Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1894 — THE SUGAR BOUNTY. [ARTICLE]

THE SUGAR BOUNTY.

During thefyear ending the 30th dav of la>t June $10,869,896 was taken from the Treasury of the United Stotes and paid to the sugar planters es Louisiana. The total amount so paid including Louisiana and a few other States—was $12,099,889 The cane sugar bounty|of over $11,000,000 was divr e I among 578 producers, thus making an average of $19,000 to each producer. The beet sugar bounty, which amounted to $852,000, was divided among seven producers, miking an average of $ 121,71 4 to each producer. It is no wonder that the men who were favored in this outrageous way squeal when their privileges are taken from them. The bounty was a great thing for them. But it was an infamous tax upon the people of the whole country levied in the interest of a handful of men for the purpose of keep* ing them in business. T 1 ere is no question ok the price of sugar, for the home product has no influence upon price. There was no revenue involved. When Hie pcple of the whole country are asked to submit in order that the seven beet sugar producers may make $121,000 each in a single year, it seems to us that they would deserve to be “held up” by every mendicant industry in the country if they did not resist the imposition. We believe that the people are getting tired of being taxed for the benefit of every man who finds it impossible to run his own business at a profit. —lndianapolis News, rep.

People who live in new countries are Hable to be prostrated bv malarial fevers. Inhabitants of cities, by reason of bad drainage and unwholesome odors, suffer from similar diseases. Ayer’s Ague Cure is warranted a specific for all malarial poisons. As reviving trade is muzzling him the calamity-howler has less of a snap than ever. —Philadelphia Times. The wholesale crockery and glass dealers announce that their business has greatly increased since the passage of the tariff law. The rax on china, porcelain, earthen-« ware and stoneware has been very high, and its red iction has stimulated trade. Retail dealers and householders are filling up their depleted stocks. —N. Y. Times. Tn account of the Inf iana State Fair, rate on the Monon from Rensselaer to Indianapolis and re~ tarn will be $3 30 for he round trip.

The Winamac Fair will be held this year on Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday and Friday, Sept. 25 to 28. The prospects are goo 1 for a better Fair there this year than ever before, because the Association has a well earned reputation for paying every purse in full and dealing square with every exhibitor and horseman. The purses are larger than ever before, the track in the pink of condition, and th re will be racing there that will fairly cut a hole in the wind.