The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-26

bounded satisfaction to Cincinnati dealers,
who having their hands tied by the monopoly,
have had to bear with the constantly recur-
ring complaints Of the consumers.
The exposure WAS brought about through
an investigation by the Committee on Ways
and Means, while endeavOring to settle on y
the trade Is controlled by an Eastern monop-
oily comprising such firms as lIayemeyers
Elder. the Decastro u Donner Refining Com
pany, and the Matthiesson Sugar Refining
Company. The testimony adduced before the
committee showed that dealers we're power
less against the ring, and had to buy Of them
the adulterated goods and force, them upo1n,
tho people. In some instances dealer would
revolt and send his shipment back, but would
not always. got redress, One Cincinnatl urn,
past month returned Ats barrels OF soggy
sugar. that had changed It's color and dete-
riOrated to such an cxtenta as to entail q serious
loss had the sugar been kept. Apart from Lhe
imposition on dealers and consumers, enor-
nous frauds are practiced upon the revenue.
The retiner pays Il duty OF one and one
half cent q pound on low, grade OF
sugar. and then reiines it with glucose and
muriate Of tin for expectation. II the sugar
was honestly worked, there would be loss In
weight OF say 10 per cent, on which q duty
had been paid. TO cover this loss, tn? gov
ernment allows drawback on expectation OF
Of 5 4-1O per cent per pound. The reiiner, it
has been shown. made up this weight, ana
but two cents pound, and would obtain from
the government the increased price. The fol-
lowing, from pamphlet issued by Henry A.
Brown, of SaxOnviIle. Mass, will make tins
more evident, it being statement before the
committee by Mr.. Robert Hewett, Jr., on be-
half of the honest importers and reilnefs,
whose business has been greatly injured, and,
In many cases, ruined by the defrauders, no
fewer than thirteen large firms having gone
under In their commcndabe but disastrous
efforts to conduct the trade legitmatoly, Iho
facts are compiled from the Bureau OF Statls-
ties at Washington, and cannot therefore DC
disputed:
S1gar importation entered into consump-
ti0n In the fiscal years ending June 30 1876,
1877, and for New York alone in 1873
Weight. Duties Rate per
Pounds. received. pound:
1876 ,5Gl ,880.5l5 s37.G25, ,o6l 81
1877..-.......1 ,455 1897 1924 "a ,337 $50 2-3t
Sugar entered into consumption at New York.
fiscal year ~
1873, ,.......1 073,5o8.1R 2t,HN.786 3l3l
Being 1886 per cent of tho total mporta
tiOn into the United States for the fiscal year
of 1878.
New York importation, grade above No. 10,
Dutch standard, us shown by the Jay com
mission on the New York Custom House, CIV
ing the following figures:
Rate of duty on 73 per cent Of total
imports per pound. Bl25C
Rate of duty on 27 per cont OF total
imports per pound .,.........-.-.. 2'5Oc
Average ge.........,...,...,-.-.... '..'-2 1881 25c
RECAPITULATIONS.
1876.
Weight lbs Ratio " b. Duty received.
81 561 $50 b45 2H Collected duty $37, ,G25 OGa
Sol $50 515 2728t Correct duty. 42,6lO.053
Revenue discrepancy ....... $f,o8i o8o
1877.
81 .455 .387 1874 236 Collected duty s34 337 $50
LASS 1897 ,s54 y.728l Correct duty. 3o7o4 TIT
Revenue discrepancy ........ s5. .3G7. 400
AT NEW YORK ALONE.
1878
81 o73 39s, ,l43 2313l Collected duty s24 a31 .7S5
l,O73,; ,;}oB l43 2.72s1 Correct duty. 2o4l" .|'9
Revenue discrepancy 49, .......--. S4ot8 133
DISCREPANCY.
Amount, 1876 ~ i,JS3
Amount 1877 -.---------- DJhi9i ~
Amount in New York. 1878 ,..---.....- 4578 553
Total In three years. Sl4 93o.oo1
| The above brOadside from honest importers
| rakcd the enemy fore and aft and caused the
greatest CONSERVATION among them, and will
result, it is hoped, In an entire reconstruction
of the duty on this important interest.