The Sentinel=record., 1911-10-13
WILL FIGHT
 SUGAR TAX
JOHN AR6UckLE GOES TO Eu- ROPE TO REcuPERATE BE
 FORE NEXT SESSION.
Says Re Will Continue Fight For Free sugar-Gives interesting Data on Tariff Question
 Before Sailing.

New York, Oct. 12. Just before sailing for Europe today John Ar- buckle. the sugar refiner and coffee manlMacturer, issued a statement strongly attacking the tariff on raw sugar, declaring it to be a wicked tax" for the benefit of the beet sn- gar interests. In his statement NJ. Arbuckle said:
 'I have not been well and am going abroad to rest and recnperate in preparation for the fight to be made in congress at it's next session for free sugar. propose to deyote al my time and all my ability to the abolition of all import duties on raw sugar, most wicked tax on food necessity Of all of our people. 1t taxes the man whe works for wage of dollar a day as much as It taxes an investor or Mir. Morgan or Rock efeller. Each eats. or at east needs the same amount Of sugar, and they pay not according to their ability, but according to their needs reserv- ing all elementa! rule of taxation.
 Just look at these figures. show ling how the prices of refined sugar to the consumer is made up. dis iregard tine abnormai price lately pre- vailing for the raw products and the normal price.
 Tt is paid by New York refiners for raw sugar 2.4 cents. Duty per pound l 6S5 cents
 With the raw sugar costing the reflner 4.0S5 cents per pound his jprico to wholesale grocers for gran lulated sugar is about 1 20 cents per bound and the wholesale grocers' net Iprice to tho retail grocers per pound lis f 90 a pound.
 If. as some one has said. sugar lis the comfort of old age and the delight of outh, your Uncle sam Is engaged in taking candy from chil- dren, the height of his meanness. The duty on raw sugar Is g per cent of it's value
 You will be surprised to com- Ipare this import duty with others.
 Sugar 7s.s7 per cent.
 "Champagne T per cent.
 Automobiles 50.9.
 Diamonds 10.l per cent.
 Pearls 20 Q per cent.
 "The duty which the United States exacts on the importation of raw sugar holds up the price or the beet sugar as well as the cane sugar for the gentlemen who are manufacturing ,beet sugar exact from the public ey- lery penny they can get. The beet sugar at from 1-2 to 3 cents per pound. They sell at from to ' lcents
 Tn Utah the beet refiners exact the full price of the San Francisco market plus the freight across the Rocky Mountains. Everywhere the beet sugar manufacturer takes ful Iadvantage Of the tariff tax and 1t re- suits that the people of the United States pay the tax 10 the govern ment On the cane sugar and to the beet sugar barons on the beet sug- 
 ar. The saving to the American public on the sugar consumed last year. if the tax were refused would amount to almost sl50.O00,OO0.
 The beneficaries of the duty ara planters of cane in the Hawiian fs- lands, Porto Rico. Louisiana and the Philippines and the manufacturers; of domestic beet sugar. We are tax ed for the benefit of Louisiana and the domestic bee sugar producers. The domestic beet sugar interest need mo protection.
 The American Sugar Refining Con- pany has scs.oOo.o0O of beet sugar capltal.