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Show mmmm n. .j. ... BB LOUISIANA'S PROTEST BBB Tlio nttltudo of LouIbI.um on .he proposition lu BBB bring all biignr into tills coiui'i. free of duty fir BBB n'hlies au lllumlivoi'l., mid irinii ni? comuitLir BBB' in tho Democratic ioIIp of I'leo Trade. 1)hmi- BBB' racy Is so strong Intrenched lu that Htuto hat BBB' Republicans are iiliiu i ns seiii'- as cabrets to the BBB Desert of Sahara Hut mm of the great industries BBB' of tho state Is tlio manufacture of sugar. To lot BBB'' down tho TarllT bnf.i 011 all foreign sugpr would BBB; death knell of tlio Industry In that stato." A mini- BBB according to a committee of Louisiana planters BBJ' which protested against such action, "ring tho BBJ' her of other states had representatives to petition BBJ tho Ways and Means committee to which body tho BBJ objections were stated but It Is In Louisiana's ur- BBJ gent claim to Protection that tho real humor of tho BBJ situation rests. BBJ Some time ago, when n 1 eduction of tho Tan.'f BBJ was proposed under the Pnyue Aldrtch measure, BBBjr Louisiana bent frantic appeals to tho Republican BBW iiowspnpers of tho noitli, asking thorn to protest BBB1 against it. Tho canning Interests, which are not BBB Identified with Louisiana and which profess no vlo- BBJ lent affection for tho interests of that stato. made BBJ 11 fight to lmo the Tariff removed entirely, or inn- BBJ terlnlly reduced, and aro now renowlng tho battlo. BBJ So, forthwith, tho Louisiana sugar business engages BBt In n death strugglo for oxlstcnco. It Is willing (o BBJ "nvo tho Tnrlfr taken off anything olbo, or any- BBJ thing elso. but It must bo Protected. It makes a BBJ great difference whoso ox Is being gored. Phlla- BBJ delphla Inquirer, |