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Show noaTiro THE PROVO POST f EDITORIALS . Discusses Sugar Tariffs C. HICKS, F.tiitnrJ REVENUE SHORTAGE AND WAR. With the Democrats all over the 'United States trying to lay all the burdens of revenue r r shortages at the door of the great confagration in Europe and our Democratic party here in Provo praising the present disastrous tariff, we find thSTthe war is not responsible for the shortage in revenue, as the Democrats would have us believe. Samuel II. Barber in the Philadelphia, North American shows up the condition of affairs in the following articles In calling upon Congress to impose new taxes upon the American people such as will raise STICK TO THE FARM. iuter coming on, and tlie crops safely harvested and stowed away, many young men of the farinwjll be casting longing eyes toward the great eities. They would leave the green fields and their pleasures and seek the glare of the electric lights and the allurements of the great white way. They would taste of the greater life, And therein Jurks the most haunting peril that confronts our ..country today, for th nation is dependent upon the farmer Our population, is increasing .by leaps and bounds, and millions of additional mouths must $lOO,0OO,OOOadditional-TevemierfopTthe--Federa- l Imfedeachyear; Government, President Wilson sought to charge From the soil of the farms must come the the necessity for such action almost wholly to the produce which sustains life and body for the re' couDtless thousands who throng the cities. European war. In a measurer that conflict is revenue. American in off the for falling And year by year young men of the sponsible country But when the President says that the so much are leaving the farms to seek their fortunes in smaller receipts are due in chief part, not to the human bee hives, duties customs in the made recently And each one who forsakes the farm reduces the producing capacity of the country,-althougligures challenge the statement. The existing Tariff went into effect Oc- our constantly increasing population calls for tober 3 last. For the fiscal year ended June 30, greater farm production, covering nine months under the changed Tariff, 'Yoiihg men. of brains are needed on the farm. customs collections wore $26,000,000 less upon im- Their presence there means much' to their country a thousand times more than they realize. ports, $18,000,000 greater in amount than for the previous fiscal year. All this was before Europ- ' The city pffers but one chance in a hundred ean war was in prospect. Had the duties in effect for success, for every large city is already under the former Tariff been collected on the imand. for every job worth the having ports for the latest fiscal year, the revenue would there are many applicants. have been, some $332,384,000. Today, as we write this article, every city in The customs revenues actually collected dur- the country is groaning under the burden of its ing the latest fiscal year amounted To unemployed. Many hundreds of thousands of is a loss to the Government of people are without bread and wholly dependent if it is assumed that imports would have upon charity. That is the condition of the great reached as largea volume under the former cities today-;-condition which should not appeal duties. For July, the latest month for which sta- to any intelligent young man from the farm. tistics arc public, and for seven months of this The fann offers the young man a life of hoa- yearaIlunderihcjpresentTariff,compared with dindoTpeaceTnJ "of "plenty the,, corresponding, period .of last yearaU under ..The- glare of the, electric bght offers him ll the former higher duties, the Government figures that he should not have. tell a story of important present bearings Young men of wisdom should stick to the of months seven for show imports They farm. $1,141,094,000, an increase of $122,445,000 and Fools have no wisdom to' lose. o exports of $1,200,925,000, a decrease of $126,347,-00increased of free $158,729,000; duty Imports If every man in this town would make a practhose subject to customs "charges decreased tice of devoting two hours a week to yard imThe largely different foreign trade sit- provement it would be but a short time when we uation which has come under thet new Tariff has would have the most beautiful community in the had and is having greater effect upon the Ameri- state. I can people than upon the FederaHJovennnent o- -o 1 ft influhad a has war the big Undoubtedly - A farmer tells us that he has practically rid ence in cutting down imports and, it is wholly has farm of gophers by the use of gasoline. He probable that its effect will continueo be to re- carries a bottle and a bunch of cotton batting with strict shipments of goodstorthe United States. hjjji while working in the field and when he sees Irrespective of TnriffTluties this has' and will cut agopher run into: he. pours some gasoline o war has brought downmsttfinsreceipts.-Th- e upon a wad of cotton and places it at the mouth a head for the United States Treasury, and of the hole and covers the opening with dirt. The President Wilson has gone to Congress with a gas fumes are heavier than air and go to the bottom of the hole In an attempt to get air, Jhe budget showing a deficit to be made good. That is the lease end of the proposition gopher comes to the top of the hole and the gas which confronts the American people. Because does the rest. Remove cotton in about half an of the heavy decrease in the merchandise balanoe hour and Mr. Gopher will be deadrThe plan will of trade and the new trobules which have been apply to many Mother burrowing animals. " r created by the war, they are being made to pay b o o through the rose. The great city of New York Perpetual motion : Madero chased Diaz out ; has justagreeLtopay6 per lent, for $100,000,-00- 0 Huerta planted Madero; Carranza and Villa payable serially in one, two and three years kicked Huerta to Europe, and now Villa wants Of this borrowing, about $80,000,000 goes to pay to give Carranza the boot. ' - municipal loans due abroad between nowand the , i '" OOO1 "" , . end of the'year. Soon we will be forced to the inevitable conV It4 was the necessity to provide this $80,. clusion that there is a scrap going on in Europe. . New. York Uondon that City 000,000' m obliged to kgWT tonsil chktiff'termsr" The difficultylay Oxi al f '6r thev'w'ortdl8 ghtirig'a nd the' m her abroad. cash a for credit in is half having spasms m fear of a fight,- arranging primarily have would not now, And this difficulty O presented OO even with the war and all it dire consequenccs, .. . They say the dawn of prosperity is at hand, to any such great extremity, had American for- but we would rather see the full break of day. v o o o ' eign trade been running with what might be termed normal results. , When you can see yourself as others see you, For the fiscal year the balance of trade in you will have reached the age of wisdom. our favor was $182,000,000 less than for the previous fiscal year, a decrease of 28 per cent. Since Some women are afraid of automobiles belast April the foreign trade balance has been ac- cause their husbands cannot afford them, i o o o tually against us. For the rst setra months this The Palace of Peace would serve as ap year our commerce with the world gave us a credit of only $59,8.U,OOO. ta eernparc with $308,621,-QQasylum for the widows and orphans. 1913. of o forJhtorirspo tiding period - - The general tie-u- p of credits and derangeWhen a man speaks for himself he is loing ment of business which have resulted from. the all the Lord intended he should do.': N' war arrfeltiaml seen invarious directions. The o o o New York Central rVeently arranged for an extenThere is ohcconsolation left to the nnn in sion or $5,000,000 of 5 per cent, notes due Sep- the ranks. Death omcs but once, tember 15at an interest cost of 7 percent,, oXo o 71 Ba rtkel e r infs of tlur4J.mtedStatCSZ:iyr I I Hike pnu is. xmghUer. tlian the word it-- must August show a huge shrinkage, in financial settle- be taking a snooze. ments at New York, where the total fell 44 per cent below that of July, and a decrease of 15 per which was ery severe for a time after tl war cent for the country outride of New York City. began. Ooinparcdwith August, 1013, bhqk riear-NeThe huge shrinkage in financial payments there ings last month decreased 32 per cent in was due primarily to theRiispeiiMoii' of .stock' York, 8." per tf Philadelphia 'and A ' ier of foreign trade, cent in the country outside of market operations and the tie-u, ns v h over-populate- d, $292,128,-OOOr'He- re $40,-000,00- 0, ! - it oo 0. $36,-284,00- 0. H-hol- e. mat-erst- h ooo t -- Q oo -- -- : w -- p With the same arguments used by all Democrats against the great 'sugar Industry of the United States, and especially of the west. Professor William J. Snow delivered one of those addresses, so oommon among theorists, yet so damaging to the industry. Professor Snow put up a plausible story whlchTbe Democrats believed Would ba a panacea for the of the evils sugar industry. Utah-ldahThe Sugar company as It was again misrepresented was a few months ago by our the church officials were called "cut throats." ' Hla arguments were along ,the same line used by the Democratic - administration which has already closed ten of the New-YAr- k. o United States largest factories and all others are threatened when In-th- e l! -Senator Smoot, ever the defender of home Industries, has shown the evil effects of the Democratic tariff since its operation. He delivered the following address on the sugar industry Just a few days ago: Senator SmootB speech in full fol, lows;.. Mr, President, last year tne Democratic party enacted a law reducing our Import duties. Let us buy In the in the world was cheapest markets their slogan. They predicted nprecedented prosperity and a general re- duction in the high lost of living In this country through the passage of the Underwood bill. Sugar Singled Out. The Democratic leaders In Congress singled out sugar as the one food commodity that should be subjected to absolute free trade. It mattered not that at the time the Democratic tariff bill was passed the American consumer swere purchasing their sugar cheaper than it could be purchased In any other country in the world, with the exception of Great Britain. The constituted-onl- y fact- per cent of the total food necessities' of the 'Amerlcail family and tharih "the last decade the retail price of all food tbet-eug- w- the exception of sugar, bad Increased an average of 80 per cent, while the price of sugar had decreased nearly 6 per cent, was eliminated In their consideration of the sugar schedule of the tariff law. Illustrates Blunder. Mr. President, sugar is a striking Illustration of the great blunder which the Democratic party committed in its passage of the tariff law of 1913. Under this law the tariff doty on Imper cent ported sugar was reduced and this commodity will automatically be placed on the free list on May 1, 1916. 1 will not dwell upon the effect of this law on the domestic sugar in with commlditles, dnfftrytiinher-thanrTornEay-thac-x- eE of uur American sugar beet factories have closed their doors since Its passage. That the price of sugar to the consumer was not reduced by the 25 per cent reduction in the tariff rates is clearly borne out by authoritative statistics, for, as a matter of fact, for ten weeks prior to tne out Weak or the war In Europe, when normal conditions existed In the sugag market, the retail price of sugar was from to 8 of a cent per pound higher than it was for eight' weeks before the 25 T--5 1-- per cent reduction became effective and during 'all this time' the profits of the sugar refineries had increased about the same amount that the duty a pound since August 1. Oq our an- home consumption and export. nual consumption of .000, 000 tons, But with sugar, Mr. President, it it this means an increased burden on different Because we are not pro ducing a sufficient supply of this com-th- e American people of f240, 000,000. modity tor our home Consumption; HowAong Jhe present European con g people are flict will continue, it la Impossible toja price nearly 100 per cent higher forecast but even though peace be. tban we paid before the outbreak of war When will this blundering and brought about within the next two policy- cease? emonths the present 50 per cent of our present sugar undoubtedly will continue to Scarecly Is now grown sugar requirements prevail for at least another year, and the enormous sum 3480,000,000 will under the American flag, a little be added to the sugar bill of the over 40 per cent 0011168 from Cuba, while less than 10 per Cent Is American consumer. ed by other forelgn countries. Xhort- factory 'wlth a dally, In the sugar production of the age slicing capacity of 600 tons can be world often happens and from many erected in this country for approxicauses. With additionthe mately 1500,000. Possibilities of Shortage. al 3480,000,000 whichthe American " us stop and think a moment Let people will be require to pay above jronldmean.tolblsftQunlEv the norraaF priceSniugarTbeyton-4'wla:t- t protracte- d- revolution - should -Bume ln' two' yearsr960'beet soger j lf' ou Cuba or a severe drought factories could be erected with an occur bould that Island. The of tons Thus sugary put of 6,500,000 tt will be seen that the Increased cost United States would be cut off frorn source of nearly of its of sugay to the American people for: find would we ourand supply sugar one year alone would be ample to In selves same the in predicament build a sufficient number of factories tofinds which Great Britain herself to produce" all the sugar, with the cut off from the source of nearquantity we are at present producing, day ly 76 per jent of her sugar supply, to supply our entire consumption. which she derives from continental What Protection Would Do. woilld be compelled, as It is claimed that the purchase by Europe.' Great Britain is compelled at - the Great Britain of some 50,000 tons of to time, present engage in a compe- In in York the New majrket sugar in Utive worlds markets for the fight in this the forced price August last, same results that be "1th au&ar. Mr.'our & 2 cents pound. country up ar being today an experienced had the if government President, In Gftiinate Increase sugar, prices. a fixed and stable tariff pol-- j Tb agricultural department states icy in regard to the domestic sugar a total of 2,000,000 acres planted Industry; if the men who have 1 al their! beets would free this ussr or vested contemplated Investing foreign In the beet sugar Industry! lrF from dependence upon could have been assured ten or twelve; susar. Think of It, Mr. President, year sago that their Investment was but 2,000,000 acres! Why the Birteen n safe and that they would uot be or, seventeen states which now dued contam beets .more than lowsugar the with into competition wage product of Europe and the trop- - 2,000,000 farms and 278,000,000 acre improved lands, IcS. we could have sold to Great Brli-- , Culture Benefits. aln this 60,000 tons, and much more, U in four, in these states farmer 006 without increasing the domestic pricoj to W'ere tract t plant a threw-acrj of that commodity. . beets it.-- , would,. sugarthose interested in the beet sugar 118 1 buy foreign sugar. Abont Industry could now be assured of a s of 1 per cent of the im- stable tariff policy as regards sugar in this area is all that land for a sufficient length of time, 'even' proved we would require to cease buying with the existing rate of 1 cent per More tfian tnat area abroad. sugar not pound, the time would come in the He Idle every year. we would absolutely when distant future produce. Montana and . Idaho, California, rado, our home , entire for at sugar needs. In this case, with the United Utah not only could supply airortfii States independent of the worlds sugar, but the increase In our con. markets, the price of sugar, to the sumption for the next twenty yu-aconsumer, would never be more than The divertelng of 2,000,000 acres of 4ft or 5 cents a pound. Naturally, as land to sugar beet culture would not the industry grows, and the msnufao. be felt in the production of other In fact, the experience of sugar turers are able to Inaugurate beet growers both in this country an.l mies in the cost of manufacture, the! in Europe demonstrates that by rotat-thu- s cost of production will decrease andj ins sugar beets with cereal crops tho consumer the price to the will; per acre of the latter is increa- yield decrease. The Demoeralle and the insistent demand ot the sugar total yield of grain would be increased refineries for free sugar have . pre- rather than diminshed by devoting vented capital, always more or less this area to sugar beet culture. Mr. President, let the present contimid, from flowing into the industry as it-- ' would have flowed if --it could dition of the sugar market be a lesson have been assured of proper protec- to us. I suggest to my Democratic ' r tion against the product colleagues that instead of placing on list in free IMS, and by the of foreign countries. And because of sugar) home our so reduce on production the doing this lack of a definite policy part of our government the American of sugar 700,000 tons, that the domespeople wBl be filched of 8480, 000,030 tic beet and cane sugar Industries be within two years an enormous price1 encouraged and protected; that they be allowed to expand until we have to pay for the lack of wise reached that fortunate position of pro-I I imagine can hear my Democratic during all of our sugar at. homer a. friends paying,' War ones not. com! condition which the present exigency very often, and war alone can bring proves to be so very highly desirable, about such a deplorable condition aa re eSHHgaBseae--s-- a but MtJfrtesldent, exists today,1 "forewarned la forearmed.We had ourw&rhing ih YsifwhehA Ihortage every, womans ngnt; of something' over' a million tons In . many are troubled but the European sugar crop sent the with sallow complexions,1 price of sugar up 2 Cents per pound headaches, low9 backaches, In thia .country..... Th effect of "our spirits until domestic beet sugar industry was felt sure relief may be found ini when the beet crop came on the market In October of that year and forced cents the price of sugar down 1 per pound in ten weeks. Bnt, this warning was not heeded. The Democrats have passed a law which In two years will entirely destroy our home production of sugar and make this LOST Volumes 3 and 4 of tLe country even more dependent upon Encyclopedia-Boun- d Standard foreign nations for this great, food Nevj in black leather with gold an high-pric- I out-;rea- b -on one-ha- 9 lf iu-tb- coun-capit- . pro-throw- - e two-third- . Colo-enoug- econo-(crop- h s. I , - cheap-labo- was deceased. But- - Mr. -- President,. L .especially- - desire to direct the attention of the Senate and of the country to the enormous burUen Which has been placed upon the American people through a combination of events the outbreak of war In Europe and ur dependence upon foreign countries for a. large part of our sugar supply, which conof the world's prostitutes one-fiftduction I have predicted on the floor at this Senate that some day there would be a great armed conflict in Europe, with a reeultant shortage of the sugar crop on that continent, and that our only hope of escaplng the exhorbitantly high price of sugar which would be brought about in the world's mafkets commodity. h today-payin- byreasonbf suchshortage7would be iJ sv . : they-leam-th- at, 2-- 4 lettering- T "UnlimitcdReaourcet: -. Information, as. to will be to encourage and protect the domestic The United States is a country of treated 'substanand confidently almost limitless resources. There is , , sugar industry until we produced reward to finder. tf the' Atneficln flag &Q of the rugar commodity we conwhich we annually consume. My pre-- ( sume which cannot be produced wlthT m.' Bnghani Young Unmr- diction has been realized, but Cod lit our own borders, and it Is a algal- its 39th r.0V knows I did the blow to1 ficant fact that those .commodities of t ear eU0 fall sorsoom VUch we produce enough to Supply , . , t - be Breat Financial' Burden: trarreonsumption have t0 of Student, Mr. of registration the great any, in price since the outbreak Think, President, commence Fri- financial burden which the American1 the war in Europe. The agricultural j V ass wo . moririS. October 9. people are bearing toony because we department states in farmrB bulletin', furnished on apli- are not producing at home a great on September 1 tbe Index fod necessity, which we easily can figure-o- f crop prices was about. 3.7 They Make You Feel Good. purgative effect pnin war policy. , 'Owlng'to the Europe, These commodities Include cereals, duced by Chamberlains Tablets and the a holesale price of sujar in tjie potatoes, cottoh, etc, all of which are ,1,e healthy condition of body am s world Jbas increased at lerst 3 cents produced In tl)6f.creae make one feel for c ' loyful. For saleby all dealers. (Adv.) of these books un-d- bryly-any-sta- ple not-expe- riscn-ilttle.-lf!1- ' 0, ofted Cata-C20tb- at TTiH-pIcS- sant sufficient-quantitie- r - - . . 4 : - d. - , |