The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-11-08

uitns OF INC sugar refining industries Oh our
ton: This trust has just received . blsck eys
by the sudden fall in foreign markets II the
price OF raw sugar.
1t is claimed that tho tariff on sugar has
caused tho cs. Establishment Of this trust. I do
not believe II; This trust would have been as
easily accomplished with SUI nr free, only the
price could not have been advanced NO much as
under the tariff duty. But admit that tho tariff
on sugar has encouraged 1t, 1t is tho only largo
Ut rest that hns thus far been affected by tho
hislsst q iii HN, sar q i isSss e except a's on ora S1:n sS.
of sugar In the country where produced. When
present sugar duties were levied they were lowed
Tor revenue primarily, large revenues then being
can industry of refining. Owing to largely ill.,
creased production OF cane sugar bset in Ger
many and Franco and the enlargement of the
production of cane sugar in tropical climatcs the
price OF raw sugar has been greatly reduced
within u few years and by that ineana the rate
OF duty advalorem upon raw sugar has been in
creased a. compared With former years. Ad.
uniting, II you please, that tho tariff has had
the effect to aid the sugar %roiners, who is rs-
party. These duties have existed since 1879.
with tho execution of IA modification, which
WIS maie in 1883 by the Republican Congress
We're considerably reduced. The Democratic
hive IND control OF this sugar question in the
House ss ior twelve years out Of thu fourteen, and
this question at MI; aud how did they deal
with It then? Did they deal with it 10 as to
tAil"ai :. ! ucstioy tulb IruBU OH tlle1r OWN theory
respecting IT? Did they put sugar on tho free
list? Did they materially reduce the duty ON
sugar? They did neither. It was necessary
Milis bill. In order to secure tina vote, Ill
though the sugar duty was the highest duty ON
the list and an ~absolnte necessity of life, they
tooh on III average OF IL per cent CT this duty
whist they, struck down many of the small in
dlstiles OF our country and greatly crippled
i E,ile1 5,sa by totally tail abolish hing. the duty, or max,
the duty ON sugar as respects the rates upon
Taw ana refined sugar, as to give no alarm or
distiust to the sugar reiners. Indeed, It IL
said that the sugar refners practically con-
tfoilcl the rates in the committee room Of Ways
and Means. When tits Mills bill came to the
Ing. tho duty on sugar u moaser Is per cent,
took OIL one-lalf of the duties on sugar and so
adjusted these sugars Us respects the differences
be.wcen raw and refined sugars, US to take ont
OF tho pockets, or l,lthcr keep from the pockets
OF the sugar %reiners. S6,001, 900 per annum as
compared wisl tle adjustment in tho Mill bill,
anl reduce the revenue from sugar s2s, OOO. 900.
instead Of sll.0sO,O0J. as lrf.posed in the House
blu. The profits ON refining would. have been
largely cut down by the legislation pEopDsed in
tine Senate, and as 4 nave said that lcgislntian
passed the SeIinte six weeks before tho adjourn
lnent OF tho lust Congress, in ample time 10 have
Ind consideration in the House of Representa-
tives in such way M to have relieved the people
from this burden. But they closed the door upon
this bili. and kept it from seeing The light of day
until IL was impossible to do anything in the in
terest of the people. For myself, l am in favor
OF greatly reducing, if not alolishins, the duty
L tIMi bubIT. Il tetieNc IL 10 10 IL necessity OF llfe
used and consumed in every household, how
ever humble, and because we only produce now
about 10 per cent. of the total consumption OF
sugar i'm our country, the tariff becomes as re-
spects this particular article. and 1 believe ii il
the only one in the entire list, a tx upon The
consumer, because, as ! have said, We only pro-
uuce one-tentii Of what We consume and can
not under existing conditions largely increase
this production, 30 that home production does
a a.nS a', tisere eis eo% aSe pr d%ty .l annnia e. ,a, nrgstlE IN.
| dIced II not destroyed. l was willing to 90 fur
thei' than the Committee on Finance went last
year. i nm willing to 90 further now. And /
will meet us on the sugar question we will give
then, y red,,ction upon sugar that will greatly
also willing ana bcf1ieye # wise H.s' public , ,iis
p lmmTy to encSnlase the raodaction Of
dlversifyins our farming industty md building
up little home manufacturers in every State
Were either sorghum or beets can be produced
profifably for conversion sntn sugar. i believe
III one-hn.t of our State, Mt least, ii tho expert
ments of sorghum sliall prove successful, we
Kun g pr arler 10 10 d. T. H 4%;s 4 s sui, fl from sorghum n;
tho begii;"!ng, as we proposed in the Senate
bill last year, to offer . r%eaaonable bounty to
the producers OF sugar froh; sorghum or beets,
country this bounty should be paid from the
custom receipts upon the sugar imported, this
nMaN,ns she duty nnon imported sugar con-
tribute 10 t1ie establishment md d~cyu!opMnut
OF this industry Nv our own country.
No .nntion tlmt has ever undertaken to pro.
uuce It's Own sugar has JAILED to add greatly TO
it's wenlth by snc!, bounty provisions. France
did IL nearly ~ century ago unaar the guidance
or NAPOLEON, so that for ,,any yesrs this has
Germany, within IL few years, has estaLt,sl4,d
III immense beet Industry by means of this
sys !, OF no,lnties. SO ! sny, when confronted
aided by as .sariif, that aid has becs given to It
ny me Demoer4t& party and not by Ire ltepub-
l have heard something said about the bind.
ins-twine trust.
10, 4 b .i,, TINT is a trust that hns been, organ
Dildin g- Irvine is about 10 per cent. on the yal,ie
IN foreign countries. The Mills bill reduced
INIT to 10 per :entum advalorell. The Senate
Dill by Its adjustment reduced the duty on
pinding-tw1ne to about II per centum adj
vnlorcm.
The Senate bill reduced ,np,e than o~ne-hulf
.he dnty upon cotton bageins. Gbout which II
great deal has been said III Ihc senate. The
pfictof cotton i,asging was suddenly advanced
ny a continuation of men purchasing all tho
be picked and bIled, and WIS n Temporary com
Dllllion TINT cnnnot list. But these conipe red
WIN Tie srent industries of our country. with
mo exception of sugar. may DO classified III
smnli industries aid comparatively %insignit-
cant III their eject as respects Iricts.
Look. II you please. forn moment. at the great
fnst' trics of our country. Take the industry of
anu prog nction of wooi which, although not a
i,nse industts, in our STATE yot is a valuable in.
ausury IN it. There is IL tai;.t duty on wool of
-, " II III ttAy plubV
ihtile production ~ wool2 The wooden manu-
iaceure OF our country is - great ylYlustry, and
e aM1 alid Families into almost every north.
over the North aud Northwest. T1lcy pioduce
!hree-iourtlls of all tile WOODEN goods Scusun,sd
M une United sIates. Is there amy trust i'll .sie
manufacture of woolens, or OF %clottlinr. or Of
Hea,.kafs, or of the thousand and ono things Of
winch ast,nl constitutes the Chief clementY /
XlioWt N no sIch trust.
TAKE tifs, great interest of cotton m~anufact-
mres IN our %.Htuiliry IT is IL great and growing
interest covering fMily two-thirds if not three.
lonfths OF the entire eons.amptiou of cotton in
o o9, county. Cotton mills. 10y. are scattered
Southern States. Is there any trust .. ,eombi-
llnf1on III the ml4. ~nfacture of cotton? None
that I have heard OF. 49,
Take the sro,,t iron ana ssteel industry of ou,.
coui.tfy, beginning with the extraction of the
ore rom the mine and tie CONVERTING of it into
pig IRON; then into blooms and alhbs, md then
mo understandable iron and rails aud Further.
,'io the ten Thousand manufactures OF iio+ en-
te,. NJ into the consumption by The nt,r!n Of tho
ltltel stntes. Is there u trust in IL? AZ there
Is I i.aSs srever heard of it. HAYS heard hero
md thee 81 local and Temporary combinations
MING tne prices g. certain CLASSES of iron and
steel, such as a,taf iai.s rid steel blooms,
where the number of maiius &C, uyers of these M.
ticles arc few and the COS. of the; maui is great.
nnp 'nese on.n,natior IN specific and nlsignih-
cant por.::,.s - :ne steel manufactures as com
pared with the whole of it, have only been
temporary in their character. Steel rails
under our tariff system have greatly fallen in
price from $50 a ton until they have sold at s96
II ton i'll our own country. Tho cost of steel
rails. on board ship ct Liverpool, has for tho
last two or three years been $50 y ton. The
riod, has ranged from ss2G to s32 per ton, Willie
during all this period the duty upon steel rails
has been Sl7 per ton. The price of steel rails, 1
Am tod. Is now about s26 per ton at the mills.
that If there had been u close combination upon
steel rails, they could hive been sold in this
country ut the LIVERPOOL price with the duty