Show THE TARIFF ON SUGAR washington D C dec 25 tha states in the northwest are deeply in te rested in the present discussion if the reduction of the philippine sugar tariff as it threatens the prosperity ot the leet sugar industry mr C S morey president of one of the largo commercial companies of denver colo while in washington on business matters gave oice to the sentiment ot his stat on the subject referring to a recent published interview of thomas F walsh mr morey said mr walsh presented facts which indisputably that the free entry of the cheap sugar of our insular possessions would be a ruinous attack on the beet sugar of bi own state but of all the others have ambark cd in the business gan nebraska utah california ami the rest lie spoke with the au thorlo of one rho fully grasps the situation and yet ao stain of selfishness rests upon him for he Is not directly or indirectly interested in the production of sugar his utterances were those of a man whose patriotic feeling insists that the first duty of this government Is the protection of its own people 1 I have been a republican all my life and am an earnest disciple of the doctrine of protection As such I 1 insist that the benefits ot this policy should not be curtailed in he least digree if there Is one class of our peo pie above all others which needs alio fostering favor of the ji ahn farming class american farmers an the backbone and suro reliance of the nation to remove the tax on sugar made by the cheap libor of the orien Is to eay to the western tillers of aba soil that their government is not BE all interested in their welfare and that t is a matter of no concern whether they continue to plant beets for the home factories I 1 do not believe hat congress will after due deliberation agree to strike a blow at a great cultural interest |