Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-07-01
SUGAR TRUST PROFITS.


soas@ ~ Wass wAra~r makes som@ EsaI.
zast@4 assa sessss s&e Truss.
Ex-CcnRresznssln John DE- Witt War
ner u ono Of the hast posted men IN this
country on sugar tariffs When in con-
greAa. be carried tlss house for free suG-
ar. In q recently published statement
ne esttma.us tho net protection 70 the
trust given by TIM Aldrich schsdkule q;
nom 30 cents 20 ei.I4 un every 100
pounds of refined sugar.
Without attempting 20 give mis-, argu-
ment as 20 each Of the ways In which
the frost would BE- protected we give
his summary Of trust prcdts a. follows:
Specific diaerant&al. -. IssS0. - ?
Thirty-ave Der eeat al ya1oresn
daUeEent3ai. ..-.-..-......-........ 0-1s4 O.21
Co1nterSa iling @fnty, say 49,. -. o.061 e.a5
Additional By safssastson ~ IS
per cent I'D vs9nresa for spoctnc
dutses In isw-gra<ies. O.ona 0IIS
Total. .SD.ss4sl.H
In ths ynstf majority Of casss. however,, tho
actual resxiass3s ecsasen NJ and 20 cents per 100
imprarkrsitas - 10 corS,fnS circumstances rs
70 bring thl- below ~ CENTS cr above 20 cents
for any-comassershAe amount.
As an itam of'tsuifR taxation the sug-
ar schedule In ikeal tEcsn the,protstion-
list standpoint Sugar Is the-one article
used By poor ana rieh % an equivalent
extent and n tax ON which therefore
falls meet heevrRy on the pcor:in pro-
portion TO thair ability 20 pay It, Its
productions and fhstribnkion.a arc control
led by q concoEn which is.at .onon the
grea4est OF or mean trusts 1sl the
neanese~Cf COR gneAt ossea
It 10 ocBsissens ItheEefoxe.that on this
one artsole there sslould be- kvied more
than 0ne-third OF chr total tariff taxa
ton. and,thas OOrpeeple slsnnl6 be bur
dened byAa tax of bnors than 900. 600,
600 that. realizesi lesss than go, 600,
600. for the treasury and more than
$40. 0O0G0o0 for the sugar -cfiiinG COM
bfne, while tho sAsssssoombnss IL enabled
to netSan addisanaalsfi0,O 600 200 by the
orp0r<slni3y given Tito important present
causianake .Tnfincd to b. sold byNit under
the. enhAfsced price assured d By the
proposed Aldrach schedule. The nest
"proeectHm" Of FROM 80 to 6O.cents per
1OolporxAs.giFeA tho trust on its rein
ingspscas@ ,alone.shnnld be considered
a. SarSemazse wlsen we remeanbar that
tleslakar.cose Of this rxocess IL slie4atdy
less eAkx.GM csantA per 100 posnkls-that
rs 'eosay, SENATOR 1Alcricfa, III behalf OF
Auax1can kbT. Iwoposessunduly 20 tax
wsges@arnnrs in onier to sskge the trust
from flyeTto ssvenssimes asAmnoh pro
tectirns' a~it pAyss1or all eie labrr in
voavod-
Next 20 the wage,earner the farmer
issdcarsto the ruoteotionist heart. and
he ia ther0fcro equally favored by tho
sIsrArkschessllo az late years through
out the eastern and middle and many of
the'centrsL states tlse oompetitionsCf the
far~xest hsaAdriven our farmerst from
grain raising. into fruit culture. This
has DOW so developed thas except\ for
exIOrss Of oe@ussd gOcds-jams.. pre-
serves, eto+--in which we ought to'sup-
ply'the work.. tho business Of fruit rails
ingHss- iA8ts turn. becoEac almost profit
less. And. poverty IL NOW assured 10
those'whe Rre dependent usson fruit cui-
ture by ttsb proposed tax nf two cents
a pound. on sugar Tfis increases
b. FROM 90 % rs per cert the article
which would make up from 40 to 20
per eerksof tae aptl waightOf tho jams.
etc, ttse export OF which might insure
living Priccs for the surplus fruits, but
which biz BOW prEctScally prohibited.
Andi this IL "a government On the
people, by the peopie and for the peo-
pie. Who arc the peorA?