The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-06-05

other investigating committees out OF Inc
contingent fund was adopted.
The tariff bill was taken up, the sugar
schedule pending.
Vest made a brief explanation concern
| ing controverted point in Saturdays de-
bate as to the existence of the sugar trust
in 1890. Senators Aldrich and Sherman
had cOntended the present trust was not in
| existence. and its stock not listed. Vest
produced auth Eorities to show that S0026
shares of stock of the sugar refining COM
panies were sold in the market in New
York in 1890, which at 500 per share rep
resented over SIS, Geo. He had as much
right to insinuate that the sugar trust die
tated the sugar schedule in the Mckinley
bill as the Senators on the other side had
to lmpugn the action Of the majority in
the present Congress.
Allison followed Vest in opposition to
the schedule.
Teller defended it.
Allison of Iowa followed Vest with
an elaborate speech on the sugar schedule.
1t was, he said, by far the most important
provision of the bill. 1t afforded one-third
of the revenue produced by the BILL Mr..
Allison declared. according to numerous
authorities, sugar could be refined cheaper
here than in Germany and some other
European countries. The schedule practi-
cally would prohibit the importation of
sugars. II was not a schedule for protec-
tion, but for prohibition.
Jones (D.l of Arkansas folio wed with a
detailed explanation of the sugar sched-
ule. He denied that the Mckinley bill
had given the people one ounce IF free
sugar. By imposing a duty of six-tenths
OF cent on refined sugar it had taxed the
people S23.000,000. all of which went into
the pockets of the refners. Besides
SIS, ,O00,0 900 had to be paid out of the treas
ury in the form of sugar bounties, so the
total sugar tax on the people of tie United
States amounted to SIS, 1000. 900, of which
not one dollar had gone into the Federal
treasury. The duty which it was pro-
posed TO impose by the bill. he said, would
cost the people about S55, 900, ,000 of which
S35.00O,000 would go into the treasury.
Sc, 100000 TO the planters in the form Of
protection and S6.00O,O0O to the refners,
who would get but one-fourth of what
they got under the present law.
Hoar did not believe his constituents
would understand the complicated mathe-
they would understand that the party
which promised them free raw ma
terial, free coal, iron ore. lead ore, free
sugar. etc. had betrayed New England by
striking down their industries in order to
| build up those in the South.
Platt R6publican) of Connecticut, who
followed Aldrich, denounced in bitter and
caustlc words the surrendering of the
Democratic majority to the sugar trust.
He concluded at $3.50, and then after some
sparring Mr.. Harris succeeded in effecting
an arrangement by which all the amend
| ments to the schedule should be voted on
tomorrow. In accordance with the no.
tice he served last Saturday he stated that
unless some agreement could be reached
| for facilitating the disposition of the
measure he would be compelled to ask the
Senate to sit longer and later.
He asked that unanimous consent be
given to vote on all the sugar amendments
at an early hour tomorrow.
| Hoar said it was too much to ask the
| Senate to vote without debate on all the
| amendments. He suggested that a vote
be taken on the amendments to the bounty
paragraph at o'clock. and then the debate
on the other amendments be under the ten
minute rule with the understanding that
! the entire schedule be disposed of to-mor-
row. This was agreed to, and at 61O
o'clock the Senate. on Harris motion, went
into executive session and few inmates
later adjourned,