The record-union., 1894-06-05
Tenth Week of the Tariff Debate
in the Senate.
THE SUGAR SCHEDULE THE SUB
JECT OF DISCUSSION.
Senator Gray, Chairman of the Special
Committee to Investigate the AL.
legged Operations of the Sugar Trust
In Connection With Tariff Iegisla-
ton, Submits the Secon5 ech or
Testimony to the Sena ..
Special to the REcoRD-UxroS.

WASHINGTON, June 4.-Six Democrats
and seven Republicans were in the cham
Der to-day when the Senate entered upon
the tenth week of the tariff debate.
Twenty minutes were spent in waiting
for the presence of the forty-three Sem
ators necessary to proceed with business.
The resolution providing for the pay
ment of the expenses of the bribery and
other investigating committees out of the
contingent fund was adopted.
The tariff bill was taken up, the sugar
schedule pending.
Vest made brief explanation concern
ing controverted point in Saturdays
debate as to the existence of the sugar
trust in 1890. Senators Aldrich and Sher-
man had contended the present trust was
not in existence and its stock not listed.
Vest produced authorities to show that
S0,026 shares of stock of the sugar REIN
ing companies were sold in the mark in
New York in 1890, which, at Sl00 per
share, represented over SS, ,000,000. he
had as much right to insinuate that the
sugar trust dictated the sugar schedule in
the Mckinley bill. as the Senators on the
other side had to impugn the action OF the
majority in the present Congress.
Mr.. Allison followed Mr.. Vest with an
elaborate speech on the sugar schedule.
1t was, he said, by far the most import
ant provision of the bill. 1t afforded one
third of the revenue of the bill. Mr.. Al
lison declared that according to numer-
Gus authorities sugar could be refined
cheaper here than IN Germany and some
other European countries. The schedule
practically would prohibit the importa-
ton OF sugars. 1t was not a schedule for
protection, but for prohibition.
Mr.. Jones DEM of Arkansas followed
with a detailed explanation of the sugar
schedule. He denied that the Mckinley
bill had given the people one ounce of
free sugar. By imposing duty of six
tenths OF cent on refined sugar it had
ed the people $23. 600, all of which
went into the pockets of the retiners. Be-
side 5000 600 had to be paid out of the
treasury in the form of sugar bounties,
so the total sugar tax on the people of the
United States amounted to S3S, 900, 900, of
which not one dollar had gone into the
Federal Treasury. The duty which iJ
was proposed to impose by the BILL he
said, would cost the people about $685.
600, 900, of which S35, 900, 900 would go into
the treasury, Sc, 600, 900 in the form OF pro-
lection and S6,000000 to the refners, who
would get but one-fourth of what they
got under the present law.
Mr.. Hoar did not believe his constitu-
ents would understand the complicated
mathematics of the sugar schedule, but
he said they would understand that the
party which promised them free raw ma
terial, free coal, iron ore, lead ore, free
sugar, etc., had betrayed New England
by striking down their industries in
order to build up those in the South.
Platt (Rep.) OF Connecticut, who fol-
lowed Aldrich, denounced in bitter terms
and caustic words the surrendering of the
Dem ocratic majority to the sugar trust.
He concluded at $50 and then, after
some sparring, Harris succeeded in
effecting an agreement by which all the
amendments TO the sugar schedule should
be voted on tomorrow. In accordance
with the notice he served last Saturday,
he stated that unless some agreement
could be reached for facilitating the dis
position of the measure, he would be
compelled to ask the Senate to sit longer
and later. He asked that unanimous
consent be given to vote on all the sugar
amendments at an early hour Tomorrow.
Hoar said it was too much to ask the
Senate to veto debate on all the amend
ments. He suggested that q vote be
taken on the amendments to the bounty
paragraph at L o'clock, and then the de-
bate on the amendments be limited to the
ten-minute rule, with the understanding
that the entire schedule be disposed of to-
morrow. This was agreed to, and at GIG
the Senate, on Harris motion, went into
executive session. and a few minutes
later adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, June 1.-The galleries of
the House were well filled to-day, and on
the floor there was goodly array of oc-
cupied desks during the early part of the
day. As the afternoon wore on the at
tendance thinned out, and when adjourn
ment came there was not half hundred
hers the floor. The IRA yVaV
State bank tax bill was discussed by
Representative Dalzell (Rep.) of Penn
sylvania and Raynoer (Detn.) of Mary
land for the opposition. and Representa-
tives Cobb (Dem.) of Alabama and Oates
Dem.) of Alabama in favor of it, and the
House agreed to a Senate joint resolution
appropriating $4,000 to defray the ex-
penses of the Sugar Investigation Com
mittee.