| Show DINGLEY PLAN OF PROSPERITY Tariff Tax Burdens Raised to Fiftyfour Per Cent COMPARISONS WITH I THE WILSON LAW i J An Average Increase of Fourteen 1 Per Cent 1 d Increases Shown By the Various i Schedules Thirtytwo Millions of t Revenue Lost By Importations to Escape the New Duties Somo Sugar Beet Information From the State Department Clevelands Samoan Policy Will Mot Be Adopted r Washington July 31The comparison compari-son of the present tariff law with the Wilson act has been completed It was made by Charles H Evans who has been engaged in the same capacity in the preparation of all tariff bills with which congress has dealt since 1872 The comparison is made in rate expressed in ad valorem terms to the present law and the Wilson law I The statement places the averal f duty rate under the new law at 54G6 per cent ad valorem as against an 1 average of 4010 per cent under the t Wilson law the averages being figured upon the basis of values in 1896 The schedules show the following increases in percentages Chemicals 2S53 to 3067 wools and woolens 4762 to 8634 silks from 4696 to 5341 earthenware and glassware t 35 to 5247 metals 38U to 4934 sugar i 4094 to 7416 tobacco 10906 to 12190 agricultural products 2244 to 3842 1 spirits 6154 to 6884 cotton manufactures manufac-tures 4275 to 5243 Some of the increases expressed in revenue are as follows Chemicals t from 3619249 to 8423084 earthenware earthen-ware and glassware 18006839 to 12 303148 metals from 13196416 to 17 487482 woods from 605748 to 24S9 536 sugar from 29910703 to 54207642 agricultural products from 7727614 to 14587608 These estimates are based upon the f I supposition that the value and volume of impofts will remain the same 1 THIRTYTWO MILLIONS LOST Effect of Increased Imports During Recent Months Washington July 3L The Bureau of Statistics treasury department has prepared a statement showing the estimated I es-timated loss of revenue to he government govern-ment on account of the Increased imports im-ports during the months of March April May and June 1897 in anticipation antici-pation of the increased duties imposed by the new tariff act The aggregate net loss is estimated at 32666427 The following table shows the increased receipts re-ceipts from the articles named during I the four months ending June 30 last as compared with the same months last year Animals 585124 antimony 7255 as phaltum 45291 barley 52544 argoe 29749 chloride of lime 8024 opium 692178 potash 35873 sumach 15 629 chicory 91397 feathers 39295 j flax 43840 hemp 6920 bags for grain 73556 burlaps 770590 fur I skins 61989 glass not silvered polished pol-ished 7189 glass silvered 27935 glass unpolished 10457 hides and j skins 689481 hops 3583 cutlery 470 502 gloves 359860 matting for I floors 457780 olive oil 2201 paper and manufactures 12375 rice 192875 salt 65878 silk manufactured 293 829 sugar under 16 degrees 3050644 tobacco wrappers 722137 boards planks 307788 wool first grade 14 148786 wool second grade 3173745 wool third grade 1466238 wool manufactures man-ufactures 523T172 total cents omitted omit-ted 32497041 Goods taken from bonded warehouses 3798988 Total 36296030 The statistician is of the opinion that about 10 per cent of this increase is properly due to improvement in business busi-ness conditions leaving the estimated net loss to the government 32666427 BEET SUGAR I2TPORMATION Consul Muth Sends a Report From Germany Washington July 31 Consul Muth t of Magdeburg Germany has sent a report to he state department concerning con-cerning sites for beet sugar factories The report is considered especially interesting in-teresting at this time on account of t the prospects of increased beet sugar productionin this country The consul saysFactories should be erected only in localities where it has been demonstrated demon-strated beyond doubt that sugar beets can be grown successfully Experience has shown that the sugar beet grows in almost any soil provided the proper fertilizer is applied A rich deep soil with a porous well drained subsoil should be selected It is not necessary to plant large areas Small patches here and there will answer for experimental ex-perimental purposes and in this way a large district can be covered without with-out obtaining an accumulation of beets The factories must be easily accessible and should therefore be situated in the heart of the district from which grow the beets Besides beets the principal products used to run a sugar factory are water to wash the beets and limestone lime-stone for purification of the beet juice All materials used in the manufacture of sugar should either be close or easily accessible Beet sugar manufactories principally manufacture raw sugar to be sold to the refineries From the nature of the sugar industry in the United States the beet sugar factories probably prob-ably will find it more advantageous to manufacture granulated sugar and sell it for direct consumpitlon SAMOAS IMPORTANCE McKinley Will Not Adopt the Cleveland j Cleve-land Policy Chicago July 31A special to the TimesHerald from Washington says There is room to believe that the McKinley Mc-Kinley administration will not pursue the policy urged by Mr Cleveland in the matter of the abandonment of the rights of this government In Samoa In discussing the Samoan question ai |
