The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-26

OF New YORK tot 'Hc "Vu." " ....,
1877, Is shown BY table which ! summit 10
tho senate, which has been prepared by me
customs officers in Now forh
Tho rates suggested show u range otho
valorcm equivalent from 49, to iti,3 pei
cent careful examination OF the tables
viii show that the acalc OF rates adopted
bears very uncqually upon all low grade
! sugars. Tho character and extcnt OF this
discrimination led your committee TO he
licvc that the schedule should be modit'ru.
The COMMITTEES determined. after careful
examination Of the whole subject, 10 rec
| ommond rates which would be IN effect
as high at least as the house bill, but which
would he lowed III a manner that would
make the ad vaiorem equivalents moro uni
form. We believe that the imposing " the
| high specific rntcs upon low grade sugars
| testing Is degrees or below would have mo
effect to exclude Thorn from the markets OF
| the United States. The total amount OF
these low grades produced Is. rs nave al
ready stated. unimportan; us compared
with the fetal sugar crop. hut their con-
| tinucd Importation Into the United States
| is very important when viewed FROM the
standpoint; OF our ,rnde aud commerce with
other countries.
| To exclude from the American markets
| all the low grade cane sugars from the
nearby countries and sugars Of all grades
| from distant countries would con0uc Amer
| icsn purchasers TO beet sugar and to cen
| ttifuealS from points nearest tho United
states and send all other sugars 10 free
| markets like Canada and ENGLAND,
| This policy would undoubtedly increase
| the price of the sursrp from nearby couu-
| tries aud necessarily add tn the cost OF
sugar TO consumers In the United States,
I These are the reasons which led your COM
| mittec TO suggest an aA valorep rate Of
| lt per cent on all sugars testing not above
! NJ degrees But this rate can never mp
| ply 80 but a very small portion Of the
sugars OF the world. as from obvious
| rauseU. tho proportiouatc amount OF such
sugars is constantly decreasing,
or tho cane sugars testing above 81 de-
grees. very much larger portions. ns !
| have already stated, arc reutrifugals, test
ing about 96 degrees. The committee. In
| considering the question whether they
should adopt the specific scale contained
In the house schedule tor suRira letting
above 81 degree. were confronted with
The fact that these rates would dIscrimln-
ate in favor OF tho sugara Of certain 10
calstics aud Naluos against those OF othris
| The committee after full confederation
| reached she conclusion that the essential
| elements of Cortninty of revanne and
an adjustment Of tho rates that would
lessen Determinations could beat h. -e.
| cured hv the adoption NJ compound rates
| The committee therefore adcr.ed the sug-
| gestiou which tx contained In the bill we
| have reported IN tho sunR;e. ui lmposiug
! specific duty which In equivalent 10
ahou, 40 per ccntum ad valorcm Win an
| additional duty Of ~ per ceutum al Va
| loren on all sugars FROM 81 degrees to
| 100 degrees with 70 NJ a cont per o,rd
additional on all sugars above No, ID dutch
| standard In color and On refined sugar.
More than % per cent OF the sugar hitch
| f. imported into tbs United States has
heretofore been imported in raw CON
iitinn and has been refined here md u
Ia - .t,.t
consider carefully the effect Witch ihc
| schedule proposed by the senate commit
tee would have upon the roiiniur iudustry
presume that II will be admitted IN all
quarters that thip industry r entitled 10
fair treatmen.. The fact that The business.
az conducted today. is In comparatively
few hands and that n large por,,lp Of II
" carried on lay one company, while "
furnishes II reason for upustai Gaze and
adjustment nj tho rates In order that u;due
or unfair advantage shall be given io sugar
| rohnera. should not be allowed to fnrnish
"a preioNt In the prop0 ion of a tirln llll
constructed upon protective lines for The
destruction nf great Industry. In Oihor
words, II III important from every economic
| STANDPOINT that va make n possible hat
the refining Of eGgar can he carried On
here and that the business should MT bc
turned over by legislative discrimination
10 German roilncrs
II is therefore incumbent upon Ms "a
show that no protection liz given The re-
ining interests ny the proposed schedule
beyond that which 10 adequate Tor the
continued existence Of the business In The
unltcd States. For this purpose ] hayo
prepared 4 rrricg o; statements which
| submit for your consideration showing
the actual difference between the ratios i'm
posed by the schedule upon raw sugars of
different grades and refined.
The first OF thosc tables to which viii
l..a.H sN...a -.
posed upon grades of euyar testing ahovr
81 degrees By the houSc bill and the sen
ate bill. II shows further tho actual dif-
! fcrcntal ON each grade In both the house
and senate bills.
This table shows that the dinercntlhl
between raw and refined sugars 10y the
senate proposition varies from a.,7 to Is 10
cents per 100 mounds. while The drcrcn-
| ,ial IN the hUuSo bill ynrlcs from go to
735 cents nor 100 pounds II viii be seen
from an examination Of this table thas the
| diNcrcniial between graduated sugar aud
20 degrees centringal--this being by inr
tho most important class OF raw sugars
and IN amount two thirds of the total i'm
ports OF raw c0aoi Is PSF cents per 100
pounds, on So deRrcea InusoovadOus The
dinorcntlal iH A.G cents
In order 10 show that the committees
proposition does not give undue advantage
to beet sugars as compared with cnnn
'.ugars, tho following abatement has been
prepared by me 10 show the dinerentlal be-
tween raw and refined beet suGara In COM
pnrison with tho diiIerentlal Of the same
sugars based on tho rates imposed by the
existing law.
Dinorential rates on raw bcc, sugar. 81
degrees annunli1cd, and on German granu'
lated Dlncr-
Refined Raw. entlal.
Present law. 1880 s952 1913
senate bin 1860 lsI7oa 1877
Mr.. Aidrioh then submitted statements
showing tho dinorentisls under varying
values OF sugar and resumed:
Under existing law. German refined
recoivcs $500 Of a cent per pound export
bounty. The oounteryaling duty here Is
but 10 OF a cent per pound. The German
rofinor. therefore. received a net bounty
OF 2s. 100 Of cent per pound Thu
enables him TO sell his product al a Less
uricc then thu American refincr has u
pay for 90 degrees cenfriflgais. II Is thji
khd of competition which In driving The
cane sugar producers and refiners Of the
world TO the wall,
| ita than reniIad nj length To state