Show EXPORT SUGAR sugar men support sec gages extra duty on the imported article new york feb 15 secretary gages order imposing countervailing duty of 32 cents on each 36 pounds of russian sugar imported into this country is the subject of considerable com anent among sugar men alfred F gray of wallett gray said some time ago the secretary sent an expert to investigate the sugar growing industry in russia and to find out it russia really paid a bounty either direct or indirect on sugar production it has not as yet been determined whether or not russia pays a direct bounty on tho exportation of refined sugar it was found however that the russian system of controlling the supply as well as the price of sugar operated as a bounty to the manufacturers of that country the action of secretary gage endorses indorses Indor ses tho vote of the conference held last ear at brussels to the effect that russia should be placed upon the same basis with other countries in the payment of countervailing duties on sugar now that the duty has been imposed upon russian sugar there will be no more exports of the product to this country because the now extra duty of 91 cents a hundred pounds will practically exclude russia from the market this will mean a cessation of only worth of business a year the russian product under the tests quite as well as the american sugar it closely resembles the louisiana product and has been used here by the manufacturers since it answers all the purposes our poses of high grade white sugar the russians have enjoyed a profitable sugar exporting business for they were able to send their product here at half a cent a round less than tha cost of here president post of the national sugar refining company said that the russians were placed on the same basis with the lans french and germans and therefore had no right to complain against the imposition of the extra duty continuing he said russia will not resort to retaliatory decrees she can buy to the best advantage in our markets and the price Is generally the determining factor in the business relations of peoples washington feb 15 secretary gage said yesterday that the question of imposing countervailing duty on augar imported into the united states from russia is greatly involved and in view of the importance of the case and of ell the facts he aldi not believe that the apse ipse dixit of any one person should be final congress ae said has established the board of general appraisers choso whoso duty it Is to settle just such questions as have arisen in the russian sugar cases it la a board of experts thoroughly conversant with all the custom laws of the country and haa authority to summon witnesses and Is in every way fitted to determine the facts he therefore hag taken the necessary steps to bring it before the board following closely upon the announcement no that apostle lyman would eoon succeed to the the european mission of the mo rmon church cornea the apostle hober J grant hab hse to open upa jap 1 nn 1 ainoa 40 fv 1 i ju i t rf u |