The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-08-13

1t is mus SHOWN mat Dut me Efm StdHu
taken by the representatives OF the American
sugar producers ditferential tax at all upon
refined sugar would have appeared in the Vii.
of cent levied by tina. law was the lowest diff
ferential levied on refined sugar IN the
history of tariff legislation. 1t was only one
by the Dingley law. which it repealed; and
bears still lower proportion to the dlEeren-
tial duty levied by the Dingiey law, which has
just been passed h. tie Republicans.
SUGAR TAX UNDER THE DINGLEY
LAW.
1t only remains to prove that the Ding
ley law. just passed, not only reinstates the diff
ferential duty of onehalf cent pound con.
tanned in the Mckinley law, but really exceeds
sugar schedule Of the Dingley law consists en-
tirey OF specific duties, that ingenious device
which the Republicans have always employed
to deceive the people. 1t reads in its essential
part follows:
Sugars not above number sixteen Dutch
standard in color. tank bottoms sirups of cane,
etc, testing by the polariscope not above sew
enty-five degrees, one cent per pound, and for
every additional degree shown by the polari-
scoDic test, three one-hundredths of one cent
per pound additional, and fractions Of degree
in proportion; and on sugar above number six
teen Dutch standard i'll color. and on all sugar
which has gone through 4 process of refining,
one cent and ninety-tive one-hundreths of one
cent per pound
This is the sugar schedule it finally passed
formulated and passed by the Senate only in a
slight transformation OF the specific rates of
duty. whereby, as will presently be shown, the
benefit to the Sugar Trust ingeniously IN
creased. Upon the face OF this schedule 1t
would appear that the ditterental rate Of duty
and sugar above No. 10 Dutch standard which
is refined sugar, nlnety-five one hundr> dtfis
of cent a pound; but as pound of raw sugar
will not produce pound OF refined, the d:tler-
entail Is not great.
1t will be remembered that shortly after ,he
senate sugar schedule OF the Dingley law was
made public and while it was pending in that
body, Hon. William l.. Wilson, the author o.
the Wilson law, furnished New York publ
cation with detailed criticism OF the same III
which he figured it out with mathematical PIE
csion that the ditferentia on refined sugar IL
carried was iortyeight one hundredths of 4
cent a pound, or within minute iraction o.
This article reproduced IN substance by the
Baltimore Sun and some OF the Democratic
papers OF Maryland. Mr. W llson hgnieS were sit
ferent experts
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE FURTHER BENEFITS
THE TRUST.
Alarmed at the plain facts revealed by these
expert criticisms of the Senate schedule, the
Republicans tried to make the country believe
while the bill in the hnal conference that
a great battle was going on between the House
and Senate over the sugar schedule, ana that
the House going TO win great victory
over the trust. But, 10 and behold! when the
conference report finally made its appearance
and was adopted in both branches OF Congress,
the stock Of the Sugar Trust bounded up SIN
points in day and has SINCE steadily IN
creased until it has reached the highest point
ever attained. The truth soon leaked out that
bv a Juggling with the specnc rates on the
different grades OF raw sugar the conference
| had still further increased the DeneHts Oh iiis
Sugar Trust.
This important fact is authortatively shown
| by table presented by Senator " hite, IN me
! Senate on July 20. which will be found or
| ,,,|e AIS OF the Congressional Record, and Is
| as follows:
COMPARISON OF THE SENATE RATES AND CON
FERENCE RATES on RAW SUGARS
Senate duty on sugars testing IS degrees,
per 100 pounds. ............ .............l.oo
Senate duty on sugars testing 80 degrees,
per pounds OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. LIS
Senate duty on sugars testing 50 degrees,
per 100 pounds ..........-.-............
Conference NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ..........l-e3
Senate duty on sugar testing IS degrees,
peg 100 pounds ..................''''..
| Senate duty on sugar testing So degrees,
per pounds ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .l.l2
II will thus be seen that on all sugars test
ing below IS degrees the trust Nsll have to pay
less duty than under the Senate amendments
and as the duty on refined sugar IS the same
in both the Senate and conference schedu!es. the
conference schedule is far more favorable &c
the trust than the Senate schedule.
The Maryland Republicans, reluctantly rec
ognizng the fact that they are put seriously
on the defensive by the extraordinary sugar
schedule OF the Dingley law. at the presen,
time circulating through their rural press .
r;diculously , absurd prepared statement, II
vhich nm effort is made to make it appear that
he benefit to the Sugar Trust under the Ding
lev law will not be materially greater than un
der the Wilson law. A perusal of the above
facts taken fresh from the public records, vii
demonstrate how ridiculously absurd and au
dacious this prepared statement really Is