Something about sugar : $b Its history, growth, manufacture and distributionRolph, George M. (George Morrison)
History
Something about sugar : $b Its history, growth, manufacture and distribution
Rolph, George M. (George Morrison)
Sugar
Tariff act March 3, 1875: Sugars not above 7 D. S., 1¾c per
pound plus 25 per cent equals 2.19c per pound. Sugars above 7
D. S., not above 10 D. S., 2c per pound plus 25 per cent equals
2.50c. Sugars above 10 D. S., not above 13 D. S., 2¼c plus 25
per cent equals 2.81c per pound. Sugars above 13 D. S., not
above 16 D. S., 2¾c plus 25 per cent equals 3.44c per pound.
Sugars above 16 D. S., not above 20 D. S., 3¼c plus 25 per
cent equals 4.06c per pound. All sugars above 20 D. S. and all
refined sugars, 4c per pound plus 25 per cent equals 5c per
pound.
Tariff act March 3, 1883, effective June 1, 1883: Sugars not
above 13 D. S. and not above 75-degree polarization, 1.40c per
pound and .04c additional per degree or fraction thereof.
Sugars above 13 D. S., not above 16 D. S., 2.75c per pound.
Sugars above 16 D. S., not above 20 D. S., 3c per pound. Sugars
above 20 D. S., 3½c per pound.
Tariff act October 1, 1890, effective April 1, 1891 (McKinley
bill): Bounties effective July 1, 1891. Bounties declared
unconstitutional by the United States supreme court: Bounty on
domestic productions, sugars testing 80 degrees to 90 degrees,
1¾c per pound. Bounty on domestic productions, sugars testing
at least 90 degrees, 2c per pound. All sugar not above 16 D.
S., free. All sugar above 16 D. S., duty ½c per pound. All
sugar above 16 D. S. from bounty-paying countries, duty ⁶⁄₁₀c
per pound.
Tariff act August 27, 1894, effective August 28, 1894 (Wilson
bill): Bounty on domestic production repealed. All sugars 40
per cent ad valorem. All sugars above 16 D. S. and all sugars
discolored, 40 per cent and ⅛c per pound. All sugars from
bounty-paying countries, ¹⁄₁₀c per pound additional.
Tariff act July 24, 1897 (Dingley bill): Raws not above 16
D. S. and not above 75-degree polarization, .95c per pound.
Each additional degree or fraction thereof, .035c per pound
additional. Sugar above 16 D. S. and all refined, 1.95c. All
sugars from bounty-paying countries, countervailing duties
equal to bounties additional.
Tariff act August 5, 1909 (Payne-Aldrich bill): Raws not above
16 D. S. and not above 75-degree polarization, .95c per pound.
Each additional degree or fraction thereof, .035c per pound
additional. Sugar above 16 D. S., and all refined, 1.90c per
pound. All sugars from bounty-paying countries countervailing
duties equal to bounties additional.
Tariff act October 3, 1913, effective March 1, 1914 (Underwood
bill): Raws testing not above 75-degree polarization, .71c per
pound. Each additional degree or fraction thereof, .026c per
pound additional. No. 16 D. S. clause repealed. All Philippine
sugars to be admitted free. After May 1, 1916, all sugars to be
admitted free of duty.
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