The herald., 1894-06-05
NOTHING BUT SUGAR.
The Senators Still Harping on
Sweets.
The Bounty Amendment to Be Voted
on Today.
a Claim That the McKinlsy Bill Has
Not Given One Ounce of Free
Sugar to the People OF
America.
nv ,hs Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, June 4.-Six Democrats
and seven Republicans were in the
chamber today when the senate entered
upon the tenth week OF the tariff de-
bate. Twenty minutes was spent wait
Ing for the presence of 49 senators neces-
ssry to proceed with business. reso'
luton providing for the payment OF
bribery expenses and other investigating
committees out of the contingent fund
was adopted The tariff bill WAS then
taken up. Vest made brief explans-
ton concerning controverted point as
to the existence OF the sugar trust in
1890. Senators Aldrich and Sherman
had contendsd that the present trust
was not in existence and its stock not
listed. Vest produced authorities to
show that S, 1926, 600 shares OF stock IN
sugar refining companies was sold in the
market of New York in 1890 which at
500 per share represented over $780,
O00, 900. He had as much right to in
yestigate the sugar trust that dictated
the sugar schedule in the Mckinley bill
as senators on the other side to impugn
the action OF the majority in the present
congress.
Mr.. Alleon, Iowa, followed Mr.. Vest
with an elaborate speech on the sugar
schedule. 1t was, he said, by far the
most important provision OF the Dill.
II afforded one.third OF the revenue
produced by the bill.
MIR. Allison declared that. according
to numerous authorities, sugar could be
refined cheaper here than in Germany
and some other European countries.
The schedule practically would prohibit
the importation of sugars. 1t was not q
schedule for protection, but for prohlbl-
ton.
Mr.. Jones of Arkansas followed with
detailed explanation of the sugar sched-
ule. He denied that the Mckinley bill
had given the people one ounce of free
sugar. By imposing duty of six-tenths
OF q cent on refined sugar it had taxed
the people s23, 000,0 900, all of which went
into the pockets OF the rehners. Beside
SIS. 1000, 900 had to be paid out OF the
treasury in the form Of sugar bounties,
SO the total sugar tax on the people OF
the United States amounted to $38, 000,-
600, OF which not one dollar had gone
into the federal treasury. The duty
which it was proposed to impose by the
bill, he said, would cost the people about
sos, 600, 900, of which $50, 100000 would
go into the treasury, $4,000, 900 to the
planters in the form OF protection and
Sc, 000, 900 to the refners, who would get
but one-fourth of what they got under
the present law.
Mr.. Hoar did not believe his constitu-
ents would understand complicated
mathematical sugar schedules, but he
said they would undertand that the
party which promised them the free raw
material, free coal, iron ore, lead ore,
free sugar, etc., had betrayed New Eng
land by striking down their industries
in order to build up those in the south.
Mr.. Plat publican) who followed
Mr.. Aldrich, denounced in bitter and
csustic words the surrendering OF the
Democratic majority to the sugar trust.
He concluded at 8 30, and then alter
some spsrring, Mr.. Harris succeeded in
effecting an arrangement by which all
the amendments to the sugar schedule
should be voted on tomorrow. In &C
cordance with the notice he served last
Saturday, he stated that unless some
agreement could be reached for facilitat-
ing the disposition of the measure, he
would be compelled to ask the senate TO
sit longer and later. He asked that
unanimous consent be given to vote on
all the sugar amendments at an early
hour tomorrow.
Mr.. Hoar said it was too much to ask
the senate to vote without debate on al
the amendments. He suggested that a
vote be taken on the amendments to
the bounty paragraph at o'clock, and
the debate on the other amendments be
under the ten-minute rule with the
understanding the entire schedules be
disposed of tomorrow. This wac agreed
to, and at 6 10 the senate, on Mr.. Har
ris' motion, went into executive session
and q few minutes later adjourned.