The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-26


TEE sUGA8 SCANDAL
Il = charged By ~ Hsv Yssk CORE
spoadsas Of shs Phiisdsiphis Pres that
ne sugar trust costrihutsd 45oo. 900 70 the
Dsmocratic campaign fssd Of isoe; that
shs value 70 b ssesivsd ~ NJ trust In
return was the accordance Of such meas
me Of projection In any tariff revision ~
10 nov offered In the AMENDED senate
sugar sehsduIs, and that u sstnrn for
thsss fayors The trust sfsssd 70 advance
The price Of sugar stock thirty points OF 90
IN the past month - ssebls certain ssna-
toes 20 cisae handsonDe pno0ts.
The startling circumstance concerning
this charge u Inst u = evidently believed
~ lsadipg Dsmocsstic nswspapsss and
conersssmsn Who have always besn loyal
70 the party and the sdmInistration. TIE
Springfield Rsp.blioea, the ablsst inds-
psndsnt Democratic newspapsF IN New
Eneiand. ciscamspeet, conservative md
nou-ssnsaltsnal. says: "What do Dsmo-
Gratis ssy Of Tho amended sugar schsdsis
which eannce ~ dsnied ssA which stands
forth beSoss The sounsry giving unim.
psseAahls tastineny - The woektns Of
some sscrst and sinister influence on the
tariff rsvissrs of the ssnatsf"
Dsmocsa1sc Coagrsssmsa John d. War
mes. Of New York, has made public in .
lssssr 10 the Chicago Herald m analysis Of
this sehsdnls, which provides: I, duty
Of - per cent on oil sugars. raw or re-
lined; : IN additional duty Of y cant per
pound on Ill sugars shove No. 10 Dutch
soAnAAsd /; & : demonstrating duty a Lilo
csnt per pound against countries giving
sxport bountiss. NJ. Warner points out
shat the eject Of the finst provision u to
give the trust 20 per cent Of protection on
the difference between the export price Of
che raw sugar imported by the trust. and
the export price Of foreign refined sugars
40 protection asaounting 70 about y Of .
cent pound. Add 70 this the discrimi-
mating rates on refined. and the Trust 10
given : net protection Of shout u Of . cent
: pound. which means no les than el6,-
eoo.0oo on it, yearly output
This amount Of protection IL given TO .
trust that has paid yearly returns running
M toward 80 per cent on the actual capital
invested. This sugar schedule 10 not 10
take effect until NEXT January. by which
time the trust viii have bought up and
imported tree the present years crop Of
raw sugar OF Cuba and the British West
Indiss--to b refined and sold afterwa ard
st prices. tariff tar on" which will net
the trust an estimated profit Of s5o.ooo, 900
or more.
Let Il be noted that this 10 the analysis
and criticism. not Of . partisan Republican
organ. but Of very able and upright advo-
cate Of the Democratic party since 1854
The Republicans cites these facts and says
that here 'fs testimony 70 Democratic col.
lusion with the sugar trust and betrayal OF
the people which cannot BE- impsached
nd which tends to bear out some Of the
serious charges now made"
The New York Joars 81 Of Comss<ree. IN.
other Democratic newspaper OF high re-
pute. asks. How comes IL that the Demo
cratic tariff revisers In the senate bring In
rate on sugar almost identical with what
The trust managers asksd tor In state
meat made last March Z" In lsss, when
the Democratic Miiis blu tariff rsvissrs
named duty on sugar not liked by ths
trust, the rate Was afisrwsrd ch angsd In
The house committee and in the senate a
suit the trusts demands.
This present sugar scandal dates from
the time OF the v,si: Of President Have
meyer. of the sugar trust, 10 washing,or
City after the Wilson bin had passed ,hs
house and Was being considered by Mil,
Of Texas. Joass of Arkansas add Vest o.
Missouri, the senate s1b-commistss on
finanes. Hsvsmeyss 10 . Democrat, ans
iti nov charged that his company CAV,
10 the managers Of the tariff reform
campaign Of isas $50. zoo for assurance tia
shs suxar trust should be left alone. IL /,
further charged thas the Democratic man
axers. including President Cleveland ans
Carlisle. were % friendly 10 this suea
trust that the ways and means commits,
OF thu house placed protective dasy Of
quartsr Of cent . pound On rsEned saga
Tor the especial benefit Of the trust Tn,
house. hovsvss. ssrippsd sAs truss Of 81
protection and ssnt tree sugar esii TO Ia,
senate. Then President Havsmsyer has
tened 10 wssA;ngtca City. and his visi
~as followed By rerort from the fnane
committee which placed . protective dat,
ga sasar. fernsiss Senator PETER, @
kAasas. suspected undue In aasnes Of tn
trust With the naanes committee. an.
Enasly offered resolutions calling far q,
investigation. These resolutions were cs
ssss~i- Sugar securities on Wall ssrss
advanced rapidly. and Washington Cis,
orders to buy we're she features at th
transactions. and ameag the sagar trus
senators who appear 10 have heea COD
spieaoas sFecasssos usFs Bsiss aad No
rherson of Nee Jesssy. No one Vas 50,
pstsed. therefore. when German reporse
tho Wilson esli amended with - re
eeat tasln ca raw saxaf and ~ per cent
sad teata 10 niae-fostisths os . eea,
poaaA on tie Fsfiasd article
u vAs IN open secret that anissx u