The evening world., 1894-06-04
The FIGHT ON SUGAR.
Senator Vest Turns the Tables
Neatly on the MoKinleyites.
Sh vs. that There We're a Trust and
"Infuences" In 1890.
N " York and New Jersey Bridge
BIZ Crowded Out To-day.
(By Associated Presa.l

WASHINGTON. June 4.-Thirteen
Senators. six Democrats and seven Re-
publcans, were in the chamber when
the Senate entered Upon the tenth week
Of the Tariff debate at 10 o'clock to-day.
MIR. Hoar Rep., Mass.) suggested the
absence of q quorum. and twenty min.
utes were spent waiting the presence OF
the forty-three Senators necessary tc
providing for the payment of the ex-
penses OF the bribery and other investi-
eating committees out Of the contingent
Mr.. Vest obtained unanimous consent
Snd New Jersey Bridge bill, but the
could be read, and Mr.. Mitchell (Rep.,
N Ore..) objected to It's further ccpsidera-
tion: Then, at 1870, the Tariff. hill was
taken up. the sugar schedule being pend
Mr.. Vest took the floor and made a
short explanation concerning the contro-
to sert the e Existence M ia Of i iSe snSar e TrSst in
1890. Mr.. Aldrich and MIR. Sherman had
contended that the present Trust was not
the IN eH LIST nee and and that Its stock was
show se; t that s s.sss. go sh sG@s Of fu the stock Of ol
the Sugar Refining Company were sold In
the market In New York In 1890, which.
co. go. 'e' ''e' '''''
He retraced, as on Saturday. the
schedule Of the Mckinley bill in 1886
as 1t passed through the Ways and
Means Committee. the House, the Fl
he had concluded this bit OF history,
1--WE are taunted with being under the
What principle could have induced
the then Finance Committee Of the
Senate to report a duty Of 10 cents or
Influence which could have dictatei
such enormous protection, except thai
h %Ss tho sSm Same nnnq risSt to on maSe the 20 su ns
gestion, as Senators on the other side
have to continually put forth the in
SITUATIONS co%ncernins o. motives; NJ
Vest with an elaborate speech on tn,
sugar schedule. 1t was. he said. by fal
The most important provision Of the bill
duced by the bill. He sketched the his
tory Of the schedule through its modihl
cations. The Jones amendment allowed
the refners to bring in free Of duty tn.
It also contieued the Hawaiian treaty II
force; SO that the Sugar Trust. whici
tions Of those islands, could bring ii
their sugar free after this schedule wen
into effect. Every, line Of this complicat
e e9 s the Tre,s see% Yef w no e]ap II 5af 1n'e ws,
vouchsafed on the other side.
Take the first 40 per cent. ad valoren
rate on raw and refined sugar. he said
what was 1t effect? This duty wa.
levied against the price at the place
Of purchase, not at the ports OF expor'
duced abroad under a complicated sys
tenn Of taxation. drawbacks and boun
ties. and he thought the ad valoren
duty imposed by this schedule would
distinctly exclude France from ex
porting a pound to the United
practically Germany. The 40 pc
cent. duty, based on prices rang
Ing in New York. would give the Suga
Trust 70 cents protection on the one hun
dred pounds, exclusive Of the one-eightl
specific duty on refined. and the one
tentn cent, diaeren.a,, on hs Lonaoh quo 4
prices Of raw and refined sugar range
al about nine-tenths Of a cent, whicl
would make the 40 per cent. ad valoren
duty afford a protection Of SO cents Of
the one hundred pounds.