The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-08-28

1900~l90l NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. S6.0S3
lsVo-lS0o As'oSV
lSVs-lslV 1919
l9ll-l9l2 Observation-Disclosures. .coe'oSs
FREE SUGAR AS AFFECTING
OUR EXPORT TRADE.
In 1891 we sold Porto Rico our pro-
ducts TO the value Of ta.l55.2sA and We
purchased the products OF that island
to the value Of $s.lSA.ll0. In less the
ss Of 70 our sopS1. and oSr aH nss
had dropped to the value Of $a4l+.sss:
In the calendar year 1911. We shipped
our products TO Porto Rico to the value
Of ssS.s1aios. and We purchased Porto
We now cell our domestic products
to the value OF S7s.00o.00o q year to
Hawaii. Porto Rico. and the Philip
their products to the value of Sl04.o00.-
900 . year, OF which $7S.o00.000 IL
sugar We sell our products to Cuba
to the value OF $4,000 900 q year and
take her products TO the value OF el06.-
0oe, 900, S7s.o00.oo0 Of which 10 sugar
These four islands take our products
to the value Of 414l.ooo.o0o . year. and
We purchase their products to the
siiS. oeo. 900, $4,000. 900. or nearly rs
per cent, 10 sugar. To remove the
duty from sugar would cripple or de-
stroy the purchasing power OF these
loss in eur export trade. In the case
OF Cuba, it would put an end to
reciprocity and destroy the advantages
we now have for our exports In the
Cuban market.
OUR REVENUES FROM SUGAR
had surpius n Of revenue s:. sugar ns :ins:
the foundation OF our government. has
furnished constant and fruitful
source Of revenue without being bur-
n - -l-A
For many years past the duties col
lected on our sugar imports have
amounted TO between SsO.ooo.0oO and
&so.00o. 900 annually. a much greater
tons Of any other product. The
revenue collections on sugar amount to
II per cent OF all the customs revenue
Of the government. and to place sugar
imposition Of other forms OF taxation
which could not be less burdensome.
and which most probably would be
much mors burdensome. but when the
home, the advantage gained will AFFORD
full compensation for the loss In rev.
enue-
SUGAR A UNIVERSAL REVENUE
PRODUCER
One Of the most striking facts dis
by our State Department concerning
the world sugar situation 10 that sugar
10 . commodity which IL universally
subjected to taxation, either by means
OF import dutisA by internal taxation.
Europe annually derives over $780,
100000 In revenues from sugar.
Every country In the world derives
70 pise. sugar on the fire.. on ii:s HoSid
be to depart from the custom Of our
own and AL other countries. establish
ed upon the teachings Of science and
experience from the beginning Of poll
THE PRICE OF SUGAR
The price Of sugar offers no excuse
for breaking down the home industry
and that Of our island possessions
hite the price OF all other food pro-
ducts has increased from Is to 90 per
prio. Of sugar has S, remained station
Cheaper in a's the un,ss 70 State. sS.n in
the great sugar-produoing countries
- The following retail prices of .us..
per pound. In July. 1911. were secured
by our state department from our for
s,sn ooa:uis and published in House cus
grsss. second session: London, 4 cents;
Berlin. 80 cents: Hamburg. 50 cents:
Paris. 80 cents: Rome, ~ cents;
Vienna. ss cents: Budapest c.c centaH
xnst:rd.m. 81 cents; srus::ls, So
cents: Copenhagen. cents: Stock
holm. . cents: Christiania, 80 cents;
Madrid. li7 cents; Constantinople. 81
ia cents; Belgrade. 81 cents.
The average retail price Of sugar In
the United States from 1890 to 1907. as
shown by the Bureau Of Labor. was 81
cents Pc. pound; and the svsrsss Price Price
higher.
THE OBJECT OF THE 1897
SUGAR SCHEDULE.
The primary object Of the rate OF
duty levied upon sugar imports BY the
tariff law OF 1897 was for the express
sion 70 such % IN sas.ns that II. 'Tnssa
states would produce lie sugar at
home and thus Distribute among
American farmers and laboring men
n. E snr.an wss sn;s ana
nually for the purchase OF sugar.
While the increase In our production
Of sugar from bests has been 1000 per
Ssn y s ABOUT Ss *:
with Spain and the oonseausnt an
nsxation Of tropical sugar-produoing
Islands and . .prsfsrentiai tarin accord
Il to cS' has pr.ese:iy '''
utiabis sugar imports come from
Cuba, the preferential treatment &C.
porded Cuban sugar operAtes a. . ID
Dor cent f0OuCtlOn Oh tuS Uo0oS 0oNOe \
- Axod By the law Of 1887. In other
words. the 1897. rate q duty Of ISIS
ssnts per pound for % dsgrss sugas
In December, 1908. By the Cuban
concession, AND for the
past eight years 1.403e 10 the average
ratS Of duty collected on an q our
Ia ports Of dutiabls' Sugar.
In its annual reports on the progress
81 the bsst-sugar Industry In the
United States, the department. OF agri- |
culture cited iiS projects for new beet |
.ugar factories in az many localities IN
fsilS6 10 matsriaiiss, largely because
u apprehension Of advsrse legislation;
IN ini the average production o.
,ur domestic bset-sugar factories was
], SOC tons per factory, and our total
dutiabis sugar imports amountsd 70
~ ~ but Sis OF the Abandoned pro-
today would be producing All our
sugar. We would have cheaper suger
I'd all seasons Of the year. and shovlo |
- Hlstpl6utinR An extra o1oO, 100000 |