New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-19
THE Tariff COMMISSION.
THE LOUISIANA SUGAR INDUSTRY.
ITS PROPORTIONS AND NEEDS STATED BY JOIN

IT'S PROPORTIONS AND NEEDS STATED BY JOIN
DYMOND. OF NEw-ORLEANs-vIEws OF CUSTOM
HOUSE OFFICERS on VARIOUS sUDhcrs
LONG BRANCH, n. D., Aug. 1s.-John
Dynond Of New-Oneans, had a hearing before the
Tariff Commission this morning. lie said That the
present minimum protection OF 2l9 cents per pound
was equal the OF the cost OF American free
bor over the slave labor of cuba and the cheap labor
OF the tropics. II the commission should conclude to
diminish the existing minimum duty on sugar the su-ar
planters would ask 1t to reduce also the dntos on
machinery and al other articles used III the production
Of sugar. THIS question Of vital importance 10
Louisiana, The gar industry being its chief support
II was the almost exclusive support oil from 100000 TO
100000 people, and employed SJO,oOOOJO OF capital
The frequent agitation Of the sugar tariff ana the result
ng insecurity Ol the capital uves cd III sugar pr0duc
ton had prevented thai development Of the industry
winch might fairly have been expected Louisiana had
millions OF acres land the most fertile Ia the world
and peculiarly adapted to the production of sugar
There other crop, AID scarcely any otAer eadng
article in the country which the value of the finished
article nciuded so great proportion OF human labor
The crop Of lSS0ISl had sold for
about S12.OOO.OOO and OF thar amount
about Sl5,5OO,00O had been paid for human LABOR,
ana had The chief suppor OF about 100000 people
The supplies which they ned produced IN the
other state, and there contributed largely 30 the sup
port three hunared thousand people more The
destruction oil the Louisiana sugar interest by tue fail
ur 10 protect II inst slave and other lOwgraIc Labor
would thus imperl the subsistence stop its progress,
and en- danger the support Of some 100000 people.
Mr. UndorwOod-What average rate Of duty on sugar
wouI bring the sugar planter OF Louisiana equal
plane the sugar planter OF Cuba and otner tropical
rcSIoArf
Mr. ,Dymond-AbOut 3H cents per pound. so FAR as
labor Is concerned
william : Hoyt an appraiser in the New-York Gus
tom House MS views on me subject OF the cotton
taIln aided slmplncl.iOn Of The existing
prvvisons. goods should be, for the Imposition
beacued anu beacncd, and the coored Tne latter
class should pay per cent ad vaorem more than the
+. Hay and A. G. Remsen, also employed in the Ap-
prasers department OF the New-fork custom house,
agree d upon a Joint recommendation regard 20 the
sugar tarf. graduation Ot sugars WHOM tity SUI
gest l. "a follows On all melado, concentrated meladO
syrup sugar Juice, cOncentrated moiasses alk
and all sugar no, above No is Dutch standard
i'm eool aud wnicu CONTAINS no, over 80 per VI
,rVs ali lple sugar | cent per pound. all sugar not
NO - DuIcn standard III color ana winch con-
lains "a cent OF cryeialzaDlo
,u ar l 2-IO cents; 81 anu not 50, 4-lO
CENTS and not over ~ 6-lO cents; over w
80 s-lO cents over SO anu not over 100
above No. IL ana not above No 10 DuIoh
standard, ~ cents sugar above NO 10 ana not Dove
No 20 Dutcd s'dhdaf > cent? an su ar apoNo ~ 10
3l2 all sugar candy and confectionery % per
james r. naIl. assis;snt-appraiser in the Ncw-York
Gus House CAV MS views on TIE subject oi the ari
on meals his Suggestions were Aimed 49, Tue ielno'u
o. the aud ncOnss cnces 81 me present
system Ihe classification OF artce% Oughs 10 oo loio
general. Tnere should b. less number OF cohmeila AZ
designations, Gnu .hc thote seherdl terms ~ t 49,.
law sAULld Dc do,iGned Dy INC nJeiI"i Vi 4,
composed. Nncre Articles couPVH'u VI
two more dlucrend materials UuseparaDle) the uuty
should be- highest cuarsed on any Of thein Whcre
easily separa0le las IN machinery ana
charged separately lis Oice then me aieies
should faxed according 10 the rates hNed ON each Oh
According 10 the existing tarlh several
Uloon-stoel paid only ABOUT 40 per cent "ho
steel ngots tie materially PAD a. lsh a. loo per
cent. owing the fact that spetnlo rates
imposed without observing tner proportion 10
proper Hd valOrcIn rate.
Ellis arr OF London, England, made an argument Tor
the re.iucnOn removal oil the 20 per cent tax now
charged upon Englisn biscuits. AS an unenueraed mAn
ulaCLurcu article.
Emanu IIucrbach assstant-apprIiser In tine New
York Custom House oppressed ais views Oh some OF the
Inconsistencies OF the tar1p lie rec0mnended inc 40,
ontion ges and commissions, anu on
| magazines, which free through the mails,
0.ie tnose wnicn come freight have 10 pay uut, .
Inere snoud definition In tAe law or what consul
tues the runng oT tue department being
tuat hey must pack least a. far us the niecnIh
century. dea, ourioslties OF the last century
| engraving, we're properly anugutes.
Daniel " Lee examiner OF pictures In the New-lOrk
Custom House. pointed some Of the Inconsistencies
IN ts present Iarin In connection Win phOtOg Apns,
| woOd-cnts, music and paper
lhe LonIIlissIon decided TO close Its sittngs at Long
| Branch on wednesday, and 10 proceed IRON here W
Bos,oB, where II will open hs Sessions on IhuisdA,
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