The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-08-03
Still NO AGREEMENT.
The Tariff Oonferrees Making
Haste Very Slowly.
SUGAR THE BONE OF CONTENTION

II IL stiii Believed. However, That they
win DO Ready TO Report an Agree
msnt Next week-Chairman Wilson
satisasd with the Progress.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.-The Democraticl
tariff conferrees did not make as marked
progress yesterday as they had hoped
when they went into session. When they
adjourned on Wednesday the situationl
was so much better than 1t had been on
previous days that some of the members
thought an understanding might be
reached before adjournment yesterday
Members Of the conference say, however,
that the same good feeling still exists,
and that there is the same belief Of an
ultimate amicable settlement, and that
today or tomorrow may see the end OF
their deliberations
They admit, though, that 1t is impossi-
BILE to fix the day. for the reason that a
Few minutes often serves to undo the ac-
complishments OF an entire day. The
senate generally understands this to be
the situation, and the prevailing opinion
on the floor is that the report will not be
made this week. When asked today il it
was true, as has been generally under
stood, that there had been an agreement
on all the schedules except sugar, a mem
Der of the committee said that such was
not the fact, but he admitted that he
thought with sugar out of the way the
other differences might be harmonized.
/ "Yet," he said, there are some very
!, knotty questions to deal with outside OF
the sugar schedule"
/ One of the difficulties the house con-
fas 10.
sugar schedule is the fact, as they claim,
that the refners would not only receive
the advantage of the protection given
them in the one-eighth of cent differen.
/ tial, but that they would also receive GER
tain additional protection because of the
I difference in the price Of raw and refined
sugar, and they have intimated that they
| would be inclined to grant the one-eigh nth
of cent II the duty on the refined article
could be confined to that figure. The con
ferrees admit the justice of this repre-
! sentation, and, 1t is understood, have in
Dictated Willingness to adjust the SEIZED
ule so as to remove this objection if way
could be found to definitely fix the rate.
l One of the many stories current during
the day was that the senate conferrees
had proposed to the house managers the
:. alter native OF accepting either the senate
:, or house bill without amendment, and
I that 1t had been declined, but the truth
of the story is denied, and no foundation
. could be found for 1t except in q converse
ton between Senator Jones and mem
:, Der of the house, not in the conference, il
} which Mr.. Jones had told the house mem
Der that he would be willing to come to
an agreement, If 1t could be done, thai
would permit each house to vo on thu
bill of the other.
:. The house conferrees went to Speaker
Crisp's private Office at the close of tn,
meeting aud discussed the situation
Chairman Wilson and his associates ex
pressed satisfaction with the progress be
ing made. Mr.. Wilson said, however
that even If an agreement were reached il
could not be prepared In time to repor
this week