The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-03
SUGAR TARIFF ATTACKED
AND DUTCH STANDARD"
DISCUSSED IN SENATE

ion, the Argentine Republic, Austria.
Hungary, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria.
Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Denmark
VIII say that Denmark discarded It
within the last two years; three
years ago Denmark was one of the
countries that used it; at that time
there were eight; there are now only
seven-Ecuador, Egypt, France, Ger.
many, Greece, Italy, Mexico, the
Netherlands, Norway, Roumania,
Russia, Spain,, Switzerland, Turkey
venezuela, British Central Africa.
British East Africa, Bermuda, British
North Borneo, Dominica, Servia, Per.
STA, Danish West India Islands. Alge.
ria French West Africa, Martinique,
Guatemala, Salvador, Nicaragua, Hon.
duras, French Oceanica, German
West Africa, German East Africa.
Holland-the Hollanders have aban.
doned it and no longer use the stand
ard which her merchants established
Dutch West Indies, Dutch Guiana,
Montenegro, Portuguese, Southwest
Africa and Southeast Africa. Costa
Rica, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, Uru-
quay, Haiti, and the Dominican Re.
public.
"The countries that use the Dutch
standard at this time are Canada,
Portugal, Sweden, British India, Chi
ma, Japan, and the United States.
America Stands Alone.
ut is an interesting observation, in
examining the tariff, that none of the
countries use it in the same way we
do, because they have an ascending
scale in assessing duty when tested
by the color as well as by the polari-
scope. That is, Portugal permits
sugar to come in that is not above
No. 20 Dutch standard before the
maximum is assessed, which makes a
very light sugar, while we assess the
maximum duty if it is only 16 in
color do not happen to have at
present a sample of 90 but 1t is
slightly darker than this Qndicating).
Sweden has IS as the maximum. Brit
ish India varies from 16 to %, grad
ing the duty as the sugar becomes
purer, so that the maximum duty Is
not assessed until the sugar tests %
in color. Japan has grades, II, 10,
Is and 81. The United States fixes
Is as the sole grade and makes all
sugars above that color pay the high
est duty, and it is the only govern
ment that uses the Dutch standard,
with the exception of China, that
fixes the maximum so low. China
fixes it at 10, and refined sugar Is
almost an unknown quantity in China.
The only place where they sell the
black sugar of the Philippines, sam.
pie Of which I am sorry I have not
here, is really in China. That is the
reason why we do not get any more
Philippine sugar than we do. 1t Is
because there is so much impurity
in it that the refiners here do not
want the trouble of taking the impur-
tiles out of it.
canada's Way.
Canada has an interesting use of
the Dutch standard, and it is much
more favorable to the public than
ours is. Canada fixes in her laws a
color test as well as the polariscope
test, the same as we do. All sugars
not above the 16 Dutch standard in
color and testing not more than SO
dogs, pay $1OS per hundred pounds.
A sugar as low as So in purity is 2
dark-colored sugar So there is no
difficulty in the Canadian consu0-
purchasing the light-brown sugar at
reasonable duty, A sugar of that
kind Cndicating), which is the old
brown sugar we used to see in our
markets, that tests SO, and is above
16, in Canada the importer would pay
a duty of $1.J9 plus cent and half
a degree in purity for every degree
above So. So the duty in Canada on
sugar like that sample, which is above
No. l6 in color and tests 90 in purity,
would be $1.2O a hundred 1t is not
barred by the Dutch standard there,
because the saccharine purity still
regulates the amount of the duty
after No. 1B in color is reached, while
our tariff requires that after 1G is
reached the maximum duty is as
sessed, regardless of the saccharine
strength or purity. SO that sugar
which tests IS or 80 and is above 10
pays $3.50 instead of sl4OM, or
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