The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-01-02
HEARD SUGAR DEALERS
HOUSE, WAYS AND MEANS 0OMMIT-
TEN HAD A busy DAY.
mentA why They should he
Protected.

gar schedule. The cane growers. beet rails
ers. importers and refineFs were repre-
scented. An argument for the importers
was made by John Farr OF New York HE
recommended that on all sugars, testing
50 degrees. u duty Of 5 cents a pound. add
Ing cents per degree to 100 degrees, and
an additional h-oent differential ON all
sugars above IS Dutch standard In color.
to prevent renners from entering refined
sugars at the same duties as raw sugars,
also discriminating duty on all sugars
from bounty paying countries.
What would you say said Mr. Ding
ley. ito the statement furnished the COM
mittee by Henry Brown Of Massachusetts
that the invoiced value Of all sugar I'M
ported In 1888 was an average Of IlO cents
a pound under the London valuation
Mr.. Farr considered that statement IN
truthful and entirely theoretical Lon
don values were not representative. as
Germany had absorbed the business. Lon
don prices on cane we're merely nominal
MIR. Farr was questioned BY Mr. Payne
Of New York on the effects of the opera
tons Of the American Sugar Refining
Company on the sugar business. He as
serted that only in occasional bargains
could tho refining company buy its goOis
had been to reduce tho price OF sugar
throughout the world. Under the present
dirferential rate OF throe-tentas OF a cont
the importations Of last year had beon
SS.ooo.e tons larger than ever before.
differentIai OF one-fourth OF a cent
pound would enable the soft white sugars
to compete with the centrifugal renned-
Al vaIoPem Tariff.
Solon Humphreys OF New York. chair
man Of a commIlLee appointed by tho Su-
gar trade explained tho difficulties of an
ad valorcm tarin on sugar and made
plea for a specific system.
The change. no said. was unanimously
demanded by the trade. Ad valorom val
uations are unjust and impractlcabls on
| account Of the fluctuations In prices
| Higher prices for raw sugar undoubtedly
would DO tho result OF the schedule asked
for. Mr.. Humphreys continued. but the
| advance would bs so small II would not
be felt by the average family, A duty bes-
ginning at thres-fourths OF cent At .
| degrees would yield tg', 90. 40 revenue, Ths
production OF sugar was now regulated by
consumption and no reduction In prices
| could DO expsctsd for several years.
Speaking OF tho bountioa, Mr. Hum.
Phreys declared they were dlsorganiElnS
| factor In the sugar business Of tho worsi
The C;arrrar s,,,,,arr,,..,, -a...,,,t., -,
RAISED ,h, bouniv 10 oy.,r o,,.-,,,,,..,.. =,
a cen, n ,.,,,,a xh,.h .,.hI.,, ,,..r,,,,.,,
| 10 diso-Dze Of ah h,r .,,r,r,. ,r,,t,,,-, 81.
system VIVA ,vorkt,s, r,ttr 20 al rh.. t,r,,f.,
| islands ao that th.-v ,,u.t -a..,r, D., ~.
same scheme or 20 out OF tho bu,tn.y..
Instead Of ons-t,nth Of = cent ON b,untv
| sugar irnuorted into thl. r.,u,trv ~. .,t-
| ditlonai duty should saua! the b.,untt-,
p J. Smith. another lrru,rt.,r rn.,.t, ,
/ brt.,f argument a<alnnt al ,,ter,,r, audi.
LOuIaIana Growers.
| J. u, Hill OF New York. r,sprs'ssn.tng ihs
Cane Growsrs' Association OF Louisiana
spoke for tho producers. Hs argus7a Tor
a rUstorait0n OF Tho duty OF Tho 49, "
lSS1. lie spoke OF tho stlmulltioa pro
| duced by tho bounty acJ oC tse0 With me
| duty imposed thsroou on reftned AasJr.
| and finally @hld II similar provision
could be made In The prospective Law. and
It's purrnan@nco g4arantcsi. tho sugar pro-
| ducsrs would prefer Il.
Ths Cane Growers Association AAted
thas specific duties. dsps'rsi',pt upon 20
AriscoTdc Test ana polar ana standard D.
I'm posed In lieu Of al Vabprum d4rGv,
chat. commencing with / " cssnta Tor su.rlr
testing IS and under D. Dutch STANDARD
the rnte D. proportiDn-tgoiY Incrs.lsrI
that dutbS squal 10 export hotlntl-pi be-
| I'm poSod 70 ocrsot them. for a peoportl1n,
ate duty on moilsses that the now law
have Srcct from tho passage % tho az.
that reciprocity TREATIES. u adopted. h..
without Injury 10 the domestic sugar IN
iustry' ana ON lines which rSoogulzs the
ovorshadowing importance Of dovslSyss,4
sugar pr"duoti"n IN the United statna aTI
| BY such methods "A Insure a protection
sduivulan' to that suSEeatei.
| J II. syphSr OF this city was called ny
IhalruAh IHngley. and gays u ~ his
oV'nl"n eh'a' tho cost OF rsftninz BY the
'HNH' trust was NOT 10 oHoT"l orSe-fo' trrh
VI CONT "hAle tho cost Of refining In
'E'4i.'A1 ""'l'a p'crlbps rsaAsh thr9o-
" c"Pt'
.i1Aln OF Grand isAelRd. N"'
- " U''.' N''sF''Feh tisFt sugar 70
- 1 ~ e'..' INDUSTRY ohhrSd
- ~ - AR" NOT H'iJ Jailed 10
-, '" U'P "ANas' 1@'''TS. Hu'
,o,a,.I r, -, '' @fhIi''NH
~. Nr,sr,r,.,, =, = y '''s' una"
wor,id 49,, ,.,ra,,t,, -, "1a"'lFJ
mad b.s,n hc,,I, 10 ,,,n ..,..,1.', ''''7'
.ha, tav tr,, .,,-,,, - 't'''' .,
i.,terr,1 n,vv m 80, o,'-l'so ,'a'
on .usrnr v4aI,h bo,, -, =. ne
1870 exoep, that az ,ho t-,t.a.. - A'''.9
permit thu .,,r,,ad o, r., ~, "'u'n
Bes, sugar es,,,Id ~, ,,-r-,,,..-, =, :, '"S
and under a proper tarfH ,h, ,.,,.,
States could In Is years raIa, all tho -.
necssaary for home csns,,rnr,,Ir,r =,
best-suEar ,nd,,atrv .he,,,,I - '"@