The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-07-10

| ocratic member from the district
where to put an article on the
free trade list would endauger his
reelection. The duty should be
put upon sugar or it should be put on
the free list, but away with the bounty.
The American people wanted none of it.
McComas, of Maryland, inquired of
| the Democratic members of the ways
and means committee, whether on
March Goth they had not given hear
ing TO Mr.. Havemeyer. of New York,
who had been examined on the 18th Of
that month before the committee on
manufactures.
A long debate followed between
Breckenridge, Mills and McCamas, in
which Breckenridge and Mills denied
the charge that certain parties be
granted hearings before the ways and
means committee and others refused.
On motion Mills duty on molasses,
testing not above Sc degrees. was fixed
at 254 cents per gallon.
Cannon, of Illinois, offered an
amendment substituting for the
sugar schedule, as it originally
appeared in the Mills bill. He
intimated the change had been brought
about by the fact that HaVemeyer
uhNl ClSNSldnU.
Reed inquired if the chairman OF the
committee would not explain the rea-
son why the change had been made.
Mills retorted by inQuiring why it was
that in the former Congresses the COM
mittee had sought to make a change
and the gentleman had stood by this
great cheat.
Cannon queried whether two wrongs
made right.
Mills wanted to know why it
was that the gentleman had
stood by the Havemeyer and
sugar trusts and all other trusts he had
ever reused in former Congresses to
accord the conservation to a measure
affecting the revenue and consequently
the trust.
Reed said here was a direct charge
made against the committee that after
the interview with Havemeyer that
they had the sugar scale changed in the
interest of the most prominent of these
trusts which they denounced so much
and instead of explaining the
reason which induced the change,
the chairman of the committee
gives the House general declaration
what he was and how bad Republl-
cans were. 1t seemed the bill has been
made up in the interest of the ayowedIy
favorite people, and for the purpose of
ettechng the success of certain Demo-
Gratis. This was not TIE business Way
TO control the affairs of the country,
and people would stamp it with signal
of disapprovaI. Cannon's amendment
was rejected.
Weber, of New York, offered an
amendment providing that no draw
back shall be allowed on the sugar ex-
ported from the United States. He
charged that tie amended bill was in
the interest OF the sugar trade Of the
country.
Weber's amendment being rejected.
he offered another referring to draw
back only to be paid upon poIariscopic
tests, saying that this was the last re
sort OF the sugar test, and the gentle
men on the other side had now an op-
portunity to free themselves from the
suspicion which was certain, if thew
voted down his proposition.
Mills replied that the treasury Off
cia;s already had authority TO make
polaTiscope tests. After further debate.
the amendments was rejected. This
concluded the consideration of the
sugar clause. The next paragraph, re-
lating to tobacco, was left open for fur,
Their action.
Nutting, of New York, moved to
strike out the starch provision. Pend
ing vote the House adjourned.