Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-03
rHE FIFrY.FIasr CONGRESS.

| Consideration OF the Sugar Schedule
of the Tariff Bfn-The Senate Adj
dressed by Mr.. Hale Upon His Reel.
| procity Amendment-work OF the
| House.
WASHINGTON; D. c., Sept. 2.-The tariff
bill was taken up and the sugar schedule
was considered.
Mr.. Carlisle gave notice that he would
move to strike out all the paragraphs rela-
tive to sugar bounties.
Mr.. Hale offered the reciprocity amend
ment of which he had given notice on
June 10 and addressed the senate upon it.
The desirability of such interchange of
products as his amendment pro-
posed, he said, had been subject
which had given rise to the closest atten-
ton and had resulted in grave and peril
nent suggestions from eminent public men
of the United States during the last thirty
years. Whoever had seen the gradual fall
ing off of American trade with Central
and South America and the isles
of the sea must have witnessed
patience. The people of those countries
had common interest with the
people of the United States. Abiding to
the late pan-American congress Mr.. Hale
said that it proved that the same consider
ations which had their influence in the
United States was also moving in the
minds of the eminent men from the sister
republics who took part in the proceedings
of that congress, and that they pointed to
one sure, inevitable end-the increase of
trade and commerce between the United
States and those peoples. Those consider
atoms which applied to an extention of
trade and an increased interchange of
products applied not only to Central and
South America but to the islands of the
Spanish main.
Mr. Hale referred to the reciprocity
message of President Harrison and to Mr.
Blaine's letter and attitude in support of
it and to the increasing and earnest dis
cussion of the subject; also to Mr.. Freling-
huysen's letter of December II, 1884,
transmitting the Foster treaty with Spain;
also to reciprocity resolution offered in
the senate by Mr.. Aldrich in December,
| 1885, and to report of Abraham S. Hew-
lit in the house to carry into effect con-
Mexico. Never until this year had il
been claimed, said he, that anybody, in
public or private life, who was engaged in
an attempt to broaden the market foI
American farms and workshops in coun-
tries that were not rivals in the same
products, was there by opposing the sys-
| tenn of protection to American labor. That
had never been claimed until now. Mr..
Hale quoted in support of his position (de-
scribed as protection extended'0 an
| article from the New York Tribune and he
asked whether the disastrous experiment
| that had been tried in 1872 when the duty
/ xyac mo- N hf rfa-
| peated in the article of sugar. He also
read extracts from Mr.. Blaine's two letters
to Mr.. Frye and commented upon the fact
that while the balance of trade was very
largely against the United States in many
countries, the result was much more favor
able in regard to Mexico, where American
| imports were nearly as large as the ex-
ports. This was largely, he said, because
of the opening of railroad communication
with Mexico and that fact bore on the ne
cessity for the passage of that steamship
and postal subsidy bills passed by
the senate some weeks ago. With
the reciprocity proposed, in his amend
ment, and with these bills enacted into
law, the increased interchange of products
would inevitably follow. He referred to
| the trade tables with Central and South
America to show the unfavorable position
| of the United States. In regard to these
countries he said there was a sentiment
| among the people that something should
done to remedy that condition. That
sentiment was growing into movement
| that would have some effect somewhere at
some time. 1t was sentiment which
would not be effectually resisted. Coming
directly to the question of putting sugar
on the free list, Mr.. Hale said that no one
could tell what benefit would come to the
consumer by the unreserved repeal of the
sugar duties. No one could tell
whether the prices of sugar might
not be proportionately increased by
the sugar producing countries. II
had been -ursed-against his amend
ment in certain quarters that none OF
these sugar producing countries with
which arrangements of reciprocity were
desired would be induced under any form
of treaty to give to the United States such
advantages as were set forth in it. The
answer to that was plain and obvious and
that was that there was not one of Those coun-
tries that did not greatly desire the repeal of
American duties on their products. There
was hardly one of them that had not
expressed its willingness to enter into
reciprocal obligations and arrangements
that would result in the direction indi-
Gated.
Mr. Carlisle asked Mr.. Hale whether
his amendment applied to Cuba and Porto
Rico
Mr.. Hale replied that he had SO intended
| it. and never had any other intention, and
| that if there was any doubt as to the con-
struction that would be put upon il
| it might be modified so as to remove all
doubt.
Mr. Hale quoted a letter from a Brazilian
| merchant approving the idea of reciprocity
and saying that Brazil was in position to
make such reduction of duties that the
| products of America might enter Brazil al
little lower price than the products OF
| Europe.
Mr.. Kenna spoke on the subject of the
tariff at length.
Mr. Allison made long statement of re
ceipts and expenditures of the government
and of the probable effect of the tariff bill
| on the finances.
Mr.. Gibson offered an amendment to the
sugar schedule by adding the words "syruI
| of beets, sorghum or sugar-cane," and
made an argument against the sugar bounty
proposition.
subject of reciprocity, and spoke of tbs
difficulties in the way of reciprocity b,
treaty. The house of representatives wa,
not willing to carry such treaties into eff
| feet. 1t had rejected the Mexican treat,
and would have rejected the Spanish treaty
| if it had been sent to it, So the only wa,
to bring about reciprocity was by mutua
laws and regulations. Any measure o
that kind he was in favor of it. He wen
on to call attention to Mr.. Aldrich'
amendment and to his own proposing re
ciprocal relations with Canada. He though
that in certain cases such relations ought I,
be made with Canada, especially as to coal
He thought that those two measures (Mr
Aldrich's and his OWN would open a doc
to reciprocal relations as far as they ough
to go.
Mr. Hale said that reciprocity with tn
people south of the United States and wit
the people north were of the differen
breeds. By commerce with the souther
countries articles would be admitted whic
did not compete with American labor
while reciprocity with Canada involve
the free entrance into the American marke
of the product of Canadian fisheries, Car
adian mines and Canadian forests.
Mr.. Spooner suggested an amendmer
to apply to Canada-putting duty of
per cent. ad valorem on green coffee,
!, cents pound and 10 per cent. ad valorel
! on roasted and ground coffee. Thes
} duties being initiated from the Canada
tariff
Mr. nolpb arouad AGAINST the sswbo