Originally it proposed a sliding scale of bounty. but that was stricken out. Common justice demands that a contract made by the Government with her citizens should be observed in perfect good faith. therefore the policy of the bounty should prevail until such time as that named in the act or the American sugar industry fully commands the market. The American people now pay annually to foreign coun tries an excess of $100.000.000 for sugar produced by servile and coolie labor or in countries where the production is assisted by government. The consumption in the United States is a.bout 2.000.000 tons per annum. nearly all imported. on which was formerly paid between $50.000.000 and $60.000.000 revenue to the Government in addition to the amount paid the foreign producer. the shipper. the importer. and the trusts. who held the consumer at their mercy. a total cost of unrefined sugar to the people of over $230.000.000. taking the average rate of sales at commercial centers. For the product of sugar in the last year in this country there was paid on the bounty fund over $9.000.010. the exac figures being $9.375.130.88.
Identified stereotypes
Foreign labor is described as 'servile and coolie labor'.