The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-12-05
suoAK MAY BE LOWER.

7. &c tho uneNpected that is always
,a,na,ipq When the new tariff bill i'm
posed the existing tax on sugar II was
confidently expected by every one tahu
by The Times along with the resO' thdI
sugar TO the consumer would De III
creased in price certainly one cent
pound Nevertheless, sugar has not risen
TO the consumer. and there Is every rea-
son 10 suppose now that sugar VIII De
lower under the new tariff than IT was
before the bill was passed
The latest news in the sugar market is
that granulated German sugar can be
laid down in New York. duty paid, for
go cents pound. while the net price OF
the American Sugar Trust is 39S cents
II German sugar comes here at that prlce
there Is no probability that sugar VIII be
higher 20 the consumer than II was un-
der the old order of things, and there is
probability that il may he lower.
OF course, this cheapening Of German
sugar is due 10 improved methods of pro-
duction and refining and it is a blessing
TO everybody in America except those in
terested In the Sugar Trust that these
improvements have been made.
As was to be expected, though the
Sugar Trust has already set up howl
upon the general lines of Republican pro-
lection. and they announce that they Will
be compelled to suspend business and
throw 5000 workngmen out upon the
world without employment.
We do not believe they employ one
NTH of that number The United States
Statistical Abstract puts their employees
at less than 5000. But suppose their en-
ployes do amount to $1,000. and that the
American sugar reiineries are all com
PEELED to close business, leaving us to get
our sugar entirely from Germany. Which
is better, that the whole body of the
American people shall have cheap sugar,
or that they shall have dear sugar in
order that 5000 WoTkmen may receive
employment in sugar retineries? TO ask
the question is. of course, to answer it.
Yet, absurd as these facts make the Re-
publican plea that American sugar re-
hneries shall be protected at the eX
pense OF the whole body of the American
people. that plea is not at all more abb
sLrd than their plea for any other pro-
tected industry becomes If its essential
elements are analysed and its operation
upon the public is disclosed The whole
theory ana system Oh projection Is ii
monstrous perversion Of the objects ana
purposes for which government is form
ed and submitted 10 by man. Govern
ment is an equal partnership amongst all
the citizens of country. 1t is ordained
and established TO secure TO each one of
those citizens exactly the same benefits
which any other one Of them receives
from the laws The moment the laws are
so framed that any one citizen is en-
abled 10 secure advantages from their
operation that any other citizen is for
hidden by them TO secure, the whole
basis of the social contract is violated,
a portion OF the community is outraged.
and government is perverted from just
rule TO tyranny.
The prime and essential idea of pro
lection" is that the laws shall be so
framed as 10 secure benefits 10 some
members of the society that others can
not secure. 1t is wrong, il is unjust, and
II is an utter negation and violation of
the agreement men make when they con-
sent TO live together In state of So
ciety.