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The Coneervative. 13 LABIEILS S THE GENUINE BAKERS COCOA AND CMOTOLATE WALTER BAKER . & Co. . . LTD. . ESTABLISHED 1700. DORCHESTER. MASS. SUGAR AGAIN. EDITOR THE CONSERVATIVE : Sir : In your issue of the 14th you publish a communication from Messrs. Willett & Gray , of New York , advo cating the free entry of sugar from Cuba into this country and asserting that the price of sugar to the Ameri can people would thereby be reduced by the amount of the present duty on sugar. As they express it , "If the duty is taken off Cuban sugar , the bene- fit goes to the people. " Let us examine this statement , using the figures furnished by Messrs. Willett & Gray. The probable consumption of sugar in the United States this year should be 2,860,585 tons. Of this quantity 1,000- 000 tons , in round numbers , will come from American sources free of duty leaving 1,860,585 to come from other sources and ouwhich duty is paid. The average duty assessed is $86 per ton. The crop of the Island of Cuba for the coming year is expected to be some thing like 900,000 tons. If this were admitted free of duty there would still be 460,585 tons to come from other sources and on which duty would have to be paid. It is a well known law of economics that the price of all sugar in this country would be fixed by the cost of these 460,585 tons , plus the duty that they would have to pay to get into this country in order to compete with the duty free sugar. The effect of letting Cuban sugar come in free would therefore be to pre sent to the Cuban planters $86 per ton , or.in one year$82,400,000which at pros- I THE PILGRIM A MAGAZINE OF PROGRESS , Edited by Willis J. Abbot. Original - Interesting - Handsome 6 O > The 1902 Program will present a brilliant array of entertaining and instructive features for women and girls. Home Decoration , J. W. Pattisou , of the Chicago cage Art Institute ; The Home Garden , Prof. Wm. Mueller , Cornell University ; Fancy Work and Laces , Mrs. Lillian M. Siegfried ; The Life of'a Trained Nurse , Dr. S. E. Hackett ; Business Voca tions for Girls , Cynthia Westover Alden ; Girl Art Students in Paris , Lorraine Windsor ; Quaint and Curious in Jewelry , W. G. Bowdoin ; Photograph ing the Children , Bertha Damaris Knohe ; Opera and Concert , W. J. Henderson. OTHER CONTRIBUTORS Dr. Julia Holmes Smith , Eda von Alton , Helen Follett Stevans , Emelie Lutz , and Maud MoDugall. * Subscription Price , $1.00 Per Year. lOc a Copy. Ask your news-dealer. Send for sample copy. i The Pilgrim Pub. Co. , t BATTLE CREEK , MICH. ent go into the treasury of the United States. The communication referred to is about as barefaced an attempt to mis lead those unfamiliar with the subject as we have seen in print , Yours respectfully , AMERICAN BEET SUGAR Co. , By ROBERT OXNAUD , Vice-President. San Francisco , Gal. , Nov. 22 , 1901. Learn a Language by Phonograph HOME Wo furnish a $20.00 Edison Phonograph with re cords of the professor's voice , giving correct accent. Recitation by phonograph. Specially written I. ( J. S. Instruction Papers simplify reading and writing. French , German and Spanish courses. Circular International Correspondence Schools , Scruutou , Pa. are likely to bo used for glazing coffee ? If you knew , you would bo sure to demand Lion Coffee which is never contaminated with any clazingof any sort , either cfjsa or glue just pure , frebh , strong , fragrant colleo. The sealed packnce insures mi J. form quality and ft eshnodH. gflf Parties writing to advertisers will please mention The Conservative. Use Rock Salt for Brine , Pickles , Hides , Meats , Ice Cream , Ice Making , Fertilizing , and Refrigeration. USE Kansas Lump Rock Salt GROUND ROCK SALT PflD CTftPlf MINES AND WORKS FOR STOCK. rUn 91 UUHiLYONS&KANOPOLIS , KAN , PUREST , MOST H'EALTHFUL , BEST , HIGHEST AWARDS AND MEDALS FOR PURITY , WORLD'S EXPOSITION , GHICAQO , 1893 , TRANS-MISSISSIPPI EXPOSITION , OMAHA , 1899 , WESTERN ROCK SALT CO. , ST. LOUIS , MO.
