The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-09
GROVER WANTS FREE COAL
The House COnfeTeeS Have Secured
About Everything Else.


The Committee on the Point Of Reach
ing an Agreement To-day on the
Basis Of Free Iron Ore, a Sliding
| Scale on Coal and the Sugar Sched-
ule Previously Agreed on-The Pres
ident's Demand for Free Coal, How
ever, Throws the Chance of an Agree
ment Back Day or Two.
! Washington, Aug. Sat 4 O'Clock this
afternoon the conferees had agreed and
the republicans were TO have been called
into conference tomorrow. Iron was to
have been free; coal was to have been
free after five years, and sugar was to
pay duty of 40 per cent. fiat on raw, 40
| per cent. on the saccharine value of the raw
In the refined, and one-fifth differential.
AT o'clock President Cleveland had
| kicked the compromise fat into the fire
and still holds out for free coal. Secre-
tary Carlisle was given the terms of
agreement, and with Secretary Carlisle's
usual way, agreed to the compromise,
| but his word was not to be taken
in this matter, and he was asked to lay
! the compromise before the President He
/
free coal" The republicans were notified
not to come to the conference tomorrow,
| and so the democratic conferees will pick
up their burden again tomorrow and lug
1T along until some conclusion is reached.
| Speaker Crisp expected report on Fri
day. One will hardly be had now before
Monday.
| MORE HOPEFUL VIEW.
By the Southern Associated Press.
| Washington, Aug s.-The tomorrow"
upon which the tariff conferees have been
for weeks promising an agreement, at last
| gives promise of fulfillment. When the
tariff conferees adjourned at a few min
utes before 8 O'Clock tonight IT was with
| the understanding that at the session to-
morrow morning all the details should be
arranged, and the republicans called in
the afternoon and informed of what their
democratic colleagues had done. One
of the most prominent managers on the
part of the Senate made the emphatic
statement that tomorrow would see the
end of the conference, and that by night
| there would be either an agreement or a
general break up Of the conference. But
one thing, he said, could postpone the re-
suit any longer. Should the House con-
ferees agree to an agreement and the
| arrangement of the details consume
| such time as 20 run the work
over into the next day, that would
be permitted, but otherwise the close of
tomorrow would witness the end of the
labors of the conferees on the tariff bill.
So little is yet to be accomplished, how
ever, that there is every likelihood that
the republicans can be called in at an
early hour, and there would be no sur
prise If the Senate should have the re-
port of the conferees at q reasonably
early hour in the afternoon.
THE REMAINING HITCH.
The hitch that still remains for settle
| ment is iron GRE and coal. So far as the
| principle is concerned these items seem to
be disposed of finally One of them is to
be free and the other made dutiable
| These matters were the subject of three
distinct changes to-day, At 3 O'Clock in
| the afternoon IL was decided that iron
| ore should be made free absolutely, and
that coal should retain the rate of 40
| cents a ton fixed by the Senate for period
| of five years, at the end of which time it
was TO be free. subsequently q PROPOSE
| tion was made TO fix sliding scale that
| should reduce the duty a specific per
/ CdCn your his WAS dubdBOulLcu
| but the House men, anxious to gain as
much in the way Of concession as posi-
! BILE, persisted and the result was that
| this matter was left until tomorrow
morning for final decision.
! At the conclusion of the conference all
| the members from both sides of the CAPT
| toll appeared to be in very happy frame
| of mind and there appeared TO be very
| good reason for their statements that an
| agreement would soon be made
THE SUGAR SCHEDULE.
One Of the managers on the part of the
| Senate said that if there was an agree
| ment the sugar schedule would remain
| as il was published in these dispatches
| on Friday of last week, to-wit: 40 per
cent on raw sugar; 40 per cent on the
raw sugar m the refined, and
one-ffth of a cent diferential on
| refined sugar. This senator also
| said that he had never heard of a propo-
sition that gained some credence two or
! three days ago TO the effect that the basis
of the collection. of the duty on refined
sugar was to be the duty collected on lO5
pounds Of raw sugar for every 100 pounds
of refined sugar. AS far, then. as sugar
is concerned it has cut no figure in the
| conference and is looked upon by the con-
ferees as settled.
Lead ore, about which there has been a
great deal of quiet talk, is said 10 be in
the same way. An effort was made in
some quarters to have the House rate.
which greatly reduced the duties, re-
stored, but this was not done.
THE RATE ON TOBACCO.
As indicated in these dispatches some
days ago, the Senate rate on tobacco will
probably stand, and whisky, which was
disposed of by the conferees some DAYS
ago, will be put back to the 81 a gallon
provided for in the House bill, with the
proviso, however, that the bonded period
may be extended from i've TO eight years
by the payment after the end OF Ave
years, Of an additional tax Of cents per
gallon per year.
IL is also understood that the Senate
provisions on woolens, cotton goods and
the metal schedule have been cut into
but little compared with tho cuts upon
which the House insisted.
There are indications that the reason
conferees did not finally settle coal and
iron tonight, was that the Senate mem
bers might have an opportunity of con-
suting with their colleagues TO see how
the proposition submitted in conference
was received. The latest proposition is
20 put iron on the free list and
reduce the duty on coal 3 cents per an
mum until IL gradually reaches the free