Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-03-06

Gated by Concessions, but the Sugar Mer
Are Hard to Suit-Dcbate ON the Pension
Appropriation Bill in the House.
WASHINGTON, March G.-The Wilson tar
if bill has been the subject of an earnes
consultation among the senators. 1t has
reached certain stage of completeness
and yet, like complicated piece of ma
chinery it may be thrown out of gear by
one single article or wheel. In the tariff
bill that article is sugar, and it was gener
ally understood that if definite agree
ment could be reached on this article il
would then be possible to agree upon
everything else, and the bill could be re
ported without delay.
1t is understood that by mutual conces
sions and frequent consultations the de
mands made by those Democratic senators
who opposed the bill in the form in which
it was first presented have been met anG
tentatively agreed upon, but even these
agreements are subject to the approval OF
the treasury department and the needs OF
the government in the matter of revenue.
Carlisle Lends a Hand.
Secretary Carlisle had been with the
members of the committee most of the day
and met with them again in the evening
to discuss and compare changes. 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 difficulties 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 re
fDarS The Milan of the ref nprS is OhjpctiOn-
able to the Louisiana senators. y sugges
ton has been made that an adj valOrem tax
be laid, and the refners have said to the
committee that this would afford them nc
protection. Some senators, looking toward
concession, have said that if an ad Valoren
rate is not just to retiners ditferentlal one
be made in their favor. This is stubborn
ly resisted by those who claim that an ad
va oreII rate would afford them just pro
te4ti"n, as the higher price of the refined
SUI. would neceSsitate a greater tax when
imported than the raw sugars.
Like a wheel within a wheel, it appears
also that the proposition for an increased
tax on whisky is mixed up with the pro
posed 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
favorable to a sugar tax.
One of the senators who was openly or
posed to the Wilson bill as it was amended
by the senate subcommittee and who was
active in the caucus said that the outcom<
was matter of considerable doubt.
Situation Is Delicate.
Had the bill made equal reductions,
he said, land had no attempt been made
to give some special interests an advantage
we could not complain. But when it wa
proposed to protect the Louisiana sugar
men we could not sit still and see interests
in our states suffer. This led to the eau
Gus. and it was there shown how unjust il
would be to make the bill protective in one
locality alone. 1t may be that the cOnces
sions which have been made will be agreed
to and that the treasury department will
find them satisfactory, and yet one little
thing may result in undOing all that has
been done and the Wilson bill be reported
very much in the form it came over"
Then there would be fight in the sen
ate:'
Yes, and the biggest that has occurred
for years. But the whole matter is on such
delicate ground 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, that we are going to reach
an adjustment which will settle the mat.
ter"
1t is understood that the committee had
also been giving attention to the tobacco
schedule in the internal revenue bill dur
ing the day, and that the internal revenue
commissioner was before them to make
suggestions concerning rates and the meth
cd of collecting this as we'll as other taxes
in this part of the bill.
The committee is having trouble to sat
isfv the manufacturers with the rate OF
this tax, as they are urging that if there is
to be an increase it shall be placed at L
cents. because their machinery, which is
expensive. is made to produce packages
corresponding with either Il or II cent
tax. 1t is stated that the committee has
increased this tax to 10 cents.
Senators Jones. Mcpherson and Vest
continued their work on the Wilson bill al
the capitol until late last night, but did
not get the bill in shape to suit them and
stopped with the intention of resuming the
work this morning. They announced al
the conclusion of the meeting that the bill
would not he in shape to be reported to the
full committee today. 1t has been found
that some of the amendments made are not
consistent with the main portions of the
bill, and many corrections have been found
necessary at the last hour. This work is
consuming much of the time of the com
mittee, as well as that which it is necessary
to give to the fixing of rates on the dsput
ed items.