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Show 4 rAnfrpeirtant Letter The lullowirg important letter on the "lignr nduttrt hnsbeciiscnt lomcinber of coiif risiV "tin smiiclf as the st.ir nchednlo o Iho W leon Dill, as it pnsed tho House of Representatives, would by Impnhlng the sutar Industry of tho United States Injtire'not only very initerlallyour own largo pnslncsa which it took yearn U establish, es-tablish, but also that of thousands of nthcrJlrnii doing businei with tho sugar su-gar Industry, I beg your Indulgenco to bring to. your kind consideration some of tho most potent points in favor of tho protection ol this industry. My plen is based on 25 jears' practical experience and close observation of all the dotnils concerning the points nt issue I flrslstnrted my public, career in the beet sugar f tclorlos of Austria, and tills Industry, only the intense fostering care of the various governments, been in o the formidnblo competitor of tho trOpknl cane sugar, eupjiortlng now millions of laborers nt homo and permitting, under n bounty system, tho export of said beet sugar In competition with tliccnno su-gur su-gur If this was accomplished by legislative legis-lative care in Durepe, why should not tho same results be brought about in the UnUcd States? Wo should produce tlio sugirwe consume nt home, employing millions of our laborers in producing the same, who vfould otherwise bo forced for-ced to seek employment in other countries coun-tries nt this Industry. Wo havo not only on-ly the soil nnd climate for both tho cans and beet sugar production, nud there lacks nothing but tho legisbitlv foster-ItiBcnro foster-ItiBcnro to develop theso resources and export American sugar to foreign lnr.ilr, What reason should there, exist for (i- mittlug millions of dollars to go abroad forone commodity vyhich nfter ten or trtcnty years of fostering care should be produced as cheaply nt homo as it is now manufactured abroad? ' - ehlce it citizen of tlio United States I hnlo devoted almost my entire time to th? Loulrnnn sugar industry, traveling during tho limvcst season from plantn-0,m plantn-0,m to plantation, which puts mo in fi3C8slon of insldo facta and knowledge wJalcl' very few posiess, ns to tho possl-'" possl-'" ilcJ'fit that Slate as n sugar producer. You nro fully Informed of tho finan cial conditional Louisann nt tlio close of the civil war. As von aro nwnro it wns very hard work for Louifona planters plan-ters to climb up and get tho credit for the necessary Improved machinery to clitnpin thu production of siigor in order to cheapen tlio production of sugar in order to eompcto witli the world. Blowly hut surely progress lias been necoinpbu-(ivtl. necoinpbu-(ivtl. Then camo tlio bounty promlso of filleen years by tho United State-) Congress Con-gress and tho umlldcnco given the capitalist capi-talist with Hill pronilso created n progress pro-gress during these threo years of Its existence ex-istence which can baldly bo realized by anyone who is not a closo observer of this industry. If thin bounty bo maintained main-tained during Hkmo i.i years as it unquestionably un-questionably should to iu duo respect for it buuatldo gov ii.ment promise, or I nt least bo rcplnn d ,,h a iwo cent tar-I'iirforrovcuue tar-I'iirforrovcuue iluri this lled period. kUn'.c&idtnliBltf w ith renewed coulldeuco m the. grTntBOTCrnmcnt-ivWiV. vJlLcut hesitation conetruet it laru number of sugar housos of twenty to fifty million pounds capacity for cacli harvesting sea-ion sea-ion in beet and cauo sugar sections and the cost of production would be bo reduced re-duced ns to enable competition w itli the world. All the lands Biirroundingsuch f.ieloi-ies f.ieloi-ies would bo (oit'cd Into cultivation of enno or belts to supply the same, and the iinprolltablo cotton, wheat, corn and rlco crops would bo dlminshcd in tho same proportion as cane nud beet would Increase, In all tho nbovo crops we hnvo nn overproduction nud In sugar alimo wo Import seveii'dglits ot our ow u consumption, con-sumption, without mentioning tlio possibilities pos-sibilities of export, just ns wo now do with wheat, corn and cotton. The now existing houses ot Louisanti, Texns nnd Kansas, of ono nnd two millions pom da rnpnclty nnd therefore workingutu big llnuncinldiiaihantnge, would giadually consolidato Into largo prolltablo cstab-4. cstab-4. Hut this centralization oi 'C"v emeiitof sugar houses requires requir-es lime, rnrmg which tlio fostering care of the government U unavoidable iu order or-der that tho desired end may bo accomplished, accom-plished, hi tho meantime the luduttrv would liedestrovod by foiclgu compvti-tlou. compvti-tlou. Tlio results obtained in the beet sugar Industry in l'.uropo should be convincing con-vincing proof to nny statesman what this fostering care baa accomplished nnd the B.imo rcaultH can therefore bo cxm" ted at home. It it only it question of time when tho United States sugar Industry In-dustry can become self-sustaining nnd bo able tociunpete witli tho world hi sugfir production by ccntrnllzntton of sugar houses. To strike the beet nud enno sugar Industry In-dustry out of o.vlstence byoue legislative stroke without giving it n chaucu of ox Isleneeln this vast agricultural common wraith, will be a unique Ixulmroos troke of sUilosmanshlp that even the Cur of Russhv would hardly In guilt of. in conclusion I will endeavor lo show w hat this indiuliy means to tlios of the Union whhli Jinvo no in ml or cllniato nJapUd to thb production of sugar. If wo vision Hiigitr plantation wo will Hud that, practically speaking, tlieie h nothing lo U found on the same but what is produced In other Status of this great Uniffii. Sugar farms pioduco sugar only. Iu the sugar bouses wo find machinery fioiu almost every Faelcrii State, Mliwouri being fully represented rep-resented in Jit, I.oiila foundries. Tho ngrlciiltuinl ImjilenientH coma from Michigan, Wiiirouuln, Kentucky and oilier iniiltllatjtntoH ; mulss from Ken-lucky, Ken-lucky, Tenneseo and Mitwuira; corn nnd liny fruiiijho Western Stales ; coal from Pennsv (nulla mid Alabnum; tlip larguly ucdjuk products, Ineliidlng feillliwrs, frju piujklng ct-nlrei.nud last hut nut (&'' tl Buuthurn sugar Industry supirjB in Iho hardest winter inontliH thousands of families In Missouri Mis-souri who nromflockliig down by means ' Jl. J ; "; mi .11.1. i !. ..iiw i . n oi the cheap river transpirtntion, sending send-ing tlio money which they enrn to their homes for the support of tlielr fitinllirp. f nm iiosillvo 'lint In 8t Ix)uis nlone not lessthnn 4,000 fnuiillesaresnpportul by these mean in tlio winter. If tho bounty bo continued In means only twenty cents- nnnualy for each consumer In tho United States, nnd the man who is not willing to support with this small lulto tho development oi an Industry Hint promises such possibilities nnd inngnitudo of interstate commerce Is hardly worthy the proud name of citizen of the United States. At present the Louisiana sugar industry indus-try la entirely paralyzed. All contemplated contem-plated Iinprovenu nts nro nt n standstill until Hie Senate has decreed that the promised liounty must bo inforccd or n tarirrrevenuo replaced. Tho foundries that last year in St. Lou is had an enormous amount of work for Louisiana sugar houses nre prnctlcnlly lying Ible, os there Ib very littio other work for t'tcin to do, ns no capital can be had to glvo undrir thrso conditions tho required re-quired credit for the migir houso improvement im-provement I moit sincerely trust that I have with tho nbovo fceblo effort been nblo to call your ntlcnti'jii to tlio possibilities ot the industry under tho government protection pro-tection and should it bo your pleasure I will furnish any ndoltlonnl Information In my possession. Hoping Hint you will pinion inefor trcjpnsslng on jour valuable time, I remain, with high regards, Yours most respcctfullp, II. Stiidulczkn&Co. |