The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-31

the committee on ways and means to-
day was given to the question of sugar
duties
The opening was devoted to the
sugar importers, whose views were
voiced by Mr.. John Farr of New York,
who said that at a recent meeting of
the sugar importers of that city it was
unanimously decided that an advance
in the rate of duty was unfair, I'M
equal and exceedingly difficult in prac-
tice; that 1 cent a pound should be
imposed on all sugar below IS degrees
polariscope, and that additional dis
eliminating duties should be levied ON
all sugars COM from bounty-paying
countries
The beet sugar interest was repre-
sented by Mr.. Henry A. Oxnard of
Grand Island, Neb.: Mr.. Herbert My
rich, of Chicago. editor of the Ameri-
can Agriculturist, and Mr.. r. NJ Allen.
of Ames, Neb., president of the Beet
Sugar association. The cane sugar in
terest of Louisiana was represented by
Mr. j. d. Hill, Of New Orleans. No
representative of the sugar refining in
dustry had applied for a hearing and
there was a conspicuous absence of
the members of the sugar trust
FARR'S FIGURES.
In the course of his statement Mr..
Farr gave the following figures as be-
ing the nearest to an advance from
the present. basis as representing fairly
all interests:
ION all sugars tested by the polar
iscope, when landed 20 degrees or
under 1 cent per pound on net landed
weight-adding .03 per degree for each
degree up to 100 degrees, fraction of
degree to be assessed in proportion.
An additional duty on sugars above
No. 16 Dutch standard in color to pre-
vent the foreign refners from enter
ing their soft refined sugars here at
the same rate of duty as raw sugars
of the same test"
1t was also recommended that an adj
ditional discriminating duty on all
sugars coming from bounty-paying
countries. with authority to the execu-
tive to reduce or increase this addi-
tional duty in such proportion as the
bounty-p paying countries may from
time to time raise or lower their boun-
ties.
RAW SUGARS.
1t was estimated that the average
of raw sugars imported
into this country is about 80 degrees.
Such sugars would pay Isl cents per
pound, which would produce an an
nual revenue on this article of about
$50 100000 calculating upon importa-
tons of about 100000 tons of dutiable
sugars which had been the average the
past few years.
The next speakers were Mr.. Scion
and ]. Smith of New York.
Mr.. James D. Hill of New Orleans
made an argument in behalf of a COM
mittee OF the American Cane-Growing
association. He asked that the rate
Of duty on sugar under the act of 1888
be reimposed. Nothing less than that,
ne said. would be satisfactory.
Mr.. j. Hale Sypher, formerly OF
Louisiana, presented some additional
facts in regard to the cane industry
IF Louisiana and gave it as the result
Of his experience and inquiries that
he cost TO the sugar trust of refining
sugar did not exceed one-quarter of a
cent a pound. while in Louisiana the
cost was about q of a cent. This, he
added, did not include waste.
ABOUT REFINING.
Mr.. Scion Humphreys of New York
made some additional remarks and in
Iuired as to the cost of refining sugar
Mr.. McMillin inquired as to whetIS>r
he hands of the sugar trust.
Mr. Humphreys showed a manifest
to go into the matter.
aging that members Of the commit
ee knew as much about it as he did.
F. B. Thurber of New York. presi-
lent of the American Grocer Publish
ng company, spoke in behalf of the .
consumers, distributors and refineries
f sugar of the United States. He said
he consumers of France and Germany.
he largest producers of sugar in the
world, pay about so per cent more
han those of the United States but
hose countries protect their sugar in-
uStrieS with bounty which euapFeg
hem to dump their surplus on forei9n
markets at abnormally low prices.
which have broken down the refining
Industry in England and but for our
arrier of protective duties they would
% the same for both our producing
nd refining industries. One feature,
e said. should not be lost sight Of;
ny differentiaI imposed on the prod
ct of any country granting a bounty
hould only apply to the refined prod
ct. and not to the raw material re-
uired by our refineries.
VALUE OF SUGAR.
Mr.. Myrick of New York addressed
ne committee in the beet sugar in
crest. He said that it required every
ound of the wheat and flour exported
Y the United States during the past
seal year to pay for the sugar i'm
orted. The total value of all live and
ressed beef, beef products and lard
xported during the past year barely
lualled the amount paid for imported
lgar. Our immense export trade in
otton represents in value only twice
S much as our imports Of sugar. Our
asst export of tobacco must be mag
flied thrice to counterbalance sugar
npopts. The barley oats and rye.
-uits and nuts. hops. vegetable oils.
butter and chess, pork
nd hams that We're exported last
ear, all put together represent in
alue only two-thirds of the sugar i'm