The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-08-07
MOST INJURIOUS
EVER PRESENTED

the manufacture of confectionery, and
so forth, making a per capita SON
sumption Of the remainder Of 40
bounds. No one anticipates the slight
est reduction in confectionery and
such things as a result of the remoy'
al of the duty on sugar. On the re-
naming consumption free sugar
would apparently make an annual per
capita saving OF GA cents but when
the beet sugar industry Is extinguisn.
ed the sugar refiners will control the
business and the consumer would not
benefit as experience has shown.
SUGAR Declines In Price as a Result
Of Protection
In 1880 the average wholesale price
of standard graduated sugar waI
9.S cents a pound. The sugar re-
finers then had exclusive control,
but in April Of this year, with the
competition of beet sugar, Willett &
Gray report: IAN refiners are now
asking 4 20 less 2 per cent. In
1910 the worlds selling price of SUI
gar increased 80 cents hundred
pounds but the United States was
not involved in that increase because
of the home and Cuban production.
Last November and December the re-
finers quoted sugar at $3.50 per 100
pounds in New York while beet SUI
gar sold. delivered in Minneapolis
and st. Paul at 81 .65; Chicago,
"a. 40; Detroit. 81 GA IA; all subject
to discount of 2 per cent 70" cash.
The tariff of 3 so cents pound was
taken off in 1890 but the average
price of sugar between 1890 and
1891 declined only 1.62 cents. With
40 per cent ad valorem duty in SS7
the price was only thirty-eight one
hundredths cent higher, or 3S cents
per 100 pounds, than with free sugar.
That shows how the trust absorbed
the profits. Sugar now is about the
same as in 1898, when on the free
list.
The Value Of the Home Sugar
Product
The sugar produced last year and
the by.products in the United States
was of the value of s117,000,000. II
the industry is killed and that increas
ed sum sent abroad or los, to home
producers, II will be a tremendous
injury to the nation. Over CO per
cent of the value of Porto Rico's crop
is sugar and the island purchases
$40, 100000 worth of American manu-.
featured goods. Porto Rico will suf-
fer as well as Louisiana and all OF
the sugar producing states In this
country, Hawaii will suffer in the
same way. The planters there now
are forbidden to employ Chinese Ia.
Dor. and II sugar is put on the free
list, they cannot compete with the
coolie labor of Java and other such
countries. That will mean another
great loss in the sale of goods to Ha-
wall and Cuba will suffer IN a like
manner as the reciprocity treaty will
90 out of existence when sugar goes
on the free list.
Price Of Sugar Has Declined
The Denver Chamber of Commerce
protests that while food prices have
gone up to 80 pc cent in 10 years
the price OF sugar hes declined as q
result of the protection given TO tAat
industry, in the same way that the
price of tin plate, steel and other
things declined when protected at
home. Fifteen years ago the domes.
tic supply of sugar, even including
Porto Rico and Hawaii, scarcely
amounted to 50OOOO,OOO tons, while
last year It was 100000 tons. That
is the result Of the tariff which mas
encouraged products. The Denver
Chamber says that If the American
manufacturer is destroyed by this
bill, sugar will so up in price again
and that Is the truth. In Oshkosh,
Wis, recently 100000 was raised
for beet sugar factory, but all wo.k
has been stopped because OF the
threat in this bill to put sugar on the
free list,
The Democrats from the time of
Jefferson have imposed a duty on su.
gar. Even Calhoun advocated a duty
on sugar, though not produced in
South Carolina. Secretary Carlisle
opposed putting sugar on the free
list and the last Democratic platform
asserted that the party will not in.
jure or destroy a legitimate indus.
try The retiners always insisted
on duty until hurt by the domes-
tic beet sugar product. To continue
their great profits they now want to