Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-05-17
TALKING TARIFF.
Tho Chemical Schedule Being Con-
sidered in the Senate.
DISCUSSION OF The SUGAR DUTY.
"District Day" In the IIouse-The Resigna-
tion Of Representative Barnes Comp
ton Announced Negro Crank
In the Gallery.

WASHINGTON. May 15.-The seventh
week Of the tariff debate in the senate
began at II o'clock yesterday with
fair attendance ON the floor. Two bills,
one TO pension the widow of Rear Adm.
Donald MacNcal Fairfax at the rate OF
500 and the other 10 increase the PEN
sions of the widow of Mai. Doubleday
TO 500. were reported and placed on
the calendar. After some business Of
no general Importance had been dis
patched the tariff bill was taken up.
The question was on Mr.. Aldrich's mo-
ton TO make the duty on alum five
tenths Of a cent instead of four-tcnths
of cent adj valorem. IL was tabled.
Mr.. platt (rep). Of Connecticut, said
that, despite the fact that for years this
chamber had rung with democratic
denunciation Of the sugar trust, the
democrats, save and excepting one. had
agreed, 50 lac understood, in caucus 10
vote for u prohibitive duty on refined
sugars. Surely democratic tariff re-
formers must be hard driven when they
were forced 10 swallow the opinions of
years MIR. Platt's observation on the
sugar trust ruiiled some of the demo-
Gratis and he was soon engaged In con-
troversy. lie said: This schedule
gives the trust duty Of at least three
eighths of II cent, sometimes huctuat-
ing rs high as half cent"
Mr.. Allison said the ad valorem pro-
vision In the bill, in view Of great diff
ference between the value of raw and
refined sugar. certainly would afford n
fore the differential of one-eighth of II
cent was reached.
Mr.. Vest called attention to the fact
that the Mckinley law gave the raw
material free to refners. and then gave
the latter protective duty of one-half
of a cent per pound.
Mr.. Allison insisted, however, that
the great difference in the price of raw
and refined sugar gave the retiner the
benefit of ut least three-tenths of a cent
under 10 per cent. ad vnlorem duty
before the one-eighth was imposed at
all.
The discussion of the sugar schedule
was adroitly diverted by senator Vest
into debate about American wages.
| Finally Mr.. Gallinger (rep.), of New
Hampshire. got the floor. At the con-
clusion Of his remarks, the Jones
amendment fixing the duty on alum
| four-tcnths of "A cent, was agreed to
without division. as was the next Jones
amendment, fixing the duty on car
donate of ammonia 20 per cent, mu-
riate of salammoniac at 10 per cent.
and sulphate OF ammonia at 20 per
cent.
The next finance committee amend
ment, fixing the duty on bone charcoal
suitable for decolorizing sugar at 20
per cent, was agreed TO.
Mr.. Allison offered an amendment TO
transfer blue vitriol, sulphate of copper,
from the free list and make IL dutiable
at / cent per pound. The duty in the
Mckinley law, he explained, was .
cents. The amendment was rejected
10 TO 81.
Mr.. Morrell offered an amendment 10
transfer copperas and sulphate of iron
from the free list and make them duti-
able at one-fourth of cent per pound.
This amendment was also rojected-l0
to 81.
Mr.. Jones offered an amendment 10
place duty of 1 cent per pound on
crude boraN and changing the duty on
refined borax FROM 20 per cent. to
cents. The amendment was agreed to-
Mr.. Jones offered AN amendment u
transfer refined camphor from the free
list TO the dutiable list at 10 per cent
al valorem. Mr.. Aldrich moved u
substitute cents per pound, the pres
ent duty, but the substitute was de
feated-2l to 81.
Mr.. Aldrich then modified the substi
tute so us 10 make 1t 81 cents. Thi
was also defeated and the Jones amend
ment was agreed 10.
Mr.. Aldrich offered an amendmen
to the next paragraph TO substitute
cent per pound on chalk and It's prepare
tions for the duty of 20 per cent. in the
bill This was defeated.
THE HOUSE.
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