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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1912
Page
1
Senator Bristow pursues a slow plan to ruin the sugar industry. The move aims to weaken production and stifle competition, drawing fire from growers and business groups.
Senator Bristow introduces an amendment to the free sugar bill aiming to cut duties on Louisiana 96 test sugar to a nominal 1.425 per 100 pounds and 1.14 under Cuban preference, with further reductions after six years. The plan would also lower duties on 75 and 96 tests and affect refined sugar, while hearings proceed before the Senate Finance Committee.
Tonight expect fair skies and warmer temperatures. Friday bringing increased cloudiness and warmer conditions ahead.
The speaker warns tariffs risk harming the cane industry which now relies on economies and centralized factories. He notes London sugar prices are only slightly higher than in the United States and argues tariffs deter capital from investing in hazardous central factory ventures in Louisiana cane districts.
Delegations from Mississippi Valley river country head to New Orleans for a four day session starting April 10 to push the Newland's River Regulation Bill. The plan proposes damming mountain streams above Pittsburg to create reservoirs and open irrigation ditches to drain upper Missouri waters, lowering the lower Mississippi flood plane by several feet and making leveed lands safer from floods.
The annual Canadian Whist League congress began at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto with tournament play continuing Friday and Saturday. Canadian club representatives attend alongside U S visitors competing for the International Trophy.
Cairo Illinois faces severe flood impact as the Mobile and Ohio levee breaks. Nine thousand acres north of Cairo are flooded and rail lines are submerged under five to fifteen feet of water. Five hundred workers and thousands of homes are affected with no lives lost, as crews rush to reinforce the levee amid rising Mississippi River levels.
Memphis reports at least ten thousand people fled homes along the Mississippi from Wickman Kentucky to Helena Arkansas. About half were driven by high water with rest escaping feared levee breaks. Damages estimated over a million dollars as levee work ramps up south and north of Memphis and railroad schedules suffer.
Memphis reports widespread levee strain from the rising flood. Authorities say Arkansas, Tennessee, and Mississippi faces a hard fight to protect embankments, especially in the Upper St. Francis district. The Yazoo and Tensas districts remain strong while Memphis gauges show 34.4 feet with crest due mid next week. Gov Donaghey meets engineers to coordinate defense.
Memphis and Cairo report unprecedented floods as waters rise beyond all previous records. Washington dispatch notes record rainfall and extensive damage across riverfront communities.
President Taft instructs the Quartermaster General to supply rations to flood sufferers along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. A House Appropriations Committee bill seeks to set aside 250000 for relief of the homeless in the flooded districts.
Three thousand refugees receive State and Federal tents and meals. Water in the business district climbs to three feet and is still rising. Several stores were abandoned this morning as relief efforts continue.
Vicksburg residents monitor gauges showing forty seven feet with a half foot rise since Wednesday. Officials say no immediate danger, but preparations to protect lives against higher stages next week are advancing.
In New Orleans on April 4 the river remains almost stationary and officials expect the predicted big rise next week to pose little risk, confident that the levees will hold.
The weather bureau warns of critical river conditions from Cairo to the Mississippi delta. If levees hold, the Mississippi below Vicksburg may reach 52 feet at Natchez, 42 at Baton Rouge, 28.5 at New Orleans, with higher stages than any prior records.
Memphis authorities report the Mississippi River at 42.9 feet at 7 pm with a projected 45 feet as the limit to protect the city behind federal levees. Government engineers remain cautious while local weather officials warn residents to move to higher ground if conditions worsen.
Cal braith Rodgers famed as the first to cross the American continent in an aeroplane died near Pasadena when his biplane plummeted from about 200 feet as he swooped over the ocean and gulls. Eyewitnesses say he relaxed his grip and failed to recover, shipwrecking near the pier. He lived only minutes after the wreck. Rodgers had often flown with passengers and was praised for his reckless yet celebrated air feats.
Tallulah April 8 The past 36 hours of ideal weather aid levee defense. President J T McClellan of the Fifth Louisiana Board reports Biges and Reid's levees near Madison and Tensas parishes in excellent shape with no seepage. Arkansas City remains the critical spot as workers rush to shore up defenses.
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