Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-10-30

The population Of the United States Is about 10
0C0,00O; all Of whom sugar Is necessary article
and for the procurement OF which az are compened
To part with portion of the proceeds oil their INDUS
try OF the 20 600 900 people in the United States
who consume sugar. about 800 are employed in ITS
production in the State Of Louisiana. The sugar
they make is of an inferior quality, incapable OF re-
ining loaf sugar; and to produce that inferior
sugar costs more actually than to produce suitable SUI
gar in Cuba or Brazil. That is to say on the same
extent of land labor has to be expended to pro-
duce the same quantity of weak sugar than in Cuba
to produce strong article. This is owing TO the DIFF
ference in climate and SOIL and never be altered
Now, in order to enable 500 men to raise sugar IN
Louisiana, in despite Of the DEGREES of nature, the
government compels 100000 900 of people &c pay
tax "a cents per pound on all the sugar they con-
sumo. The part of this tax pa on the imported SUI
gar goes to the Government and that paid on the do
nestle sugar goes to the planters. The consumption
of sugar in 1874 was as follows:
Import, lbs. 1855 4si
Export, foreign, 21s5.s2s
domestic, lS1,llS -.
refined. equal to raw, 3,ssoOOO= 5,e5974o
Net import, l74,6o475l
Louisiana crop, l4O,SIoOOO
Total consumption lbs. sl492O,75i
Now the average foreign cost of the imports was
as follows:
Cost Cost. Duties reed.
ID. Amount 10. Amount.
Imports lbs l79 49l 3fcts 963540 23cs AGO 437
The duties were therefore &c per cent. A revenue
duty would have been say 20 per cent. or OF cent
per ID. The difference II cents between that and the
actual duty "a CENTS is the protective tax tribute
paid by 20,000,0O0 for the support of 800. The
amount of this tax in 1914 was as follows
Protective Duty. AMOUNT.
Imported. l74,6O4,75I cts. 500, cO6
Domestic, 1403i6,OO0 IL 4" 2 566 305
Total lbs, 3I492O75l s5s26,3lI
This nouol tho u,bola cost Of tLp crgar I'M
ported is actually paid annually by 20,00O,000 of
people, merely to have few estates in Louisiana
employ their negroes in producing inferior sugar. In
stead of working at other employment to better
advantage. Three years of this tax amounts to the
whole cost Of Louisiana paid TO France. The retail
price for fair brown sugar in New York. is GA cents
per lbs Every farmer and every citizen should re-
member that for every lbs. of sugar be buys he
gives 10 cents for the sugar. and TIA cents tribute to
Louisiana planters. The actual practical operation
of this tax is follows An Havana price cur
of Sept 49, in the NcS of yesterday, quotes
81 reals per arroba Of % lbs An invoice of 100
hhds will cost as follows:
Gross weight l45 coo lbs
Tare, 10 per cent, 1880
$50 500 lbs. at 81 reals. S5,546
Bill of ading, brokerage,
CaTting, &C., 6S 3l3
5,S6g
Commission p per cent, i42
1870 800 lbs cost on board, AGO per 100 lbs s6OOI
Now this sugar. which costs on board the vessel
exchange and insurance added, cents per h., is sell
! ing in New York at 8 cents, an advance of cent:
over the Havana price. Deducting the duty leaves
cents for profits to the importer. This Is the bono
fde actual difference between the price in the country
of consumption and that of production. 1t has nc
reference to past or future prices, but is the actua
existing difference between the cost in New York anC
the cost in Havana 1t requires two pounds of this
Havana sugar to produce pound of refined. Henc,
the refner is taxed cents than the foreign re-
finer. The duty on the foreign refined sugar is
cents, leaving only cent actual duty on the manu-
featured article, 10 per cent only. This is called
encouraging manufactures! The consequence hai
been that from export of $4,000, COO lbs. domestic
refined sugar in 1871, the trade has perished 22l5,
5l7 lbs. foreign refined was imported last year TIL,
people of the United States paying tax of 50,
626,3ll per annum to destroy the refining of sugar
the United States.-N Y. Ners