Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-09-09

oeen agreed to. Plumb offered an amendment
imposing tax of 81 25 per gallon on distilled
spirits. Rejected-yess II. nays 81.
Vance moved TO reduce the duty on card
clothing from 80 to y cents per square foot.
Rejected
The sugar section was taken up the immedi-
ate subject for consideration being the Fiuance
Committees amendment TO the paragraph i'm
posing duties on sll sugars above No. Is Dutch
standard,
sherman argued against the amendment and
in favor of the House proposition, which would
allow ali sugars under No l6 Dutch standard,
including good qualities OF brown sugar largely
used by the people. to come in free OF duty.
The amendmen; was agreed to-yeas SO, nays
The next vote was on the Senate amendment
10 the same paragraph. increasing the duty on
sugars above No l6 Six-tenths Of cent pound
instead OF iour-ten;hs, as in the House bill,
The amendment was agreed to-yeas 20. nays
The proviso in psrsgraph 2sI. that in case
an export duty imposed is by sny country.
the sugars irom that country shall bs subject 70
duties under the existing law, after discussion
was withdrawn.
Quay moved to include sugars made from
maize stems among the sugars tor which a
bounty OF two cents pound is 20 be paid. Re
lee ed
The next question was on the Finance Com.
mittees amendment TO include maple sugar
among those for which a bounty is TO be paid,
Agreed to-yeas 50, nays %. All other amend
ments reterring to maple sugar were agreed TO
aud the time Tor filing noIices in connection
with claims Tor bounty fixed IS prior to July
lst, instead of January Of each yesr.
Frye offered an amendment to pay a bounty
of one cent a pound on sugar from imported
moiasSeS. There was. he said. capital of
S2,000,CQQ or s. eco 0c0 Invested in it The busi
ness gave employment to 400 American vessels;
paid over SS00,090 year in freight 70 them; also
an extensive coope1age connected with the
business, and the whole industry would be de-
stroyed by the bill as absolutely as if struck by
lightning.
The principle on which the bounty was to be
paid on sugar from cane. sorghum ana beets,
was that encouragement WIS 70 be furnished
to the domestic agricultural industries. But the
a bounty OF five cents 10 the gal on ON a molas-
ses imported into the United states
Frye's amendment was rejected.
Anderson offered an amendment for the sd-
mission. free of duty, of machinery for the
manufacture of beet sugar, and the refunding
of duties collected OH such machinery since
January l, 1922
Eusiis moved TO amend the amendment so
as to extend it to machinery for beet and SOY
ghum sugar.
Without coming to vote Aldrieh said he
would try and have all the smeu6m nts yoied
on to night, so as to have the bill at the STAGE of
third reading in the morning He gave notice
that he would (for the committeel offer an
amendment that the bill shall take effect the
lst OF October, 1890.
The Senate then took a recess.
At the evening session Casey addressed the
Senate in favor of the reciprocity proposition.
Allison replied to the remarks of Reagan and
German this afternoon, accusing the Finance
Committee and Republican Senators OF dscTin.-
ilation against the South He denied thst there
had been any such idea entertained. Where
in, he asked, has such discrimination been
shown? Certainly not il the matter OF rice.
Had the State of Texas been Disseminated
against at the present session? Had not six
millions been appropriated for the purpose of
transferring trade from the Eastern seahoard to
the mOSt imnOrtaut purfS Of the (ynlf9 Did
the Finance Committee propose to protect the
wool of TeXas-the second or third wool grow
ing State of the Union2 He himself
had undertaken to protect the hides of Texas
The Senators from Maryland had said there was
not line or page in the bill that protected in
dustry in the South Where, Allison asked
was the coal of Maryland and West Virginia
was not thut protected2 And where was the
sugar of Louisiana and Texas? Did not that
have bounty of two cents per pound? The
oranges of Louisiar a and Florida were better
protected under the pending bill than the ex-
isting law. If there had been any discTimina-
ton, it had been in favor of the South. As to
cotton ties, they had simply followed the other
manufacturers OF iron and steel; and as 30 cotton
bagging, it was much used for the potatoes of
New York and for the onions of California as
for the cotton crops of the South AS to the
amendment offered by Manderson, 10 admit
beet sugar machinery free Of duty up to July,
1880, he did noi see why that small boon should
not be allowed. 1t would do no harm to any
body, and would certainly be no discrimination
against the producers Of sugar from cane or
sorghum He would therefore vote for it against
Eustis' amendment to extend the privilege TO
cane and sorghum sugar machinery
Eustis amendment was rejected without yeas
and nays and Manderson's amendment agreed
to-yeas ~, nays IL. Negative votes were given
by Butler, Cameron, Carlisle, Cockerel, Coke,
German, Gray, Hearst, Teller Reagan and Wilson
Of Iowa
Gibson moved to reduce the sugar test from
81 by p0lariscope to 76o, and said the cents a
DOuud bOuntV nrO1uHH 4 in the Initial
States would be neutrslized by the European
bounty of cents d pound on exported sugar so
there would be really free trade in sugar.
Cullom addressed the Senate in favor of re-
ciprocity between the United States aud other
nations, especially Mexico and Central and
South America. He was not, however in favor.
he said, OF such system OF reciprocity as would
in the slightest degree interfere with the policy
of protection TO American industry and labor,
but there was doubt in his mind whether It
wouldn't be better "a allow the whole question
of reciprocity 10 rest with the President end the
Secretary of State, who had constitutional DOW
ers TO make trealieS with foreign governments
Reagan made remarks in support OF his claim
that the pending bill Disseminated against the
Southern s. ction of the country.
Evsrts, speaking on reciprocity. proposed to
modify the committee amendment so as to
make il the duty of the President, when salts
fed that the country from which SUGAR, mo-
lasses, tea, coffee or hides are imported main
tains a policy that is reciprocally unequal and
unre easonable, TO communicte the facts to Con-
gress so duties may be imposed.
Gray gave assent to this proposition
without action on Gibson's amendment, the
Senate, ct 1915, adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, September Sth.-The House to-
day passed a resolution granting the use of a
portion of the United states military reservation
at Chattanooga for park.
The remainder of the day was devoted to the
District of Columbia bill.