New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-09
ENORMOUS IMPORTS or SCGA Is
TIE TRUST TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE
PRESENT LAW.
WHEN THE NEW LAW GOES INTO EFFECT 1T
WILL HAVE A. ABNORMAL STOCK On
HAND AND WILL SAVE MILLIONS
,sy TELEGRAPH To TIE rgInuNs,

OF DOLLARS IN DUTIES.
| tBy TELEGRAPH To THE rglBuNs;
| Washington. Aug. S-The summary statement "'
! imports and exports for the month OF June WHO"
was issued to-day by the Bureau Of Statistics con
ia,ns some figures which are OF special ana unus'.d
( ntcr-s; "A, this time, In view OF the 'ish' "h''h
President cleveland and the Senate Democratic CON
ferrces are making in behalf OF the Sugar Trust. ana
of the report that sugar schedule has been us
| covered and agreed upon by the Democratic con
ferrees which is satisfactory 10 everybody eNc'P'
| tho cane and beet sugay producers and consumers
o tn urited Ate Acc .d.ns t. hefunmary tate
nent' the imports OF cane and other sugar not IN
Guiding heel sugar. under No. l6 y. :. in the month
| OF June amounted 10 59.G@9i0 pOun Is, when WAS
an increass 2,6Gi7.GS pounds az compared WIFI
like Imports in June lss2 The Imports OF cane ana
| other sugar" during the year ended Jun" ~ 1874
amounted to 3.7.5 s76.i7' pounds which was i""'S'
! pounds in excess OF the imports durihS the year
! ended June 30 1892. The imports during the ten
months ended April go 1894 amounted TO 2S"l"'Ni'
pounds which an increase of l9'.o'2S~'' ponl'~
| as compared with the first ten months Of tn" pre-
| ceding hsca; year The imports during the months
Of May and June 1894 amounted to 9i'7io6i pounds
which increase o: lsl,39'7o3 pounds over Inc
CORRESPONDING months OF 1896.
From thcsa figures IL appears that the Increase
in importation 90 sugar under No lG ID. :. during
the year ended June 3d. l%i. over thos' Of III" pre-
ceding fiscal year N;te in excess Of li's per
cent and that OF this tho increase In the months
OF MAY and June, 1874 represented ,rihe more
| than gs per cent. About 81 per cent Of the total
increase for the year accrued in the TWO months Of
May and June. 1894 The Increase FOR the year as
| whole was urexamped: that for the las two
months Of the fiscal year was phenomena espe'iahT
when III fat IS co-s e el th't that var
was one Of deep ana universe. COM
mercial dapresslon while the frs. half
of the preceding year one OF great ami almost
unprecedented commercial activity and prosperity.
and the last half in which the fun force OF the
Democratic panic had not yet caused ~ almo7'
universal paraly..s and probation Of The CONNER Ia
and Industrial interests OF the country
The force Of these observations VIII be better ap-
pr~ciate1 from a comparison Of the mporiations -
cane and other sugars with thos" OF all The oih"-
articles admitted into the United states free OF
duty. In June. lSi The value II impoTiatlons o'
Of N2s a WSch Eas an inelcas % IoS6 over
the corresponln month Of last year IN, i,ii -
same month compared with June" 1879 amounted
To N0.lG1342. The total value Of importation, u
year ended June 90. 1873. amounted t. S2.lN@a'
The total vaue OF similar mpormuous during ~"
being an Increase Of sl27sser, T., total yaile %
all 9her free mpors i ,s1 TIE { r ,ni J@nr
Of similar im2ofiat3nS gnf,ns tn" yer nd juno
81. lNa amount! = s2f'5H i" benz IT, ~, ,.,i
this heavy me- total OF decrease were hli~- aaf
crud@ s. ~ six unmanufactured sS9a vi tex.
tie grasses AMI Other ibrous y,gctabl" subsistence.
Ss.221. ~. anc chemicals drugs. etc. sax -. IN
INSPECTION Of the oficla reports proves fhai ties"
items showed no marked Var.ati1' Throughout the
year: that Is. iAr avcrag" month"; i"crr1s' CON-
pared Wit tht corresponding months " "a" prov.
Gus year waa about The saT~ The sam" mhrH -
substantially Of the lnCrc1s- IN tn !Wp''.N-
lions OF sugar during the hrs' trg months - ne
ias nsc. year. when u was about f,iN"' but the
averag- monthly increase for the LAST two months
OF the year S..7.5Gs or mC.r than Gonbr
the month, average o.: the preceding ten H'nt'-
OF course official figures showing tn iuif atoms
OF free sugar during the month u July. st az"
not Obtainab,' but there j. sufficient evidence
that the total amount imported during that month
0ncuIlng many cargoes which SIN anoai ~ ho
ports OF Norfolk. baltimore. Phladr.pha ana New
York. and which have not been landed and "ntrr"i
a the custom houses account ~ lack - nn'"--
facilities for storage. ctcp "Gs unprcc"Icnfy
large probably double triple the amount brought
into domestic ports IN any previous month.
The foregoing facts and figures showing IN" ph"-
nonenal increase In sugar mporiaiions turing ~"
months Of May and June and unofficial eVldcnc" IN
respect 10 imporiatiOns IN July c)nc.uslvcly show
tina, the Sugar Trust IL an organization that docs
not intend to he caught mapping In any crisis. ana
that while the Democratic majority in Congress
has been pickering ana dickerlng the omniverou-
Sugar Truss has only busted Itself with wr"st
ing favorabla terms from that majority but also
with laying IN enOrmou, stock OF fire." sugar,
from which II not only hopes but expects 10 reap
correspondiigly enormous proft at the exp"nst Of
the domestic consumer