The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-11-14
SUGAR TARIFF TO
Be FOUGHT OVER
(C0ntinued from pace One.

,ASONNAhNSN AVN phNS OhS.-
upon raw sugar gives the beet sugar
manufactures an advantage of only
about ten per cent of the duty as the
beet sugar product in the United States
is about ten per cent of the world Is
supply.
Those who want the sugar duties re.
tanned claim that the reasoning is i'm
perfect. They point out in the fIst
place that as soon as beet sugar began
to come upon the market this autumn
the rise in the cost of refined was
checked. The evidence of this is cited
from authoritative sugar trade journals
of October IL, last, when an item APP
peared from Denver, Colorado, that the
Great Western Sugar Company re-
duces beet graduated % cents per 100
pounds for deliveries in Colorado to
$50 cents, less per cent, free on
board Denver.'' When this is 6gur-
ed out in a comparative way, by tax
ing account of freight rates, it means
rate for sugar in Colorado equal
to 6.l7 cents less two per cent free. on
board New Orleans, against price of
6.75 cents in New Orleans, less per
cent. and gives consumers near the sug-
ar factories sugar at SO cents per
pound below the price of cane gran
ulated refined from foreign raws. -
Representative Hardwick, chairman
of the special investigating committee,
insists that everybody in the sugar
business sells on a New York basis,
plus the freight rates, but this the
sugar producers deny and they bring
forth quotations to show that on an
I-average there is a difference of about
20 per cent hundred on the quoted
prices in the trade journals.
Spectators Benefited.
The opponents of reducing sugar
duties say it was most unfortunate tnat
the reports of European shortages came
along in July, for that enabled the
spectators TO make the most of the
situation and boost prices. There was
practically no American or Cuban
sugar on the market by. August /, when
the reports of the droughts in Europe
were coming in strong. At that season
of the year the imports are almost
wholly OF "fnll duty" sugar, such az
comes from Europe, Java, and countries
that pay full amount of duty. Cuban
sugars get a reduction of twenty per
cent under the reciprocity treaty.
The supply Of refined sugar from the
beet industry begins TO come into ths
market October ! aud the supply from
the beet mills continues tin along to
wards February. By December ! thi
great sugar mills Ia Hawaii begii
grinding and The supply from that quar-
Ter begins coming upon the market
few weeks afierwaTd and continues IN
along into May of june. Tho Cuba
product continues 10 come upon Oh
market illi d month ~ two laler
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