Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-08-11

vulrreutia! tax ON S.
gar. An indiana correspondent say,
The common people DO not Gudei
ls stand lis meaning; It iull ~eyplauatio
" will lie appreciated
), Wcbs,crdrlpes iheaji, ctjye differ
e%u;iai' rs follows; Creating a differ
10 cuce; discriminating special, a, diner
'c eutial duties
: The Tariff Bill as it passed tao sen.
ate provided that all sugar shall pay a
daty OF 40 per ceutum al valorcm
That means that on a quantity Of SUI
gar costing abroad SEQ The tax al our
Custom.houses shall be sic, Il is
further provided that on ain sugar
above No. 10 Dutch standard there
shall be levied and paid a duty OF one
eighth offs cent pound in addition
TO the said 40 per eeRtum al yalercma
Sugar above Ne. rs pHteh standard
IS known as refined sugar, below that
as raw sugar, The eigth of a cent
4 pound leyiel on refined, but no. on
raw sugar, is the "ditlcreutial taX." II.
is a special duty, while tie 10 per cent
IS the al yalorem duty,
So far rs the mere meaning of The
term 'dincrential tax is concerned
tins answers our correspondence qucs-
iion, but we take it that in his demand
for Il full explanation he includes a re-
quest to know why The "dincr2utial
tax" is insisted on 81 st~rcnously by
some and resisted by others.
\ duty On sugar is advocated by
rifretormcrs because most ofi goes
INTO the Treasury. Roughly speaking
zine tenths OF our sugar m from
abroad while onc-tanth is made AT
home, The tax pu:s up the price ct
MI sugar, but niuo.tonths of the in.
goes into The Treasury. aud on
" onc'tcnth to the domestic producers.
That IS Il good deal preferable to pay.
1--WE dollars TO the domestic pro-.
TO put one dollar in the rrea.
'uFf, a is done by the tariff on some
t%rtieles, while in other eases the fax ,
,!elJs 10 revenue at all, being catirc- y
Y for the heAelii Of the domestic pro =,
Iucer, This happens when the tax il. -.
o hl-h IL TO prevent ilnportations. +
Ihis Is substantially the case with ,
he duty on rcllncd sugar as il now -
XIstS, aui the trust desires HAT il :
hail be the case under the new tariff "
1t Is intended that no refined ="
shall be imported in CONNER "
'aI quantities, No considerable a. '''
would probably lie imported y
'lihout the ditIercntial duty; for while >
Ne rate on both raw and refined 81. =
ar IS ~ per cent. yet this is calculat- ~
1 on the value, and as the refined is :,
ortiz more a given quantity OF if "
'HS "'''e TAX than the am amount A.
raw sugar. This difference Woull ~
out refined sugar, no doubt, 50 T."
NV "''"eS''o FoI'nerics were pr
,ha, "''' i reasonable profit, But 4.
"nue'''oN 10 put up the price Y,
'oF2 the inquire al which refined su, =.
+ could be imported at a profit thcv II
5ull subject ,bomse,vos r. n.' tn
rfonat ~ i''eish Pr
.''''o"' "''o '' "nofe 'he dill
'cH'iai TAX comes IN. 1t gives The II,
reilnerics, that is, the Sugar "
tust. an additional uorgin o,n1o "
,tb of d coo, ,,o,n1 'o"0-
ma Io1 -. -, { LOU VI / l Z ets'
'"' IVY i'"unu'' iheI can ralse The
ice OF sugar by That much more ;
thoat~ sHlJeUiing therJsery-. IN .r,r. 1I4
tition from ahr,at vEo.-.r 4.
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" P"'1 si- 10 the r,
Isl OF 10 put IL "a l!ajHr LUa.i.4. il ~.
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