New-York daily tribune., 1861-07-21
tably stimulate production, until the old equib-

.ably stimulate production, until the old equilib
rum is restored.
OF sugar we consume about six times as much
as coffee. Last year our whole cousu nption was
4l5,231 tuns, or $50, l47. .440 pounds. TIE con.
sumption was 35,622,72O pounds less than in
1885, and this decrease oil occurred in the last
quarter If the year, induced by the absolute in-
ability Of the people to consume as formerly, in
consequence of the monetary arrangements, the
destruction of mechanical employments, and the
host Of collateral curses which fell upon the
community from the sudden development of an
astounding treason. The same causes dmin-
ished the consumption of molasses IL per cent.
Here are two prime necessities of the poor
placed beyond their reach by the Rebellion.
There was neither scarcity nor high price to do
this, for sugar fell two cents in December, from
simple inability TO bIy. This insbility has been
constantly increasing, and consumption has been
so enormously reduced n consequence that su.
gars have ruled this Summer at extraordinarily
low prices. 1t is comparatively at stand,
Rebellion having pauperized thousands. The
quantity of foreign sugar consumed in 1860
was 665, l7s,0C0 pounds, and it il Oh this,
as well ns on 27,724,205 gallons of for.
eien molssses that additional duties are TO be
levied. Thus, every time the poor man sweetsns
bis tea or coffee, he pays tax to this SayehOld-
er's Rebellion. Assuming the duty on all kilas
OF sugar TO average q cents per pound, the mili
mum being y, the revenue will be SlS, ,292, 800.
Worse than the poor man paying nearly half Of
this enormous sum, is the fact OF its acting as
higher protection than was ever before extended
to the very traitors wE0 produce in Louisiana,
Texas and Florida, the remaining 255,0O0, 900
pounds Of sugar and 100000 gallons of mOlas-
ses We consume. OF them comes the rebellion
We are thus taxed to suppress: yet if anything
il ever To again set them their feet it is this
very poor mans tax on sugar and molasses. The
duty on imported molasses win bs six cents per
gallon, equal to q revenue of 81 1913, ,452 more.
This looks like making Free Labor pay the cost
of suppressng a rebellion intended to crush it
ont, and 10 set up Slave Labor in its stead. A
salutary confscation on the largest scale should
be instituted TO equalize results and show that
there is some vitality in the doctrine of cOmpen.
satIOns.
The importation of tea for 1860 was as follows:
Gfeen....s......,............. IL G23g10
tiick.,'... .l5rJ1bJS
JnpAn....... JoJSh
Total. osi........................"....32s s5i82s
The exports We're about 10, 600 900 pounds, lcay-
ing, in round numbers, 23,O000O0 on which the
new duties are TO be levied, Is cents on black and
20 cents green, or say an average of l7l on the
whole, equal TO q revenue Of 81, ,025, 900.
From the foregoing figures it will be seen that,
takirg consumI ton of coffee, sugar, tea, and mo-
lasses TO be equal 10 what il was in 1850, the tax
imposed upon US by rebellion WILL Oh these items,
be as fellows; ..
On pounds Of coffee. az cents. ss0ooooo
On h15 1900 pounds sugar II = ctnts. 10 exy!5O
2a1 az eaIfs Of uo,sses, at crtts... l3eL42
ORgC0,OtO pounds Of Tea, al a. ave- o. l'ic 4VEoVW
These give total OF S326i0,el2, as the certain
tax to be imposed upon US annually, for an indef-
mite term NIL on the absolute necessaries of life as
part OF The huge legacy Of treason A fractional
portion 0i The total is now raised from sugar, but il
will be largely overbone by other forms of taxation
These conclusions though perhaps not critically
correct are nevertheless founded on official returns
and are quite near enough the truth to furnish on
ineligible view of how, and at whose expense, the
cost OF suppressing rebellion is to be paid. Enor.
nous, however, though tie grand total of cost may
be- the country viii cheerlully bear with it il it can
see treason eflecually crushed aud punished
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