Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-26
THAT TARIFF BILL.
Another Day Spent in Agreeing
on Sugar.
THE TRUST MADE A HARD FIGHT.

Long WrangIe Over n Difference of Two
Mills per Pound-How 1t Is Said to Have
Been Compromised-A New York Man
on a Second Term for Harrison-A1-
legged Crookedness of the House Post
master-Good Days Work in Congress.
WASHINGTON CITY, Sept 26.-The report
that the tariff conferrees had agreed
Wednesday night was little previous. it
seems, but they were last night again re-
ported to have practically agreed, and in
deed those responsible for Wednesday
nights report say they were agreed as
stated then, but that a fight was opened
yesterday morning against the sugar
schedule which caused delay According
to the report last night sugar is TO be free
up to No 10 Dutch standard, with tariff
of II cent pound above Ii; a bounty of
? cents a pound on domestic sugar above
90 polariscope test, and bounty of ia
cents on sugar between so and 90. Bind
ing Irvine is to be taxed, probably at q of
a cent, or possibly 90, and California
whisky made out of sweet wine and fruit
brandy is to be free.
Efforts of the Sugar Trust.
The conference had reached an agree
ment Wednesday night as stated above,
but the late trains brought upon the scene
a horde of millionaire lobbyists from New
York and Philadelphia, and the sugar
question was reOpened. Nothing like the
effort which has been made to save the
| sugar trust has been seen here in many
years. All day yesterday the fight was
waged for at least O. g cent per pound duty
| on foreign sugar. Learning finally that
| the dividing line of No IL must stand,
| the trusts agents turned their attention
| to the tariff on grades above l6 Their
| fl rst plan was to trade with the free sugar
men, and by cOnceding free sugar below
| ID, get in return an increase of y cent a
pound or so above that grade. But they
| were promptly blocked in this by the de-
| cision of the western members of the
| house.
A Difference of Two Mills
The struggle finally narrowed down 10
| contest between 0.4 cent on sugar above
| 10, as in tue house bill, and 06 as amend
| ed by the senate. During the afternoon
/ Hiscock and Aldrich went over to the
house and informed Payson, Cannon and
| Gear that the ultimatum of the senate
was 06 cent The trio of representatives
promptly replied that the house would
never agree TO 06 and that 0 was their
ultimatum. On this difference the states
| men disputed for two or three hours,
the conferrees finally agreeing that the
best way out of the difficulty was to split
the difference and make the rate s mills.
This compromise rate will be accepted by
the house. and probably by the senate
| The Binding Irvine Duty.
| Binding Irvine was practically settled
| Wednesday, but was re-opened yesterday
| during the contest over sugar. The com
promise rate of three quarters of a cent
per pound will probably be reported by
the conferrees, and this the free Irvine
men of the house are willing to accept in
! view of their victory on sugar. The nine
! free Irvine senators from the western
| and northwestern states are still declar-
ing that they will not support taxed
twine and are being dubbed the nine
highbinders by their colleagues, but the
| chances are that when it comes to the
point of voting for taxed Irvine or de
feating the bill they will take their medi-
| cine