Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-01-19

nNoASGnn. sAAuAsY n. ~
~ Uoaaty % Sugar.
- Ua1no1 DAtes DsaaAs hes agreed By
- n y n that sugar makers In this
1tY ehoaA recover ono cent psr
~ oat q ~ national treasury, until
= 8 Qli1 from ~ government; The
1 ou1ng - promote thesusar produc-
AoGexy which b considered, for some
"a 1isCleoed reason, 20 require stimu.
e = - dous q the demand Of the
- saear industry. The senators
- sugar producing states voted
- la The plain object is TO pro-
Sthe bsse sugar industry, which ut
60nt be- hardly an existence, but
~ Claus Spreckels seeks to In.
nrDee d CAlifornis and believes
1 - can establish under the
1T tari6 protection. 1t 10 not
o moeion Of either the cane or beet
@ne producsrs that they shall bo given
ounty instead Of duty but It Is the
ouation Of the Republican senator's,
- need to nnd some place
D1uo they can reduce the reve-
- largely, without touching the
1ocaed industries In Republican
liona Sugar WAS . very inviting OBJ.
1o oe their attack, inasmuch as cane
ne b not produced In any Republican
~ and the duty upon IL yieldsa
- rsvenue. It afforded an elegant
ogtunity for . Republican reduction Of
: ssvsnue, and IL was eagerly embraced.
- duty would have been cut down
hut hesitation, and there would have
- - thought OF substituting bounty,
y fur the suggestion of beet sugar pro-
1reion, which charmed the Imagination
r. H. Western people and caused their
noooes 10 ses that It would not do TO
= ~ protection from sugar.
& AnA thus has came about the Republi-
- determination to pay cent pound
oet1y from the treasury to the sugar
oduceES. It 10 Q movement that will be
~ Injurious to protection interests. 1t ID
Z baldness Of protection that will shock
- people. 1t does great injustice
IL gths protection idea. It is q
\ 2onfmaaion of the favorite free trade
booey that the tariff tax Is added di.
Detly TO the cost of the article. The
publican senator's defend their bounty
gopositloo upon this idea. They Gay
v - twill be cheaper for the people 4
cent a-peund for the sugar growl
The country than to pay th,
~ laid upon the sugar imported
Z Aieh - greatly exceeds in amount thu
npr produced ut home. And II all OF
- tariff duty ID added to the price Of
1gnr to the consumer, and the consumer
q get the sugar, when 1t is imported
yata price less than Is now paid by thu
no0nt Of the duty that II taken of, th,
oDablican senator's argument would bt
md, providing again that there would
mo great increase Of sugar production
homo because Of the bounty. But 1t Il
NY that some Of the duty that is taken
M will stick In the pockets Of
D. - groweu, importers and re1nerl
"a sugar and there Is . fair chance
~ sugar will not be much cheaper x
y consumer, II any, when sugar is fre'
= - Il u now. Demand and supply
nccity and abundance, manipulation
1 competition, have too much effecI
The price Of commodities to enabl
70 tell the precise effec
- It that the removal of Q t.,
DU have. theoretically the tax is addet
s > fhs price which the sale is made TO the
nsumer ; but practically we know tina
~ consumer does not always pay 1t all
# + there II lively demand he pays all o
& md more; II the demand i, slack, h
Eony pay none Of it. Just as the tenan
& . house pays the landlord ful
6 neoEest upon the investment, including
q SHxm, water rent, insurance and repairs
1hen the demand for houses is lively
~ when 1t is otherwise, the landlord IL
1iged TO be content with small interes
- no taxes, and TO smilingly pay for al
: y pains Of glass the children break, al
& ~ water backs the cook burns out, ant
y TIE wall paper that the lady of tn
z nnasion thinks should adorn its walls.
Circumstances alter cases and 30 W
Day 6nd when we have free sugar an
lear factories In every county, produces
Z TIE offer Of cent per pound from tn
asury. Their enterpIising proprietor
~ pay to the farmers just a. little of tina
lnt - may be necessary to induc
IN 70 sgrow the beets and ther
likely to be enough OF 1t lef
T. mako sugar making fat busl
nm, and to stimulate it SO that tn
nasury will need to lay heavy tax OF
o0ething, long before 1900, to enable 1
& ~ ~ the bounty. The country will &c
~ Of theexpense, and the bounty Is likel
8 = = taken way TO the great loss OF th,
ngar producer and damage of the for
HDE.
4 Ihe giving OF bounties is dangerou
lperiment to essay. Ithas always beef
&oo0inst the policy Of the nation. w
n1o refused to subsidize vessels In til
1cost OF commerce, or ship building IL
= interest OF An industry that our taril
= icy has ruined. II there is any In
Try that calls for subsidy it is that O
nlpbuildiDg, which we have driven on