The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-06
Democrats on the Senate Tariff
Committee
Can't Get Together on That
Schedule.
WHOLE BILL DELAYED
Carlisle Meets With
the Committee.

/ WAsHIS GToN. March 6.-The Wilson
tariff bin was the subject Of an earn-
est consultation among the senators
yesterday. 1T has reached y certain
stage of Completeness. and yet may be
thrown out Of gear by a single article
That article is sugar, and it was gen
orally understood that If a definite
agreement could be reached on this
article it would then be possible to
agree upon everything else. and
that the bill could be reported
without delay. Secre tary Car
Isle was with the mem beers
of the committee most Of the day. and
met with them last evening to discuss
and compare changes, But while
these concessions have been made, and
the members of the finance committee
and the Directing senators have found
a middle ground there yet remains
the matter of sugar and the difficult
ties surrounding an agreement upon
this are the greatest that the tariff
makers have to contend with The
Louisiana senators have one plan
which does not meet with favor by the
rehners-
The plan Of the refners is objection
abe to the Louisiana senators A
suggestion has been made that an ad
valorem tax be laid and the rehners
say this would afford them no protec-
ton Some senator's looking towards
concessions. have said that Sc an ad
valorem rate is not just to the refners
a differentjal would be made in their
favor. This is stubbornly resisted by
those who claim that an ad valOrem
rate would afford them a just protec-
ton. as the higher price of refined
sugar would necessitate a greater tax
when imported than the raw sugars.
lit appears also that the proposition
for am Increased tax ON whisky is
mixed up with the proposed duty on
sugar.
If the latter is agreed to. the
necessity for an Increased whisky tax
disappears For this reason those who
have been insisting upon increase in
the whisky tax are not favora bic to a
sugar tax
One Of the senators who was openly
opposed to the Wilson bin as 1T was
amended by the senate subcommittee,
and who was active 10 the caucus,
sand the outcome was matter of con
sidera bic doubt
B Had the bill made equal reductions.'s
he said, land had no attempt been
made to give some special interests
an advantage, we could not complain,
but when 30 was proposed to protect
the Louisiana sugarEmen we could not
sit still and see interests ia our states
suffer. This led to the caucus. and it
was there shown how unjust 1T would
be to make the bill protective ia one
locality alone. 1t may be the conces-
sions which have been made win be
agreed to- and that the treasury de-
partment viii find them satisfactory,
and yet one little thing may result in
undoing all that has been done and
the Wilson bill reported very much ia
the form lit came over.
.sIhen there would be a fight in the
senate2"
yes, and the biggest that has oe-
CURED for years But the whole mat
ter is on such delicate grounds that a
rejection by the senate Of one of the
points in dispute might kick it all
over, besides, the house may also kick
over what the senate does. We hope.
however, we are going to reach am adj
justment which viii settle the mat
ter
Senators Jones, Mcpherson and Vest
continued their work on the Wilson
bin at the capitol until 10 clock last F
night. but did not get the bin in
shape to suit them. and stopped at
that hour with the intention of resum-
ing the work to-day. They announced
aft the conclusion of the meeting that
the bill would not be i'm shape to be
reported to the fun committee to-day.