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Show TAKIFF OX SUGAR ' Senator Smoot of Uth and Rans-dell Rans-dell of Louisiana, the former a Republican Re-publican and the latter a Democrat, had much the better of the argument when they advocated the imposition; of a protective 'tariff on sugar. Neither Neith-er the beet sugar producers nor the i cane sugar producers of the United ! States can successfully compete with i the producers of Cuba and other foreign for-eign countries where both wages and the standard of living is very low, says the Deseret News. Cuban sugar, with freight added, dropped four cents in New York the last of January, Janu-ary, which will entail additional loss, to the American producers, who will be compelled to meet the cut. This j is a most serious matter when we I take into consideration the fact 'that the ruling prices of the past few weeks are below the cost of production. produc-tion. We have no sympathy for the speculators in sugar who lost heavily last year. But the sugar industry of this country must be preserved and the tariff is the only means by which it can be accomplished. There may be some question as to the benefits of a protective tariff on some other agricultural products, but so far as f.ugar is concerned it is difficult to discover any valid arguments on the negative side. |