New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-02
PROTESTS AGAINST THE SUGAR TARIFF.

PROTESTS AGAINST THE SUGAR Tariff
A roootino was held nj Masonic Temple, at Tween
tvthIrd ST and Sixth-ave, last night 10 -
AGAINST the present tariff on sugar. which, u was
claimed BY the speakers VINO o gTeat Sduter-
-afion i'm the manufacture out Is 90 = u"ot ~
bride 10 importers and customs oih3ers ,o ~
defraud the Government Of its revenue 3 n.ittHI
WaaG called fine meeting to order and nominated
| Colonel Frederick A. COhkling Tor chailnan' aua
the letter. in his opening ADDRESS s;u I,a tSe i'm
nrivote citizen not having any concern IN one IN.
portation or refining of sugar he had attenGeu 10
record his protest against the manner IN when the
Congress of the United States habltuaiiy neReots
| ito dnrv and trifes with the public interest:
| Prior to 1870 he said, there was single rate Oh
duty on all used for the purposes Of & fnpr
6rades Under this class tication, which was made
upon an arbitrary and unnatural basis the Oe. o
grades and all raw sugar adapteo TO the country
The argument used in support .Sdt t dis'
tLa Eneap gdvo had Of tS grades saGe o Of
Snce that time however England had abol
shed hei duties altogether All thaf was neet te
for to go back to the o nuf0T rate upon all
sugar below the grade known as NO. lo Du'cn
Lawson N. Fuller spoke at some length upon the
technical points involved in the question, ana
particularly in regard to the aduiI ,n ifs
ne s1 H. amss of Fefnando and Of
Secretary Sherman for their neglect to listen 10 to
| voice of 50.O00,000 people all Clamoring lor
cheap ana pure SuRHI, WAC
result of the dishonesty to which tho present tarI
was SO great temptation he mentioned thai OUT Oh
| 6fty sugar refinerS ten years ago only tWehIy1nt
| remained in business; the rest had eltneT Icluscu
| TO lend themselves to dishonest practlces OF mao
| been ruined BY dishonest cOmpctltlOn. COlOHtl
| John II. Fellows also addressed the meeting. nc
| said il was too late now TO get awning
| done by the present Congress- but every man III
ConGrcSs who voted to support the fraudulent sugar
ring should be marked and his place hlled ieAt / NJ
| by an hOncster man. The meeting then aoJou'heu'
no resolutions having been "hered'
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DOG SHOW
| The managers Of the Bench Show Of Dogs nave
| caused a thorough inspection o. Manson oqN"IIIe
Gardsn tn he made by John Il. Shook and Robert H..
| Robertson Well-knOwn architects. FRIDAY ana sat
urday afternoons spent IN the Garden, ana eY
erv mart of the building subjected to the coSeSC
| examination The report OF the archltectS SlatcS
| that the building is amply safe ana secure iOr lhe
| nurnOses 10 which the managers of the Bench snow
propose to put it.. 1t has been determined n9t 70 use
thai norton of the structure fronting on MadlS0n-
| ave The entrance on that side will be clOSed. Inc
entrances to the show viii be IN FouTth-aVe 1weh-
! ty-sixth st. and Twenty-seventl-st
| The show will open May Il and continue for three
| Sfanics. Il, H. John :. Wise, of Richmord, a" ana
| s. f. Hammond, of Springfield Mass. Inc uOS5
| will number 1,115, besides which there VII MI
| be on exhibition $50 puppies. There were only uJ3
entries last wear. So far there have been only three
| withdrawals The agent of Sir William Werner mas
arrived with his list Of entries comprising mostly
bulI dogs and black-aud-tan terriers "larqulh,
one OF the bull terriers has taken 10 prizes IL Is
known that the show will surpass IN numbers ana
| nnaIifv anv preceding exhibition of the kind. The
managers will hold q business meeting ON TUESDAY
|