The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-05

Washington, Aug. 4.-When the
Democratic conferees adjourned to
night after an all day session, it looked
as though they were nearer to an
agreement than at any time thus far.
And yet the agreement itself, which
is the great end in view, had not been
attained.
The hopes of the conferees last night
that definite results would be reached
and made public today, failed to be
realized.
An agreement on sugar had not
been reached beyond the possibility of
recall nor had agreements been reach
ed on ore. iron or coal.
The day closed, however, much bet
ter than it opened. 1t had brought out
that new schedule submitted as an
ultimatum by the conservative sena-
tors would be accepted by the House
conferees, and that there was little
else than the formal and final an
nouncement of this acceptance to make
the agreement on sugar complete.
Equivalent to an Agreement.
So fully satisfied were the House con-
ferees that this schedule would pre-
vail, that they urged it's advantages on
their colleagues on the House side and
pointed out that in their opinion it
would reduce the benefits to the trust
by 80 per cent over the original Sen
ate schedule. In view of the fact that
the proposition came from the Sena-
tors. this willingness of the House men
n c a6U w mr. feo fI1T
indicated the common ground they
were occupying. Indeed, one of the
conferees spoke of the results of the
days work as equivalent to an agree
ment on the sugar schedule, but said
it was not such a binding agreement
as cut off the possibility of disagree
ing to it on Monday. Thus it stands,
agreeing, and yet not actually at the
point,
AS to when the quasi agreement
would become an absolute f1nality, the
conferees had no definite idea when
they separated tonight.
AS Secretary Carlisle was with them
a part of the day it is concluded the
schedule is also satisfactory to the
administration.
When the Democrats separated this
evening, Senator Jones said he hoped
they might call on the Republican con-
ferees early next week possibly, but
not probably, on Monday, though he
stated something might occur to upset
all calculations and prevent a full and
complete adjustment of differences
The especially new development of the
day was the disclosure, early in the
morning, that the two Louisiana sena-
tors Gallery and Blanchard, could not
be depended upon to support the new
sugar schedule. Their opposition was
based on the ground that it failed to
take into consideration the require
ments of the Louisiana sugar plant-
ers for bounty on their present crop,
at least. This caused some uneasiness
at the outset, and it was felt he new
schedule, upon which hung the chance
OF full agreement, might be wrecked by
the opposition of the louisiana sena-
tors and several Populists.
This feeling wore off later in the day,
however. either through indifference or
concession to this opposing element,
and it was not regarded at the close
OF the conference as a serious menace
to the success of the conferees' efforts.
Details of the Schedule.
No attempt was made today, as on
yesterday, to disguise the details of
the new sugar schedule, and the con-
ferees themselves officially confirmed
us PROVISIONS as made public yeSter-
day by the Associated Press, but they
pointed out that the latest phase OF
the proposition entirely eliminated the
one-tenth differential against sugars
coming from counties paying an ex
port bounty on sugar. This, = was ex
pialned, made the proposition more
nearly approach the decision of the
House. In other words, the new SEIZED
ule is exactly as heretofore given, viz:
on sugars below No 16 dutch standard
raw sugars, 40 per cent ad yaIorem
On sugars above No. 16 dutch stand
ara Qehned sugars, 40 per cent ad
Valorem of the amount necessary for
the protection of refined sugars at the
wholesale price in the country from
winch 1t is exported, plus a differential
duty of one-fifth of a cent per pound
After the conferees had reached their
virtual agreement on the sugar sched-
ule, they put this to one side and took
up the question of iron ore and coal.
put adjourned without approaching a
conclusion with respect to these two
products.
Messrs. T. A. Sharretts, of the board
of Democratic appraisers, and Jacob
Schoenhof, deputy appraiser at the
port of New York, who have been act
ing as expert advisers to the Senate
finance committee since the Bill has
been pending in the Senate, today. in
response to a request, furnished the
Associated Press statements as to the
difference in the protection to refined
sugar furnished by the sugar schedule
now almost agreed on by the tariff
conferees from the protection furnished
by the Senate schedule. They united
in saying:
1.-THE price Of raw sugar is always
based on the amount of saccharine
matter contained in it. Beet sugar
analyzing IS degrees means that loo
pounds of this class of sugar contains
|SS pounds of saccharine matter. Hence
lit takes 1858 pounds of So degree
sugar to make 100 pounds of refined
sugar or so-called German granulated
sugar
1.-The London quotations for the year
1893, average for raw beet (SS degrees)
$3.50 22-24 per 100 pounds, and for
German granulated sugar $685. 1924
for 100 pounds This shows an average
difference of 5417 cents per 100 pounds.
If you take this raw sugar price and
add the necessary amount to allow
for the quantity required, you have
$375 11-24 the outlay for the sugar
totally consumed in making the re-
fined sugar. This leaves 10 6-24 cents
as the net balance to cover the cost of
refining.
Cane sugars of Sc degrees so-called
centrifugal give 921a pounds of refined
sugar. and to get at the cost of the
sugar actually consumed in making
100 pounds of refined cane sugar, we
have to make the necessary allowance
and arrive at the true quantity con-