Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-10-10
Mckinley Sugar Duty.

y OH ~. COWdu, Oh baltimore, mas
been nominated for Congress in the
4th district of Maryland, to succeed
Raynor, who declines after service OF
6 years. The following is an extract
from the report of lis speech accepting
the nomination =
Nov let me by single instance
give my position and illustrate what
conceive to be the democratic position
In 1890 Mr.. Mckinley and his associates
met in Congress and determined they
would levy duty of one-half cent q
pound on sugar. | want to take an in
stance which is burnt into your mem
cries and which you will recollect.-
One half cent on each pound of refined
sugar and one tenth of cent addition.
al if the sugar came from a country
that paid an export bounty, making
six tenths of a cent on each pound oil
sugar. That looked like tariff tax
alton; it was to be done through the
medium of custom-houses. That is a
tariff tax. Yes. But how did it oper
ate and how was it intended to oper
ate? Not to collect one dollar, as il
did not practically collect one dollar
for the United States treasury, because
it was we'll known that not one pound
of refined sugar would come in under
the six-tenths of cent tax; it would
be all made by the sugar refinery and
their associates. That was using the
custom house how? For the purpose OF
collecting United States tax of six
tenths of one cent per pound on sugar;
No; but for the purpose of leaving the
sugar company to collect from the con
sumner siXtenths of a cent and put il
in their pockets. Applause.
THAT one instance illustrates the
whole theory, as l understand it, Of
protection.
ANOTHER SUGGESTION.
Nov what is my theory of tax or
sugar? | frankly confess that in the
present state of things l believe in a
tax ON sugar. l beliey it is necessary
on account of the condition of the
treasury. You impose six tenths of a
cent per pound on refined sugar, and
then impose proportioned amount,
according to it's sweetness, on raw
sugar. Now, the raw sugar has to
come in and when it is taken to the re-
finery and refined what is the result
Fifteen or twenty million dollars col
lCCUCo bLC Oil I'd w
sugar, and the refiner is protected by
six-tenths of cent on refined sugar,
the exact equivalent of what he is com
PEELED to pay on his raw sugar. What
is the difference? Fifteen or twenty
millions of dollars collected at the
customhouse by the six-tenths of a
cent tax and which goes into the United
States treasury. In the Mckinley
scheme it is not collected by the
custom house but by the sugar refiners
and goes into their pockets. Zap.
plause. From that one instance we
learn all.
"Now l hold, with the democratic
platform, that that kind of protection
is fraud. l hold, with the national
democratic platform, that that use of
the custom house for the purpose not
of making collections of the tax on
sugar, but to enable the sugar refining
company to collect the tax and put it
in its own pocket is a perversion of the
taxing power of the United States.
'"That is my creed of free trade that
you hear SO much of. l believe in a
custOm-house tariff tax. | believe that
it should be levied only for the United
States treasury, and not for private
purposes on any ground whatever
APPLAUSE