The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-09
PROTECT SUGAR CONSUMERS
The Price Can no Longer be De-
termined by the Trust,
Protection Organs Have Changed
Their Tune. No Longer Fear for
the Poor Mans Breakfast Ia
bic, The "Poor" Trust
Gets Their Sympathy.
The fact that the new tariff act pro-

The fact that the new tariff act pro
tects tho consumers of sugar i'll the
United States against any unjustifable
enhancement in the prices of refined
sugars by the Sugar trust of this coun
try is being demonstrated in way that
must bring confusion to those persons
who but q short time ago were desig-
mating it rs al act drawn in the interest
of that great monopoly, says the Phila-
delPhia Record. a recent increase in
the wholesale price of refined sugars in
the American markets has already had
the effect of bringing into competition
with such sugars substantial quantities
Of foreign refined sugars, the importation
OF which was practically prohibited by
the terms of the Mckinley act. 1t is now
manifest that when the Sugar trust is
sued its recently published edict that its
brokers mus. rot handle foreign refined
sugars it fully realized that tho barrier
to competition erected by the Mckinley
act had been swept away by the new
tariff and that it could no LONGER arbi j.
trarily determine for itself what prices
should be paid for refined sugars by con-
IN Wis y
Tho New York Journal of Commerce
in Its comments upon the sugar market
during last week said:
Gully 10, 900 tons OF foreign refined
sugars have been placed, and probably
more, with additional negotiations
pending, This amount is quite large
enough to be conspicuous as n sign Of
further possibilities and thore can hard
ly DO doubt that feeling of indcpend-
cnce has been created toward domestic
refined sugars among those who can use
the imported article.
One of tho foremost of tho journals
which advocate McKinlcyism, and which
within the last six months have many
times designated the now tariff law as n
Sugar trust act i'll recent issue edito-
xially referred to these importations Of
foreign refined sugars as follows:
"Undor our fool tariff tho German re-
finer can undersell the American rofincr
in New York, and we cannot change the
absurd law by stroke of pen, Us can
be done by most Of our foreign competi-
tors
SO that the fears ard lamentations SO
freely expressed III print during the last
ten months by the enemies Of tariff re-
form that the new tariff would increase
the price of sugar for the poor mans
breakfast table have been changed by
tho irexorable logic of events into a wall
that under the workings of that act the
poor man Will get his sugar for his
breakfast table from foreigners at such
low prices TINT tho much to hc pitied
American Sugar Refining company can
not successfully compete for the trade.
and shat, unfortunately, as Democratic
president is III office any change OF the
law III the direction of giving more
powers and privileges to trusts and mo-
hopolles is cut of tho question.
Every day makes it clearer that the
Mchinley ACT, which imposed no duty
upon raw sugar, yet placed prohibitorv
tax OF half cent pound on the refined
sugars consumed by the masses of the
people, was the real Sugar trust act. 1t
produced no revenue for the government
from sugar and left the prices of tho
only kinds of sugar that the people use
entirely Mt tho mercy OF MONOPOLY. Tho
new tariff act, by its duty of 40 per cent
al Valorem upon all kinds of sugar.
glves the government $40, 600. 600 wear.
~ revenue, and by the imposition of
only eighth of n cent pound add
tional duty upon refined sugar protects
the masses OF the people by meaifs of
Foreign competition from any arbitrary
advance III the price Of this necessary Of
life.
Nocalamitics, but benefits. have come
90 the paoplc Of this country bv reason
OF tho provisions OF the new tariff. and
the tine is near at hand when thu an
thofs OF the organized campaign of SLAM
aer ana ialsehood which has been waged
against 1t for political advantage III
Time OF great business distress will be
overwhelmed III the indignation aroused
by their detected fraud
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