Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-09-13

1cSiaIey bill. : stoUou. 3i2>ooor ss24a1lg0l
Senate bull. H0H,Iu lle."VJ lJ-.'J.oy
REDUCTION. 8 IQWQoO.s @mm I.@41@g
We have therefore, in the senate bill
$40, 600, 600 less the the sugar Interests,
SO, 600, 600 less into the treasury, on a
reduction Of taxation sugar bounty
amounting on the basis Of 1893 imDorta-
tiOns 20 S21, 600. 900.
There is another point In the &ckin-
ley eill which have not touched upon.
10 order 20 pay the cents bounty,
other articles must De taxed, and under
protection j., costs the consumer ABOUT
cents oUt OF his pocSeJ Tor each one
which reaches the treasury.
SuU2osinz that by 1915 the amount
OF 5000. 600, 600 pounds Of sugar are
produced IN this country, and We had
10 pay 500. 600 bounty. Sugar
costs cents az ;ue store, with an addl-
tlOnal bounty of cents paid by the
consumers, through tariff taxation upon
other articles.
Who gets this bounty? the farmer
No. The farmer gets 10 i cents per
bushel for raising baets, and then is
taxed 70 pay One-hgH the bounty, in
reality be is raising beets for Z cents
per bushel, and the bounty goes 20 the
manufacturer every time. OF course IL is
all "fOr the benefit OF the farmer and
laborer." "Aliee samee' ths mauufac-
turer reaps the harvest
The farmer gets from 70 % cents
per pound for the sugar extracted from
the beets as his share. The mauuiac-
tUrer gets . cents more aud cents
bounty, making 4 cents.
The above would not be so bad j. it
~eE-,ed there, but iJ does not under
bounty. The bounty system cOutem-
pIatea raising the 500, 000 900 bounty
by protective tariff on other products.
Experience with protection proves
that 10 rS4-5Ss> for the treasury costs
the )cODsuuer about S6-Sl into the
trFkSury aud 50 into the protected In
d4try. Therefore, 100000, 600 OF bounty
G Is coo, 600. COO, or the cost of 2-cent
pound bounty ga sugar is q cost
"a YaXeS 90 To Tue consumers Of - cents
ger pound upon al. sugar. Add profit
On this tax for the manufacturer,
merchant aud m.ldlemen on the pro.
Iected goods taxed 10 raise the bounty
EaI we have Is cents per pound 10
usGer 10 raise bounty OF cents.
Result of bounty OK . cents on sugar
paiO oy protective tariff:
Cost Of sugar at the store. ........ > cents
Indirect taxation, prodtIor bounty is cents
Total cost of sugar to consumer
through indirect taxation. % cents
would like TO have my farmer
friends AID consumers generally study
this question and then ask themselves
does it pay?
A tar 90 sugar for the benefit OF SUI
gar raiSers of 40 per cent. ad vslOrem
will place the toJa, cost 10 consumer at
about &c, and is far preferable ia the
way OF dollars aud cents 20 the bounty
system.
And this is the lesser evil which a
wise man ought TO choose.
Since the whole plea for this bounty
is made on behalf Of the farmer, yet 10
Is endorsed and advocated bY the man
ufacturer. Why? Because the bounty
system requires higher tariff and baue-
cts the manufacturer - for each dollar
given 20 sugar men.
Now 10 this 5000, 900. 600 of taxation
60 raise $780, 900. 600 OF bounty add
$500. O00, 600 OF profit 20 brokers, job
bers and merchants, and we have $780,
OOO, 600, which, by operation OF the sugar
bounty, must come out OF the pockets
OF the consumers. One-half of the above
sum out of farmers, which equals $3.50,
600, O0O
Now we have the basis Of COmpari-
son, showing the ultimate benefit 10 the
average farmer:
Amount taken out of the farm
ers' pockets b. protection IN
order 10 pay bOuutleS on sugar
of 100, 600 OO0.................StJ $3.50, $50, 900
Amount received by the farm
or for 25,O0O,0J0 tons Of oeets
at $500. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 100000
10 other words the average farmer
works early and late 70 raise beets for
a sugar factory az u E cents per 0uShel,
which costs him, ia indirect taxation,
As cents per bushel through the opera
tions Of y bounty 70 the very men who
buy from him the 6eets.
The same is true of the men who raise
cane sugar cane) for sale 10 factories.
This is a sample OF the legislation
originated by the Republican party for
the benent OF the farmer. 1 am sorry
DO say that POpu.iSts In Congress advo-
|dAte the retention of this system.
/ II We must have taxation t0r the ben
l6t Of sugar factories, bv all means give
As the tax on sugar, for whether specific
T forty per cent Gd UulOrCm IL cannot
xceed six cents per pound 10 the con-
inner, while under MckinleyiSm with
bounty the direct aud indirect cost
n be not less than twenty cents per
Iund when the home supply is equal
the consumption.
The present cost Of 81 under the
kKinley system (direct indirect)
puld be as below:
rect bounty, 1894. 800. SlS,00O,O0O
Effective taxation % raj
900 900 bounty Gndir Us, 600, 900
fttO manufacturers a1
die men before goods
consumer. ........... 50, 600. 900
Dttal. e. -,
PTS sum