The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-05

Washington, June six Democrats
and seven Republicans were in chamber
today when the Senate entered upon the
tenth week of the tariff debate. Twenty
minutes were spent in waiting for the
presence of forty-three senators, neces-
sary to proceed with business.
A resolution providing for the payment
of the expenses of the bribery and other
investigating committees out of the con-
tingent fund was adopted
The tariff bill was taken up. the sugar
schedule pending. Mr.. Vest made brief
explanation concerning the controverted
point in Saturdays debate as to the ex-
istence of a trust in 1890. Sena tors AL
drich and Sherman had contended that
the present trust was not in existence
and its stock not listed. Vest produced
authorities to show that 1925, 900 shares of
stock of the Sugar Refining company
were sold in the market in New York in
1890. which at 800 per share presented
over SS,000000. He had as much right to
insinuate that the Sugar trust dictated
the sugar schedule in the Mckinley bill
as the senators on the other SIDE to i'm
pugn the action of the majority in the
present Congress.
Mr.. Allison, of Iowa, followed Dir. Vest
with an elaborate speech on the sugar
schedule. 1t was. he said, by far the
most important provision of the bill. 1t
afforded one third of the avenue pro-
duced by the bill. Mr.. Allison declared,
according to the 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 a schedule for protection, but
for prohibition.
Mr.. Jones Democrat) of Arkansas. fol-
loed with detailed explanation of the
sugar schedule He denied that the Me
Kinley bill had given the people one
ounce of free sugar. it had taxed the
people SS,O0OO0O, all of which went into
the pockets of the refinerS. Besides, S15,
100000 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 SIS, OOO, 900. 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 S00,QOO,OO9, OF
which So, 100000 would get into the treas
ury. Sc, 100000 to the planters in the form
of protection, and $1,000, 600 to the rehners.
who would get but one-fourth of what
they got uBder the present law
Mr.. Hoar did not believe his Constitu-
ents would understand the complicated
mathematics of the sugar schedule, but
he said they would understand 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.. Platt Republican, OF Connecticut,
who followed Mr.. Aldrich, denounced in
bitter and cauStic words the surrender
ing of the Democrat tic majority to the
sugar trust. He concluded at $50, and
then, after some sparring, Mr.. Harris.
succeeded in effecting an arrangement by
which all the amendments to the sugar
schedule should be voted on tomorrow.
In accordance with the notice he served
last Saturday ne stated that unless some
agreement could be reached for facilita-
ting the disposition of the measure, he
would be compelled to ask the Senate tc
sit longer and later.
He asked that unanimous consent be.
given to vote on all the sugar amend
ments at an early hour tomorrow
Mr.. Hoar said it was too much to ask
the Senate to vote without debate on all
the amendments. He suggested that
vote be taken on the amendments to the
bounty paragraph at l O'Clock, and then
the debate on the other amendments be
under the ten minute rule with the I'M
Outstanding the entire schedule be dis
posed of tomorrow.
This was agreed to. and at $40. the Sen.
ate. on Mr.. Harris motion. went INTO
executive session, and few minutes later
adjourned.