The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-04-24
THn SUGAR TAX,


Some of the "TeasOna why" In the
Mckinley report have all tho oddities
OF museum freaks, Now nothing In
the whole gamut of the tariff schedules
should be more readily cOmpTehenalbe
than the points and factors In the SUI
gar question Eliminate all the matter
about Dutch standards and the pOlaTia-
cope, LetA talk about sugar, Now
the amount imported has about the
same ratio 10 the amount produced at
home as a mountain 10 mustard seed
The tax has been Genta a
pound, The revenue has been
over hfty million of dollars
! lthaa gone direct 10 the Treasury IL has
helped pay pensions ana all other eX-
penditurea To remove this tax would
cheaper sugar, and when this Ia admit
ted II follows that the tarlii 10 tax
which the consumer pays,
But family does not live on sugar,
IL has other necessities, Tho Dem
Oeratlo contention Ia that IL ~ absolute
ly unavoidable TO impose some duties
on Imports IN order 10 run this govern
ment And m adjusting these duties
u would lessen, 80 far aH possible, the
cost OF all neceaaarlea, Hence the Mills
bill reduced, aud did not abolish, the
sugar trust, And II next proceeded 10
reduce tho tariff tax on other articles
or prime necessity,
But tho Republican procedure is to
alae tho taxea on all the manutaGtur.
ed products, from whose owners cam
palgn tat may be fried, and to COncen'
trate tho reduction upon sugar, The
not result 10 the consumer ia simple ar
lthmetlo, In the article OF hosiery,
upon which the tariil has been made
higher, he will pay out all that free 81
gar aa ea him, Aud now the next fact
la order not 10 dislOCate the protection
theory, the Mckinley bill provides for
the direct payment OF Il bounty of 2
cents per pound 10 the cane or beet Ru'
gar men OF this country, This means
more taXea, 10 ia "tO protect" LOulai
ana, Kansas aud California sugar, But
when II comes 10 tin plate, Of which
there IL no manulaotOry In the United
states, the tarlf IL raised 10 the sky In
order To plant the Industry here Why
not provide u bounty for American
plate ana lot foreign tin In free and
cheapon cans and bucketay We are
l0ld by mlllenulal enthusiastic that soon
hll our tln plate and sugar will h6 pro,
duced here under the Mckinley pro-
cess But II u combination VI freedom
aud bounty Will make more sugar, why
viii not the same combine similarly
encourage tinY What 10 the use OF
paylng2 cents more for tin cup TO
drlnk coffee from, the free sugar In
which dld not cost the sixteenth part
Of a millY
hn'l the scheme to take from the
Treasury u direct sugar revenue,
rather than take firm manufacturers
pockets the contributions consumers
make them by paying tariff taxes
10 used tO be thG fayOrite chat.
ter 10 accuse the Democratic party OF
Inconsistency on the sugar tax be.
cause Louisiana In Democratic. but
now II IL u Republican family row, The
reoalcitrant members In the House are
Republican Congressman from Louial-
ana, California and Kansas,
Our auaye Major should drop the
sugar dodge, and continue the tune
about ryOtS, ielahin, sepoyB la2arone
aud hol0tg, IL makes u farmers flesh
creep TO think Of such things, and he'll
90 on paying big prices for what he
buys, aud getting low ones for what
he sells, rather than stir up nest Of
such Yarmlnt8.