The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-10-06
ALL ABOUT SUGAR.
Kicking Against h New Tariff
Supar M~a1natea Indlcted.

Germany Kicking Against the New Tariff
Sugar Magnates Indicted.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.-An interna-
tional question involving the United
States and Germany has been raised
by that feature of the new tariff aw
which inspired the most domestic
t~rouble-the sugar schedule. The
German government, through its am
bassador, Baron Won Saurma-Jeltsch,
has made a strong protest to the secre-
tary of state against that clause of the
act which imposes an additional duty
of one-tenth of a cent per pound on
sugars imported from those govern
ments which pay an export bounty on
the articles to their producers. The
ambassador himself has just arrived in
the city from his summer trip, but the
protest was conveyed to the depart
ment of state by the official of the en-
bassy acting as charge d'affaires in his
absence and has been the subject of a
conference.
1t is held by the German government
hat the feature of the new tariff act is
MOI oppressive in its action against
the sugar producers of that country
han any other, and violates the spirit
Of the treaty arrangements between
the two governments, particularly in
view Of the concessions by which the
embargo against American pork, for a
time enforced by Germany, was raised,
Germany thinks her commercial inter-
ests in the matter should be upon the
same plane as the most favored nation
to use the common treaty term of
Europe. Her representatives here,
however, understand the nature of the
case; that It Is not In the power of the
state department or treasury depart
ment to change the workings of exist
ing laws; hat 1t Is the prerogative of
congress alone by legi station to take
that step.
The German ambassador said last
night that protest had been entered in
a friendly spirit. While the feature of
the law to which his government had
objected operated also against France,
Austria and Belgium, It was much
interests because the export duty paid
by Germany was lower than that
granted by either Of the other coun-
tries mentioned, SO much lower that the
German exporters were placed at a
decided disadvantage in competing
with their neighbors in the American
markets. With this discrimination re.
moved, he said, the German sugar
growers would be able to conduct q
profitable business with the United
States. The ambassador was very
hopeful legislation would be adopted
at the short session of congress to obvi.
ate the discrimination against his
country.
SUGAR MAaNATRs INDICTED.
WASHINGTON, Oct - The grand
jury yesterday brought in indictments
against Henry o. Havemeyer and John
E. Searles, of the sugar trust, and AL
Ian L. Seymour, of the stock broker
age firm of Seymour & Young, for re,
fusal to answer questions put to them
by the senate sugar trust investigating
committee. The grand jury also
brought in an indictment against Mr.
Mccartney, Of the Arm of Carson q
Mccartney, this last, however, being
merely to perfect q previous report
All Of the cases will come up for argu.
mept on demurrers on October IL. The
indictments each cover tw~enty-eight
pages of large typewritten sheets. Thu
history of the sugar schedule of the
tariff bill is rehearsed in the contents
These indictments differ somewha'
from the others from the fact hat tn,
pertinency of the queries are some
what further removed, and that two
members Of the investigating com
mittee held the questions which Have.
meyer and Searles refused to answer
were not pertinent The questions re
quested the specific amount con
tributed in the different states to cam
paign funds and one point urged wa
that these contributions were not t,
national campaign funds.
New indictments against J. w. Nc
Cartney, of Washington, and E. E
Chapman, of New York, were made TO
the purpose Of correcting the wording
of the former indictments.