New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-26

Mr. Adr!ch then submitted statements showing
the dincrentials under varying values OF sugar.
and resumed:
Under existing law German refined receives e,
duty The ,ountervailing duty here is but S Sne
tenth OF a cent per pound. The German renner
hnndredths Of a Cent per pound This enables him
10 sell his product al less price than tne fIlpr
lean renGr has TO pay f9r GesIse is drvnE the
cane sugar producers and reiners OF the "o''u ~
the wall.
THE BOUNTY PROVISIONS.
lie then replied at length to statement by Will
lam l.. Wilson, in which the latter estimated the
rates imposed by the Senate committees PROPOSE
ton. Continuing, Mr. Aldrich said:
In the tables / have submitted no allusloh Is
made TO the bounty provisions contained IN Doth
the Senate and House proposals. The adop'on ,, y,
these or similar provisions tor ~ heveop the
seems to be necessity 4 We are s 90 Other.
beet-sugar industry in the United states, ~, hv
wise ii will he possible for foreign country ny
extension OF It's bountes neutralize entirety inc
extent of our protective duties. .,o,hor
In considering the important question Nn.tn ,h
the diTerential proposed by either the fiouSe VI
Senate bill is greater than 1t should De; we i nro
bound in fairness. TO take into CONSIDERATION 49,
place since the enactment of the act OF 1894 when
that act under discussion In the oe1aer n,,o
difference I'm the foreign value or German sia i
lated and raw beets IS per cent analysis was i..y
seven hundred;ns of cent per poua rod IN Of
cent per pound The importations Of refined sugs 9
into the United States amounted IN iSi 10 Tho 1o I'M
pounds. and in 1892 to 100000 poun1s ,o ~,
portations in 1896 amounted to ls,Vv,vw Po auf
while the mportatons in the single mon" " oron
1897 amounted to nearly 320O00Do pounds uerihuis
refners have driven the sugar-reininS industry OF
Great Britain almost entirely out Oh IN, 9Ais.vn,v. 49,.
They are as I have already stated invading ever
sugar market OF the world with their pr4duct'
Most of the German graduated imporsu - '"e r,er
months raw beet sugar and German graduated
have sold on an absolute parity Oh E",u ~, s,aap
contained i'm each IL we assume the cost OF re-
nnng sugar in the United States 10 De De, appron,,
r ra can be sold without loss on the same basis
with German raws 1t mus be evident tna ile u ro
ferenas suggested IN me hen arc quite likely in
the near future to prove inadequate 70 stou re- ~
continuance of the business OF suEI Of German
graduated should increase at the SANE aa the
they have since the act OF 1874 was caplw day
large part OF the American market. lns bb ,ho
ton afforded by the dherentiais ony less bv
percentage but less with reference TO tne actuai
requirements of the industry than ina, pro
the rates imposed upon any other HhPo' '"'' P'
duct by the terms OF the bill
THE HAWAIIAN RECIPROCITY TREATY.
Senator Aldrlch then took up the Hawaiian treaty
and said: $50.
The committee will also prepare and present an
between The United states and the Governmen! Of
shears he pToduci of the Islands into United
States If this treaty should remain IN , lorog II
sugar producers amounting to more than $ oooG 900
n sl reaS was T made or When It was that
any possible advantage Of this kind coud ever re-
3 om hs hts e Of Of thf Sn would "f
eddy be to stimulate enormously the production OF
fairly abrGgaie treaty Of hs kind with TiendIy
country without notice we believe dha, 70 tb
modification of the treaty as will reduce the bounty
All nd he
ment looking in this direction at an early day, ,
the treaiy-maklng power such notifications of the
treaty will he satisfactory to both countries With
that the tinted States will continue for any length
Of time to pay bonus OF g 70 or any for
eign country TO trade with u.s. ] assume there VIII
be no difficulty in securing proper modincatG or S boz
Government Of the United States 10 give the one
years notice of its abrogation. as provided for by
In Schedule F we have suggested return to the
This action is far from satisfactory to the growers
Of Wc of n opno aor s
interests are affected as to what rates should De
In Schedule G the rates imposed on agricultural
products practically those levied by the act OF
In Schedule II dhe liquor schedule but few
changes are made from EXISTING law ,y the only
cay those OF 1891. have not been changed from the
TO hosiery underwear and corduroys and velveteens
On these the rates are somewhat lower than the
House provisions.
Some changes OF importance have been made in
a. Inc b I go G ana the ehanse being
rather in the nature OF new classificaions'
THE CHANGES IN THE WOOL SCHEDULE.
Important changes have been made in Schedule
X, both on the rates on wool and on manufactured
wooens. In dealing with the wool schedule the
committee has suggested more liberal rates to the
domestic wool-grower than 1t has recommended
for the producer of any manufactured article In
the schedule. 1t has also suggested for him more
effective protection than he has ever received un-
Of its enactment. The wool-grower is given the
benefit Of a specific duty upon all classes OF wool
amount Of protection afforded will increase with
each new decline In the foreign value OF this raw N
woolgrowers rate OF duty which will average
Of se ar S' doing hs has given
higher protection upon the raw material than
Very careful consideration has been given to the
compensatory duty on woollen goods, with the re-
suit Of reducing the compensatory rates on low
of other materials than wool enter On the high
the same basis that has obtained In al previous
terrific The Hnse M p rate 81 per pd 9g f ba
created more agitation and opposition than any
by the wooI-growers that this low rate of duty on
carpet woods destroys the effectiveness of the pro
reason OF the temptation it ofrers to import these
low woods be used In cheyios, golf suitings and
woods. Without undertaking to affirm the correct
ness OF these allegations regarding the extensive
of these carpet woods for clothing purposes, the
committee recognized the fact that there is some
such made OF them. To remove all possible
ground for complaint this score IL has fixed
the duties Class woods at four cents pound
when under 10 cents in value. and at seven cents
a pound over that valuation. Under these duties
the ad valorem equivalents will range on the vari-
clips from 81 per cent TO 90 per cent, and In
some instances 20 per cent, and they are higher
than in previous law II Is certain that, under
these duties. foreign carpet woods cannot be i'm
ported TO take the place of domestic woods in the
cloth manufacture.
Taking this feature OF the wool schedule into
account. IL is fact definitely demonstrated by the
market reports that the protection given the Amer
lean wool-erower under the Senate bill is greater
and more effective than he has fver before received
in an American tariff. Under this schedule wool
growing should become in tin,c of the most
profitable branches OF American agriculture.
In Schedule l. the committee recommends the
adoption of a paragraph fixing specific duties
on silk piece goods. The remaining portions of the
schedule remain without material change. II is