The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-07-23
A Death Bed Confession-The Sugar
Duties.


brilliantly.
During the twelve months expen-
SEES exceeded revenue by s53,S64,000,
but the income tax collections proved
iargerlarger than had been anticipat-
ed. collections from import duties
are increasing slowly and internal
revenue receipts are holding their
own. There is a comfortable bal
ance in the treasury, and there will
be no need to sell Panama bonds at
this time, and the close of the fiscal
year Just begun should show this
country in a good position financial
Iy If proper economy is shown by
Congress when it meets in December.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Washington, after referring to the
financial exhibit as shown at the end
of the year, says:
with the end of the war appar-
emily remote, il is well known that
many Treasury officials are convinc-
ed that it will be necessary for Con-
gress to restore the old duty on SUI
gar at the next session. Sugar goes
on the free list next year, whereas
in the days when it paid duty IL
brought in a revenue of about $780,
100000"
Under the Underwood bill, the du-
ty on sugar was reduced and the re-
duction was made effective at once.
It was then provided that sugar
should come in free after three years
time.
1t seems plain that the duty on
sugar should be restored, to contin-
ne at least so long as the war does.
1t is an open question If it would not
be wiser to restore the sugar duties
and continue them permanently.
A sugar duty is not in contradic-
ton to tariff for revenue only. 1t
affords a modicum of protection to
beet growers in the West and cane |
growers in Louisiana, but the amount |
of sugar required by this country is
80 much larger than this country |
can possibly produce that the tariff
on sugar can be maintained because
Of the revenue il produccs.-Evening
Post
While the light holds out to burn
the vilest sinner may return, and the
Evening Post is the greatest old free
trade sinner of them all, yet it had
to acknowledge the corn.
You would not look for stronger
statement than the above in the
New York Tribune or the st. Louis
obe-Democrat. The Post did its
tsst to destroy the sugar industry,
but it was forced to acknowledge the
mistake in placing it on the free list.
We doubt, however, II it would
have made the acknowledgment II
its friend Mr.. McAdoo had not been
10 sore straits for money to meet the
fest accommodating bills, and rather
then sell bonds as Mr.. Cleveland was
forced to do, in addition to war rev.
enue bill, the Evening Post is willing
TO restore the duty on sugar.
As early as 1910 we produced in
this country little more than 1870
million pounds of cane sugar, and
at that time we did not produce one
pound of beet sugar. In 1850 we
produced a little less than 231 mill
ion pounds of cane sugar and not one
pound of beet sugar. In 1878 our
cane sugar had dropped to 134 mill
ion pounds and we were producing
a little over one million pounds of
beet sugar. In 1890 we were pro-
ducing sol million pounds of cane
sugar and nearly five million pounds
OF beet sugar In 1900 we were pro-
ducing 1922 million pounds of cane
sugar and 1863 million pounds of beet
sugar, in 1910 we produced 1928 mill
ion pounds of cane sugar and 1908
million pounds of beet sugar.
When the Republican party took
charge of the country and placed a
tariff on sugar to protect it against
the importation of sugar abroad, we
were not producing a pound of beet
sugar, but If you will watch Repub-
lican tariff law, you will see the SUI
gar industry, both cane and beet,
grow by leaps and bounds until in
1910 we produced 1928 million pounds
of beet sugar. II the poor old free
trade Post could always have had
its way, we would not to-day be pro-
one pound of beet sugar in
the United States, and very little
cane sugar, we would be at the mer-
cy OF foreign market for practical
iy all the sugar we consume, and as
Germany is the largest producer Of
sugar in the world, and Australia