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Show THromifoPE .i Theonly -hope' fVtho domestic I 1u.ai:.i5iU8t5U!eain. the .election of ' a President and Congress in 1910 pledged to American Industry. Tho j President will stand by the cane sug- ' ar refiners of foreign sugar as against tho continuance of the domestic sug- ar production. There havo been per- slstent and widespread rumors to the effect that the duty on sugar would bo restored In whole orin part, bo- L cause the revenues therefrom wero ji$fc required. Tho Mexlcaif demonstra- T2 tlon nnd scml-occupnncy was aii item of expense not foreseen nnd tho In. como tnx has failed, to produco tho revenues it was. figured that It would As sugar produced nn easily and cheaply collected revenue of over $50,000,000 a year, It wns declared tho government would yield Its position on this item nt least, not only be- ' cause it needed the sugar tax, but ' because it was found the Industry could not survlvq,wlth nil tho duty removed. ! Congressman Underwood and oth-era oth-era declare the new tariff law will not be disturbed. If Congres's wero to pass any measure affecting tho present law the President would veto It. Mr. Underwood said tho sugar producers and all others might as well make up their minds that the preseriflawiwrll stand utfchange"d 1 It will be seen, therefore, that the ' American sugar Industry, nor In fact any other business In. this country affected, af-fected, adversely by the tariff law, can hope for any relief at the hands of President Wilson or the leaders of his party. ' The only hope Is to do as was done In 189C, wipe out the Free Trade majority ma-jority at tho November election and retire Mr. Wilson to merited oblivion In 191C Bay City (Mich.) National Fnrmer. |
