The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-31

~ u question by Mr. MeMlllin, Alr
Humphreys said that the sugar trust
WAS 4 cOmblnatlon of oil the sugar rc.
inerlcS existing nt the time USSO II
was organized, but there were now sew
Crul rtiinerlrS UutRldC the trust una he
had heard OF Othcrs In contemplation.
which led him 10 believe that the num-
her would be Increased In the next few
years.
FaNors Tonnty.
Mr. oXnard delivered an argument
In favor OF bounty and proceeded to
quote departmental reports and nu-
thorities to show that this country had
soil, climate, energy and capital re-
Qulsite 10 the production OF all It's own
sugar. Every other nation, even SwC-
den. which could supply Itself with SUI
gar, had taken every measure TO do SO.
Even little Bulgaria had liberal du-
ties and bountlcS enforced for this pur-
pose.
Cost OF labor, uncertainty as TO legis-
latIon. export bount!es In other coun-
tries and decline in prices were all op-
Grating TO keep capital out OF invest
mCnt In beet sugar. Germany now
pays 2L32h and IS $40 cents per hun
drcd pounds export bount!cs, according
TO the quality OF the sugar, and could
afford 10 Sell sugar in New York ut
10y: cents per hundred pounds less than
American producers. and occasionally
TO sell surplus products below the cost.
Give American Il reasonable bounty
guaranteed 70 continue for 4 reasonable
time and they would work wonders.
The American was now obliged IL COM
pete with African cheap labor. as Egypt
in the last fiscal year had sent S3.251.0GJ
worth Of sugar 10 the United STATES
IN British bottoms which carried no
return cnrEocs. With wars In Cuba
and the Philippines cutting on supplies
from those Islands. Germany was en-
deavorinG TO capture the American
market. y,
The estimated duties reniItted by the
United States on Hawaiian sugar are
SCI. 100000. He thought Il was unjust
TO encourage these importatlons ut the
expense OF revenue and our home pro-
ducers. He urged the ubrOgatiOn of
the agreement. Speaking OF the con-
illctIHg interests involved In giving ade-
Quate protection 10 the sugar growers.
hc pointed 10 the sugar retiners, who
bought and refined the product. and 10
the m!llcrS OF Hour and others who de-
sired to use sugar In reciprocity agree
mentS to obtain concessions for them
selves. The refincrs wanted the lowest
possible duty on raw and the highest
IN refined.
While owing TO the condition OF the
treasury II might not be feasible 10 re-
enact the bounty scheme OF 1880. he
thought 'tfr-- uual system proposed by
the senate amendments 10 the Mills
bill In lS:S, which impose Il duty and
also gave Il bounty. were now entirely
practicable.
For Dual Policy.
Mr. OInard took strong grounds
against any reciprocity. He thought I
dual policy doth duty and bounty
would be :nIr to all interests, and teop-
ardIze none. Such policy. ha said,
would increase the revenue out Of
which the bounty could be paid and
would encourage the sugar industry.
The schedule he proposed was u duty
OK one cent per pound on all sugars
testing sevcnty-Avc degrees or less;
three cents per hundred pounds addi-
tIOnal for each degree between seventy
five and alncty-siS degrees and Tour
cents per one hundred pounds for cT-
cry additional degree between ninety
six and one hundred, with Onc-fourt!I
OF 4 per cen: direrential on sugars
above sixteen Dutch standard He
asked for the Mckinley duty on molas-
ses and ContrLvlillng duties against
bounty paying countries on both raw
and refined sugars. The bounty he pro-
posed was three -fourthS OF cent per
pound; one-fourth 10 70 OFF ut the end
of each four years. the whole bounty
to cease In twelve years.
Mr.. OXnard. In answer 10 questions
from Mr.. McMlllln sutJ that the east
cTn and western retlnc:!eS had divided
the American markets between them
and agreed not 10 infringe on each
others territory, the Hawaiian treaty
helping that agreement.
Herbert My"!ck, prcSiden. Of the Or
anEc-JudG Company. spoke In che In
tcrestS OF the farmer. His argument
was exhaustive ana was largely de-
YOscd TO showing the advantage ofthe
production IN this country of the sugar
consumed here. II vas an economic
crime, he said. TO compel American
farmers 10 raise staples In competition
with the cheap lind and labor coun-
tries, with which To pay for imported
sugar, besides standing the freight and
commission both ways
They have found by experience and
scientific tests thut from the Hudson
river 60 the Pacific. from the Caro!inas
as rich or richer In sacchar!nc contents
than those OF Europe.
The sugar beet industry. he said, was
on the nigh road to sII"C2SS under the
Mckinley law. Its repeal had brought
II to II staudStill.
iitrt Sngnr Honnty.
Senator Perkins, OF California, pre-
scntcd an argument in favor OF the I'm
position OF specific tax OF one and
onc-hnlf cents u pound on imported
raw sugars. He showed Tint the con-
sumption Of imported sugar by the
United States Is about 100000 tons n
ypnr, all OF which, II tho sugar inter-
est Is protected. he said. can be p:o-
uucpd in a few years within our bor-
,Iers, lie showed that the avea capable
OF producing beet sugar was sufficient
20 more than supply the demand OF
the United States and that sugar h"cts
can be .aiscd on soil ranging In chnr-
meter from the niHall plains Of the Pc
cog river In Utnh In the rich Snil or
California lie pointed out the fact that
France alone produced sugar bccts
cruugh 60 manufacture all the sugar
Ur this character. AuEtrln IL also n
large producer These countries. hr
gnid. have protected their interests g"
II has been able 10 Increase 10 It's pre-
gcnt vast dimensions and are now In
crraging The LOuntirs and duties In or
der to protect their respective p"oduc-
crs against tho competition of til"
othe" Eurnpcnn hret sugar countries.
The sugar producers Of the United
gtntcs thus are forced into competition
YIih tie protected slga" OF Europe and
for this protected sugar are paying
out nearly SiOO,0O0OGO per year. THIS
nuni, llr argued. should be retained In
tho United States and paid out 10 our
lnnurcrs, farmers and mcchan!cg.
Thc importance Of the brct sugar In
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