The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-12-30
LOUD PROTESTS
ON SUGAR DUTY
DEALERS ARE INDIGNANT OVER
THE CAUSE OF THE
PRES ENT HIGH
PRICES.

NOW lIlul lnt holludN StdhbH ~ w
fun blast, and sugar products aud
sweet stuns are in great demand. the
grocers and consumers are loud In
their protestations against the pres
ent sugar tariff.
Many dealers have received blanks
To be distributed among their promi-
nent customers. which are TO be sign
ed and sent I'm TO Congress. asking
that as a benefit to the people of the
nation something be done Immediate
ly to reduce the high prices of sugar,
These blanks are only one form OF
protestation that is being made by the
dealers. only a few months ago an
other dealer sent around petition
which was signed by hundreds of the
So called ultimate consumers" which
he forwarded to the congressman of
this district asking that he do sonie-
thing To reduce present prices of SUI
gar. The congressman replied by let
ter that If the merchant would tell him
isome way by which the government
could raise sec, 900 900 annually,to take
4
the sugar tariff. he would gladly advo-
cate such a plan.
The prices of sugar are at high level
The tariff ON IL IL 60 per cent. This
adds 81 To every hundred pounds sold
The local merchants are loud in pro-
nouncing such a tariff ON a common
commodity a positive outrage. Both
Wholesale and retail dealers believe
that it protects nothing except the beet
sugar industry i'm this country.
a contention is made that If the tar
in were reduced, the German beet su-
gar manufacturers would break into
the markets Of the world with killing
lprices on sugar as ii Is claimed thai
the German farmers can raise beets foi
less than half what il costs American
Farmers to produce them. Nevertheless
il is considered outrageous that tn,
90, 100000 people of this countr,
should suffer on account of the hlgl
water price of one OF the commences
food stuffs.
All effort To bring about change
seems to have failed, SO far. and thu
local merchants are doubtful of eve
seeing a material reduction I'm thu
lprice of sugar.
An organization of the wholesale su
lgar dealers of the country has beer
formed. and though their customers
the retail dealers all over the coun
try. are making an appeal to the "ul
innate consumers. of sugar TO sign
printed slips and coupons furnished up
on request hoping that If the con
Igressmen from all parts OF the Unite'
States are swamped with these, the!
may decide that it is the voice of tn
American people and To do something
To better matters. The wholesaler
say the principal reason why nothnl
as yet has been done is that the aver
age person is negligent and is to,
ready to accept conditions as the!
are. instead of joining in a natlona
protest against the present sugar tar
iff.
II is pointed out that the tariff Oh
automobiles is only 40 per cent. Othe
. PARTICLES of high value are imported OF
equally low duty, but sugar still re
mains high A number of great indus
tries, which should be made the mos
of in this country, are hampered be
cause of the price of sugar
The canneries. which use quantities
of sugar i'm preserving fruits, ar,
Obliged to curtail business because
they cannot put their product on thu
market at the high prices necessary L
cover the cost of manufacturing anC
handling 1t is said that in the Yves
fruit has spoiled this year because thu
growers have not been able to dispos'
of II TO the canneries. In former years
the canneries took all that could b'
. produced.
) II is said that the United States
could supply the whole world will
: canned fruit, If it could be produced
: here as cheaply as in Europe. Eng
land furnishes canned fruits made Of
american products cheaper Throughout
Europe than We are able to sell it, sim.
lply because Of the sugar tariff.
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