The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-10-21
THE TARIFF ON SUGAR
Refner Arbuckle Shows How the
Trust Is Protected and the
People Worsted

uneT anu COute mahuAhStutot, iS'uON :"
statement strongly attacking the tariff
on raw sugar, declaring it to be a
wicked tax for the benefit of the
b~eet-sugar interests. In his statement,
Arbuckle said
81 am going abroad to rest and recu-
perate in preparation for the tight to
be made In Congress at its next session
for free sugar. / propose to devote oil
my time, ability and strength to the
abolition of all import duties on raw
sugar, a most wicked tax ON a food ne.
cessity Of all our people. 1t taxes the
man who works for a wage of 81 a day
as much as it taxes any Astor or Nor
gan or Rockefeller. Each eats. or at
least needs. the same amount of sugar,
aud they pay. not according to their
ability, but according to their needs, re-
versing an elemental rule of taxation
Just look at the figures showing how
the prices Of refined sugar to the con-
sumner is made up. l disregard the alb.
normal price lately prevailing for the
raw product aud take a normal price.
"Price paid by New York reineries
for RAJ sugar is 2 A cents.
duty per pound is 1885 cents.
Uncle SANS Tax
"With the raw sugar costing the re-
finer 4.0S5 cents per pound, his price to
wholesale Rrocers for graduated sugar
IL about 80 cents per pound, and the
wholesale grocers' net price to the New
York retail grocers per pound is about
4.95 cents. and the retail grocers' price
to is between 5 10 and 5.25
cents per pound. So that for every
pound Of sugar going into a household
in New York City at 5.o5 cents per
pound. the Government of the United
States has exacted 1.6s5, or almost one
third of the total price.
at means that every household that
now buys three and a half pounds of
sugar could, with tue same money, buy
five aud one-quarter pounds if this tax
were removed.
"As some one has said. sugar is the
comfort of old age and the delight OF
youth. Your Uncle Sam is engaged
in taking candies from the children. the
height of n The duty IN raw
sugar is rs per cent of it's value.
Makes Comparison
"You will be surprised to compare
this import duty with others: Sugar.
IS z per cent; champagne. 70 per cent
automobiles. 40 per cent; furs. 80 per
cent; diamonds, 10 per cent; pearls. 20
per cent.
"The duty which the United States
exacts on the import Of raw sugar holds
up the price of the beet sugar. as well
as the cane sugar. for the gentlemen
who are manufacturing beet sugar
act from the public every penny they
can get. The beet companies have
stated, as / am informed. that they can
produce beet g at from ~ to 3
cents per pound. They sell at from 8
to z cents.
Use Tariff For Profit
"In California the beet sugar is sold
just under the price of the cane sugar
and the cane sugar, although 1t Is nan
ufactured from Hawaiian raw sugar,
which is admitted free of duty. costs
the consumer the New York price Of re-
fined sugar. plus the freight. Ia short,
the beet sugar people use the tariff to
exact the uttermost penny for their
product.
s'In Utah the beet refiners exact the
full price of the San Francisco market,
the freight across the Rocky
Mountains. Everywhere the beet
sugar manufacturer takes full advant-
age of the tariff tax and it results that
the people Of the United States Day to
the Government on the cane sugar q
10 the beet sugar barons on the beet
,uesr. The savings to the American
people on the sugar consumed last
year. If the tax were removed, would
mount to almost $50. 900. 900.
"The beneficiaries Of the duty are
Of cane in the Hawaiian
Islands. Porto Rico. Louisiana and the
and the manufacturers OF
domestic sugar. We are taxed for the
benefit of Louisiana and the domestic
,eet sugar producers. The domestic
,eet interests need no protection.
The American Sugar Refining Company
$50, 0O0. 900 Of beet sugar capital"