Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-05-30

dve years. with the average vield Of n
tons per acre, has bseu about x9 IL oar
ton AT AlvArado, California. ~ 35 ~
ton - paid. where land rztss AZ xa0n
/ per AGRA and Il - safe 10 say that bessn
can % obtained ss cheap Ia Washing
ton Territory.
Aa TO toe item Of fuel, there can he
10 place on earth where coal ouOhf 10
De cheaper, as it underiies psariy the
Enoie counsry, aud crops out In u1ner-
o1s phases and developed in several, /
kuoS OF one locality where eleven veins
OF esal. overiyiRz eAch other, make an
aggregate thickness Of So feet Of solid
eosi, and have good reason 10 beliess
there ara others sf stiH greater extent.
Ihe coal that IL used at the AlvArado
factory. ts Dlaed Is Washington Terri
tory, shipped 500 miles, aad upon which
q freight 6glaloae b paid amounting TO
over $1,000 per snnzm. Hsnce, tt is
my hrEa belief that thess too items will
eo0nteFbalanoe the greater cost of labor
IN Washington TerritsFy. and that beet
root sugar ean be pFodneed here as
cheap as in Germany.
And yet, With these facts aeknowi-
edged, We are met here In this great
free-tfads country where ~ one great
renner Of London told the writer that,
10 ais opinisn, "csne sugar was doom
ed" and could noi esmpete with best,
With grave doubts about the success Of
tue industry 10 the UaitAd States. be-
cause We are not assured that the sariia
on e0gax Will be eokki9aea. and whieh
bfeught 10 she question Of cheap labor
at once The hEst thing did after NV
arrival upon tbs Pacific coast, 10 1852,
vas to send back for the old aud familiar
New York TFibaEs. tosk IL cot Of one
little postoffics IN WASHINGTON Territory
for seventeen consecutive years, and
read IL CLOSELY. In those days it was Of
ten hve weeks old before We received il,
bat Ut was fresh 70 NJ and always vel
come. The fsachinRs Of that great and
good man, Horace Greeley, the founder
Of she TrtbssEe, carried conviction to the
doctrines of protection, that have nev-
% faItered from. Bat the sight of tk
III paid labor IN Germany With the a.
nres taken apon the spot, ooupled with
doabts expfcsssd by this English capt.
taiist, because OF oar high price labor,
brought the subject home to me more
vividiy than ever before, for nov the
particular locality In which live has a
direct interest 10 protection, as never
before when not aspiring 10 manufactur-
ing industry.
have said, and will reilerate, that I
believe that beet sugar can be made az
eheaply In Washington Territory as in
Germany. and as cheap as zane sugar
In the Sandwich Islands, and yet it 10
very doubtful whether capital can be
drawn into il, with free sugar On the
Pacific Coast from the islands. This is
q oasiness that cannot be done on q
email scale, and requires . very large
outlay before pound Of sugar can be
Insde. Bot we're it not for that great
sud monssrons folly of our Govern
ment that made free sugar there, that
vas never cheap 10 consumers, yet
allowed the riRhtful revenues Of the ma
ton to sccumuiate IN the hands of pri
yafe individuals, We should now in
st 8ntiy be able to secure the Investment
Of half million dollars in beet sugar
fastory In Washington fsfi itory.
Ii ~ In vain that We urge that the
pFice of sugar has been aud is high,
nevertheless Il is there, duty free; we
are answered that let rival appear on
the surface that would seem TO be form
hdable. and we should soon see the vest
cd interest in foreign free sugar with its
accumulation OF capital tarr upon il 10
STAMP Il out" IL is In vain that We
assert that such a great injustice, af
feeting NJ 10 does only the one part OF
our oonBtry, cannot osntinue; We are
answered THAI the greatest fear 10 that
sugar will be made free In all parts of
she United States and from all sther
countries. Ii IL IN vain, We say, that IL
sugar is made frea. that the United
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throughout, and thas wages would fall
and standard; this, our English free
trade fFiends dare not admit, yet can.
not deny, bat urge the vacillatine ten
dency Of ouF government on tsis sob
isct, as sufficient 10 deter capital from
embArkiag IN the enterprise.
What IL Il that the Germans would
not give to have their sugar admitted
into the United States fresf Bismarck
woald swap our American pork without
. question we're Il awoetened with this
sugar plum. was surprised to note
/ with what eager expectation this hope
was spoken OF, or even The bare psssi-
bility Of their getting sugar inss the
United States without duty. Il was
always mentioned sooner OF later uhsr-
eysf / hed any converse with those in
tenssted In the subject, and u vas plain
this question nd been thoroughly can
vassed by them.
II seems that our Government has
dFifted into very peculiar attitude on
this question, having actually paid
bounty. and is yet paying boanty, on
the sugar produced IN ous foreign
eountry and consumed IN another for
eigu country. A prominent business
man OF Londoa told me that f2 los per
ton bouaty On more than 5000 tons OF
sugar annually that 10 imported into the
Uuiied States, and Afterward exported.
ID paid BY our Government. He points
TO the spectacle Of 5000 tons Of beet
many. and almcst exactly the eams
amount exported 70 Euglsnd from the
United States. This gives London
cheap sugar and builds up the English
carrying trade. In this case cited the
suQar u exported after bclng refined.
and the rebate" 10 greater by that
nuoh ~ los per toni than the duty
paid.
Ifoand nearly q similar state Of af-
fairs existing with reference to the beet
root sugar that 10 exported from Ger
many. A tax Of four dollars per ton Ia
levied upon the beets. and certain rate
par pound rebate sliswed on tbe sugar
exported, which from the improved
quality Of The beets raised, gives the
German manufacturers q bonus equal %
ES per soa on all sugar exports, Hence
10 ind sugar cheaper IN London thar
IN any other market in ths wesla, and
the 9erman governnsens and the United
States foots part Of the bill, equal 10
enc and one half cents psf pound on 3
thousand tons for every week N the
rear. There b srather phase Of this
subject thss remains 20 be noticed that
has operated adversely upsa attempts
70 salist capital IN this business 10 the
unitsa States, and thes h the Numerous
failures that have heea made IN tacto-
ries established and abandoned IN The
United States. fhis fear u unfoundsd.
though real, and hence - hnrtfui al
mosf as II trae. Bat before noticing
tain IN dssAil, oannot foresar refer
enas 10 one factory visited. ovnsd asd
controlled hy German villagers u
| phase containing abeei twelve eundrsd
Inhabitants. There. ! seund, vAa no
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