Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-08
duties on all susnrs above No. Is, Dutch

Mr.. Sherman argued against the amendment
ana IN favor of the House proposition which
would allow all sugars under No. 16, Dutch
standard Qncluding good qualities of brown
sugar largely used by the people, to como in
free OF duty.
AMENDMENTS AGREED TO.
The amendment was agreed to--yeas 80.
nays 12-as follows: Yeas-Messrs. Aldrich.
Allen, Barbour, Bate. Blackburn, Butler, Cam-
eron, Carlisle, Casey, Chandler, Dawes. Dixon.
Edmunds, Eustis, Evarts, Faulkner, FRYE, Glib
son, Gray. Hale Hawley, Hiscock, Hear, In
gals, Mcmillan, Henderson, Morgan, Paddock
Pasco, Piatt Plumb, Quay, Reagan, Sawyer.
son Md.)-39
Nays-Messrs. Allison, Berry. Cockrell Gull
iom, Mitchell. Pugh. Sherman, Spooner, Teller,
Vest. Waithall. Wilson Qowa)-l2.
The next vote was on the Senate amendment
to the same paragraph, increasing the duty on
sugars above No. l6 six-tenths of one cent per
pound instead Of -four. .tenths Gas in the House
bin).
Mr.. Allison opposed the committee amend
ment and favored the House proposition.
The amendment was agreed to-yeas, 20;
nays, 23
Mr.. oUAY's AMENDMENT.
Mr.. Quay offered the amendment proposed
by him on tho LIST Of August, fixing the duties
between No. l3 and No. l6 at three-tenths of a
cent per pound; between No. I6 and No. 20 at
six-fenths, and above No. 20 at one cent
MR. STEWART FOR PROTECTION.
Mr.. Stewart occupied his thirty minutes with
aspeece in laudation Of high protective
tariff system.
Mr.. Manderson addressed himself to Mr..
Quay's amendment, which he moved to amend
by putting the proposed duty of one cent a
pound on all sugars above No. 20 at $40 cent q
pound instead OF one cent.
He illustrated his remarks by specimens Of
the various grades Of sugars from No. l3 up to
No. 20.
Mr.. Quay modified his amendment as sug-
gested by Mr.. Henderson.
MIR. Gorman opposed the amendment as in
the interest OF sugar retineries, giving them an
absolute monopoly.
MIR, Vest also opposed it. The refners had
now, he said, all that they wanted. They Ii sd
triunphed by the votes taken today and which
put into their pockets millions and millions Of
dollars
THE AMENDMENT REJECTED.
Mr.. Quay's amendment was rejected without
the yeas and nays
The proviso In paragraph 223, that in case of
an export duty imposed by any country the
sugars from that county shall be subject
to the duties under existing law. gave
rise RI. torr.a to an informal a9 discussion, in
stated that would exclude sugars from Cuba
and Porto Rico, where there was an export
duty OF one-sixth cent pound, and that
export duty was pledged for por-
ton OF the debt of Cuba, SO that
there would be difficulty and complication
in the matter, and Mr.. Carlisle gave 1t as his
opinion that the provision was Objectionable in
any form. He could not see how tho thing
would operate to have some sugar admitted
free and some sugar subject to duty.
The difficulty was solved by Mr.. Aldrich on
behalf IN witt hfrax xba
viso.
Mr.. Quay moved to include sugars made
from maize stems (''Better known as corn
stalks" Mr.. Allison said) among the sugars for
winch bounty OF two cents ponnd is to be
paid Rejected.
MAPLE SUGAR.
The next question was on the finance COM
mittee's amendment to include maple sugar
among those for which bounty is to be paid
Mr.. Edmunds advocated the amendment, and
claimed that maple sugar fell within the same
policy and the same Justice as other sugars
II was business of small farmers.
Mr.. Blair also advocated it. and mentioned
the annual product of maple sugar as fifty
million pounds.
OPPOSED TO ALL SUGAR BoUSrIEs.
Mr.. Carlisle declared himself opposed to all
sugar bounties and, therefore, opposed to their
extension to maple sugar. No small
larmer, ne decfafed, wOuid ever receive a
cent OF bounty for maple sugar. be-
cause under the bill no bounty
would be paid unless the product by one per-
son was at least 500 pounds. and he did not
suppose that at that any farmer in the country
produeed so much maple sugar, unless it might
be In Vermont
Mr.. Edmunds assured Mr.. Carlisle that in
the state Of Vermont there were thousand
farmers who produced more than 500 pounds
OF maple sugar annually.
Mr.. Carlisle added, another objection to
paying bounty on maple sugar, that cane
sugar and beet sugar on which the bounty had
been already paid. would be used to make
maple sugar, SO that that product would soon
be largely increased.
MIR. Aldrich asked Mr.. Carlisle, in allusion to
his remark about the increased product Of
maple sugar, how long ho supposed it took for
maple trees to produce sap.
MIR. Carlisle supposed that it would not take
more than two or three weeks under a bounty
clause. tLaughter.l
The amendment was agreed to-yeas 30
nays 25.
AMENDMENTS ADOPTED.
All the other amendments referring to maple
sugar were agreed to, and the time for filing
notices in connection with claims for bounty
was fixed as prior to July Qnstead Of january
OF each year.
HOUSE.