Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-12-30
NATIONAL CAPITAL BUDGET
Third Day of thes Tariff Hearing
Devoted to the Sugar
Schedule.
FOUR SUGAR INTERESTS REPRESENTED
Importers Propose Scheme That They
Claim Will Yield the Government
$5O,OOO,OOO Annually-Car-
Isle Still Stands by Spain.
Washington, Dec. so.-The third da!

Washington, Dec. 3O.-The third day
of the tariff hearing was devoted to the
sugar schedule. Four interests were rep
resented, the importers, cane growers,
beet raisers and refiners, John Farr, of
New York, opening the argument.
Their recommendations as presented
by Mr.. Farr we're: First-On all sugar
testing seventy.five degrees, duty of l
cent pound, adding 3 cents per degree
to 100 degrees.
Second-An additional duty of of
cent differential on all sugars above
sixteen Dutch standard in color to pre-
vent refners from entering refined sugars
at the same duties as raw sugars on the
same test.
Third - An additional discriminating
duty on all sugars from bounty paying
countries with authority to the president
to raise or lower the duties on goods
from these countries as bounties are
raised or lowered.
This scheme the importers estimated
would yield the government revenue of
$50,000,000 per year, the amount of
sugar paying duty being about 100000
tons, the average polariscope test being
so degrees.
Mr.. Farr declared that there WAS no
under valuation on sugars now imported,
but, owing to the strict Interpretation of
the law by the customs officials, the ten
dency was to pay more duty than the law
called for.
Solon Humphreys, chairman of the
committee appointed by the sugar trade,
made plea for specific system. Higher
y,vin fo Mr.
: Humphreys continued, but the advance
would be 80 small that it would not be
felt by the average family. Instead of
lilo of cent on bounty sugar imported
into this country, the additional duty
should equal the bounties.
Col. Hill, representing the Cane Grow
ers' association, of Louisiana, argued for
a restoration of the duty of the act of
1888.
PosTOFFICEs ADVANCED.
Forty eight fourth class postofices will
be raised to the presidential class on
January 1. Among them is that at Mt.
Pleasant, Texas.
STANDS IN WITH SPAIN.
Yesterday the secretary of the treasury
received telegram from the collector at
Jacksonville stating that application to
clear the Dauntless for Neuvitas, Cuba,
with cargo Of arms had been made and
asking for instructions.
This morning the secretary replied sub
stantially as follows: "If the master of
the vessel and the owners, shippers and
consignorB of the cargo comply fully
with the laws and regulations concerning
the manifest and take the oaths required,
you may grant the clearance to Nuevitas,
Cuba The oaths must be taken and sub
scribed in writing as required by sections
4l97, 4198 and 1900 of the revised stat
utes."
The port named in the application as
thu destination is on the northern coast
of Cuba and is occupied by the Spanish
forces. The treasury officials therefore
are of the opinion that the oaths required
by the statute will not be taken.
MUST LEARN ENGLISH.
WashingtoL.-Accordi to news re-
ceived here from unofficial sources Ii
Hung Chang's visit to England and the
United States already has borne fruit in a
decision of the Chinese government grad
ually to Anglicize the Chinese people, at
least as far as their language is con-
cerned. The Pekin, government re-
Gently issued instructions to the various
viceroys and governors of the provinces
of the empire to establish schools for the
teaching of the English language and
western sciences in all of the principal
cities of the country.
According to the wording of the clause
in the general instructions, the reason fol
this is that China, in order to keep her
self on terms Of equality and in touch
with the great powers, must educate ths
masses and encourage inventive genius
aud foreign learning among her people
together with that love Of country ant
home and that devoted patriotism st
consplcuously engrained in the hearts O
those who have studied such languages
and sciences.