The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-28
FOREIGN SUGARS AND EXPORT
BOUNTIES.
Our Inport Duty's Fart In Preserving the
SUGAR Industry.

sone nov S"p"'i'' production Oh any
,""ins ~ ~ kehor"i demand
ti ~ y oni' suIuo'oh ior nome
.onsuwp,'on wv Nv y nerooi' seek . mar
~ .A'e .ou' neo"'o oestoeu
. y an aoequate
supply oe,'ein nr'icreeoi necessity principal
auons mhieh 10 u "fIio'e vi sugar. o. which
hooiis ~ pounue . " ioio'Rh ana 90
ni0o'''' . V nu" "oneu'ueu III mo onited
Sen.e'. u u 'oAf uho oV aase tne linz
ports OF sugar were 'oureau OF STATISTICS re-
ports,: VI ra" sugars 4''Ae' 'os,oo4 pounds, or
|.Ao''o4o IONS U S,%%o pounus' " renneo sugars
ABOVE 10 pu0ch otahoaro i's'lso 'ios pounds.
or ee,soo IONS totai importatlons OF sugar.
e'eie''oo''oo pounos' OF s'lso'sao IONS OK
S'<4o pounus' po'ai iore'Rn cosI OF imported
sugar ior inc year nanneu, Sse'ooo'lel' otthio
amount ABOUT SSe'ooo'ooo went TO foreign beet
sugar pfouueerS' VIM u aiueo ny system Oh
eAporC oouh''es paio W Ino'r governments.
"i'nou1 entering INTO general oetaiis' IL 10
enough Ior present purposes 10 JAKE ior exam
pietn "erniah bounty methoo OF trying 10 con-
.roi tne sugar market Oh tnis country aiter COB
ohng Inc Lohdon marker. ltis reported that
baroh Ahieinahn' secretary OF the German
treasury, IN MS speech presenting tho budget
10 inc heicnstae recently saio: .Ihe role
america played In the sugar question resem'
oied that OF the PIKE IN a carp pond and tho
Dihgiey tarin increased the necessity FOR the
carp 10 comoine against the common enemy
whleh means mai America has no right to pro-
tect her own sugarproducing Industries by
a counter duty equai 10 the GERMAN export
bounty on sugar and should quietly permit
that country 10 destroy our sugarproducing in.
oustries atter the manner mat the sugar re-
nneries OF Great Britain nave been and tho
west inuies are oeing ruinen oy free sugars
ana the bounty system or Germany and other
oeet sugar producing countries OF Europe.
Inc uermen carp mas oeen ahead OF the pike
hitnerto. vi the ABOVE lmportations TOT the
year named erman sent to this coun'
Try over 'oo'ooo tons or sugar. OF which
o'4,'oo tons' or l'oll,4ol 'soe pounds re-
ceived an export bounty OF ~ cents per
100 pounds. or some 81. 0S1 ,000-about
| s6. o5 per tou-wbile the refined above IA
nntoh Stondara snn.r so,t na hr C.,uo
Dutch etanuaro sugar seht US oy germany
exported to this country in tn. war nsn,ed
Germany sent us 13.e47.775 pounds of refined
above 10 Dutch Standard beet sugar in tho
mohtn Oh June alone. on "hich an export
county OF % cents per loo pounds was ro'
cen a,m as drawback oy inc exporters. In
m,;a ~ oNe, ii" n
austria IN Ne,nerlanas. &c: exported TO THIS
of beet sugar. on which more mr. Iess exnort
bounty was pald. congress has tackled the
sugar bounty system of Europe in a business.
like manner efPeotDa,lv nrotoct;no our srea-
ton without affecting consumers.
referred to that 1.-THE abolition of the sugar
bounties could only be a gain to Germany and no
was g,ad 10 inform tha H. .hat 49, Ia.',t
naaotiaNou, go. +. 80 rn"I u I"'.s'
ised a more successful issue" A despatch from
Berlin of the 18th inst. 70 THE S,,y state,
-. "'- " u 80 e'""'
tuhJ TdHCe Is NOT ul9DObeQ 10 mOnlfy the existing
export sugar bounty system. When Germany
finds that this country means business and ,har
nothing is gained by depicting her Treasury and
forcing her consumers to pay two or three times
es u ior sugar US consumers In TINS country
ana treat britain pay, then and not until then
bountiesi When forced to do this, as she will be.
there viii be =" gain " In home consumption. with
Regarding rebates on exports Of sugar. official
reports to pariiament say: The Gist Of ths
legislatures think that the benefits which; in
,n nia ooiniSn, accrue to- the agrieultural, indqs,
the d%eveiopmpSenss Of ef'' ire beet t s sugar G"ii" Industry.
more mar coMnterbaia1ce any injury from tho
ment, 1862. 1886. 1857. President Theirs Was
urged ~ English emissaries in ST. ah9lt.h
sE N ooun'ies on exports OF sugar: lie ispi'Sn;
French industries YOU wish to destroy and tic
English Industries you ask me to protect :. The
applications for the. abolition of European
counties on exports OF sugar. The applications
only proper remedy.
This country has a perfect right to protect It's
own Industries and revenues. Germany carries
protection as to sugar to an excess unknown in
this country. Having established her beet sugar
industry at fabulous cost. 1t has reached tns
summit OF Its greatness. and. II limited to rea.
sonable production. will remain a permanent
industry Of great value. To accompii,h this
she virtually prohibited importations or sugar
and c~urtailed home consumption almost to pro-
hibition OF sugar food to her people at largo.
VINO cannot afford To nav the Drices charged 20
consumers; she has taxed the beets ND tho
manufactured article In order TO raise the
money to pay bounties on exports. 1t i'll be-
comes that nation to attempt to dictate the IN
dustrial and tariff policy Of this country in tho
matter OF sugar, or TO lose her temper ec,rso
Congress levies countervail duties TO protect
our industries and revenue. instead Of merely
talking about II.
Great Britain has boon tho greatest sufferer
from abolishinR sugar duties and from the bees
sugar bounty system. Her sugar rehnerics.