Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-02-03

reP"rs upon The aud navigation OF this coun.
Try from eighteen hundred aud ,weny to ee h,-~n
hunifed aud twenty-Diue. Inclusive. During hat
whole period would he found that the for eign #
brown sugar Imported uto the United States had net
varied more Ran about half or pnund and that
not by an uniformly declining price Nor viii il fail
to be 90 erved,upon nnaon OF the reports refer
red TO, tia tue importation OF brown sugar paying du
~, was greater in 1929, than in 1921 aud not much
ss' ,han the average annual mpOria,on Of the whole
pe'io'. Nor mix IL be improper TOR him here
mak that n ere a cen idsrabl- annual expectation
with the b. TT OF drawback from 1921 1929 nclu-
sve IL i, cou be necessary Tor him 20 uther 10
account Tor the eradusl decline in the price Of sugar
throug hout the commercial world within the last 81
teen years II would be suicis nj TO AL, ert 10 the
'arge amount Of Labor released from The purposes uf
war ABOUT me commencem, n OF that period, and ts
consequent dimnUton oft. value ia alt the
OF human industry. But. a. the Kindness of friend
had furnished him With TIE doing so lace tie
conan ncement ct his r.ma'k', he would state same
additional cts beariHg upon he obsb uf the
diminished price OF sugar within iha lat tew yea .
He he'd b, gh, down ,he pttce sugar imported ,n
Great BRIAN 80 the year 1928 snd wa- nos ptepsr
% trace 20 ISIS, at the close 81 which il twenty
seven shngs the hupded weight. Nor was this coca
stoned by duinis hsd duty-ihe iutv having heeO ppr-
naDently hx-d Al y-sev-n slnling- the hundred
weight. or onr hunj,ed ard ;weve pounds He was
also prepared 10 state sn-cfcay The effect which lie
protection afforded ia + TO sugar extracted from
the bee, had produced the pion OF West In
Jia sugar In that county in he year 1927 The
sumption, amounting, in populate ding ihiIy
millions TO no more tAao one hundred and thirty
two millions OF pounds. But, when we consider that
me whole consumption OF sugar in France, AID the
Blush empire in Europe, equals six hundred nllons
OF pounds ennnaliy, (the consumption England alone
IN 1873, h wing been esims ed by Mr. Hn-ki son al
three hundred and sixty nlions) and reflect ON ihs
ignerse adiicDsl quantity nocesary to supply all tho
countries OF the world which consume the arurle 10
must be mauiies that lie manufacture Ia the Unit q
States eS-Tci-es very iuseusble II any influence on
ls tc" ~ h AZ home abroad. But, our own com.
nercai history furnishes an instance OF the -oijoe in
thc price OF brown sugar within few are, remark
aoe any that has been d. and hat too w III.
gu p's 'b'e reference TO il manufacture In ihs
country II he gentleman wri eximin the prices
e OF Philad phia Tor the yearot 1904 1897 tncIu-
slve, they vii hnd hat from June The TO The
same month OF 'be latter year, tn price decn "A from
twelve aud one half TO nine per pound and tina,
ioo at pr od when foreign relations with the
most powerful maritime nation Ia III w.d threatened
serious interruption To our foreign trade, end conss-
openly minshed import OF sugar. II said that
strong additional argument against the presumption that
the price ctbrown in o;hcr counties had been
by the manoiac ure OF that article 10 THE,
was mat the price OF white claytd sugar, article
not ct American manufacture, had experienced cor.
responding decline. IL lad sscertain-d hy an exam.
uaton OF the Philadelphia prices Gu, rea, from 1903 II
1907, inclusive. that in The former year, this article
was qneted in that market at seventeen and one hac
c ats per lh and in the latter at bu Is IL, difference
OF tour cents pou nd in The short period OF wears
And although he he'd 40 means of ascer,ainng the
cost In Che foreign market coud hut be presumed 10
have been considerably higher than the average of the
SIX years ending with 1879, within which, notwith-
standing there was variation in The prices of diff.
ierent years, H. did not believe he everspe would he
found to seven and one half c. nts nsr nound
AS the operation OF par; OF the system of duties on
sugar. N would state what he had doubt was true
that in some instances, much back had been
allowed on the expiration OF refine sugar, than the
du'y previously paid on the raw sugar from which il
was made. In fact that the article alluded 10 az thus
receiving drawback, worth the average price
o owe sugar, and that little, il any OF quantity
had probably bean sustained by converting q o one
to he o'her. This, he said, he understood, had urdsr
gone Jndca' inves gat on. and the cour h-d been
PEELED 10 decide that the article within the tech
nical meaning Of r-fiasd sugar under the law But
81 hough this was an abuse, he woIld not leave the
SUI lect without passing notice Of tie protec,o sf
orded to bona h'e retnsrs oi suear in THE country.
by the tatiH OF eighteen hundred and sixteen the du-
" on rehned SUI ar import d. into ibis country twelve
cents per pound. He believed 'hat one hundred and
seventy pound Of raw sugar morally esima
equal to- or sufficient or be msnuact OF 100 pounds
OF refined.
He did not k7ovY prec.ely how II was es ima,ed i'm
this country H. knew that this coosiered TO be
tie standard in Great Briten and, he un isr-toOd
hive cents per round be the de- hack allowed the
eypor aion OF Ame lean refined Sugar re presumed the
English and American standard did nctmateriaily vary
what lh-n, sad he, IS the consequence? That the
Inner OF Sugar in this country receives drawback to
the whole amount OF duty what he exports, and q
protecting duty OF cents the pound on all that is
consumed in the country fie did not pretend to know
what is The cost Of refining, but, his mind, the tax
appeared TO be enormously disproporoned TO the value
oil the article upon which il is laid But i'm discus sing
this subject 1t is necessary that consider its influ-
ence upon some of the various and important interests
OF the country. We have been told by the Secretary
oil the treasury liz his annual report the finances.
that the navigation of the country is in most angush-
ing condition. This he manifest if we look at the
diminished value of exports and imports within the
last ave years fhe not mistaken, though he had
not very recently examined the subject he believed that
both exports and imports had declined in annual value
within that period about thirty millions of dollars each
Tie said although for his part, he had doubt tho
evil Just adverted TO had much deeper root he was
prepared 10 believe, and did believe that due proper
ton OF the depression under which American nayiga-
ton now langushes may be Justly attributed to the res
friction imposed by the existing duty Sugar, upon
our intercourse with sugar~Dakihg countries; and for
evidence OF the partial effects OF these restrictions on
American trade ard navigation, he would refer gentle
men To The correspondence between General Won Schol.
ten, the Special Minister from Denmark the Sc.
creary OF state, which had lately been communicated
by the President TO Congress, and printed by order OF
the House lie had not troubled the House with the
enquiry whether the duty imposed by the Act of 1910
was intended Tor revenue or projections partly for
DOM ms was unnecessary, he nd expressed the
opinion at the outset that whether designed for the
or the other, repeal reduction necessary.
vgaiion he had looked part Of The annual report
on commerce aud navigation for the year 1929, for the
purpose of ascertaining the true state Of the matter
Upon careful examination he had found that although
our exports for that year 10 the Swedish, Danish
Dutch, British and French West Indies British Amer
lean Colonies, Cuba other Spanish Colonies Brazil and
tue West Indies generally, amounted to fifteen millions
hree hundred and two thousand and eighteen dollars
yet the imports amounted 10 than twelve mill
lions six hundred and seventy thousand three hun
deed aud iortytwO dollars shelving OF exports
over imports Of two millions six hundred and twenty
seven thousand eight hundred and seveuysiN dollars.
A. lie value OF the exports was estimated in the
home market, and OF imports n the tosign, i diff