The San Francisco call., 1897-03-20

require for consumption. The proonctlou 81
cane sugar is large and, under proper Protec-
u0n, growing industry now.
Inc production of beet sugar In 81 iehs'
twenty-three States OF our Union, Wnicn on y
seven years ago was regarded as OF douptIui
promise, Is no longer an experiment ous q
as We recommend, which IS less than NOSE
pountIes given at the inception OF suear pio'
ouctlon by Germany, France ana other Luro. .,,.o
pean countries, which now produce apou' t"o-
The time has come when every effort should
De mace to open up new crops 10 our lal ny, nv .
ana thus diversity and promote our aesicui, =
tural interests, and no crop IN slsnt ato,u -, >
more hope of success or greater good W 'ne
whole country.
Even at the low prices of sugar. we pala IN
the last fiscal year TO foreign countries aoo =: y
seventy-three millions for our raw Sus sSa,d. -.
wien Islands for sugars imported iree " a.,s 10y
under our treaty OF reciprocity with tha. Eo;l ~;
try, and in the near future that sum Will lAse
TO one hundred millions.
To open up such a new and valuable crop TO
our armers, who are finding the com mpelitaoa
o1 RUSSIA and Argentine wheat serious ~ '" !.
pack, Is . boon which Congress snoulo hG ~
hesilate TO give, especially at tlme "noA ~
can be done in the Interest of revenue.
In revising the several dutiable scheouies as
rule the duties have been fixed at poin.s ps-
tween the tariff of 1890 and the present .aiin, ~
1T having been found that, on account oi
changed conditions in large paIs oa ol tne 9,
ticles, duties lower than those OF 1890 would
be equally protective. The metal ana cottpn
schedules are in large part the same as IN lug ae .
present tariff the increases above tnose fa.es
Delng In the more advanced articles. Manu ~ =.
iactured lumber, which was put on tne liz
list by the tariff of 1894, has been lransieIIcu u
10 the dutiabie list as an act OF justice " this
large industry and in the interest OF reVenue,
with little change in duties except on wnlte
pine, which has been restored 10 tne du's VI
1he Pre- esdant !, ou+borized to negotiate
with the countries exporting argois, cnioie;'
champagne, brandy, sugar, wines. mineaa a o.
waters paintings and statuary ana slis iaeos,
with view to secure reciprocity ana equiV-
alent concessions in favor of the products OF
manufactures OF the United states.
1t is believed that this extension OF the ie-
ciprocity po icy OF the tariff OF lo9O, stengtn'
ened by the tenders of lower duties as con-
cession in return for equivalent concession
will result in even more commercial aovant-
ages than those that were received under the
act of 1890
On the assumption that the imp orts under
the proposed tariff bill, if enacted into law,
would be the same as the imports in the fls-
cal year ended June 80, 1896, the revenue
which the several schedules OF the new Dill
will yield, if it shou d be enacted into law,
compared with the revenues obtained under
the present tariff OF 1896 and also com pared
with the revenue yielded by the tariff OF 1890.
fscal year 1893, would be substantially total
OF $269, 1O5, ,71O, an increase of 3,479, 1913,
This rough estimate on the basis oil The I'M
ports for 1896 shows that the revenue would,
on such an assumption, be about ~ Ii. .OOO,O0O
more than under the act OF 1894. What the
actual revenue would prove to be in the year
following the enactment OF the proposed
measure into law is, OF course, dependent
upon contingencies which cannot be fore
casted with any approach to certainty, and
will therefore be subjected 10 varying est1-
mates.
1t is probable that any delay beyond the LIST
OF May would result in a loss OF from one TO
lay. Ii the proposed tariff revision could be
enacted into law by the 5th of April undoubt-
edly the revenue OF the first year under its ep-
Grafton would be from twenty to twenty-five
millions larger than it would be if its passage
was delayed until the 1st of July.
If IL should become law by May 1t is more
than probable that 1t would yieId an increase
OF revenue Of nearly 100000 600 from sugar,
manufactures of wool assuming that The i'm
ports OF each would De one-half what they
were in 1886, $1.500,000 from lumber,
SS,OOO,O0O from tobacco (assuming that the
revolution II in Cuba will con tihue). ST., 800. 600
from silk manufactures, $!,00O,000 from
metals. So. .00O, 600 from glassware and ear tn.
enware, $4 900. 900 from chemicals (inciuding
ARGOS and opium transferred from the free
list), So 900, 600 from jute and fax (includine
burlaps and bags transferred from the free
list, $4,000 900 fram agricultural products
ana fruits, 81 500, 600 from liquors, 81 800 00C
from silks, So 600, 900 from sundries( incl udine
articles transferred from the free lisi), 81 500-
600 from cotton laces and other fne cotton
goods and yarns, or total of $75, ,O00, ,OOO
1t is easy to see how delay in the enact.
ment of the bill TO July 1, for example, would
easily take from the treasury $15,000,0O0 OF
revenue and turn it into the pockets of specu
lators mlortng wool, WOODEN goods, sugar
and other articles on which it is proposed tc
increase the reyen ue, and at the same time
deprive woolgrVwers sIsd producers and man u
facturers Of the benefit Shat would arise iron
the prompt passage OF the bill proposed.