Show F REL PRO OF WILSON WILSON-UNDERWOOD MEASURE ARRAIGNED SENATOR SMOOT DEfENDS INDUSTRY IN POINTED TALK Bill for the Destruction of Domestic Sugar Industry and Enrichment of Refiners Beyond Dreams of Avarice SHOWS THAT CONSUMER WILL GAIN NOTHING Such Price Reductions as May MayBe MayBe MayBe Be Made Will Be for Purpose of Killing Competition and Public Will Pay the Bill D INSTRUCTION of an all in industry L which has grown from small beginnings beginnings be be- ginnings s and amid amid algid hard conditions in ill spite of the violent and powerful hostility of the refiners until it was able ablo to SU Sare the American people in eighteen months in inthe the price they paid for sugar is isI predicted by Senator Reed Recd Smoot of I Utah in his speech on 1 The AVilon- AVilon Underwood SiB anti aim the American merican Sugar Industry delivered ere in tho United States S Senate Monday Copies of the Congressional Record containing the tho speech in full have just reached Salt Lake Loke In return for or this Industry which In III addition n to the direct control It on tho time seaboard refiners refiner distributes dl to American Industry U now no and would soon oon grow to distribute I If left leU to Wage a rail fall fight Senator Smoot sho showed e that the American consumer would Ret Jcl nothing the government would T o l give up a pres ent source of ot revenue of or t annually and only tho time ec seaboard reJner re- re would benefit The attitude of or those thos refiners he number of per persons ons In said laid tHe tho control Of Q tho the r Industry lu is probably less s' than six to alx to the consuming public whose whole who e friends friend thoy they now no profess to be I I 1 Continued on Page 6 G Y o. o H I Domestic Sugar Industry Has as Already y Saved Millions o. o P bli SENATOR SMOOT i QUOTES AUTHORITY ON THE MARKET t i Fluctuations Fluctuations in in Charges ExI Exacted Exand Ex- Ex I t acted and Prices Set by Refiners Explained ft 10 I I HOW CONSUMER BENEFITS i I ysl Industry Proves Fine ExI Ex- Ex E- E I 1 ample mple f Beneficial Effect I. I t q J Continued from tro Pago 1 was wM ed Senator Senator Smoot by W tho thor ir r act that tat during during- duri tho to world worM shortage o of ot V I ugar In 1911 they boosted tho the price of or f sugar to new flow neV heights selling at tho the time time- timea a product the they had bought amo t. t 8 ha r I the year year before at low loW rates They I frere on only prevented from still sUl further the fact that the they tho the price by toot that I to t contend with tho the product of or tho the be beet be t sugar factory factory- L 0 Senator Smoot from his hI knowlI knowl- knowl I I I edgo of the tho beet bet sugar sugar Industry as asi 09 I i j. j practiced ced In Utah and nd referred in com com- 1 terms tors to his hs native state In the work It Jt had dono done end pioneer ed te commercializing the tho beet and arki on Iri Ir- Ir ugar ar Industry In n tho west est a i lands ladE He ie showed that sec eec L pervades tho Wilson Under Under I 11 wood Vod od bill and pointed out tho tile clever clevor- who had framed os s of ot tho to politicians I I I I Us sugar su ec schedule duIo with th an eye to the tho hence Ills His three campaign years Ils speech In full fuU as s n given in the ConI Con- Con I I Record follows I i Mr Ir Smoot Mr President In discuss discuss- t Ing tho subject of ot tho tariff on sugar su nr I I j ot of oty which tho the removal I aa and tho the et effect t will m have y I the tho duty on o m that commodity on the domestic sugar ugar In industry It J is i I essential to t revert to the early history his his- I I tory tor of or the tho Industry and the tho I for tor severa several sev- sev etudes tudes through trough which It passed feral r eral era decades after ier Its Inception lon in this I I I country But this phase of or the subject I t been ably presented upon the I has bee DO so O floor 4 of this chamber and elsewhere f. f that I will wJ not take the time of or the thet I t Senate except to refer briefly fy to the thet 1 I first unsuccessful ate to tO establish t the e Industry in tho United States I of or i The Tho first beet sugar suar factory in this I I country which succeeded In producing a nall quantity of sugar was erected at atI I I Northampton Mass In 1838 but duer due duo r 2 to lack of ot technical knowle knowledge ge In both and factory the tho plant operated but butone L field l one one ne l season At about this time tho the l world i orld production sugar was 2608 36 26 Prance France produced 35 r ITI 08 tons of which Franc t OO tons and Germany 1408 tons Both BothIn Bot Il In Franco Franco and Germany German but more moro especially espe espo- I t. t Ii aly In tho the latter country economists p t I had begun to realize the te direct and Indirect Int In- In t direct value of ot the beet sugar Industry I the national wealth walh and nd o governments so gave every aid aie and assistance j n possible to encourage the tho cI ex- ex I of tho the In Industry From this I m beginning tho the production of meager I aser two countries gradually has Increased Int increased In- In I creased until In tho the past year Germany produced short tons of sugar t ad Franco France tons If I the tho te samei samo same J i encouragement b by tho the government had hadI I I et given n to the tho industry In the theU United U Hed States that was given to It Jt In r r. r G Germany rny Instead of ot the tho early pioneers t I becoming discouraged and the slon rt-slon slon sion of ot the tho to Industry being allowed to would lapse for decades we wo long ago ao f havo bavo vo been bee producing all nI the ugal we 1 consume thereby saving the hundreds i ic C millions of ot dollars which we have 1 sent nt abroad for our sugar requirements requirement and ad In those sections of ot the country M. M adapted to sugar beet culture would be beI I producing two bushels of cereal crops crop we now produce but one The Start In Utah e T attempt t to establish the tho beet I ugar Industry In i this country countr forms I II I what r-what at we wo believe bellevo to be an Important I r I economic event erent In tho the history of Utah the state ste which I have the honor In Ini i i t lh ar to represent f I. I i t h eIn lI SIn 1852 Hon Ron John lohn Taylor Tn-or one of ot the I leaders lenders 1 in tho the attempt to es- es es' es a a sustaining self lei community In 1 en wilderness west of or the tho wes far beyond the the farthest outI outposts out out- I i posts ports pos to which population had then penI pen pen- I conceived the tho Idea Idea of or Introducing Intro Intro- I I the tho to culture of or sugar beets and th the manufacture of or beet sugar Estabi i In France under tho the guidance of ot otI Ith great Napoleon the Industry had haa hadi i I fJ red proved d its it worth both through Its Is dl- dl I. I economic return and through tho the I Increase which It I brought about in the tho j yield o of other crops To France there there- i foro nn an order was wa's was Een sent cent t for tor tile the ma- ma 1 necessary to equip a beet sugar I factory It I was shipped by a sailing i i vessel 1 to Now New Orleans there transferred p I to a a river boat bont and and carried up the tho MIsi MIs- MIs ls- ls I i j and tho the Missouri to Fort LenvI LeavI Leav- Leav I Thence It W was hauled b by I 4 h n II i 1 ox I Q u. u v V 0 U fe-U u J I. 0 D Dt U IU W Uil i- i illO t I 1 i thousand thousand miles mies farther and finally It I j I two wai aa set act up In tn Salt Llo Lake Ct City In a ai a t i building which still sUl stands stands stands-an an object L II of or h historic Interest Interest r But while those Bu early early pioneers had hadi 1 i I the t courage and the te Indomitable spirit 1 I t overcome the tho obstacle of ot distance i I rd d lack laok of transportation in brining k it J fi equipment for tor their factory pIles l they l lacked the ledge knowledge and experience necessary to the successful I i conduct of ot this industry They know knew I i nothing of or the prop proper or methods of or growing growing grow grow- ing lag beets of ot beet or manufacturing sugar I c The he factory factor could coul produce nothing but f ff rup being unable to crystallize the j Juice l Ice t and so tho the attempt was soon I l I abandoned It Into Into- I passed history as I I the third serious effort eUort to establish tho the I Industry n of ot sugar Sugar making from beets I In l Inthe the United States f fi l' l 1 Under Hurd Conditions Condition Aside from its Is historic bearing It la is latiC I tiC tt little I ur present Importance and r I menI men- men 1 I n Jt it here merely to call attention to z f u uth conditions of hardship danger and 4 I loss un under er which carl early attempts were I I I mado to establish this thi called so-called hotI hothouse hothouse hot house which It Is I now proposed t I ruthlessly to destroy I mention menton It also i to call attention to the fact that the i I state which I have havo the honor to 1 I ent was ws ono one of the pioneers pioneer In tho the attempt attempt at- at tempt to introduce an nn I industry In the tha I finally successful establishment 01 and ex ex- I. I of ot which she he has played a n lead lead- I lh p part rt and which if I permitted to continue at pt tho the rapid growth which it has d for the past post few to 1 y years arl would confer tho K greatest blessings upon the p People opla of tho the whole United 16 Et tales i t I t Subsequently several voral unsuccessful r. r J attempts at at- S tc tempts were re made rado to establish the tile in- in 11 I I In Illinois Wisconsin Now New Jersey Jersey Jer Jer- sey and ond Maine and It Jt was not until wrested from tron 1879 that success was failure b by E. E H H. Dyer Der who ho erected a n nImai small Imai plant nt at Alvarado Cal In that year ear This factory since ince has been boen en enlarged enlarged en en- from to time an and is 18 still sUI in operation American n enor energy and per per- now began to assert themselves themselves them them- selves and from 1879 1870 to 1891 un five ad ad- small but successful factories were erected Bounty System Stem Tried In 18 O with tho adoption of the tariff bill bi an effort was mado made to direct support and encouragement encouragement encourage encourage- ment to the tho to production of ot sugar in tho United States by tho the payment of a n bounty of ot 2 cents a pound pound This ys- ys fYS- fYS tem toni has been boen employed with wih great success suc sue cess b by European n countries in tho the building up of tho sugar beet beet industry which had hod added millions of ot dollars yearly to their farm Carm wealth It I had hod been used b by France the earl early homo home of ot sugar beet culture by Germany Gorman which had bad adopted and Improved ed upon tho the French system b by Hun Austria gary gr and by tho the smaller countries of ot northern Europe An indirect bounty system is today toda In force in Russia which has been increasIng its production production tion ton at nt a 3 very rapid rate rato and ond promises ultimately to become tho the greatest producer pro ducer of ot beet bed su sugar ar in the tho world With WIh the e example of ot these foreign nations before us us It i was felt tel that tho bounty system would lead to a moro rapid development of or this valuable In Industry Industry In- In In tho the United States than could I be achieved In any other W way I State Bounty In Utah There Tere Tereas was as another reason for the tho adoption of ot the bount bounty system for tor the of or the Industry rather than to attempt to rely upon tho the encouragement encourage encourage- C- C ment meat of ot a n protective tariff on foreign n Corci Importations As the result of or a lon long period during which the Republican party had been in control the te nation had hod emerged from tho the financial difficulties dlf of or civil civi war days das into a period of or tho the greatest prosperity It had ever experienced up to that time Ume With economy In administration and nd with wih careful management of or the revenues the federal government had accumulated accumulated a surplus the disposition of which became one of the pressing questions of of the do day With no need of ot tho the revenue revenue reve rave nue that would be yielded by a duty on Importations of ot sugar the bounty plan was particularly attractive I beleve belieVe believe be be- lieve leve that It I was a n Republican member of ot Hon J. J H. H Gear of Iowa who who first sug suggested eted the bounty plan planas as the tho best solution of ot the problem presented b by a growing surplus in tho treasury and a 0 desire which in that unenlIghtened unenlightened un un- un- un enlightened ago age was WS considered commendable com corn either In a Democrat or 01 a L Republican to build up the tho domestIc sugar In Industry At an any rate the bounty plan was adopted It I provided for tor tho the payment of or 2 cents directly from tho the federal treasury treasur for tor ever every pound of sugar grown in tho the United States State In I Iad ad addition certain states of ot tho the union added a bounty of ot their own I am om proud to be able to say that my own oWn ata to of or Utah was wa again in tho the forefront forefront fore tore front of ot the effort to build up this great reat Industry and placed a state bounty boun bonn ty tr of ot a cent a pound on all an sugar su ar I produced within is Its borders The enterprise and energy of ot Utah citizens responded to this appeal and andIn andIn andIn In 1891 a a was organized or and started started tho the manufacture of or sugar from beets at at Lehl Lehi Utah This factory en en- en Improved and greatly greaty extended is still sUl in operation and is ono one of the oldest oldest factories in tho United States that has been continuously in opera opera- tion ton Y Years of or Struggle The earl early years ears of ot the Industry in Utah as in other states were years of desperate struggle to keep alive alve Many times it Jt seemed Inevitable that the at attempt attempt attempt at- at tempt must end In disastrous failure The he federal bounty bount pronounced unconstitutional unconstitutional was cut off In two years years A period of Democratic a administration disaster and panic followed On eVer every hand the tho Industries of oC the county county in in industries that had been long long established and had enjoyed a 3 flourishing nourishing course for tor years rears as well wol as those thoo of ot more re recent recent recent re- re cent origin were origin were were plunged into bankruptcy bankruptcy bank bank- or existed un under et a pall pail pal of oC stagnation stagnation stag stag- nation naton and loss 1085 Tho The rich treasury surplus surplus sur sur- plus pitis was no lon longer cr a a source of or embarrassment embar embar- It I had disappeared soon at aft after nf- nf t er the Democratic party came into power lower and the government go was forced to o tho the expedient of or borrowing to meet its ordinary obligations With ith such conditions prevailing throughout the tho country countr it would seem that there could bo be slight hope for tor the tho struggling sugar Industry As a matter mater of ot fact little little- lito Impetus was WS given to the tho domestic sugar industry b by the tho legislation of ot 1890 or perhaps it Jt would bo be more accurate to say that It remained in effect for too short a n time to yield any appreciable results In spite of ot all al discouragementS discouragements discourage discourage- ments however and in face tace of ot a long period of or continuous and disheartening dishearten dishearten- in ing losses the pioneers of oC th the Industry In Utah continued their efforts No chapter In tho the whole glorious record of or American industrial achievement presents a a brighter record of persistence |