The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-14
SATURDAY. OCT. "a, 1911.
ARBuCKLE AM SUGAR DUTY.

John Arhucklc. ono Of the biggest
sugar rcnncrs In this country. IN out
IN II dcnunciatton Of the tariff on raw
sugar. He declares II Is II wicked tax
and one which falls equally on the
rich md poor because cAch Individual
requires about tho same amount of
sugar. Thor. too. II IL taking candy
from tho kids. a very mean thing FOR
the government tn do. All these
things h"v" II phtlnnthropic ring
which wt,h"u, further inquiry. mtHh,
leave tho Impression thai MIR. Ar
buckle is n of III" benevolent In
etttuttons "f tho country. Rut the
truth IL no wants tho rhnnce to rob
tho kids instead Of having II done
Ivy tho government. With him it
would hc rhilanthropy: with the gov
Il is meanncs
Now lot us lonk into the SUGAR uurS-
tton for ~ In 1870 the whole
sale market prtrN of SUGAR In New
Work. was l3.hl ents prr pound.
Housewives az that time paid 20 cents
n pound and tho children got about
NV" sticks of rod striped candy for n
Christmas gift and wcrc glad to he
40 generously remembered. In 1875
tho price had fallcn in the same mar
kci I" - cents. In 1890. tho year
before tho organisation ~ tho Amer
lean Sugar Ecfning company. rom-
monty known as tho sugar trust. II
had FALLEN tn So; cnnts. The Hrst
price quoted is Justly called n war
prtcc for the mutations following tho
war were still manifest. Eut the
gradual reduction OF tho price from
1881 to S.27 cents In twenty
years was caused ny the Increased
production Of raw sugar material.
Tho first year lSal--undrr tho
sussr trust found the New York
WHOLESALE" market rrir. a. 4.sa cents.
aud IN 1909. tho last figures at hand.
IL WAS a,I6 cents, nurins these cish-
,con years the price has hrcr between
h.h cents in 1901 and Al2 cents in
1904 and 1905. Tina, Is FAR below the
Same basis for tho period from 1870
to 1880. During nearly nil these last
ctshtcrn years there has hccn Il duty
on raw sugar. Mr.. Arhurkle's sta,c-
mon, hardly squares with the facts.
In 1870 the per capita consumption Of
sugar was aH,S pounds: In 1890 Il;
was a+h6 pounds. and III 1905 II was
SllS pounds.
Now look M tho production az raw
sugar material. From ST. IN $50
tho averae production Of sugar cane
was $4,000 tons: NJ sugar hccts 42S
tons. In 1909 there were rroduccd
c6..oSo tons Of sugar can. and Slc.-
asa tons ot suHar boots. The sugar
boot industry had grown from &.a 10
Sal.+6a tons In thirty years. II has
done this Ivy virtue az the protection
which has hcrn afforded IL. II is one
Of tn" greatest gains in agricultural
enterprises In the country. Mr.. Ar
buckle SAYS tho duty is rS.S1 per cent.
and according ~ antt-tar!M logic 10
take hts duty on raw sugar
would rrdurc tho cost Just that much.
That would xiv" tho susar rchncrs ~
which MIR. ArNucklr ia one. cheaper
raw material. hut there Is no evidence
cx,ant tina: any Of those sclf- righteous
m~cnorolis,s have V q given INC pub
Tic the hcncnt Of the reduction. They
have maintained the nigh prices and
made moro FRONT for themselves ne.
cause Of tho cheaper raw material.
4 fcw days asc Secretary Of Asri-
culture Wilson stated N milwaukee,
k11tN N NJ tC ~
grown In tho northern tier ~ states
and that their production was All Of
f'cirn, means 81 dtvcrstacat.on which
had Il large and certain revenue for
the farmer Experiments have hccn
conducted In this country and the re-
suits have boon moro than satisfar.
tory for the Ernwtns Of her,s. They
are successfully raised in Mcntana and
Idaho and the market demand Il We,
far above tho supply,
l, ts u question whether I. Ia Nc,
ter 10 save this prospective market
for tho farUcrs cf the country in or.
der that they MA develop = new
line ~ industry. Nr whether Mr.. Az.
buckle and others IN :he sugar REIN.
ing business shall he able 80 SET raw
sugar FREQ OF duIy and thus drive tho
SUGAR beet industry 10 some other ma
ton.