| Show PROTECT SUGAR WHY NOT LEAD Statements of Experts Show That Republican Policy Would Preserve Pre-serve Both Industries While Democratic Plans Would Ruin to reduce the tariff on raw There Is pending before Confess a measure sugar from Cuba revise the tariff schedule and a The Democratic party always wants to incase reduction of the tariff on lead Is one of the matters under consideration case the Democrats can win Upon the authority of T Il Cutler Utahs sugar expert the reduction of industry the duty on sugar would not In the slightest I degree Injure the beetsugar dustry In this State Upon the authority of W F James a lend expert the reduction of the duly on lead I would seriously cripple the mining Industry of this State Vhlch do the voters want There has been much Haiti t on the local effect of the proposed Cuban reciprocity re-ciprocity on sugar Very little has been said about the effect of lowering the lead tariff The annual output of sugar In Utah amounts to SlnOOOOO The annual output of lead I In Utah amounts to JIJOOOOO Which of these Is most worth safeguarding The Republican policy Is to preserve both the sugar and lend Industries The Democratic policy would Injure one and probably both Should there be any doubt In the voters mind which he ought to support W F James for several years president presi-dent of the Utah Ore Producers association asso-ciation a practical mining man who Is thoroughly conversant with tho sltua tlon here md elsewhere Is convinced that even tho slightest reduction of the tariff on lead would work great Injury to Utah Interests while the removal of the tariff altogether would result In the closing of half the mines in the State Nearly all the mineral taken from I the mines In Utah Is a combination of several metals neither of which alone would pay the cost of mining and reduction re-duction said Mr James In the last few years silver hams fallen In price and more recently copper has gone away below Us usual level The latest metal to drop Is lead which has gone In a few months from 150 a hundred to 1125 The result of all this Is that mining Is I not nearly so profitable as It Once was and any further reductions Iin prices would close up many of the mines even the best During the fiscal year ended June 30th this year the United States Imported im-ported 200750000 pounds of lend In all forms and exported 171205000 leaving the Import balance about CO000000 pounds As the consumption for the same period In the Unlled States wan 270000000 pounds It will be seen that this country produced almost as much as It needed The duty at present Is 20S per hundred Now If the duty had been removed a great deal of the lead that was imported im-ported in bond from Mexico and then exported out of bond without paying duty would have been dumped upon the American market The result woud have been that American producers would have been compelled to sell their lead l at the price quoted on the Spanish lead In England which Is 217 in Eng land or about onehalf the price now being received by the producers They would have had to meet the competition competi-tion of Mexican peon labor where men arc paid about 75 cents a day nt compared com-pared with F3 received by the miners of the United States If the tariff Is left alone the mining business in Utah and other Western States will continue to be reasonably profitable It Is probable that lead will advance In price In the next few months But any tampering with tho tariff Is bound to work Injury and endanger en-danger the chief industry of an important Im-portant State During the year 1901 tho mines of Utah produced In round numbers COOOO tons of lead worth 1200000 Tho exact ex-act figures ns given by the director In charge of the Government assay oulco at Helena arc as follows PRODUCTION OF LEAD IN UTAH IN 1SOL 1 I Fine Pounds Beaver GK > 7WD Junb 243SS1M Salt I iko 2751770 Summit 00232236 Tooclo 557S1S Utah II 00 ailscollancoua 2IC7S7 Total 59102510 Value at 1334 per cwt 12X510301 I In taking thla ore from the mines nnd reducing tho ores upwards of 9000 men were employed directly and Indirectly Indi-rectly The entire expense of labor and freights Involved In this work was close upon 5000000 Indicating very clearly that without silver and gold and other metals found In conjunction with lead tho treatment of the ore for the latter metal alone would bo worse than profitless T R Cutler manager of the Utah Sugar company who Is I one of the best posted beet sugar men In the United States does not fear the proposed reduction re-duction In the Cuban tariff on raw sugars as he Is convinced that such a reduction would not affect the beet sugar industry In this country In time slightest degree A 20 per cent reduction In the tariff on raw sugars from Cuba would not hurt the Utah factories a particle said Mr Cutler Cuba produced last I year S50000 tons of sugar about one third of the total consumption In the United States A reduction of 20 percent per-cent In the tariff would mean about 40 cents on the 100 pounds If the Cubans are in such need of relief as reported It Is not likely they would cut down the price and lone this 10 cents additional addi-tional profit especially as there would be no necessity whatever for them t to do so I am aware that most beet I sugar men do not agree with me in this matter but I have always been In favor fa-vor of supporting the position of the Administration and carrying out our obligation to Cuba Years ago when It was proposed to admit Hawaiian sugar free of duty there was a great clamor raised by I sugar men In this country that their business would be ruined The protest was especially great In California Well the tariff was removed Hawaiian sugar admitted free and what was the result No detriment whatever was experienced by American producers whereas the Hawaiian factories have depreciated In value from various causes and many of them I am told arc almost on the verge of bankruptcy The fact Is the beet sugar Industry In the United Staten Is too well estab lished now to fur any changes In the tariff unless they bo extreme I do not believe the price will be ai high again for some time aa It was a year ago but on the I other hand It Is not likely to go much lower It Is a fact nol generally known I bellovo that tho price of sugar the world over Is fixed by tho bccit sugar interests of Germany France and Russia At present the factories there pay nn export ex-port duty on their surplus product If the home consumption Is Increased to take the entire output of the European factories It will be a good thing for the American factories During the year 1901 the three sugar companies of Ulph the Utah Sugar company the Ogden Sugar company and the Logan Sugar company pro duced a total of o 32000000 pounds of rev fined sugar worth at present prices something over 1500000 In order to produce this sugar the companies paid out 150000 for labor and about 5000000 for beets all oC which of course went to Utah people The 115300 tons of beets required IQ making the sugar were raised Upon 11700 acres of Utah land the producers receiving on the average about 5l an acre for their la bor and expense Tho sugar Industry In Utah began Inn in-n small way In 1801 when the Utah h Sugar company wns organized with a capitalization of 1000000 Loss than half of this however wag paid In and the first year the company produced 1112800 pounds of sugar Since that tlmo the output has steadily Increased and the stockholders have received In I dividends more than they originally paid In At present the plants and i business of the company are valued amore t a-more than S 2500000 on which valua Lion a regular dividend amounting to nearly S per cent Is paid The Ogdcn Sugar company hfigan business In 1599 and already has produced nearly a mil lion dollars worth of refined sugar Logan manufactured 6000000 pounds last year and recently has been absorbed ab-sorbed by tho Amalgamated Sugar company |
