The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-09-09


from maize stems among the sugars for
which bounty OF two cents pound is to
be paid.
The following is the vote on the CON-
mittee amendment increasing the sugar
duty from four-tenths Of cent to six
tenths:
Yeas Aldrich, Allen, Butler. Cameron,
Casey, Chandler, Dawes, Dixon, Dolph,
Eustice, Evarts, Frye, Gibson, Hale, Haw-
dock, Pascoe, Platt, Plumb, Quay, Rea-
gan, Sawyer, Stewart, Stockbridge, Teller,
Washburn-29.
Nays-Allison, Barbour, Bate, Berry,
Blackburn. Carlisle, Cockrell, Colquitt,
Cullom, Edmunds, Faulkner, German,
Mitchell, Morgan, Pugh, Ransom, Sher-
man, Spooner, Vance, Vest, Walthall,
Wilson Of Iowa, Wilson of Maryland.
The principle on which the bounty was
| to be paid on sugar from cane, sorghum
and beet was the encouragement TO be
furnished to domestic agricultural indus
tries. But this proposition now offered
was practically 10 pay bounty OF cents
gallon on all molasses imported into the
| United States,
Frye's amendment was rejected.
| Manderson offered an amendment for
the admission free of duty of machinery
for the manufacture of beet sugar and the
refunding of the duties collected on such
machinery since January l, 1880.
Eustis moved TO amend the amendment
so as To extend il TO machinery for beet
and sorghum sugar, without coming TO a
vote. Aldrich said he would try and have
all the amendments voted on tonight SO
as to have the bill at the stage Of the third
reading tomorrow morning. He alsog gave
notice that he would flor the committee)
offer an amendment that the bill shall
take effect the LIST of October. 1880. The
senate then took a recess.
At the evening session Casey addressed
the senate in favor of the reciprocity pro-
position.
Allison replied to the remarks of Rea-
gan and German this afternoon accusing
the finance committee and the republi-
can senators of discrimination against the
South. He denied there had been any
such idea entertained. Wherein, he
asked, has such discrimination been
shown? Certainly not in the matter of
rice. Had the state of Texas been dis
criminated against at the present ses-
sion? Had not six millions been appro-
priated for the purpose of transferring
trade from the Eastern seaboartl
to the most important gulf
committee propose 10 protect the wool OF
Texas, the second or third wool-growing
state OF the union? He himself had un-
dertaken TO protect the hides Of Texas.
: The senators from Maryland had said
there was not line or page on the bill
that protected the industries in the south.
ern states. Where. Allison asked. was
the coal of Maryland and West Virgins
Was that not protected, and where was
Y the sugar of louisiana and Texas? Did
not that have bounty OF two cents a
S pound?
n The oranges OF Louisiana and Florida
r were better protected under the pending
}. bill than under the existing law. III ther,
had been nydiscrimnation il had beer
i'm favor of the South. As to cottor
!, ties, they had simply followed the othe
o manufacturers of iron and of steel, ant
: as TO cotton bagging II was as much uset
4 for the potatoes OF New York and for til,
! onions of Iowa as for the cotton crop o
!, the South. As to the amendment oifere,
by Manderson to admit beet sugar ma
: chinery free of duty up To July, 1892, b,
: did not see why that small boon shoul,
l. not be allowed. Ii would do no NOR,
/. harm to anybody and would certainly b.
N no discrimination against the producer
!. of sugar from the cane or sorghum. III
would therefore vote for il and agains
Eustis' amenment to extend the privileg,
TO cane and sorghum sugar machinery.
= Eustis' amendment was rejected with
Il out the yeas and nays, ana Henderson
y amendment was agreed to-yeas AZ, nay
NJ IL. The negative votes were given b.
= Butler. Cameron, Carlisle, Gray. Hears,
!, Teller, Reagan and Wilson (of Iowa.
Gibson moved to reduce the sugar ties
from 20 degrees by polaricope TO rs de
grees and argued that 2 cents poun
e bounty on sugar produced in the Unite,
States would be neutralized by the Euro
:: pean bounty Of 2 cents a pound on eN
~ ported sugar. So there would really b
y free trade in sugar.
Cuflom addressed the senate in favor O
u reciprocity between the United States an
other nations, especially Mexico and Ger
tral and South America. He was no
= however, in favor the said Of such sy,
= = tenn of reciprocity as would in the Sigh
81 est degree interfere with the policy Of pr,
lection TO American industry and labo
y But il was question i'm his mind whethe
~ il wonld not be better to allow the Who'll
~ question of reciprocity TO rest wit
T. the president and secretary ,
state, who had constitutional pow
y ers TO make treaties with 70
~ eign governments. As TO reciprocii
y with Canada, he thought the attitude {
~ the Dominion government not such q
~ called for any speedy acton looking
W reciprocity. That government pursue
!. in many ways, and for many years,
N policy OF aggression toward the Unite
" States, and IN doing SO, acted under ii
" dominion OF the Canadian Pacific railwa
%; company, whose road had been built
.u the aid OF government subsidies, not 7,
IT. commercial but for military and politics
purposes. He mentioned the large subs
D. dies given by both the Canadian an
a British governments to steamship lin'
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