Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-08-09
WHICH WILL IT be-?
Coal or Iron Must Be on
the Free LISl.
SUGAR OUT Of THE WAY.
Report Will Probably Be Made Not
Later Than This Evening

wAsHINGTON, Aug. 9.-The tariff con
ferrees wero not 80 sangulne upon tho ad-
journment of their afternoon session yes
terday as they were when the forenoon ses-
sion closed They came out Of the confer
enoo somewhat anxious, but still, Us they
asserted, hupcful that today would see the
final adjustment Of their differences.
Tncy at4tud, however, that tnv GOAL and
iron ore rates were among those which had
not been fixed beyond recall Indeed,
sugar appears from the statements given
out 10 DO the only article upon which a
definite conclusion has been reached, but
IL was understood that either coal or iron
would go to the free list and the other
would bo dutiable at the senate rate.
During the day IL was first one and then
the other Of these articles that WAS 10 DO
free, and finally it was left open until to-
day M 10 which IL would DO. Outside OF
sugar, iron and coal, very little Is said
about the other schedules, although the
senator's say there will be few material
changes In the manufacturing schedules
Us passed by the senate.
Almost Ready Por Full Meeting.
While their uttorancc at the time OF ad-
journmcnt was not SO strong as those
which were heard earlier In the afternoon,
they were still sufficiently assuring TO
Justify the statement that barring improb-
able contingencies the Democratic mem
bers OF the conference will find themselves
prepared by this evening, or at the latest
on Friday % call in tho Republican mem
bers Of the conference for n full meeting.
81 will not say" said Senator Jones,
"that We have agreed, for that would not
be true; but the situation Is cheerful and
the indications are that we shall finish the
work tomorrow. IL we do not come 20 an
agreement tomorrow, l shall consider the
conference az an end, for do not see the
utility of continuing our interviews with
the house conlerrees longer"
This was the situation at tho ond Of a day
which had started out with a determine
tion on the part of the senate conferrees,
supported by the conservative senator's TO
bring the question at issue to finality
during the day, and which later brought
the positive though unofficial announce
ment that this end had been accomplished
and an understanding reached.
The report began to gain circulation
about o'olock, and IL grew stronger and
stronger without receiving positive con
flrmation from those in a position to know
Of the conference and senators who had
been closetcd with them confirmed IL to
the extent of saying that while all the do
tails had not been arranged, they felt con-
fldent that basis had been found upon
which the conference and both houses
could stand and terms actually agreed
upon which the conservative senators
would accept.
How Rumor Had IL.
Both Democrats and Republicans 40
cepted this ~ the approach of the end and
as equal 10 a definite announcement of
agreement. The terms given out were that
the sugar schedule was TO be MS published
last week, namely, duty of 40 per cent
ad valorem Cn raw sugar, and 10 per cent
on the value Of the raw sugar In the re
fined, and Is cent differential on re
fined sugar; 40 cents a ton on coal and
free iron ore, with slight changes in the
metal, wooden and cotton schedules.
When, however, the conference recon
vened at . o'clock, It soon developed that
by no means had all the details been ar
ranged, and also that there was more or
less opposition to the program, an II was
not long before the conferrees found them
selves bothering over many Of the same
propositions which they had been con-
sidering for days. 1t also became noised
abroad that the outlook was not so bright
as It had appeared few hours before.
1t was understood that objection had
been made from the house to the reten-
ton of the duty on coal, and that certain
senators, among whom was Senator Pugh
Of Alabama, had taken q decided stand
against what they termed the sacrifice OF
iron ore These cornplainta were sufficient
to cause the conferress TO halt for a time
and it Is known that some difficulties were
encountered In adjusting the differences
on other schedules
Short Sessions.