The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-08-04
THE SUGAR SCHEDULE.
This Causes the Hitch in the Tariff
Conference.
AN AGREEMENT EXPECTED TODAY
The Senate Cbnferrees Have Presented n
Sugar Schedule Which, While Not En-
tirely Satisfactory to H"use Members,
VIII Probably bo Accepted.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 4.-The understand
ing among thh tariff conferrees when they
adjourned last evening was that today's
session would bring about either an agree
ment on the sugar schedule or a decision
to report Enlargement. Yesterday was
devoted by thp conference to discussion
Of the sugar Question upon the basis OF
the schedule outlined by the Associated
Press This schedule provides for duty
OF 40per cent ad yaloren on sugar below
16 Dutch standard and 40 per cent on
sugar above this grade, the duty on the
refined sugar TO be collected on the bas.
OF the sacchhrine strength of the raw
sugar used in it, with onc-fifth of cent
differential on the refined aud a dscrini-
mating duty equal to the export duty
levied by such sugar producing countries
as pay bounty on sugar production.
. This schedule waS submitted to the
conference as the ultimaium of The CON
servative senhtors, coming through Sena-
tor Smith, of New Jersey, and the house
conferrees we're given to understand that
the schedule was the nearest approach to
the house requirements that the senate
could make with any assurance that the
bill would pass in the senate.
Some of tbd house conferrees are favor
ably inclined towards the schedule lie.
cause they believe that 1t defines exactly
the extra duty to be paid on refined sugars
and is free from the objection urged
against the senate schedule, that owing
TO the wording of the schedule it was i'm
possible to tall beyond tho one eighth OF
a cent differehtial what the duty woulf
be on the refined article. They are Of til
opinion that the duty in the schedult
now presented will be confined to the one
NTH of a cent differentnl. 1t is under
stood, however, that while inclined to &c
cept these liglres AS the best they can get,
and while considering that in this thcy
secure an advantage over the senate
schedule, they indicated desire to con
slider the question over night and that il
was on this account that the decision wa
postponed.
A report from an inside source Is to TIL
effect that sDne of the house conferree
found tho schedule Objectionable from
several points of view, alld when the TIM
for adjournment was reached had not
only failed to indicate Willingness to ac.
cept the schtdule, but had said that, S.
far as they h4d been able to master its dy
tails they considered ii unacceptable. j.
WAS this expression of opinion on the.
part which left the situation in suel
doubt when the conference adjourned
and rendered it possible that instead o.
m agreement being reached the resu
might be disagreement The pressuf
for bill is 30 strong in the party, how
ever, that thu probabilities are still favo
able to an agFeemant on some line.
III the expectation that the work befo.
the conferrees on the entire bill can be col.
ciuded today is to be realized, the COZ!
fcrrees will nave to put in IA very long day
While the sugar schedule has been tn,
great stumbling block in the bill, ther,
are various ether problems which, Will,
NOT SO Intricate, will prove difficult O.
adjustment. Almost the entire Gime q
the present conference has SO far beer
given to sugar. and no effort has bee,
made to fix rates in any of the othei
schedules. Many of these havo been gont
over casually, but ii is apprehended thai
when it comes to putting down the fluu
figures there will be more or less discus
sion. This Will be found to be especially
true on tho wooden, cotton and meta
schedules, The coal and iron ore ques
tions nro still among the u.ldpternincr
problems, and there is no doubt that ther,
will b- a locking of horns over them. nnf
much gfeatef delay is possible than is All
ticipated by The more sanguino.
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