by keeping the Cuban product out But ut the great rise in price necessarily necessarily necessarily brings the Cuban sugar Inthe in inthe inthe the market The sixteen cents deprived de de- de- de deprived p ived the Cubans Cubans' of th the American market Tl That at gave the gamblers a show They used the tariff tax to I depress the price of Cuban CulJan an sugar Bugar and then stepped in Sn and bought the Cuban sugar at a low price because of 0 tho the sixteen cent tariff tax They got sue such II a good bargain that they the gam gamblers bl rs could afford to pay the tariff a and d then throw the Cuban sugar sugar on the American m But Butas Butas as that gave them the control of the worlds world's sugar it H gave them a monopoly k i oly on sugar They fIley had cornered 1 the market Ther Therefore the they could I charge whatever they pleased for Cor sugar sugar- and they kited the price to about ten dollars a. a h hundred more or les less i f Of course the the government government is pleas pleas is pleased ed at atthe the tax tax for it raises the in income income income in- in come come- tax to to a satisfactory ry basis That That That-Is is 15 supposed a ato to s score Core or for Cor the Fordney Cordney tariff a act t. t We Ve all ll like that part of it H. But Ditl dont don't forget that the Ameri are re paying the bill We iVe dont don't o t cave care care abo about t that either so 50 tar far as s 's the g government tax is concerned concern con- con cern d That That Isn't what hurts But eer every time Lime we pay lily a cent of tax to th the gov government for tl that at sugar we pa pay from 20 O to 25 cents to the big gamblers which Is it a colossal sum o of money to be c paying out to speculators speculators' specula specula- I to tors tors' s' s In other words words- the gam gamblers lers used e-d e the tariff tax as a method of I reaching teaching i into to the pockets of of- th the American people and not only th the lu American people but maple ot or orthe the PUd la Politics f has nothing to do with It That is party politics The gambl gamM- gamblers ers would buy or hoodwink a Democrat Demo Democrat crat as well as they would a can What do o they care It is the dough that they ar are looking for tor and the br brand d of politics has nothing n t to do w with It except accept e c Pt that they might be he able to work one party better than they could the theother other We Ve feel like d dumping the whole job lot of such gamblers into the sizzling crater crater crater cra cra- cra- cra ter of Vesuvius but possibly Leavenworth Leavenworth Leavenworth Leaven- Leaven worth or Sing Sing Slug will do Hope they get there That Tha t is Dougherty cl chance Let him do dA o his best trey ncy Governor Mabey l 1 bey did himself cr credit dit in appointing Mr 11 Pop Popo to this office He lIe will shed Ius luster r upon tho the governors governor's administration and anti all an of this helps the basin COHill for tor the he prominence o of or a good r ed man man makes the prominence of f a i ol and the more able men tJ that flier al develop in this community the h better better bet bet- t- t ter tel for the community He will not n ot be be a hitter bitter prosecutor TI That at Isn't the duty of oC a district attorney But he will wilt bring out the facts in iii his prosecutions and that that is ia a all l we want I He Io will not seek W to convict at atall atall atall all hazards but only to convict when the facts justify jUsUf a conviction in criminal crim ihal inal ruses cases That is the the type of or a high standard standart and Mr Pope e will measure up to it iti 0 o |