The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-01
GENERAL WASHINGTON NOTES
The Sugar Question Before the
Committee on Ways
and Means.
Decrease in the Appropriation for the
Indians Lottery Question
Before the PostofIice
Committee.

WARRINGTON, Jan. gi.-The House Commit
tee on Appropriations at their meeting this
morning. agreed upon the lndlan appropria-
tion bill, and will report II to the House Mt
the earliest opportunity. The bill appropri-
ates. In the aggreaate, a. 4a3 645 ae, which Is
t3ia, 539 less than tho appropriation Of last
year The principal items of decrease arc for
the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail Sioux, sg5, 900
leas than last year. Yankton Sioux. &15,0oO.
industrial schools. $4,000; expenses of the
Indian commission, $500.
The House Committee on postnfIions and
Postroada will invite Gen Heauregard to
come before them. and give evidence on the
lottery question at an early date.
The hearing OF the sugar question before
the Com mmittae ON Ways and Means was
opened this morning by Theodore A. Have
meyer. VI New York. In an argument against
the memorial on which the COMMITTEES IL
acting praying for a uniform rate of duty on
| all refining sugar up to No ID grade of sugar
He exhibited to the committee samples of
high grade centrifugal sugar costing Bls
cents per pound, aud samples of rellned auKar
which It. would produce, and which cost only
g.. cents per pound. and suggested the I'm
possibility Of using such high grade OF
su3ar. and therefore the unfairness of such a
law would shut out lower grades OF raw
sugar aud force retluers TO use higher gradea
low grades OF sugar could be refined At as
low cost IA high grades and called upon Mr..
Eastwck, another retlner. who does not agree
with him in hls opposition to the memorial.
to state the relative cost of refining the two
palnples Of sugar, tho low grade aud the high
ono, into tho same quality uf refined sugar,
Mr.. Eastwiek gave, the tigures at forty oeuts
III one case, ana eighty cents In the other, but
said that he would not think of refining low
grade raw sugar into that high priced reiiued
suEar, ..,,,,,
did (other retiucrs present confirmed that
etatement and claimed that ha should not he
prevented by au unj lust tariff from doing so
lle wanted tn ,lse all grades OF sugar In the
moet economical manner.
Tho Chairman aska whether the sample of
retined sugar produced by him. and which he
designated rich mani sugar, could no made
FROM lrw grade raw sugar No. T.
Mr., Havemeyer replied In the Affirmative,
and said IT was only y question bstween ain-
gle ratlning and double railulA single relln-
Ing from high grade sugar would .cost about
half u cont per pound, while douhle refining
from low grade sugars would coat about one
Cent per pound. the poor mans sugar can be
taken up to tho grade uf the rich mans sugar
by tho additional expensc, but he does not
want to pay for 1t, aud therefore we make
yellow sugar. Under tho proposed mndiica-
tioH of tho tariff, not u sipula pound of NJ. 7.
No. 10 or less thpn No. ID would he imported:
and yet they constitute to-day GO per cent of
the raw s,lgars imported. 1t would be direct
and purpuselt@a Injustice to tho oonaumer, by
deprtving him of Theses cheaper sugars. The
proposition put forward by tho spokesman OF
tho namoriaista was spaolous nonsense with
deep and selfish intent lurking beneath IT.,
II was speoia legislation that they asked for,
favorable only to forsigu producers. and
making higher grades OF refined sugars in
furious to Importers and reiners OF all other
grades OF sugars.