The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-03-27

The Free Sugar" Fraud.
The Louisville Ccnrisr-Journsl u
marks:
The democrats sdn'nissr,siop LII, :
surplus Of ei000oO.OuO. Tho frrf -
puo.'.<r rnngress esestcs : deficit Of e
To which the Indianapolis Joosnal r.
=pnnds:
And moro than thst amount Or rsv-
enuo w@s cut cd bYsrsmoving:ibo duty
On sugar. The people can stand : do
ncii- caused ~ the removal Of 4 tAx on
one of the prime nece<saric- OF life.
heigb-bo. SO the duty On sugar q :
tai Is IL? And il repeal is : reIisf "a
the people. is its What On amazing sd-
mission % come from Papsr which has
devoted husdrtds OF columns durInr ~
last few years 70 iDsistencs that he -
ttn is not .sx, and that whoever savs
u y y Q parrot and . villain.
hosevcr, wo shall doubtless hear :
good deal from the organs OF he mo-
nopoiy sarif for some time 70 come : boue
The enormous rcfief Afforded 70 The reo-
PIE " the remission Of the srgar fax.
hese organs will, 90 doubt. frecuen1Iv
oc found insisting Ia the very ssms r..
mes that the tariff Il not tax: thaf ifs
enect y To reduce to consumers tbe price
Of The articles upo1 which Il n lsviai
Inu that the repeal OF duties alwsvs -.
suits 70 higher prices 70 consumers' Bnt
ne advocacy Of pro:ectionisn uecss,a-
'iiy involves such ineonsistencies ~
Now What are The f,cts shoos ~.
sugar tsx7
The tsx on raw sugar bas bean r.
Peaied. 70 take effect April 4. The fax
On refined sngar hss been reduced q ~
Ientns Of cent per pound, taking efPsct
% the same d. Thus. sfter Iprj1
ne sugar trust, embracing most n ~
sugar refineries Of The country. vii ~
20 raw material free. The eoneumers n
'ugAr, will however, have 10 pav Z esr
% six-tenths Of : cent On everv nound
hey ne for the bsnens Of ne suC.r
trust. The people will aIso - tsxei -
pay 10 few Of their uumber : bornsv
Z. Donus o. = cents on every pound of
Ineer made IN the United States, whsgh-
q rom sugar esne, sorghum, beel-roce
'r maple sap II l. not likely that tho
pcopie wiil get very much relief ous Of
Ihis arrangement.
1he sugar tax or duty, which vss
'cieny revenue tax, was repealed Is
1rder % Afford pretcxf for resoininr -
Increasing The duties Or taxes - cIoeR-
ing, unpiats, sait Iron ore. lnmber. "a
sooasand other neccssaglco u M. ~
nv moeerIais Of imporlsne lndooersec.
Lf Yielded 70 the national trpssnrv 061.-
80. .455.35 during the f1scol vosr eSded
June -. 1850 Congress threw awsv
this revenue il order % save ehs nenc.
lecfprers who had he ~ ffisd eoe of
hen in 1883 from any loss Of sprotsc-
1on,' and % hufnbug The people into the
ncflsa that it bad done so1sehinr fsr
hem. AZ the same time & lmpoSod :
new tax On the people smeuutine lor oho
nrst year @ more than 1lOOO0.OO0. "a :.
certain to increase annually. which y q
Be paid, not into The public trsasurv lor
ne benefit Of tbs uh0ls people. but into
ne pockets Of few sugar planters II
mont
The iIms was when dc Amsr,o,o
people could hsve bccn deceived bv shis
'rsud- But this timo hss passed. Tia
people have had thsir eyes opened. Thev
re mol e b Lcmbuzged 6y ne falce
md fraudulent cry OF cheap sugar env
more than Bisine's reciprocity ochsmee
or by iDane drivel about the Cohden
;lub. British gold and the pauper Inbor
'f Europe Ind. Sentinel.