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Show REPEAL OF SUGAR BILL ASSURED Senate Asked to Put Tariff of One Cent a Pound on Grapefruit Grape-fruit and Lemons. Washington, April 11. Debate on the sugar tariff bill was continued In tho senate today with Its passage virtually vir-tually assured. A final vote was to be taken beforo adjournment under an agreement reached last Friday. Senator Works of California introduced intro-duced an amendmont to put a tariff on grapefruit and lemons of one cent a pound. Senator Works declared that when the tariff law waB bolng framed a "corrupt lobby misled congress by false representations" to reduce tho tariff on lemons to less than half a cent a pound and that it resulted dls- ?strously to the American lemon industry." in-dustry." "II was ono of the most corrupt efforts to control legislation that ever existed," Senator Works declared. He charged that a combination of lemon Importers raised $140,000 to conduct the fight and was now being sued for $75,000 by a man who claimed that sum was due him for services In bringing about tho lemon tariff reduction. re-duction. oo |