The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-07-06

..rman BlII and the Mckinley BILL
1he - xxlsi,s the DlfYsrencey

What's the DsusEsoses
only In the course of the discussion
~, I, be possible 70 determine with
x,ctncss the difference between
az Mckinley bill and the German bill.
\, i. mol 80 easy to recognize the differ
IN every particular a. Is the ease
,,;,h the tariff upon shirts. collars and
,,. which. through senator Murphy's
g,r,> has been raised per cent, al
.h,.n,,h il was much too high under the
Mckinley bill. How the increase Of a
,aria tax agrees with the democratic
,l,,form and with the promises which
ih.. Marty has made To the people will
III, cause senator Murphy much un-
,sin.ss This particular ease differs
,ron many similar instances only IN
~. ,rr,ater holiness and disregard Of
,be apparent meaning Of the bill.
wherever an ad valorem has been
,hangcd 10 specific duty, it has been
dnne in order To permit an increase ~
~. tax which must he hidden from the
public and which probably will remain
hidden because the people are not ac-
o,uinied with the value OF the article.
.',d therefore are not able 10 Judge Of
N, amount Of the specific duty For
Example. the tax upon the oil Of ether
Mas been changed in this manner, and
the consequence is that only a man in
,hat business is able to judge what re-
la,inn the duty really bears 10 the
value of the article. This is exactly
what was intended in order TO cover
the many shabby jobs which have been
slipped into the bill.
From every side il heard the predic-
zion that the most stubborn fight will
", ,vaped over the discussion Of the
.n,rar duty. That this will follow de-
neuaS entirely upon how the sugar
trust regards the new bill. The trust :
friends are still more numerous upon
thc republican than upon the demo
cratic side. although it should have
none upon the latter for il H. entirely
,elf-evident that il is heart ana soul
with the republicans. The sugar trust
allows il to bc whispered abroad that
+, i VERY much dissatisfied with the
German bill and that il is anxious for
81 defeat in order 10 continue the ola
duty Of one-half cent on refined sugar.
We can well believe that the trust
would be well pleased if no tarif bill
were to pass. but It's too ready protest
against the patched up duty raises su.-
pcions. which are only confirmed by a
closer examination.
The Gorman bill puts an adj valoren
tax Of 40 per cent. upon all kinds 81
sugar and also duty Of : cent pei
pound upon refined sugar. The com
promising senators. the sugar trust
and even Secretary Carlisle have taken
great pains TO show that this arrange
ment of the tariff gives the trust a
protection only Of less than i cent .
mound and 40 per cent Of the differ
ence between the prices of raw and re
fined sugars. The truth l. still furthe'
obscured hy the statement that th'
difference between the prices Of raw
and refined sugars depends upon tn
kind of raw sugar used. and II tn
smaller. the better the quality Of thu
raw sugar. almost entirely disappear
ing in the refining Of sugar of higi
polarization. In this statement, IL
forgotten that not so much refine'
sugar can be made ont Of poor as on
of good raw sugar. That it pays hes
10 refine highly polarized sugar
shown by the fact that since the IN
auguration of the Mckinley bill an
the abolition OF the tax on raw suga
according To its degree of polarization
the trust has imported much bette
sugar than formerly And IL the r.
fining Of the better sugar pays bette
IL shows that the difference betwee
the price of raw sugar inclusive OF "
cost Of refining and the selling price
the refined sugar and therefore II
net profit. is greater.
The difference between the PRE-
which must be paid for imported ra
and refined sugar is from To eel
and is generally nearer the latter n
IRE. Forty per cent. would amount
between 20 Ia 40 cents per 100 pound
or an average Of 30 cents. To that y
must add the i cent per pound. ma,
ing 42t$ cents. and also the special du
of ITO cent upon German sugar.
make up for the export bounty. brin
ing il up To 5aiz cents per 100 poun'
or more than the Mckinley tariff Of
cent "A pound. And we must not f"re
that the trust Will Spec"hs Pi'N'
itself from German sugar pom
other refined sugar the tax amounts
at least 4. a, cents per 100 pounds
The sugar trust has every reason
be satisfied with the finance commit
of the senate The most shamcf
thing in the matter is that not only
democratic senators who are respor
bile for it, bungling performance defe
IT, for that is 10 be expected. but es
Secretary Carlisle has taken pains
mislead the public about the real en-
Of the sugar duty. If the secretary
the treasury has been himself deceiv
he ought to acknowledge it--N.
stats Zcitung.
RuShWHACKlNG.