Show uneasiness IN SUGAR TRADE new lork jan 24 the uneasiness in the sugar trade caused by the expectation pec tation of an increased duty h growing as the date of alie budget speech approaches cables the new bork tribune london representative sir michael hicks berah has promised not to increase the duty on coal and this understanding der is regarded as foreshadow ing an additional tax on sugar and perhaps tea during the last few weeks imports of sugar leavo enormously increased and the for greater than the supply this panic policy is strongly condemned by the chancellor of the exchequer on the ground that it Is unfair to attempt to anticipate the budget and so cause a considerable loss to the revenue but of course unless the sugar duty is increased he can afford to smile at the desperate efforts now being made there not so much nervousness noticeable in the tea trade but it is freely stated tuat the tax on tea will be raised from four pence to six pence per pound the chancellor is being urged to revive the old registration duty on corn which mr gladstone abolished many years ago if thiis duty biad been in operation last year it would have yielded |