The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-25
SENATORS eoRmAs's srEren.

Inc speech OF OhAkc1 CLatcS CeuhtoF
German, delivered on Monday, makes it
certain that the Wilson tariff bill will not
soon becomeqa Aw. The differences be-
tween the house and senate cpnferees
appear 10 be irreconcilable. cThesix sem
ators who called upoR the sub-committee
81 the senate committee on finance just
before that subcommittee revised its sugar
schedules were German. Brise, Smith, Hill.
Gallery and White. GornIan was the
Spokesman He demanded that the sub
committee should take sugar Off the free
list where ii had besn PLACED by the house
and impose duties which would have
given the sugar trust protection equakto
the protection enjoyed by it under the
present tariff, The subcommittee then
prepared and reported schedule of duties
which gives the trust Az cents per 100
pounds as compared yiththe present tariff
of 90 centsc The duty of 40 per cent ad
yalorem carries protection for the trust of
sboaa 25 cents per 100 ana the diaerentiaIs
OF y and 1-l0cents add 22I1 Giants per 100.
Senator Smith. of New Jersey. urged that
thetrust should have fiiis protection of
Az cents because it needs and deserves TO
be protected. Speaking in the senate Just
before he voted FOR the bin he said: 'sThe
great industries Of this country have just
passed through one OF the most trying
periods since they sprang into existence.
Thousands of factories are closed and
hundreds Of worknte1 are deprived OF EN-
pioyment necessAryto their subsistence.
Under such circumstances / can conceive
of no Legislative acsb0n more illibsral.
more untJmely, or more cruel than that
which will hinder for aday the resumption
of prosperity. 3 / Will not vote for any bill
or amendmsnt4hat will make il impossible
for single industry to continue or resume
operations" United States Senator
+ White, oG louisiana announced that the
president had promised both before and
since The 4;h OF March, 1893. that there
should be dutyaon both raw and sehned
sugar. Secretary Carlisle drafted the
sugar schedule aud publicly advocated and
justified that schedule.
The Mckinley bill. in accordance with
the theory ofprotection. reduced the price
Of sugar TO consumers, but the German
bill will increase it. Sugar fell nearly
,one-halftn price W ben the Mckinley tariff
was passed, while sugar viii rise from one
third TO one-fourth In price If the sugar
trust schedule becomes law. The Cor
man senate bill. If it becomes a fAw, will
make sugar dearer through corrupt bar
gain with the sugar trust There were
other points Of disagreement between the
Wilson blil as 1t passed the house making
coal and iron ore free. and the bill as
amended by German in the senate, which
| imposed duty on coal and iron ore. The
house and senate conferees are therefore
far apart, since the house bin placed sugar.
coal. wool and iron ore on the free list.
whUs the German bill restores sugar and
wool 20 the dutiabie list. The house
backed by the president seems bent on free
coal and free iron ore and judging by the
bitterness OF Germans speech. which i'm
putss duplioity to the president, there
would seem to be monkey and parrot"
/ tight impending over the Wilson tariff
! bill. which will delay, IL IL does not de-
fear, its passage. rhe Republican party,
OF course. feels like the womsn who
waahed the bearaght. screaming, GO il.
| husband: so il. bear" bat, Of course, Il
/ viii do nothing TO aid the passage Of the
/ Wilson tariff bal. Ii will do oil il can to
defeat Il. In both branches OF congress
The Republican vote viii 10 cast for free
sugar. which is both party policy aud
/ party principle. The Republican party
knows tia. the Wilson bin as il came
! from the house would he sure to De con-
| aemned by tie county. as IL contained
free wool, free sugar, free lumbsr. free
| iron gre and free coal and an income tax.
| and the Rspabliean party knows, Too. that
/ the Wilson tariff bill as amended by Cor.
tax. restored coal and iroa ore 70 the
datsbIe LIST. and taxed sugar TO please
the:sugAr trust
Believing that the Democrats party Is
placed IN sitnagion where II mast oeev
che aietssion Of "the chief wire paIlsr Of
Maryland or stand hy the pledges it made
at Chicago" TIE Indianapolis SsHss,ael.
/ Deu9.. says, "As between the German
bill and ssse defsa, Of any action BY the
senate. tie latssyis ~ FAR tae safest politi.
local as wsil as the more honest ana hon.
orable.f This Is nos falr statement q
tie case. The promise 81 The Chicago
/ platform ''ot tariff ior revenue eniy" did
net pledge tha party 10 fires raw ma
tsr.Als." On this peint Senator 0orznsa d
perfectly soaad. lie - No more in-
dietahls Ter having Fepadiatsd the party
Pledges Of the Chlcaso Democratic Plat.
form than Prof.. Nllsen. Secretary osrgtsls
aud Preside Cleveland himself who
7 hslrs9 forn the house Wilson tariff BILL
\ ea the dhssss q tie Walker ss0sioasl Penn
Serstsc tAftIF e 1895 snd the Nils BIZ II
n Isl. lis true that she Dessoesat.s sca-
ate. uaass tie ls@ssrshia Of GorsnAn.
sa&ee be susSE se1saale. bat the sp<~sA
Of 64Fasca = rePiese wish assrshslzasss
evidence teas tssoh-I as amsnaea By the
ssaAss had she appreval Of shs I<ess4ept.
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