New-York tribune., 1902-04-20
THE SUGAR DIFFERENTIAL.
WHAT IT IS AND WHAT THE EFFECT OF
ITS REMOVAL WOULD BE.
rBr TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBuNE.I


Washington April is.-What is the dIHerential
duty on sugar which 1t IS proposed TO remove by
the amendment saddled the Cuban reciprocity
bill passed by the House yesterday afternoon?
was asked by nearly every caller at the Treasury
Department to-day. Probably only an expert Gus
toms lawyer can fully understand the intricacies
and technicalties Of the sugar tariff schedule IN
voving differential duty. but an official OF the
customs division explains that the dlfferenuaI
duty imposed on sugar importa tons for the pro-
,ec-ion Of American redners is the amount as
sessed on refined grades in of the sum levied
on the raw product. BY the requirement OF dlf-
ferentiai duty on refined sugar, protection Is al
forded alike to the beet sugar interests ana the
cane sugar producers The proposition 10 remove
It having been made by one Of the insurgents
Of the House the responsibility for any injury
which may result to the American industry VIII
fall on the shoulders Of the proclaimed representa-
rtves Of the sugar interests
AS the result Of a final removal of the diGerential
duty nov exacted from sugar exporters the an
nlal reduction in the general revenue receipIs Oh
sugar would amount about $4,000, or one-elgh'h
of cent each pound OF refined sugar I'M
ported. According to the records Of the burea" OF
Statistics the total importation OF refned sugar
above No. l6 Dutch Standard for the ten HlohthS
ended October. 1901. lu,4l,3i9 pounds Inc
irnportations Of raw sugar for the same perioo
amounted TO 3234 217 .9ls pounds. Under the law a
dutv of s5 cents is assessed refined sugar while
on all raw sugar which IS found TO polartze 10 de
grees of saccharine sweetness duty IS ieNieu
amounting to .95 pound. and FOR each au"llioI"I
degree the law requires additional DUTY OF
OK q mound Most Of the tariff reckonings are
made on raw sugar polarinzing IS degrees on whlch
there is a duty of Iss5. The regulation cuty on
sugar polarizfng 100 degrees would be LOS 1heh'
by subtracting from the full duty, amounting 10
! e25 the duty required sugar polarlzlns 20
degrees amounting 16E5. the result is 10 or
one-eighth Of per cent, which Is the diilelei'id
duty. p. 80. aooo-dir1
when raw polartzes 96 per cent, accordtrs @
m astab abIfshed tables OF the customs olcers II r.
o1,ires IGS % pounds equal 100 pounds wheh re-
Sned By multiplying 1os2i pounds by ioao' me
yrescrthad duty the lawful assessment Tor taCn
hound is found be 17s. or 81 e hundred pounds
lrba 6t~erence then between 81 80. the legal uuty
1er hundred rounds levied on refined sugar ana
< 70 The amount Of duty officially estimate tea 1or as
assrant on 10s "a pounds of sugar, the nurhper
% hounds which would refine into lp pouIus al 10
degrees saccharine sweetness. eqIdIa qI. 10 10 b'1
1,tIcb s the amount Of differential duty on nun
dred pounds the given polarization ne ulIlet T.
Initial duty then. sugar polarizing 20 degrees Is
Ts cents a hundred pounds. This equa' mas 70
he followed in reckoning all different oues t Ee G
chief point being to ascertain III a'i ~
gree OF polarization