The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-06-30

no trust exist, ana under the schedule
adopted 10y the Senate the other day the
profits of tn" trust would be fully cent
per pound. Before passing to any other
part of Ia" confession it il well to sec
just what this means.
The consumption Of sugar last year i'm
this country amounted to ,Sg1 .g11 tons
that * long tons. In other words. I 231
>SO.6IO pounds 81 90 pounds per capita
of the population Of the United States
Under tn" new tariff bill the trust would
get, OF this basis, considerably over SIS
Dun.nth a year, and a~ il is now il gets
in the vicinity Of S1G.ooo.OUO. or more
than the total value of all the rcdncries
i'll the country in 1890.
1t is siWuly u Democratic contribution
of S.OOO.ouu tn the Su-ar trust-moupy
which thr>" senators and congressman
take out of the pockets Of the people
II - til" one great illustration Of tho
Democratic declaration that the cunsun-
or pays the tariff
Last year we imported more than
4Whtnnp,oru pounds uf sugar. The i'm
rnrtati"n this year promises to l,c even
larger for the sugar countries have. ever
sine" the Mckinley law mad" sugar free,
been increasing their production and ship
mcntS to the American market
This raw sugar viii com" into the
hands of the Sugar trust for refining be-
tween July l. 1924. and January / 1895.
sugar crop Of the world and hrin" il into
the United States free of duty. But til.
crop Is for next years consumption, and
the Sugar trust will then add the price of
the tariff. which will protect il from
other tcfnerS abroad. 1t is estimated
that tile average tariff on sugar will hp
about II cents Il pound. and on 1000
ooo.OOu pounds tlrat would place SIS, 600
900 IN tn" pockets uf th" Sugar trust i'm
exchange for tn" S.hu.uuU it contributed
to Mr.. tl"ycIand'S campaign fund.
he consumption of sugar hy the
American people in 1892 WAS g 90
rotliIdS per cariia-that is. 81 90 pounds
Of sugar lor each man, woman and child
III h" | Uit"d States and the Sugar trust
would i" able to tax each one Of thc~r
individuals II cents pound extra. or -
cents apiece. In the average family of
tive this tax would amount to s.. - =
year ON tn" breakfast table. This would
he = case where tn" consumer paid the
tax. but not the government. Ii womb
he paid to the Sugar trust. For u party
that went int" tn" campaign of 1892 with
the cry, Equal rights 10 all. special privi-
lcges to none this is Il wonderful trans
formation.
More Results of Tariff Reform"
The Chicago Herald. which voted for
cleveland and tariff reform. now draws
this picture, of one of the results of the
agitation of the tariff question:
1t IS possible if not quit" probable that
the ElGiu Watch compluy'5 plant. stock
and bonds will within Il short time become
ha$ made an offer to- the UWucrS. The
matter was discussed at Yesterdays an
uual meeting of the stockholders at the
general offices in this city after President
Avery had called their attention Ia il in
his yearly report. He told them foreign
IL
share for the 1000 shares of stock and
tax" the bonds at par and accrued inter
est. This would make Il total of 81 uOn
OoO. No definite action was taken be
cause every ON" of tn" 1:Ip stockholders
must decide for himself. About twenty
were present at the meeting, representing,
however most of the stock. II is under
stood the majority of the stockholders arc
willing To sell. I ntil last Dcccmhcr.
SAID President Avery, after the meeting
had adjourned, not Il dollars worth of
stock could have been purchased at any
price. We were turning out 2luO move
mcntS Il day and employing 5000 hands.
Still we were uuHhl" to keep even with
our orders Now we employ only half
the regular force. working five days Il
week As u result the stockholders are
receiving no dividends aud some of them
are willing to sell. Th" prospects are
that Juno and July will prove unusually
dun months. We receive an order for -
movements now where Il year ago 300
would have been asked for.
what K"cipr"city la, Accomplished.
COY. Mckinney ha, recently given some
facts regarding the results ui reciprocity
which will prove interesting reading at
time when tine power of the Demo
cratic administration is hclng used to
break down all that has been accom-
rl~hcd in th" direction Of cular@inG the