New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-04
PRICE THREE CENTS
THIS is THE COMPROMISED
THE SUGAR TRUST GETS AN INCREASED
ALLOWANCE.

HOUSE CONFERREES END BY OUT-HEROD-
ING THE SUGAR HERoDs OF THE
sENATE-ALL DONE IN THE
NAME OF TARIFF REFORM
AND PRINCIPLE.
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBCNEI
Washington, Aug. 3.-Chairman Wilson and his
associate managers on the part Of the House
who have been engaged for several days past
IN baryaning away In conference the alleged
'princip.es" Of tariff reform sem-ofiicialy laid
down in President Cieveland's letter and em-
braced go enthusiastically by the House as O
basis for it's warfare on the 'periidies OF the
Senates compromise tariff measure, disclosed
to-day openly and brazenly the full extent OK
their humi,iaiing surrender to the Senate Dy
making public the draft of a new sugar schedule
Of extraordinary character which is expected TO
be reported in the interest Of harmony" to the
warning matorties in the two houses. That the
House conferrees, though representing Dooy
which had voted Overwhelmingly for free sugar.
should have yielded to the pressing demands OF
the Treasury for fair. or even excessive, rev.
enue duty on sugars was only to be expected
under conditions which surrounded the pending
conference But that Mr.. Wilson, after his sem
sational exhibition of heroics in the House on
July I and his impassioned threat 10 wipe out
the Senate's dferental duty on refined sugar or
hold Congress in session until March next
should in three weeks be driven abJecty
not only into accepting and indorsing the
tainted u cent differentia given by Mr.. German
TO the Trust. but even into increasing the bonus
allotted 10 the reiners to is cent. could scarcely
have been thought credible by any one to
whom the demorazing influences of the con-
ference room are not familiar though meian-
choly story.
The boasted Democratic 'prnciples' sent py
the House with the Presidents backing, TO force
the Senate conference 10 yield the Infamous duty
laid for the benefit Of the Sugar Trust, are put,
bv to-days disclosures, in the attitude OF out
Heroding the Herods OF the Senate in devotion to
the welfare Of the great refining monopoly For
in return for the vain and empty indulgence OK
be;ne allowed 70 rewrite the Senate schedule, Mr.
Wilson and his associates, by to-day's reported
agreement not only accede 10 the principle OK
imposing a dferential on refined sugars, but ac-
tuary consent 70 increase the profits put IN the
treasury OF the Trust by at least . or . cents
in every hundredweight refined.
Three weeks Of posing in conference as the
undaunted champions Of Democratic honor ana
| good faith and the unfnchng opponents OF the
| Senates dsgracefuI and treacherous surreniers
| Of principle have resulted in this pitiabe ana
! ignotle capitulation. Mr.. Wilson and the Presi-
! dent SEEM indeed. 70 have boasted before putting
on their armor, instead OF waiting I'LL tney mao
taken 1t OF. For. however sincere ana genuine
thair first emotional outburst against the en0rmi-
| ties Of the Senate bill may have bes'l they nave
already feebly yielded to the sinister influences
which In the Senate "Gormanized" the wilson
bill and now. in conference, have "Gormanzeo
| the luckess crusaders who have attempted TO re.
store to II its original spotessness ana purity I'll
purpose 49, A.
The new sugar schedule which is to form the
basis Of harmony between the two branches
| Of Congress can scarcely be called comprom,se.
! It is total Abandonment OF the House Poslto"
OF hostility 70 thr trust the reVusioh 'l s sen.f
ment on the part cf the House conferrees beins
/ so powerful To stretch. in the new scheuuie,
! the advantages already gained by the trust. iIie
new scheme Of duties contemplates the levyins
| Of A 20 per ad valorem duty on all sugars.
raw and r.. Gut iu the OF refined, the
| al vaioreno 1, % laid on the value Of the raw
sugar used in making each pound OF the renhso-
According TO the estimates Of the conieriees .he
40 per cent duty on 100 pounds OF reIIheu & WIZ
| under this arrangement, BE- calculated as equl'as
! lent TO 40 per cent on the value OF ll3 pounas ot
unrenned. BY this change, whose soie gpJeSs JI
seems be to crafty the vanity OF .ns ftes, na.
| dent bv complying with his suggestion that there
! shoud be no concealed advantage 10 the TehNels
through the fiat ad valorem the trust Is 70 De ue-
prived Of the slight protection OF " per ce eus
| an the difference between the cost OF unrehneo
| and refined sugars According 70 the caicuia-
tions Of the leading sugar expert on the flhahce
| Committee. Mr. Aldrich the conceaeu i, az, ar.
| oga to the refner even with 45 per cent nat
& az ~ oId no hut Oh cents on a hundredweght
| At 80 Nat II would be perhaps !ittle over 1ss
cents on the hundredweight but 10 recon'psmno 80
| the the trust for this loss OF "a cents d MN
| drodveiCht the Senatet SPECIFIC duty OF 8 vi a
cent a pound is 10 be increased to 10 OF d tsis
a pound. and the discriminating uuE asariss Ths
| hountv-naid sugars is also 10 be retained. ihe
! Increase from 4 TO 10 cent pound means an
! advancement in the duty OF ~ cents on ..is
! hundredweght so that the net result y, '
nnu scheme of harmony" would appear 10 pe an
! additional CONCESSION 10 the trust OF cents on
| tho hundredwcight, or l-2O or cent on .ne
| nound beyond the already liberal terms oi 'He
| tainted Callisle-Jones-Ciorman "a schedule
I, g. SIGNIFICANT that the first intlmalohs Oh an
! orreennent on this new surrender came 10 tne
nnblic from the White House rather than iron,
,he h srnsh concessions and talked about them
| bafora the conferrees themselves woulu au'i. i,
that the new schedule had peer, m ,nSaaG
| agreed on There was some disposiu3n. .luenus ~
| 90 tho mart OF the conferrees 10 INSIST 10 VIC
| tas. Thar the schedule outlined above is nerely
tentative and may be Withdrawn II IL us ~ 'ie ~
a aetsa ,tn favor in both branches. There can oe
,.,,Ie doubt that II will be entirely accept@ole "
the friends Of the Trust In the Sena't ,,s,,sSe
| in II n complete vndicatlon OF ',sn u a rro,.s
-. ,a,,ard tho refining interest That IL WIZ VII P'o.S
nauseous dose TO Senators Ike Mr; .iIa'' 80 u.
! m the free sugar radicals Ia the .hoso Tho
o,,hnu, saving But Mr. Villas ana .hose VIZ ~
W. n1,h him that dfferental duty LOT "a" .uS
| Ssneat of the Trust Is unjust Pppa.r cnn.
and unnecessary, have sw1 thev will probably
| w w, yerture now 10 protest against u.ls Nv
.cr,re,' committed in the name OF parry Ia ia,
- the conferrees have apparently Iio' as.e.v .
lilo"; ~. other details Of their proposed rePC..
oi, s,h .n q Is now said may or may not De reaoS
| next Monday or Tuesday.
R1,ANp HAS A NEW FREAK.
| Washington Aug. 3.-Representative biano' o'
,,,ssour, introduced to-day in the House the io-
lowing resolution - ,y.,.s ana
Means are hereby instructed TO report az as ScS eaS