The herald., 1894-08-05
SO NEAR AND YET SO FAR,
The Tariff Conferees Still
at Loggerheads.
Some Progress Made Toward
an Agreement.
A Sugar Schedule That Bids Fair to
Be Adopted.
Coal and IRON Ore sched ules stIil Open.
An Agreement Probabls This
Wesk-Oh airman Wilson

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. = Whsn the
Democratic tariff conferees adjourned
tonight, after an all-day session, 10.
looked as though they were nearer to
an agreement than at an time thus far.
and yet the new agreement itsslf. which
is the gr at end in view, had not been
attained. The hopes of the conferees
lsst night, that definite results would be
reached and made public today, failed
10 be realized. An agreement on suRar
has not been reached beyond the pessi-
sibility of recall. nor had agreements
been reached on iron ore or coal.
The day closed much better than It
opened. 1t brought on. that the new
sugar schedule, submitted as an ulti-
matum by the conservative senators,
would be accepted by the house con-
feress. and that there was little else
than the formal and final announcements
Of the correspondence to make the agree
ment on sugar complete. So fully
satisfied were the house confsrees
that the schedule would prevail that
they urged its advantages upon their
colleagues on the house side and pcin ted
out that in their opinion it would re-
duce the benefits by at least SO per cent
over the original senate schedule. In
view of the fact that the proposition
came from the senators. this willingness
OF the house men to point out it's ad-
vantageous features indicated the COM
mon ground they were occupying. In
deed, one of the conferees spoke OF the
results OF the days work az equivalent
to an agreement on the sugar schedule,
but said it was not such binding
agreement as to cut off tho possibility Of
disagrseing to it on Monday.
THUS IT STANDS,
with the conferees upon the point OF
agreeing, and yet not actually at that
point. AS to when the quasi agreement
will become an absolute fnality the
conferees had no definite idea when
they separated tonight. As Secretary
Carlisle was with them part of the
day, it is concluded the schedule is
satisfactory to the administration.
When the Democrats separated this
evening Senator Jones said he hoped
they might call on the Republican con-
ferees early next week, possibly, but not
probably, on Monday, though he stated
something might occur to upset all cal
culations and prevent full and com.
plets adjustment OF differences.
NEW DEVELOPMENT.
The especially new developments Of
the day was the disclosure early in the
morning that the two Louisiana ssna-
tors, Caffery and Blanchard, could not
be depended upon to support the new
eugar schedule. Their opposition Was
based on the ground that it failed to
take into consideration the require
ments OF the Louisiana sugar planters
for 9 bounty on their present crop at
least. This caused come uneasiness at
the outset, and it was felt that the new
schedule, upon which hung the chance
of full agreement, might be wrecked by
the oppogition Of the Louisiana senstorl
and several Populists. This feeling wore
off later in the day, however, either
through indifference or concession to
this opposing element, and it was nat
regarded at the close OF the conferences
as serious menace to the success Of the
conference.
THE NEW SUGAR SCHEDULE,
No attempt was made today, as CD
yesterday, to disguise the details of the
new sugar schedule and the confeYeep
themselves officially confirmed its pro-
visions as made public yesterday by the
Associated Press, bat they pointed out
that the latest phase of the proposition
entirely eliminated the one-tenth dif-
ferential against sugars coming from
countries paying an export bounty on
sugars. This, it was explained, made
the proposition more nearly approach
the decision of the house. In other
words the new schedule is exactly aa
heretofore given. viz: On sugars below
No. IL Dutch standard (raw sugars), 40
per cent ad valorem on sugars above
No. Is Dutch standard (refined sugars),
40 per cent ad valorem of the amount
necessary for the protection of refined
sugars at the Wholesale price in the
country from which it is exported, plus
differentinl duty of one-ftth of cent
per pound.
After the conferees had reached their
virtual agreement on the sugar schedule
they put this to one side and took up
the question of iron ore and coal, but
adjourned without approaching a con-
clusion with respect to these two prod
ucte.
THE AMOUNT OF PROTECTION.
M,lsr,. [. A. Sharretts, Of the board
of appraisers, and Jacob Schoennof,
deputy appraiser OF the port of New
York, who have bsen acting as advisers
to the senate finance committee since
the bill has been pending in the senate.
today, in response to request, Furnished
the Associated Press statements as to
the difference in the protection to refined
sugar furnished by the schedule now
almost agreed on by the tariff conferees,
from the protection furnished by the
senate schedule. They united in say
ing: "The price of sugar is always
based on the amount OF eaccharine mat
ter contained in it. Beet sugar analyx.
ing IS degrees means that 100 pounds of
this class OF sugar contains S8 pounds OF
eeccharine matter. Hence it takes
ll3 IS pounds Of 8S degree sugaE 70