Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-24
FREE SUGAR.
Raw and Refined on Free List
Bounty Abolished.
And Coal Goes There Also to Disgust
Of Thousands.
Several Democrats Voted With Republican.
on Both Of ths Propositions.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-The House went
into committee of the whole on the tariff
bill. Late yesterday afternoon an amend.
ment was offered by Robertson (Dem.) OF
Louisiana, to strike out all of paragraph
lsl and insert the following: .'All sugars
shall pay duty upon polariscopic test as fol-
lows, viz. all sugars testing by polaIiscope
not above Is degrees, shall pay duty of !
cent per pound, and for every additional
degree or fraction of degree shown by the
polariscopic test, they shall pay three.
hundredths of cent per pound additional,
aud all sugars above No. l6, Dutch stand
ard, in color, shall pay an additional duty
of fiye-twentieths of l cent per pound.
| Provided, that all sugars when exported
from or product of any country, when
and go long as such country pays or shall
pay directly or indirectly bounty on sugar
it shall pay, in addition to the rates herein
provided, duty equal to the bounty &C
paid by such country"
To this Warner (Dem) of New YorI
offered as an amendment "Strke out para
graph ls1, including lines IL, ~ and l3
page 2S, and strike out from paragraph 64l
|
| lard in color in lines 8 and 10, page sc ,
| The House took a recess without acting
on the Robertson amendment. The Ques
ton this morning was as to the status OF
this amendment. 1t was held that the
Warner amendment, which was adopted
vas in the nature of a substitute thereto,
| and displaced the Robertson amendmen'
80 vote on it could not be taken. On tie
other hand it was held that the Warne,
amendment was an amendment not in tht
nature of substitute and vote should bt
| taken on Robertson's amendment a.
amended.
| A number of explanations which did no
explain very clearly, was offered, and after
aearly an hour and three-quarters was con-
,umed, it was decided by majority Of tn.
committee that the Warner amendmen,
was substitute and then was agreed. The
fleet is to place all sugar. raw and refined,
on the free list, while the bounty is abol.
shed.
| At LOS o'clock the coal schedule was
taken up, and Oats tDem.) of Alabama
| offered an amendment striking coal from
the free list and putting duty Of 40 cent,
ton upon it, and 20 cents ton on slack
Wise (Dem.) of Virginia, offered al
amendment to this amendment, placing the
luty at so cents ton. McKaig (Dem. Of
| Maryland, submitted q substitute providing
~. wy " on sne p..n. "a" ~, IN.
Hit (Rep.) of Illinois, offered, an amend
| ment to the substitute Insert at the end Of
| paragraph 439; provided, that if any arti
cle is imported, the product of any countr,
which imposes duty on said article ex-
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