The herald., 1894-01-24
SUGAR ON THE FREE LIST.
Raw and Refined Product
Non-Duitable.
Coal Will Also Be Admitted
Free of Duty.
The Iron Schedule of the Wilson Bill
Taken Up.
A Movement on Foot to Rscommit the
Entire Measure-Sugar and Coal
Men soreIy Disappointed.
The Income Tax.



duty upon refined sugar, passed upon
just before the house adjourned last
night. A way out of the confusion
which existed upon the effect of the
amendment adopted last night, was
found after two hours' discussion of the
parliamentary situation, by submitting
the question to the house, as to whether
the Warner amendment. placing refined
sugar on the free list, should be consid--
cred ss a substitute for the Robertson
amendment. This was decided afirma-
lively and then by an overwhelming
vote, in which the Republicans joined
with the radical Democrats against
the sugar men and several members OF
the ways and means committee, the sub-
stitute was adopted.
The committee Of the whole has abol-
ished the bounty and placed all sugar,
both raw and refined, upon the free
list.
When it came to consider the coal
schedule today, however, the committee
Jared much better, and ali four amend
ments designed to place q duty of 40 to
70 cents per ton upon coal, were beaten.
veloped great deal of feeling among
the southern members, especially those
from Virginia, West Virginia, Tennes-
see and Alabama, whose states are inter-
ested either in coal or iron ore.
PROBABLE REcoMMITTAL.
The general impression ia that the
defeat OF the sugar men and these in
terested in retaining a duty upon coal,
will result in strengthening movements
developed on the Democratic side to re-
commit the bill. II the iron men are
defeated tomorrow, and especially If an
income tax should be placed npon ths
bill as rider later in the week, another
strong faction on the Democratic eide
will be added to this movement. The
Republicans will ali vote for motion 30
recommit. and with the Democrats who
do not care to vote against the bill out
right, bat who are not satisfied with it
in it's present form, they may be able TO
muster majority to send il back TO
committee. This 10 now admitted IN
sill hands to be the chief danger of the
bill. If it could be brought to direct
vote there ia no question about its pass
ing.
SUGAR SCHEDULE COMPLETED.
The house resumed consideration Of
the sugar schedule OF the tariff bill.
The pending amendment was Robert
sons, imposing a duty on raw sugar and
increasing the duty on refined, as
amended By Warner, placing both raw
and refined on the free list. The con-
fusion entailed by these two incongru-
GUS amendments had first to be straight
ened out.
Dingley claimed the Warner amend
ment was utterly inconsistent with the
Robertson amendment and should be
considered as a substitute. Robertson
took issue with him, maintaining the
effect of Warmers amendment was to
simply place refined sugar on the free
list, leaving so much of his amendment
as imposing duty on sugar below 16
Dutch standard unaffected.
A vote was finally taken on Warmers
amendment as a substitute, and it was
carried, l6l to 38.
The effect OF this is 20 place all raw
and refined sugars on the free list. The
great mass of Democrats, and practi-
cally all the Republicans, voted for the
proposition, only handful OF the DEM
ocrats, including Wilson and several
other Democrats of the ways and means
committee, voting against it.
THE COAL SCHEDULE.
The coal schedule was then taken up.
The frst amendment, by Oates of Ala
bama, was as follows: To strike out OF
the free list COAL etc, and insert coal,
bituman and ehale, 40 cents per ton of
28 bushels, so pounds to the bushels
coal, slack or culls, such as will pass
through half inch screen, 20 cents per
ton OF % bushels.
Wise of Virginia followed with an
amendment striking out 40 cents and
inserting 80 cent?.
McKaig of Missouri offered a substi-
tute providing for duty of rs cents per
ton on bituminous coal, 80 cents on
coal slack or culm, striking bituminous
coal from the free list.
Hit Of Illinois offered an amendment
to the substitute as follows: Insert at
the end OF the coal paragraph: Pro-
vided, that if any article on the free list
imported is the product OF any country
which imposes a duty on said article
exported from the United States, then
there shall be levied, collected and paid
upon said i'm ported article the rate OF
duty existing prior to the passage OF
this act.
Wilson made the point of order that
Hits reciprocity amendment was not
germane, therefore not in order. 1t
wRs proposition for general reciprocity
on tbs whole tariff bill, Or rather retail
ating upon ourselves for the folles OF
other people.
The chair sustained the point of or
der and Hit modified bis amendment
so SO to restrict it to the articles on the
free list.
McKaig (Dem.) of Maryland opposed
and Raynor (Dem.) of Maryland ia.
vored placing coal on the free list
Tucker (Dem.) of Virginia advocated
duty of 40 cents
Oates and Washington (Dsms.) advs-
Gated duty.