| Show AND MEANS COMMITTEE sars views on the question of sugar duties ie beet sugar industry well represented the trust Is not heard From Much information on how the business Is handled washington dec 30 the session of the cemini ltee on anya and means today as given guear duties opening was devoted to the oscear importers whose diews ceru voiced by mr john farr of new york who said that at a recent meeting ol 01 the sugar importers of that city it was unini advance in the tate of duty waa unfair and exceedingly difficult in practice that one cent a pound should be imposed on all sugar below 75 degrees polaris cope and that additional discriminating detles should be levied on all breare coming irom bounty paying countries conn tries the beet sugar interest was represented by mr henry A oxnard of island kab mr herbert myrich ol 01 chicago editor i the american agriculturist and mr ill 0 alien 0 amee neb president pre aident of the beet bugar abeso ae sugar interest of louisiana was represented by mr J hill ol 01 new orleans no representative of the fingar refining industry bad applied ajr a hearing and there was a conspicuous absence of alie members ot f the edear trust in the cauree of his statement mr parr gave the following figures as being the nearest to an advance rom the present bacia representing fairly all interests on all tested by the when landed 76 degrees or under ic per pound on net landed weight adding i 03 per degier or each degree up to degrees fraction of degree tobe assessed in proportion mr solon humphreys of sew york made bome additional remarks as to the cost of refining sugar mr liu inquired as to whether refining in this country was not in the hands ol 01 the ugar brust mr humphreys showed e manifest disinclination to go into the matter baying abat members of the committee knew as much about it as he did II 11 M alien of nebraska asked for a schedule which would encourage our farmers and not alve foreigners foreign ere a monopoly of our market the farmers of nebraska would be materially assisted be made profitable and they were ready and anxious to enter into this industry t B F thurber 0 new york president ident of the american grocer corn spoke in behalf of the consumers coni umers distributors and refiners of of the united states die eaid the consumers of france and germany the largest producers of sugar in the world pay about 50 per cent awe than of the united states bet thoan countries protect their augar with a bounty which enables alem to dump their surplus on tertian markets at ab 11 low prices which have broken iowa alie refining in doBry in england and but for our barrier of protective duties they would do the same for both our producing and refining industries ona feature be should not be lost eight of any differential imposed the product of ow country s bounty should only ba applied to abe re elnel product and abot to the raema biral required by mr thurba abild abat the distribution BU garby wholesale la now practically olibo commission buel the aree pid with the understanding abat certain commission about 5 16 is paid to the wholesaler as profit nd the american ning corn will sell a to anyone at its list price he cannot set the benefit of that 3 as unless be is bound by that agreement the ugar bennine company requiring uirt the sugar ahall not b sold at lees than abe list price the payment of abie ie made in the form of rebate when the sale ie made and those who deal in those goods have to make a statement before they can get this rebate that they have not violated vioa ted their not to belt below the list pric with out this they do not get paid for ha adling the boods lie aid in answer to another question 1 I I 1 tb that one fourth cent a pound dit terent ial duty instead of one tenth cent achild approximate what is right W J mccahan president of the tic gahan tugar refining company of philadelphia said abat we had now two leae and foar months of the present tariff with a protection of pound or about four per cent while beet growing pay a bounty of about H of a cent giving of bounty paying countries about a of a cent advantage in our market this bad resulted in 1896 in an increase of about per cent in iia ports in refined azaine 10 per cent importations of raw while our refineries have been running lees than 60 per cent of their capa elty Us favored a ml aa doty on fh f h and advocated solacing ol acing molasses on the free list it being a by product 0 edear the commit lea here took a becee henry T oxnard ot grand island neb president of the beet sugar abon of the united spoke in behalf of that industry indu etry the present duty be aid was not sufficient lo 10 protect the industry indu etry and to encourage the of additional capital years aeo it was admitted that alila country could not produce the augar consumed here conditions however had the beet augar industry could be developed in twenty stales and if toe mckinley law had lasted for fil teen years factories would have been started la all these and the united states would prodica all the needed tor home cin the question wao asked it we coald do this ho contended that we could we have the climate and oil ani seven factories now running were producing pounds of sugar annually we were about the only civilized country not producing its own sugar in cane and beet sugar we were now producing about one of the amount consumed at home in this connection he quoted from consular reports to show what we were prying abroad for and that we had sufficient territory tc broil flee our own it the was sufficiently pro tec ed the bear producers ol 01 the united states only needed fair protection to encourage them to meet the conditions abroad cheap labor and raw material bounties etc germany was simply dorcine the united 8 ates to defend a h me industry and within the last six months has i enta to every beet sugar factory in this country fie referred to the hawaiian treaty as a failure and a one sided agreement which deprived us of much revenue it was a fraud upon its face and conditions demanded its cancellation it involved sugar rice and other american products which were struggling tor existence the pro ducena were not here to make or suggest a schedule for the american redoing company nor were they here to anasco nize it the company did not employ an army of laborers and the protection alu ch would it would not be for our producers the producers required a duty bih enough to place them on a piano with foreign competition owing to abo anao cial condition it might not be diee to renew the law of 1890 but ana suggestion of 1888 seemed feasible he floored a duty and bounty on sugar such a schedule properly adjusted could be made as nearly fair to all interests as possible jeopardizing none it could be made to yield more revenue boutot which the bounty can ba paid while it would offer sufficient p and adequate to develop the domestic industry indu etry lie would give all sugars of 75 teet and under one cent per pound with cents additional for each degree or traction thereal above 75 aad below W test by 4 cents for each decree and fraction thereof above 90 test ane mckinley bill rate oa should prevail on all above 16 dutch in colors and anything over geake a differential raleon ot a cent instead of of a cent per pound with a countervailing duty to meet any foremen import bounty the same to be and to 50 off when and if export bounties are repealed then to farther protect and es pecKy to en the protection ol 01 domestic sugar to attract to that additional capital h from the duty oa domestic producers 3 of a ceal per pound on all cocard testing not kenihan 90 degrees from beets cane or sorghum grown in the united baates if thought desirable c of the booty could go off at itie expiration of every four years biking it one lil cent after four years and c after eight the entire bounty to in 12 yea 8 which he claimed was the nn expired 1 ot the incurred by the government Rovern ment towards her home augar producer in the mckinley tariff 0 1890 to tha ached ule he wold add a provision as a from nations imposing unreasonable or exactions and to enter into agreement tor a free and fair exchange of projects for duties ot froan thirty to fifty per cent above the standard specifics or instead of that apply to such nations the of the to called ker bill minus the tea and coffee claims or the II bill soch a schedule would return on the basis ol 01 oar imports of dutiable sugars ander sixteen dutch standard or the year 1800 about this would only fair protection aad sufficient tor an increase of domestic materially augar nril it would allow it to play llyl part in the polica ot reciprocity W would acet at tOO OOOO more of revenue from sugars and would be td bufi the domestic product at a critical time myrick of bew vork addre the comm lite in the beet sugar interest lie aall that it required every pound of the wheat and flour exported by the united slates during the past fiscal year to py for the sugar iro sorted the total of all live and I 1 dressed bea beel products and lard ex dortea during the past yar barely equalled equal led the amount paid for imported trade in ansar 0 immense erhart cotton represent in value only twid as mach as our imports on bosar losar our vast export ot tobacco must bema eni fied thrice to counterbalance eagar im the barley oaf and rye brulte ports ells oleo abd ante au batter nd pork and that were exporter last year all j put together represent in value only two thirds of the buzar imported it la an economic crime to compel american farmers to raise in competition with the cheap land and labor countries with which to pay for imported sugar besides standing the freight and mireion both waya the american farmer mr myrick continued demands fair chance to produce everything our people consume that can be grown in the united stales they want to begin with dupar they have found by practical experience and scientific test that from the carolina to the lakes they can grow augar beets as rich or richer in saccharine co atenta than those of europe they want fac tories established to efjord a market tor these edear they are willing to at brool aioo to per ton at these prices the crop is both a new and profitable one every acre devoted will by much reduce the competition in other branches of firm iny blat stand in the way of the american beet sugar industry is mainly european competition europe is now bending us nearly one hundred umea as much beet sugar as she did 15 or 17 years aco she has developed her beet augir industry by a liberal getem of direct dizh protection and export until the european beet has practically ruined the cine sugar industry of the tropics end monopolized the sugar markets of tace world TO complete the destruction st of the american in auetry or at least to prevent the further development of the beet o 0 in this country germany has recently its export bannay and france is about to BUI thus enabling their edear to tee eold ia the united states below the cost of production pro luction in this country what is heeled is specific duty on aa imported soKar with an ed motional Mt ional from countries paying an export bounty to that bounty then with such aid ae the various and losa lilies ed may offer to escure factorize fac torie the beet bogar inda etry could be pat on its feet in this country within a years it corald afford farmers the new and profitable crop they most hev if by 1910 the domestic industry iodus try up pl ianthe home market as it should it will be putting anto the lockete of our people a year conid be sent ont of the country abos R cutler of utah the detrimental effects ct the hawaiian treaty be paid ia alile country pay aoi rebates to the contract labor of that country it we made our own we would gie to some men annually and retain here per utah be said felt to a fertaly extend the hand 0 the sugar buet As boon as the jtb producers went into their own market the san francica truit reduced prices in this matter the irame producers baa to contend with alie free hawaiian product amiade the written argument presented to the committee on ways and me ne today was one by senator geo C ot cal in 0 the im of a tax of a ceat per pound on imported raw a lie that the consumption of imported evat by the boitel states ia about tons year all of which can f the sugar inter cut is protected be produced in a few years within our borders he tbt the area capable of producing beet eagar was enrici ent to more than supply the demand of the united sla tee and that augar beets can be raised on el rans tins in froni the alkali plains of be pecos river in urah to the rich soil f california lie pointed out abe act ethdl fiance produced sugar bests enough to the a that we import and that germany is a detill creater producer of lugar of ibis character 1 1 a lace producer but countries have this interest 0 o that it haa beba enabled to in to its ut dimen tiona and are in greenp the ea in order to protect their respective producers abo competition of the other earlean Ea roean been the sugar producers prod acers of the united I 1 states are thus forced into competition with the protected aucar of europe aad for thie protected are out nearly per year this he argued should be aed in the united states and laborers farmen and mechanics adjourned unil tomorrow |
