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.ogars most largely n.ed, and divert It to Cuba,

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England. and el.twhere.
A.thls eias. q sugars tand al refined sugars,
ssn bc prodneed tn th,' country more eneapy than
uFnve. and as u would ba hagrantly unjust IN tho
tlovernn,ent tn rharcc. on her part. nh much for
practically the case II the recommendation Of tho
sssfessst r. o. tue 1sessn5y approycd. W ns9tes:
your honorn ole ho.sles AZ ineqnissole in principle
and unsayosnb1o to tho tntefcsts Of tho sugar.
deaales, fcnnet, and consumes:
principle, and should not discriminate against the
importation Of anY class Of sugars.
It has been sbrewdly suspected By those who
have watched tho movements Of tlIe sugar re-
aners during tho past two or three years, and
studied tho difficulties which the Government
has constantly 10 meet in the collection OF
duties on imported sugars, growing out OF tho
sharp practices fndnlgcd In by the relncrs and
importers, MS class. TO which, however, there
arc few honorable exceptions, that tho memo
rial Is a more dangerous feline than be appears
10 be. There 10, without doubt, a laene.sizctl
fourteenth amendment concealed In tho wood
pile. A TRIBUNE reporter yesterday dropped
Ia among the Rrocerymcn ard indu)gcd In q
0u!ct conversation on tho subject OF the memo
rial. Several ind no hesitation in statlng that
tho representations made wero correct; they
QtIlEfEu tl3Nt t1E ltNQUS1Ll0D Ot EQCE1HS
rnte Of duly would lead ouly to the Importation
Of tire better grades, oxtingutsh that OF tho
lower qualities, and supprcas the business uf
refining. others were 1css outspoEcn. but e1-
would not cxting,ish thn refinery business.
There has heen and Will continue a ateRtly entl
almost constant demand for tho better Gradcs
Of refined Enuls, those known In tho tfade as
WARDS ~ and to meet this demand there must
be establishments Tor manufacturing the sup
| hly. Some few hal not given the subject any
consideration whatever. Taev had signed the
memorial tu oplige fhe person circulating II, -
va real good fetlow,h who represents ono Of
the largest refining houses IN America, X not
the world.
In order to got at tho cat In the meal-tut,-
md uf its existence the Eroccrymtn did not or
would not knew,-the reporter called upon
CuNGnEssMAN ALpHIcH,
whose long connection with tho grocery trade
would naturally qualify him 10 express an op[n-
ION. Afttr reading the memorial, which he had
Just seen for the 1rst time, he expressed aston.
lsGmcnt that It should hive received such a
unanimous indoraement.
"Why sop uueried the scribe.
"Beclusu 1t Is purely 10 tho interest Of the re-
ol tbs consumer - nonsensr. Tho Eroecrymcn's
Interests arc with tho consumer, aud not with
the manufactured
please cxplan.h
Ing tariff the great bulk OF slle sugar importa-
tl0ns arc Of this lowest RrnIes brought from
oycrS snEnr-1rowing country in tho world
These filthy, black, poisonous sugars are uatl
by tho rcinetA in the manufacture OF all 'sutt
grades hclow and Including what is known to
tho trade ns ~ 'rhcy are hurr1cdly prepared.
rushed through with Tho ail Of chemicals to
Etvr them good color, anil contain less nacchar-
ars. Some years ago laryu jobblng trotlc was
0onc all over the cuuntry IN hogshca.l sugars
imported from Cubs, Porto Rico, and other
West inlla Islands, and in box,suynrs from Ila-
Snna: Mons ,nI et these qaa,itc.-yhlcl. were
surars-are now suld Ii this Or any
airy uther market In tho United States.
Tho only ho0shead su9ars now sold .n the celu-
now supplied with barrelcl gooia direct from
the rcncrics in 1soslon New York, and Phlla-
dolphin. Baltimore used to refine very largely,
nut she has been forced out 3 the business
spectacle Of 10000, oN beopie paying tribute to
SOME eighteen or twenty lrtns This Is a
monopoly TINT ought not to bs fostercd by the
government; md. what makes II worse, the
adultcraicd and. unGeal.htal goods. 10 Soa
know therH Is q ham-curcr tn this city who will
not use refined suEars--thnt IL, the cheaper
Rratles--tn hts business. Nothing but tho good
New 0r1caus-wlll suit him. The former he
cnnnot buy anywhere in this country. The
sugar merchants will not import It, bteaslsu they
cnnnot sell 1t IN composition with tho yellow,
1f"ea s rtnsa :, seos + ess,' s II sasy ssst
color, but possess less sWectcnlng matter,
and are moro or less contaminated with
injurious chcmicals. It IN the duty Of tho gro
hcalthful an,l II the tariff could hc so ljnstcd
a. 10 practically prohlhit thu importation OF
the cheap ntd unsiy grades of raw sugars, It
would te better for Mi concerned, except prob
ably the rctlners,"
':Wnat tariff do you propose to accomplish
this I"
II would have It on thu basis OF cents per
pound on all grades Of raw sugars up to No. u,
Dutch standard"
"Hnw would this affect the reitncrsin
ut wonld permit the rcytval Of the trade In
goo'! who'es"nlc grades Of raw sugar.-thoso
known as 'crocery eratics.'h
.'liow abnltt the higher qna1itlesin
t'They should 10 subjected to such tariif
M would plotcct the rcllners. But BY all
1neans the duty should be 10 regulated a. to
prevent tho Un!teu States fronl being any
"us sugars wl,Ich the worlds unskitled labor
produces. TITO people should hu SLOWED the
prtst!cga Of consuming healthful goods"
"llow about tho artificial coloring Of good
"A specific tariff OF cents per pound on
nil grades below IL, Dutch standard, would do
away with tho practice, because ilcrc would no
longer exist tho temptation or noccssisv. A 13
pay either ths retlner OF tue importer to tampcr
'tWoutd you recommend tho upe OF tho
polartscope III determining tho grade :"
"No. Tho instrument IL tUo delicate, and
ran only DC manipulated by m expert | re-
member in onu case where ilttIu spcck on tho
instrument caused divergence Of seren degrees.
buEar appraisers aro not ycrscd In tho delicate
manipulation Of tho laboratory. And 1t would
he usetcss for tho Government 10 Introduce it,"
:" understand that tile rcGners and Importers
buy on tho polartscopic test I"
''fes. that u trilu; but they keep experts In
their employ for thu purposc.h
"llpW 90 ,nu account for tho fact that 10
many tclners hayo been driven out OF tue bus(-
ness tn thu past two yearsr'
"The kren c0,n1Ntltton,c ,closcncsa Of profit, and
tho s0~calcl improvements In thu Manufacture.
A rclncFy doing business OF u million dollars
year will barely nay expenses. 1t ia only When
business exceeds that figure TINT tho pruiit be-
RfA IL puigar. L. L. i6ltlassiiAc fur refinery