Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26
Borah's Bounty Plan
For Sugar Endorsed
TO the Editor of The Star:

TO the Editor of The Star:
Let us be, frank in considering the
proposed sugar tariff and see just what
we will be paying each year to support
our domestic sugar industry, provided
the above rate proposed Senate duty OF
220 cents per pound, or $44 per toni Is
finally adopted.
The housewife will, of course, under
| stand that the full amount of the duty
will be added to the original cost Of
the raw sugar in Cuba, plus freight,
cost of refining. wholesalirg, handling
and distributing through the retail
stores.
She will also understand that whether
/ the sugar she buys originates in Cuba
or this country the price will be the
same, as naturally the domestic pro-
ducers will add the duty to their price.
With this understood, we can reduce
the problem to simple figures.
Refined sugar today Is selling for
about cents per pound retail, which
price includes the present duty OF 1.76
cents per pound. If she will deduct
from the cents the l.76 cents duty,
the remainder, 4.24 cents per pound, Is
what she would pay for the same sugar
/ If 1t had free entry into this country.
If she has family Of five "a fair
average), they will consume during the
|
in their tea, coffee, cakes, ice cream,
soft drinks and preserves, whether
homemade or bought outside, for 100
pounds per capita is about the present
rate of consumption. Therefore. 500
pounds at a. cents (under free sugar.
| would cost her for the year $21.25. I'm
| der the present duty of l.76 cents per
pound she now pays $50. Under the
new Senate schedule Of 2.20 cents per
| pound, 424 plus 2.20. 1920. Under
the outrageous rate passed by Congress
7.24 cents, $500. II this proposed s.
cent duty Is adopted. the housewife
with a family of five will contribute
practically SIS each year for the sup
port Of our domestic sugar industry, In
Guiding the heather Moros In the Phil
| ippineS. And the majority of our fami-
lies are Of the working class.
Senator Borah has suggested the only
economic solution for supporting our
domestic sugar industry In proposing a
| bounty, with, we presume, duty-free i'm
ported sugar.
A bounty OF $50 per ton Of sugar
would be ample, and in amount per
annum would hardly reach the sum Of
$l25, 100000 for many years, II ever.
And the difference between the sum
. and the increased cost of the sugar
consumed during the year, Of, say.
100000 tons, due to the imposition
Of the duty, would represent tremen-
dous saving to the people Of this coun-
try, as is shown below:
| Annual consumption of sugar in the
| United States of America, 5000, 900
tons; increased cost per annum of
sugar due to the import duty, 5000, 900
tons sugar at S44 (Senate rate of 220
cents per pound), 1854 600, 900; 5000, 900
tons sugar at $50 House rate Of cents
per pound, 100000; deduct from
House rate increase the estimated
bounty Of sl25.o00,o00, leaves annual
saving to the people of $685. ,000, 900.
Think 1t over. After giving the do
nestle industry bounty Of $125, 000. 900
We would still save each year S235 .000,-
600. If the Senate rate should be
adopted. the annual saving would be
| 1884 10000 600. less SIPS 900 600 600
tbounty). $4,000, 900. The House rate
would cost each family of five about SIS
annually to help the domestic sugar in
dustry, or. say, So per capita. The
| bounty plan of Senator Borah would
| Borah's plan would also settle the con-
troversy regarding free sugar entry"
from the Philippines.
Note-EStimated consumption Of
sugar for the year Is based on the fact
that 100000 tons were used during the
first six months. and the preserving
season will doubtless increase consump-
ton for the remainder Of the year. The
100 pounds per capita consumption is
based on above figures. The present
cents per pound of sugar was given by
local grocer
GEORGE p. ANDERToN.