The Detroit times., 1912-10-04
FREE SUGAR AS AFFECTING
DIR EX PORT TRADE.


In 1891 we sold Porto Rico our pro-
nets 10 the value OF S2,l55,2S4 and we
|urchased the products OF that island
~ the value of $3.16A1lO. In 1898 the
fsiien 10 si.Sob.sis. and our imports
I.ld dropped 10 the value OF f2,ilA3b6.
W. the calendar year 1911, we shipped
our products to Porto Rico 20 the value
Of f35,S72.I0s, and we purchased Porto
niean products TO the value OF SSS'-
We now sell our domestic products
10 the value OF s7s,0Oo.0oo year 10
Hawaii. Porto Rico. and the Philip
pines. and from these islands purchase
their products 20 the value of slOt 0OO,-
Uear yss we sell II cTr %h'e@ pnoduetS 70 Cuba
70 the value OF s62,000000 a year and
taHe her products 20 the value OF SlOs,-
100000. $4,000. 900 OF which Is r1,,:, sugar. !.
10 the value OF s141.o0o,000 year. and
we. purchase their products TO IN.
ssius q ;SiS osS SCS 900 Sco EsS5 5oo and nd
3nearIy IS per cent. is sugar. To re-
move the duty from sugar would Grip
ple or destroy the purchasing power
ponding loss in our export trade, In
fhs case 81 Cuoa, II would put an end
10 reciprocity and destroy the advan-
q ges We now have for our exports in
The Cuban market
AZ OUR REVENUES FROM SUGAR.
H ENcepting only few years when we
Haa aRsdrpius OF revenue, sugar. since
Die foundation of our government. has
EIrnIshed constant and frultful
tnfree OF revenue without being bur-
ffkbeorfie to either rich or poor
fsor many years past the duties coll
se -oanted to between s5o.ooO.OoO and
49,. coo 900 annually a much greater
- than Is collected on the importa-
q, ,is of any other product. The rev.
g collections on sugar amount to
AZ per cent OF all the customs revenue
ss the government, and TO place sugar
the free list would necessitate the
irenosition OF other forms of taxation
-.'ica could not he less burdensone.
and which most probably would be
rsnch more burdensome: but when the
Emitted states produces the sugar al
home. the advantage gained will arori
full compensation for the loss In rev.
SUGAR a UNIVERSAL REVENUE
One OF the most striking facts dis
closed by 4 recent Investigation made
hy our State Department. concerning
the world sugar situation Is that sugar
Is q eomunodity which Is universally
subjected 10 taxation. either by means
OF import duties. by Internal taxation.
Eurone annually derives over $780,
600. 600 I'm revenues from sugar.
Every country In the world derives
revenue from Its sugar consumption;
To place sugar .on the free list would
be 10 depart from the custom OF our
4 own ana all other countries. established
upon the teachings OF science and eN-
perlence from the beginning OF politi-
THE PRICE OF SUGAR
The price Of sugar offers no excuse
for breaking down the home Industry
ard that OF our island possessions
while the price OF all other food pro-
ducts has Increased from 45 TO so Der
cent during the past few years. the
price OF sugar has remained station
AIRY. In addition TO this, sugar Is
cheaper IN the United states than In
the great sugar-producing countries OF
Europe.
per pound. in July. 1911, were secured
eign consuls and published In House
Document No. $40. Sixty second Con-
gress second session; London. 4 cents;
Berlin. 40 cents; Hamburg. SO cents;
Paris, 90 cents; Rome, IL cents;
Vienna. 6.5 cents; Budapest, e.s cents;
Warsaw. 72 cents; Geneva, a. cents
Amsterdam, ST cents; Brussels. %
cents: Copenhagen, cents: Stock
holm cents; Christiania, SO cents;
Madrid, 122 cents; Constantinople. 81
cents: Bucharest, l0,1 cents; Athens.
ia cents. Belgrade, 81 cents.
The average retail price OF sugar In
The United states from 1890 to 1907. rs
ehown by the bureau Of Labor was 81
cents per pound. and the average price
since 1907 has been lower rather than
THE OBJECT OF THE 1897
SUGAR SCHEDULE.
The primary object OF the rate OF