The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-12-25


organization. the outcome Of whics va
m agreement ON the part Of the trnsk
% sell a wholesale only. and on the
part Of the Wholesale grocers and job
bcrs 20 buy only Of the trust" and 70
maintain the trust priccs The trust
also agreed 10 grant the jobbers q re-
bate Of ~ per cent and freight 70 be
paid and distributed through the
grocers' association.
Hrving thus secured absolute con-
troll over the production and sale Of
starch In the United StatcA the trust
proceeded 70 formulate It's tariff Job
The duties on starch under the tariff
Of 1855 were practically prohibitivc.
Dextrine and sago -four. which are
used for the same purpose - starch.
the former manufactured BY roasting
starch. and the latter IN East India
product made from the pith Of several
varieties Of palma were still imported
in considerable quantities. - tho fox
lowing figures Of imports for lsD(
show: af
Posrds. vasss
Dextrine. .--.....-.... s.iu.x6 sso'.ozs
Both sago -four and dcxtrine ere
largely used As sizing In wall paper
and textile manufacture II was the
aim Of the tr.st TO have the duties on
starch retained IS they were. and those
on dexirine and sage -four 50 increased
as to shut out their importation In
this way its monopoly Of the home
market would be complete
To carry out it, purpose the trust did
not appear Ut the public hearings OF
the ways and means committee, but
secured a private hearing and the
adoption by Mckinley OF It's schedule
Of duticA
In the tariff Of 1883 starch and its
kindred products were made dutiable
as follows:
Sage. sage crush and sago -four.
free; potato or corr starch. 2 cents per
pound; rice starch. ~ cents per pound:
other starch, "a cents per pound; dex-
trine. burrt starch. gum substitute, or
British gum, ! cent per pound"
The schedules Is recommended by
the starch trust and carried through by
Mckinley were as follow q.
Sage. crude, and sago -four. free"
Starch, including all preparations
from whatever substance produced, 6s
use as starch, . cents per pound"
'Dextrine. burned starch. gum sub
o. British gum. ~ cents per |
pound"
Apparently the only change made
that increasing the duty on dex-
50 per cent The white and wall
paper manufacturers opposed this in |
crease, and ct the same time they !
thought b a a. long - sage flour was
N the free list the starch trust could !
force them TO pay ~exhorbitant |
,rices for its dextrine- They were
mistaken, however. for when the price
II dextrine went mp and they imported
ago flour to take its place the treasury
decided that sage -four
vas subject to . duty OF . cents per
. preparation at for use a.
tarch-" The job concocted by the
tarch trust md carried through bv
Mckinley vas thus exposed. but TOO
ate.
The effect Of this job on the prices OF
Iextrine and sage flour used BY the
rail- paper and cotton manufacturers
shown below by the following conf
'arison Of prices
Aug. 1890. Nor. 1921.
cents perth cenf< peri NJ.
,exfrin ne as T@ia Il Gu
l<o -Four 33ls a.
This increase in the price Of dextrinu
sage flour bears heavily upon the
otton cloth manufacturers since Il
lcrease the cost Of the goods which
hey are exporting TO China and other
static countries in competition with
rance and England
No wonder that Mckinley wants peo-
le to leave his tariff alone. WHY
hould he fear careful analysis and dis
II all his work has been open
above board?