The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-08-08
TIE JrGGLE OVER SUGAR
Is still the Absorbing Topic in an
Ont of Conference.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4-When the
democratic tariff conferees adjourned to-
night, after an all day session, It looked
as though they were nearer to an agree
rnent 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 ana
made public today failed to be realized
and an agreement on sugar had not been
reached beyond the possibility of recall,
nor had agreements been reached on iron
ore or coal.
The day closed. however, much better
than it opened. 1t had brought out that
the new sugar schedule submitted an
ultamatum by the conservative senators
would be accepted by the house con-
ferees. and that there was little else
after the formal and final announcement
Of this acceptance to make the agree
ment on the sugar schedule complete. So
fully satisfied were the house conferees
that this schedule would prevail that
they argued its advantages on their
colleagues on the house side and pointed
out that, in their opinion. it would re-
duce the benefits TO the trust by 90 per
cent. over the original senate schedule.
In view Of the fact that the proposition
came from the senator's, this willingness
of the house men to point out its ad-
vantageous feature indicated the COM
mon ground they We're occupying In
deed one Of the COnterees spoke Of the re-
suits Of the days work as equivalent to
an agreement on sugar, but said il was
not such a binding agreement as cut off
the possibility of !isagreeing TO it on Mon
day. Thus Il stands with the
ronferees on the point OF agreeing and
yet not actually at that point. As TO
when the quasi agreement Will become
an absolute finahty the conferees had
10 definite idea when they separated TO-
night. As Secretary Carlisle was with
Guided that the schedule is also salts
factory 10 the administration.
When the democrats separated this
evening Senator Jones expressed the
hope that they might call in the repub-
lican COnfereeS early next week. posi-
bly,. but not probably, on Monday,
though he stated that something might
occur to upset all calculations and pre-
vent a full and complete adjustment of
differences.
day was the disclosure early in the
morning that the two Louisiana senators
Gallery and Blanchard-cOuld aot be
depended on 70 support the new sugar
the ground that il failed to take into
consideration the requirements IF the
Louisiana sugar planters for bounty on
their present crop at least. This caused
some uneasiness at the outset. and it was
felt that the new schedule. upon which
hung the chance of full agreement, might
be wrecked by the opposition OF the
Louisiana senator's and several pOpulists.
This feeling wore of 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 10 the
success Of the cOnferees' efforts.
No attempt was made today. as on
yesterday. to disguise the details of the
new sugar schedule, and the conferees
themselves officially confirmed its provi-
sions as made public yesterday by the
Associated Press. but they pointed out
that the latest phase Of the proposition
entirely eliminated the one-tenth diff
ferential against sugars coming from
countries paying an export bounty on
sugar. This, il was explained made the
proposition more nearly approach the de-
sires of the house.
II other respects the new schedule is
exactly as heretofore given, viz: On
sugars below No. 16 Dutch standard Gn
other words. on raw sugars) 40 per cent.
ad valOrem.
on sugars above No. Is Dutch stand
ard. viz: Refined sugars 40 per cent. ad
valorem OF the amount necessary for
the production of refined sugar at the
wholesale price in the country from
which IL is exported plus a differential
duty Of One-fifth Of a cent a pound.
After the cOnferees had reached their
virtual agreement on the sugar schedule
they put this to one side and took up
the question Of iron ore and coal, but ad-
iOurned without approaching a cOnclu-
sion with respect to these two products.
The Mathematics of 1t.
Messrs. T. Sherretts Of the board of
general appraisers and Jacob Schoenhof.
deputy appraiser at the port of New
York who have been acting as expert
advisers to the senate finance commit
tee since the bill has been pending in
THE senate. today. in response to a re-
quest furnished the Associated Press,
with 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 pro-
lection furnished by the senate schedule
They said: The price of raw sugar
Is always based on the amount Of sac
charine matter contained in it. Beet
sugar Analysing SO degrees means that
100 pounds Of this class of sugar con-
tains lightweight pounds of saccharine
matter. Hence it takes 1883 pounds Of
So degrees sugar 10 make 100 pounds Of
refined sugar or so-called German gran
ulated' sugar.
THE London quotations for the year
1893 average for raw beet (SS degrees)
1880 22-24 per hundred pounds, and for
German granulated S3S5 17-24 per hun
dred pounds. This shows an average diff
ference OF 5417 cents per hundred
pounds. If you take this raw sugar
price and add the necessary amount to
allow for the quantity required, you have
1913 11-24, the outlay for the sugar actu-
ally consumed in making of the re-
fined sugar. This leaves 10 GA cents as
the net balance to cover the cost of re-
filming.
Cane sugar of SO degrees. so-called
centrifugals. give 921z 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 consumed, which Is
108.05 pounds The latest London quo
tations for 80 degrees centrifugal shows
sz.93 per 100 pounds. and for refined 1917
per 100 pounds. This shows a difference
Of A cents on the 100 pounds. Adding
10 the raw sugar price the necessary
amount to allow for the quantity actu-
ally required. T. e., 108.O5 pounds of raw
at 1898 and you have S3.17 to cover the
cost Of the sugar and 20 cents left over
for the cost Of refining in 100 pounds
OF refined sugar.
Taking the value of the raw cane