The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-10-31
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Sugar is u Of the staples Of life; as
essential almost as flour and used al
most as extensively. The sugar bill OF
a family during the year amounts to
nearly as much as the -four. It is
wholesome and shout be supplied
cheaply. England and Switzerland
have comparatively a free trade on
sugar, the duty being nine tenths Of a
cent a pound, and the best refined
sugar in these countries sells at two and
one MALT cents a pound, while 10 pro-
teetive tariff countries 1t is higher in
proportion to the tariff laws.
In the United States the tariff IS
about two cents a pound higher than in
the Kingdom Of Great Britain and the
Republic OF Switzerland and we pay
two cents a pound more for u sugar. 10
Germany they have about four cents
tariff and they pay about six cents a
pound for sugar. The same is true in
the Netherlands and Belgium. ln Rus
sia they have more. than five cent tar
if, and pay more than seven cents a
pound for their sugar. The anne is
true in Austria Hungary. In France
the duty is about seven cents a pound,
and the Frenchman pays eight and one
half cents a pound for sugar. Spain,
by reason Of a protective tariff of more
than seven cents, pays nine cents a
pound for sugar; while Italy with
nearly nine cents tariff pays more than
eleven cents a pound f1r sugar.
1t IS a fact that the consumption or
use Of sugar depends upon the tariff
which regulates the cost of the same.
To illustrate; the English people use
each year on the average about ninety
pounds Of sugar per capita. We, in the
United States about seventy pounds,
while in Germany they use only twenty
eight pounds, and in Italy about six
pounds. II our duty were taken off
from sugar we would get about forty
pounds of sugar to the dollar instead
of from sixteen to twenty pounds.
This Is a tax the people do not see, yet
it is a tax We pay every time we buy a
pound Of sugar, and the person who
uses this commodity must pay for it.
Only a part Of this tax reaches the
United States Treasury. A large part
Of it goes into the pocket Of the sugar
trust. The amount Of duty which
reaches the United States Treasury on
sugar is from 500, O00, 900 TO SOS, 900,
600 a year. The total consumption Of
sugar in the United States according
to the statistical abstract is about s.
600, 900, 900 pounds annually, and o.
this amount one half Of it is imported
The price Of sugar in the countries
from which we get it as given by tn,
statistical abstract OF the United State
of 1901, page S46, is from 2.01 to 2.2'
cents per pound when our duty is ad
ded it compells US to pay about twic'
this amount, and as Mr.. Havemeyer
the president Of the sugar rehner
trust stated, ga removal Of this dat.
or raw sugar would result in a savinI
to the consumer Of s86, 000, 000." H
adds "the lower the price at which re
fined sugar can be furnished, the larg
er is the number within whose reach
can DO brought. Mr.. Havemeyer is no
ir favor Of admitting refined sugs
free. He wants the raw sugar to com
in free. There lie a differential duty o
refined sugar however which puts mi
lions Of dollars in the pockets Of Ii
refners. Mr. Havemeyer shows Il
advantages Of free raw sugar, Mr.. o.
nard, on the other hand estimates thi
The profit TO the sugar trust aggr