Telegram-herald., 1890-08-13
o'DoNNELL's SUGAR.
aoa ais sPAnisa FeFtuae, sat Hss sAs
chArius maternal

eressman 0DonneI, OF jackson. who
las gwen much un.e 10 the study Of
the sugar tTafhe. sugar beng ore of
the leading ARTICLES ia the Blaine pro
program O. reciprocity In response &
al aQuiry Mr. ODonnel says.
.'Aou wish 10 know my yiews in rela-
ton 10 reciprocity between tins country
and the south and Central Amencsn
states. Since have been IA Congress
] have advocated the abolition of the
duty GA sugar have introduces bills
Ia each Congress ol Nhich I have haeu
= memneg and urged faTarrble action
thereon of course, ] was gratili01
when the Mays aud Means Committee
OF lhis Congress adopted that portion
OF nly olI removing TIC duuts GA sugar
and providing for encouragement ot
the production OF the article ln thls
country by the payment of a iounty,
and equally pleased when a passed tae
House.
II looked with much interest Ou the
efforts ol Secretary Blame 10 promote
our trade with the sugar producing
countries. Ii ls time Ne did some
thing 10 secure the trade Of our nelgh-
b0rs; Ia fact and justice, tne trade of
those people belongs 10 us. ia tl.s tlc
secretary exhibits his broad and pT4C-
teal stAtesuansalp. III hs ideas are
carried oui they caa only rcsult ID hen
III 20 ali our pe0p e, as thereby ws ou
tam new and valuable markets Tor our
products. Ihe people want cheaper
sugar; that is demonstrated, and they
look 20 the abolition Ot the sugar duties
10 decrease the price. To take on
these duties would save s2b ,O00OfN
each year. Tho Secretary ol staUe
wishes % use them a a lever 20 secure
trade that goes away from us. There
has been 40 reciprocity between thls
country and the south and Central
American States. We have taken of
tariff on their products coming here,
while in return they have put or tart
on oar goods. adding export duties on
what they sell Us.
E"Me bought o. the South American
republics ~ the nscai year of 1883
goods q the value o. sl2N $50. .315. AND
of tins great amount 81. per cent Was
admitted free oi duty. there being
duties levied IS u on only Sl4.13s,lSs
OF these purchases Ol nearly Sl2l ,cO0.-
600 Now you see what great trade
we gave them; they have 10 excuse
that our tarIn WAS preventing trade,
for only ;ric OF those great lmporta-
tions were subject 10 duty. In return
Tor that large trade with scarcely any
duty they did not buy halt a. much
from u. We paid them Sl2l 900 600
in one year for their products, admit
ting all but u per cent. Tree OF duty,
while they rece.procated by buying less
than .5l 900, 900 worth of our products;
they LEVIED a duty on 80 per cent. Of
tner purchases. We admit 3sI per
cent. of their goods free OF duty; they
put tariff on 80 per cent. of our pro
| ducts; we levy duties on only II per
| cent. of their goods, while they admit
| only 10 per cent. OF our products with
! out tariff restrictions. In addition TO
tnlstheylmpOse an export duty on sugar,
which amounts 10 about $4,000
yearly, which we pay. If the Mckin-
/ ley bill is enacted IL viii remove a large
| portion of the duties now remaining
/ on our statutes on the goods we buy of
! them.
J 'In twenty wears we have bought Of
the ten South American Republics and
Central America II ,lS5. SIS ,579. and sold
| them SAP, ,04S 1878, paying a cash bal
ance of $3.50, ,s22 ,2l9. In that period
/ Brazil sold us S724 ,6l4 ,250, and bought
! of us Sl45. .994, ,264, we paying the bal
/ anca OF S579 900 ,004 in gold. We have
! cultivated the trade of those countries
! bv removing tariff, in the hope of OBJ
! tanning their trade. For instance, we
removed the duty on coffee seventeen
years ago: nearly all the cohee produc-
/ ing countries have been collecting ex-
/ port duties from Us since then, and |
! find that in the seventeen years. while
We have thought we were getting our
coffee free of all duties, we have
paid $1,000, 900 export duties
! to support the governments Of
/ those countries who sold Us coffee.
On wheat and -four nearly al those
governments impose duty. some Of
them making it almost prohbitory.
! We have conceded nearly every thing
which we had 10 offer. We have tired
/ to open markets TO the South and Cen
/ tral American states. while they have
! iscrImlnated against our products and
/ manufactures by tariff. We buy hldes
/ to the value of S25 600 900 each year,
mainly from the Argentine Republic,
IN return they put on dutet on our
products, beginning with a cents per
pound on wheat and cents per pound
90 flour. You see this has been re-
ciprocity that has not rccipr0csted.
"Now Mr.. Blaine, broad IN states
manship and seeking TO promote the
/ welfare OF hrs country. wants 70 secure
| the trade of those countries that should
be bound to us by commercial and
/ patriotic tics. He believes that the
/ sugar duties can be utilized to enlarge
7 our trade-tO say % the suGaT-pro1uc.
/ ing countries that We have taken Oh
/ nearly all tariffs but one, and we arc
/ willing e. remove that 4 You VII buy
Of as while we are such a good GUS
I toner. The project has merit. ! w.sn
u had come earlier 10 the notice oi
Congress Is would be . brilliant
4 achievement and Of lasting benefit 60
secure 10 our farmers an1 mauufac
+ turcrs the trade of South and Central
America. It is demonstrated thai
the removal of our tarf ha'
not brought that trade II may bg
that % tel them, f yon agree tc
trade with us We VIII take of thf
revenue tax on sugar. lf YOU d. not wf
/ viii tax YouT products as much ss yon
do ours. wll hrng shout She desired re-
slit. 80 any rate an effort should if
made 90 secure fhst great trade. Ihf
f proposal to fmpowtr tie Irfsld nt fc
rempose sugar duties iD the event "a
failure - huv ~ us on tbe part oi taf
sugar producing countries seerf feor
bic. fuf few ad RE- .uIsfrstious rouI1 crrf
20 meet the storm that would arse il1
toe imposition of tarH tnai - uo
protective Tbs ls . saT.ous dlBicu.fg
ia exerc.sug tbs Discretionary power