The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-07-25
TARIFF HITS SUGAR

The results OF the operation Of The
new tariff law as 1t affects the domes-
tic sugar industry are turning out
just as predicted by this cor .espon
dence when the tariff bill was pend.
ing before the special session Of con.
gress.
The rs per cent reduction in the su.
gar tariff which was effective March
| last, and was equivalent to a reduc
tion of "a cents a hundred pounds has
been absorbed by the refners and the
campaign cry of the free traders that
sugar would be cents pound
cheaper to the consumer II the tariff
were removed has gone gliinmering.
The only ones who are benefited by
the reduction so far are the refiners
Of raw cane sugar In New York. A
great deal of dissatisfaction is being
manifested, not only by the domestic
raw sugar industry, but by many
Democrats, over the way in which the
law is working out, and 1t is ruTored
that a persistent effort will be made
In Congress next winter to remove
the free sugar clause In the law and
fix q permanent duty Of cent per
pound on sugar.
As a result of this tariff law thir.
teen beet sugar factories in the Unit
ed States. which handle some 500, 1000
tons Of beets a year. will not be op-
Grated this year. This will result In
loss to the beet growers of over
100000 a year. Owing to this
law, also. there will be about 20 per
cent less beets harvested this year
than last, which involves a further
loss Of 100000 to growers. This
is not the only loss that will be sus-
tanned. The raising of sugar beets
has so increased the fertility of the
soil that the yield an acre of other
crops grown on the same soil has in.
creased from so to 100 per cent.
Cane sugar has been produced for
years in large quantities in Louisiana
and the industry has just been start.
ed In Texas. In the former state
thirty-six sugar plantations have quit
business and the Louisiana sugar In
dustry has been dealt a ruinous blow
at the hands of its own friends in
Congress. The domestic sugar man
ufacturers are hard headed practical
business men, and 1t has been mat.
ter OF surprise that their judgment
has had so little effect upon the law.
makers at Washington.
1t is certainly to be hoped that the
ruin being caused by this legislation
will be remedied at the earliest pos.
sible moment.
1t is an industry of great value to
the country, the beet growers last
year receiving $22,OOO,O0O and since
no one but the New York sugar efln.
| els are peieuteu ny Tie pdSsdSc vi
the law, there is every reason for un
doing the injury that has already been
sustained.
The downward course of business
of all business affected by the tar
if-becomes every month more rap
i'd and more marked. April imports
and exports, tabulated by the gov
eminent. show why capital Is being
invested in public bonds instead OF
In industry; why mills and factories
are running on half time or closing
for good; why workmen, skilled or
unskilled are hunting Jobs In harvest
fields or sitting discouraged Mt home;
why stores. big and little. are finding
business slack and obligations hard
to meet.
Item after item tells the same story
Of foreign goods stealing the market
from the American manufacturer. not
because the consumer prefers foreign
goods, but because the middleman
prefers them. The economic inva-
sion encroaches further month by
month; industry flags; no longer does
surplus production from factories
working full time permit experiment
with foreign markets; exports de-
cline Winfield Jones.
$50
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