, 1870-01-25

The business Of sugar-zrdning in this
country is immense. 1t vii be seen that,
of the imports, more than uiuo-teuths Is Of
raw sugar, which is the material used by
these rehners- The reduction Of the duty
on taT sugars one-thisd will give to 1hesa
refnera their material that much cheaper,
and increase their prodes accordingly. The
consumer in uowise alaras in the reduction.
This presant duty on what is called clari-
fed sugar is 81 cent?. This sueaz is not
equal to refined spg.r; it includes Ill those
gradea Of sugar which to large masses Of
tha peopIe il substitute for the white it
is the sugar which is used in
ordinary familE use BY thoee who cannot
afford to purchase refined sugar. At pres
ent this sugar competes with ths refined
Bugar; it is cheaper, and answers the par-
pose Of 1arge class Of the people. Tbs
new bill, it will bs remarked, reduces
the duty o1 this only one-half cent
per pound. Here ia the second fraud ia the
new sugar rrif. Having reduced tho cost
Of the 1e6ter's zaw material, the cost Of tho
only COMPELLING augar is substantially re-
saired,-Ae object being to destroy the in
ducemeatto use the nearly white sugar in
stesd Of the refined. The $4,000, 900
pounds d thus nearly white imported sugar
opera4eras restraint upon the prices IT
refined; the present duty is u cents, while
that 81 refined II ! cents. The present
tariff makes the difference between the raw
sugar snd tha refined cents in gold per
pounl and the nsv tariff preserves this
lsrpe protection to the reaners. Uade1 it
refnid sugars cs1nnot bo imported, the
tabla we have givaa showing that, Of neatly
1,OO, ,000, 600 pounds Of sugar imported,
the:e were not over 1850, 600 of that
grade.
Under the NV tariff all kinds Of sugas
sufficiently clen and free Of disease to be
TT for use ul pay 3 cents per pound in
Bteaa Of 81 as heretofore; wbilo the men
who sell refna or wh;tened sugars Will get
their matetialt cent per pound cheaper.
The pretene 1T reducing taxation BY re-
ducing the dty on sugars ss Ii proposed is
fraud. Til CONSUMERS Of sugar will not
obtain the slightest reduction to them
But the newbin, while it steadily continues
to exclude teined and white sugare, gires
to the rehers monopoly Of the market,
with a redrdon Of the cost Of their raw ms.
teIial.
The net tariff On sugar. will result in a
loss Of pvenne Of $lO,00o,o00 II this
WIS reaction OF t41at,on to that amount
there vAld be no objection, but il Will
amount to reduction Of $40, o,0OO, 900 in
the oostof The raw sugars used BY the 70
fners, ho will have that much additional
profit, II the Committes Of Ways aud
Means want to reduce the tax paid by The
people,n sugars let them abolish the whole
duty. In that case, in losing the revenus,
there 'ould at least be saving Of $50, 900,
900 Of tar; or they can reduce the duty on
all KIDS Of tugar to q uniform rate
Of cnts per pound. The loss Of rove
nue T7n be SIC, 900, COO, but the tar would
be reluced to the consumers fni.y that sum.
The duty on clarified or refined sugar
yield no revenue, but 1t is paid by ths con
sum,ra On all the sugssa they use, An.
redntion Of revenue which does not reduc.
ta1aiou is cheat, because it transfers Ii,
amount Of reduction from the Treasury Il
thepockets Of the refners and this is pre-
cis1y the result intended by this new tarif
on sugars.
II there be any real disposition to reduc
tRes let the committee try their hand o,
inn. The New York Tribune estimate
the amount Of pig iron sold in the Unite
States during 1863 at two millions of tons