The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1917-09-29
Foreigners Get the Drawback

lie,e he will want to mango ai'o'
he reconsiders it, and that IS tha'
tho refiners Of sugars in this cO'lll-
try are selling the drawback Susa
to the people Of the United STATES
The Senator does not mean that'
does he?
Mr. Broussard. | did not I'M
derstand the senator's question:
viii he kindly repeat it?
Mr.. Smoot. AS / understand IN"
Senator, he stated that the sugar
refiners we're selling to the. people
of the United States The sugar upon
which they received a drawback
Mr.. Broussard. Oh, no; did mol
say that.
Mr. Smoot. | knew the Senator
would not intentionally make such
a statement.
Mr.. Broussard. ! said that the
%refiners were selling IN the
United States to the British puo'lc'
They are not shipping that sugar
to England, to be sold there on the
omen market. They sell 1t fere'
and then snip it and collect the
drawback.
Mr. smoot. Oh. we'll, certainly.
Mr.. Broussard. That is the meth
cd. The agents of the British GOV
eminent and the French Govern
ment are right here, buying this
sugar. They are taking no hance
on it. "hey sell it right here; n
then, after they have sold the sug-
ar. they 90 to the Treasury n
withdraw the drawback on that
sugar.
Mr.. Smoot. The Senator knows
this, however-that there Is not
one single cent Of drawback return
ed to the z refiners of the 'coun-
try unless that sugar, that has been
imported and the duty paid upon it,
is exported.
The Drawback is a Bounty
Mr.. Broussard. Oh, yes; every
body understands that, l imagine
1t must be exported.
Mr.. Smoot. wanted to get that
straight.
Mr.. Broussard. But the propo'
sition that | advance is that In
this instance this drawback, so fa1
as sugar is concerned, is purely a
bounty, a bounty which the Ameri-
can people have r%epudiated. 1t has
been attempted in this country, and
it has been repudiated by the
American people. This drawback
is purely a bounty, paid to whom
Paid to a hand full of people en-
gagged in refining, washing, laund'
ering sugar on the seaboard.
Mr.. Smoot. Mr.. President, I car
take the quotations of sugar in Eng
land before this drawback provision
was brought to the attention of thu
Senate, and also the quotations O
the same identical sugar refinin,
company to the sugar consuler o.
purchaser in the United States, ant
the difference between the quota
lions is just exactly the difference
of the Tariff upon the sugar. Now
l can show, If the Senator desires
and the Senate, the kilograms dali.
for a solid month, and the quotation
for London were less the amoun
of the Tariff and added to the pric
at which sugar was sold to tn
American consumer.
Mr.. Broussard. Let me ask tn
Senator a question. What does h
call the Tariff? What Tariff doe
he refer to-the British Tariff?
Mr.. Smoot. No; u Tariff o
Cuban sugars.
Mr.. Broussard. Oh, well, sugar !
selling in England for 6 pence, 6 i
and Z pence, which is IA and l
cents, and it is selling here at onl
8 1-2, g., or 10 cents. 1t sells TO
twice as much in England, and her
are the quotations for this volume
Sugar is selling in England at 6 l.
and Z pence, and the Senator ca
not quote me ~cablegrams from Lor
don showing that sugar is sellin
cheaper or as cheap there as it
here.
Mr.. Smoot. No; the Senator mis-
understood me. I said that TIL
American sugar %refiners were &el
ing sugar to England for a less prie
than they were selling it to tn
American people
Mr.. Broussard. If that is col
rect, I want them to stop that.
Mr.. Smoot. And the differenc
between them is just the amour
OF the Tariff.
Trying to Protect Our Own Peopl
Mr.. Broussard. l want them t
stop that. They have no right t
sell to anyone, allies or nonallies
sugar cheaper than they sell It t