The evening world., 1894-06-04
The FIGHT ON SUGAR.,
Senator Vest Turns the Tables
Neatly on the McKinleyites,
Shows that There We're a Trust and
influences" In 1890.
New York and New Jersey Bridge
Bill Crowded Out To-day.
(By Associated Press,)

WASHINGTON. June 4.-Thirteen
Senators. six Democrats and seven Re
publicans, were in the chamber when
the Senate entered upon the tenth week
Of the Tariff debate at 10 o'clock to-day.
MIR. Hoar (Rep., Mass.) suggested the
absence of a quorum, and twenty min
utes were spent waiting The presence OF
the forty-three Senators necessary to
proceed with business. a resolution
providing for the payment of the ex-
penses Of the bribery and other investi-
eating committees out of the contingent
fund was adopted.
Mr.. Vest obtained unanimous consent
Tor, the consideration of the New York
and New Jersey Bridge bill. hut the
could be read, and Mr.. Mitchell (Rep..
Ore.,) objected to its further ccpsidera-
ton: Then, at 1890. the Tariff hill vas
taken up. the sugar schedule being pend
ing.
AIR. Vest took the floor and made n
short explanation concerning the contro-
verted point in last Saturdays debate as
1890. Mr.. Aldrich and MIR. Sherman had
commended that the present Trust was not
then IN existence. and that It's stock was
not listed on the New York Stock Board.
Mr.. Vest produced some authorities to
show that 1926. 900 shares OF the stock OF
the Sugar Refining Company were sold In
he market In New York In 1890. which,
OOo.0 900.
He retraced, as on Saturday. the
various changes made In the sugar
as it passed through the Ways and
nance Committee OF the Senate and the
conference. And yet" he said. when
we are tainted with being under the
control Of the Sugar Trust.
What principle could have induced
the then Finance Committee Of the
the 100 pounds for the benefit Of the
influence which could have dictated
t was some influence unknown' to US
I have the same right ts~make-the sng.
sestlon. as Senators on the other side
have to continually put forth the in
Mr.. Allison Hep., la followed Mr.
Vest with an elaborate speech on the
sugar schedule. 1t was. he said, by faI
1t al forded o%ne-third of the revenue pro,
duced by the bill. He sketched the his
tory of the schedule through Its modif;
entire sugar crop, OF the present year
It also continued the Hawaiian treaty In
force, So that the Sugar Trust. which
practically controlled, the sugar, planta.
tons of those islands, could bring In
their sugar free after this schedule weni
into effect. Every line of this complicat'
ed schedule seemed written in the interest
OF the Trust. Yet no explanation was
vouchsafed on the other side.
Take the first 40 per cent. ad yalorem
rate on raw and refined sugar. he said.
What was 1t effect? This duty was
levied against the price at the place
OF purchase. not at the ports of export
nor the port of entry. Sugar was pro
duced abroad under a complicated sys-
TEN of taxation. rawbacks and boun-
duty imposed by this schedule would
distinctly exclude France from ex:
States. certainly Austria and
practically Germany. The 40 pei
cent; duty, based on prices rang.
Trust 46 cents protection on the one hun
dred pounds. exclusive OF the one-elghtf
specific duty on refined, n the one
tenth cent ~differential. On London quo
~tations the differences between thu
prices Of raw AID refined sugar range,
would make the 40 per cent. ad valoren
duty afford a protection of So cents oil
the one hundred pounds.
Senator Gray. as Chairman OF the Spe
cial Committee to investigate the al
legged operations of the Sugar Trust IN
day submitted to the Senate the econt
batch OF testimony taken before tina
Committee concerning the examination
OF ali the Democratic members OF IN,
Finance Committee. including Senators
Voorhees,, Jones, Harris. Vest. .McPher
John De witt Warner. of tn
stance OF this testimony has been pre-
ylously published.