The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-23
HOLD UP GAME
BY the Sugar Trust With ths As.
sIstsnce OF the
REPUBLICAN PARTY

2SUSS 40 NA'N~A I
70 Take Eishty-Three Nilltoa Dol.
lars Out OF the Pockets Of the
Consumer.
The masses Of the people kcov
very little about the !nieuit!es OF
sne protective tariff. and consequent
" have little idea Of the immense
sums of money that the lumber anc
other trusts are allowed 70 rob them |
Of each year. AS a sample. take 7
the sugar t-rs: and the sum OF money
it is given the right under the pro-
rective tariff to rob the masses o.
Here are the facts as given BY a
writer in the Connonez:
One OF the heaviest burdens car
r;ea in the tariff bill IS that OF sugar
and the persons who carry il are the
consumers. Sugar is unsversa! ar
t;cle OF diet IL this couatrE. The
Door man uses as much Of !: as
does the rich man, and. there being
more Door men than there are rich
men. It is easy TO Sgu.e out wesca
class IS most affected BY the easiS
on Il. AS some one has put Il. Il
taxes poverty ia proportion to IT'S
needs aa6 the more tax poverty
oavs the more wealth gains in u1-
lust exemption.
It is easy Of demonstration that
the only real beneficiary % the taEln
is sae sugar trust. The growers are
deluded into the belief that II II
were not for the tariff the trust
would pay them less fo- their cane
and heets. ye. It would be d!Hcult
70. anyone to conceive why the
trust, which dominates the market
and axes all prices. would pay more
under any circumstances than 1t was
compelled to Go.
No halder. oo!der bit es briggaad-
ass than the susa, schedule reveals
can be found IL the whole sac!o
bill. The American people consume
annually per capita Of eighty-ooe
pounds of sugar. Every pound OF
this passes through the hands OF the
sugar trust and the other reanecses
tha. accept its price d:ctatsoa and
neTer warning with It. may yell oe
assumed as part Of It.
The tariff on refined sugar o.
standard quality is $50 hundred
pounds. which IS just little less
than Il costs to manufacture nun
to shut out refined sugar. That II
deliberately placed that high N order
TO shut out refined sugar. That IS
;s effective is shown by the fact
shs, in 1907 but 21s tons were In
ported. while last year there were
out 43o-
IN order to still further entreaco
the trust in its position. the tariS
bill provides that no sugar may oe
imported unless It is OF certain
standard color, which means that II
must be in certain state OF saEaess
that renders it unstable except 70
the sugar refners. This IS important
because tnree-four.hs Of the sugar
we consume is imported. So !npo3'
tant is !. that the price OF all sugar
is based upon the price OF THIS
Dutch standard" in New York
An examination Of the sugar scheo-
ME proves tie truth OF the coaten'
ito, of Senator Clay Of Georgia IN
his recent speech. when be said taa'
the tariff is so adjusted that fos
every dollar collected IN duties the
trust can and does exact more taaa
dollar of profit from consumers,
9e-e 4 how the tartt on sugar.
necessity Of life. affects price:
The average wholesale price ID
aanherg in 1908 was 2-s4 cents;
IN New York it vas 4.s6. The trust
has frequently sold sugar Tor eS-
po-t. its surplus. for three cents a
nound, because the ta-iS shut out
the foreign refner from the home
market and enabled the trust 10
compete elsewhere. That the trust
gets the greater part OF the tax is
proved by this computation:
There are approximately so.ooe.-
900 persons in the United States,
each OF whom consumes eighty
one pounds. The average difference
in price of sugar between RsnoeSs
and New York for ten years has
been 1.ss cents pound. Multiply
this By the amount Of sugar con-
sumed and it meaas difference o.
sI3s.eoo.ooo year.
OF this sum the government col
!ected and received by reason os
the tariff s5s.oo0.eoo. The other
s33,ooo,ooo was taken by the trust
as its share Of the tariff loot. Stated
in other terms if the tariS were re-
moved entirely, it would cheaper
the cost Of sugar 20 every consumer
nearly . cents pound and deprive
the government OF but s53,ooo.oo0
Of revenue. Il the schedules were
fixed upon a strictly revenue basis.
sugar would be reduced about 2a
per cent n price.
Protection to the extent Of $685.
100000 a year is given the trust.
which stands convicted OF 7obbiag
its beoe6ciaries by short weights.
The schedules as now arranged give
it the lawful right to exac: that
amount in tribute from the consu-
mer and its character as monopoly
makes It possible for it to decide
how much Of that amount 1t will
give the cane and beat growers.