Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-18
SUGAR NOT BOUNTY FED.
Russian Minister of Finance Ex
plains the situation.

Washingon, D. c., June 1S.-The re-
cent decision of Secretary Gage against
Russian sugar bounty fed and justify
ang the imposition of a eountervaling
duty is like Banquos ghost, it will not
down. and the more Secretary Gage
tries to explain the more ne becomes
involved The interview with MIR. NJ. De
Nyitte, the Russian minister of finance,
cabled from St Petersburg this morn
ing. has given Secretary Gage much
Mneasiness and great difficulty in meet
eng.
NJ. De witte takes practically the same
view of this question that the Depart
ynent of Justice took when Gage re-
ferrad the Russian sugar question TO At
dorney General Grisgs ard Solicitor
General Richards for an opinion az 10
his right to assess a countervailing duty.
The Department of Justice WAS emphat-
&c in it's opinion that Russian sugar was
not bounty fed and that the Treasury
Department would make an uppai don-
nble bIunder if it assessed the counter-
Nailing duty. But Gage acted against
the advice of Attorney General Griggs
and Solicitor General Richards. NJ. De
Witts. denies that Russia grants u boun-
ny. Gage NUS have acted in isnor-
ance of the Russian law. III. DeWitte
says:
"By the law here the production OF
sugar is controlled and the amount pro-
fuced for home consumption is lir6ited.
fWe exercise this control. first. because
sYe reduce the price and We are doing
30 by degrees. Our object is TO prevest
q sudden stump in prices. But we must
not keep up prlces. We insist on a re-
serve in order to prevent prices rising
unduly and TO check speculation.
"For export, manufacturers may do
es they Nike. altho we do not care for
Them to export because this gives grum-
blers and the newspapers N oppo tun-
1ty to say that Russian sugar is bought
cheaper out OF Russia than in. But that
Is the case with products in almost all
countries"
You hold, then, that Russia gives no
bounty like Germany or France ON ex-
ported sugar."
she most certainly does not. nor can
st be shown that she does No sem
blance of bounty is given. What we do
Is the usage to all countries. We tax
sugar for home consumption and not
that exported. This Is exactly the
equivalent of the treatment of your
American spiritsan your whisky. Why
IL Nldt ~ d DcuHl0 tSSiS ScIli ny
eour trusts should be accounted bounty
fees. No. Russia gives no sugar boun-
ty''
This is Just what the Department. of
Justice said to Gage before he Issued his
remarkable order. The commissioner of
lnternal revenue also used language
similar to NJ. De Witte's last paragraph
Commissioner Yerkes pointed out to the
secretary that Russia appeared to have
adopted our system of refunding inter-
national revenue taxes on goods ex-
ported from the country. and that we
did exactly the same thing regarding
whisky. beer, wine, tobacco, cigars and
every other article liable to an interna!
tax, when the goods were exported. that
Russia does regarding her sugar
Yerkes also called attention TO the
danger of calling Russian sugar boun-
ty fed. as 1t might encourage foreign
governments to follow the precedent and
assess countervailing duties against
many American exports on the ground
they We're bounty fed. NJ DeWitte
makes another serious complaint
against Secretary Gage when he says: