New-York tribune., 1882-08-17
THE TARIFF c0NAISSIoE

THE SYSTEM OF COLLECTING DUTIES Of SUGAR
VIEWS OF EDWARD sHARER - GUSTAV
sCHwAB oN THE WOOL QUESTION.
LONG BRANCH. Aug. 16.-lh he first person
heard before the Tariff Commission TINS morning was
Edward sherer chemist i'll charge OF the United states
Laboratory at New York. HIS subject was Dutch
standard ~ color applied 10 naura sugars. and he
argued that the present system OF collecting duties on
sugar by Dutch standard should be supplemented by
permitting The Secretary of the Treasury 10 determine
nv chemical analysis or the color
under the Dutch standard II the sugar had not been
artncally darkened He thought tnis would sop the
artificial dscoloraOn Of raw sugar ana restore TO the
Dutch standard IT. value test OF -acchar1ne
strength The Dutch standard second only TO the
poarlscope and had the advantage over Of re-
quirlng 10 special expert skill in its use
Gustav scnwab, of New York SAID that the pOariscOpe
was a good enough test; il was very accurate The
great difficulty the wasln the samDng Of sugar
There might be difference OF i've degrees IN the
saccharine strength Of two from the same hogs
eAd-one Of them taken from the top Of the hogshesd
the frOm the bottom. He expressed himself in
favor OF ad rather than OF specific duties Mr..
-chwab then passed 10 the dir ssion Of the wool sub
ect. He said tnat by the present tarif all woods
we're divided into three classes clothing fine com ong
and carpet woods, each class being made subject 10
different duty. Clothing wool was -uDj-c ~ % specific
and an al vaiorem duty combined. There were TWO
wa-hedl costing not over 81 cents a pound and the
higher one wool costing over - CENTS.
AZ 10 the proper 10 be imposed. that as by
far the largest p lrtion - American ROo- we're OF a
medium grade and wa So low that 10 for
egn wools could be imported % compete with them at
any rae OF duty there very little depreciation Of
even fine domestic woods be- appreuc nded from even
moderate val"rem rate Of, ray, % per cent on
all clothing woods. Tie duty coilbng wOos differed
from tlIat clothing wools mainly in tAe fact tnat
washed comDng wools admitted at the same rate
unwashed. and that. therefore they are imported
cusiyely IN the washed condition, thus placing
theif consumers much more favorable
lDouhg thAh the consumers OF clothing WOuls
lie recommended tAat % should be put exactly the
same footing ~ clothing woods.
AH 10 CARPET Wooi-, they paid simple SPECIFIC duty
ed i GEMS, aud cents pound wien iue foreign
NaIr exceeds - ccnr. Ibis discrimination excluded
rom the American market tu. numerous half-wA-Icd
carpet wool thai frequently csntr
were mol cI-an tA'u~I To Deal the 6-ccuI dulJ. IL
proved source Of veKatou 10 np r aud tier
sion tDan ANY other OF TIE intricate features OF
aTn Inc tFl you'd ue CORRECTED Dy Lhr Iin-
pOs On a simple VaOrrm dut lower than tnat On
clo.hlug and cOubilIg sOOib. Euf wat sAs really
needed ~ regard pet wOOh tho abolition OF ali
duiles and putlng fhe Tree l,l. A simple al
valor,m luiy wool capable 81 being edsiy
trVled Dy the Appraisers az 81 Was sold abrOal ~
riocl public saicr Hu prlctn acre Reported h puDAe
aud private prices current
AcOunuIIcdloh Wa read from ID LAndrtth & sons,
of PIIlaio pIl ana producers pf tuu dealer,
seeds VI garden vegetables, REPRESENTING LAL LAe rate