Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-04
SUGAR SCHEDULE
Louisiana Senators Are Interposing
Objections to Agreement.
THEY WANT BOUNTY FOR This YEAR
Otherwise They Say They viii
Vote Against the Bill.
+ o D A Y'S SES $40 N

The Louisiana Senators are now inter
posing distractions to an agreement on
the sugar schedule They have given no.
tice that II they are not given a portion of
the bounty for this year they will vote
against the bill. AS nearly as can be
learned, the situation as to the agreement
On the sugar schedule in conference Is this:
The House people were willing to give the
trust a differential specific rate Of fifteen
one-hundredths and leave the ad valorem of
10 per cent on raw sugar and 40 per cent
on the sugar used in the manufacture of the
refined. The Senate would not accept that
but made counter proposition, similar N
terms, except that II provided for a differ
entail OF twenty one-hundrcdths. or one
hfth- The House conferees have not yet
accepted this. but there is practically no
doubt that they will do so.
Trust Peoples Admissions.
The sugar trust people have claimed that
they would get no benefit whatever out of
the 40 per cent ad valcrem, and that all
they had in the schedule was the one-eighth.
Later. they acknowledged that they got a
very little out Oh the ad valorem, and 1t was
figured out that one-fifth would give them
All tney acknowledged to receive in the
Senate schedule
On this basis of figuring, that Is. II the
nSures or the sugar men themselves are ac-
curatc, there would be absolutely no differ
ence between the original Senate schedule
and the compromise schedule except in
Words-the protection given the trust and
that given the planters would be exactly
the same In both schedules.
About One-Hnlf of the Senate sched-
ule.
These figures do not appear to be ac-
curate. however. The calculations Of what
the trust would get out of the ad valorem,
independently Of the one-eighth. vary from
HI points to about 46 points. About 20
points is probably accurate. II so, the
trrst would get out OF the Senate schedule
~ from the ad valorem, IL IL from the
one-eighth differential and 10 from the dis
elimination against countries paying eX-
port bounty, which would aggregate ~ IL
points. The compromise schedule gives the
trr st an advantage of just 20 points. which
Is a little less than half what they would
get by the Senate schedule.
Taking the lower estimate of III points
to the trusts advantage in the ad valorem
creasing the diferential from Is to 1-5
gives exactly half what Is carried. openly
and secretly. in the Senate schedule.
TOday's session.
The tariff conferees began work again to-
day with the sugar schedule the first to be
talked over. 1t Is claimed that the Senate
conferees pointed out a new difficulty which
the new schedule was liable to meet when
the bill was returned to the Senate. 1t was
asserted that with the new schedule the bill
would not receive the votes Of Senators
Caffery and Blanchard of louisiana, or
Allen and Kyle, populists, and that these
four votes, with that of Senator Hill, would
defeat the bill. The House members say
that the Louisiana men cannot afford to
vote agaiSt bill as favorable to the sugar
interests as the new schedule provides,
simply because no provision for bounty on
this years crop is included, as Congress
Certainly would pass a free sugar bill before
adjournment.
A Hurried Senatorial Conference.
There was a hurried senatorial conference
today participated in by Senators German,
Smith and Jones. Previous to this the
Louisiana Senators had made a vicious pro-
test against the proposed sugar schedule,
which did not provide for a bounty on the
product of this year. The conference was
called after the tariff conferees had been
In session some time, and when reports had
been in circulation that another hitch had
prisen over the sugar schedule. There have
teen some very stormy protests from men,
bers of the House against 1t, and some as
sertions have been made to the effect that
II could not pass The senatorial confer
ence today was supposed to have been held
% ascertain X some new arrangement Of
the schedule could not be proposed which
would meet with more favor. Shortly after
IL
stated by one who knew what had taken
place that the sugar schedule would be fixed
Up soon and agreed to on the lines suggest
ed yesterday, and that the main fight be-
tween the conferees then would be on coal
and iron.
At IL o'clock, when a short recess was
taken. a House conferee said that no agree
ment had been reached up to that time on
the three main itemS-sugar, iron or coal.
Whether the agreement might be reached
later in the day the conferees expressed
doubt. Some OF them said 1t might take
three or four days more to bring the men,
bers together.
A Conference at tho White House.
1t developed today that a conference was
held at the White House last night, at
which wera present. besides the President,
Speaker Crisp. Chairman Wilson, Secretary
Gresham and. II Is understood, some others
The agreement on the basis Of the new
sugar schedule was gone over, and while
no one Is authorized to state what conclu-
Sion was reached, the subsequent action of
those present warrants the inference that
the President and others at the meeting last
night believed 1t advisable to accept the
proposition. 1t was with this understand
ing that the House conferees met the Sem
ators this morning. when the objection of
the two Louisianl Senators and some others
developed a new and unexpected obstacle