The record-union., 1894-03-05
Not Yet Ready to be Submitted to
the Full Senate Committee.
SUGAR A DISTURBING ELEMENT
TO DEAL WITH.
Affairs In the Mining Districts OF
Eagle and Montgomery, West Vir-
ginfa, Becoming More Complicated
Minnesota Visited by One of the
Worst storms Ever Known at This
Season of the Year.
Special TO the REcoRD-UN1oS.

Special TO the RECoRD-UNIoN.
WASHINGTON, March 4.-Ihe Demo-
cratic members of the Senate Committee
on Finance find it necessary TO take at
least one more day to consider the tariff
bill before presenting it to the full COM
mittee. They had been anxious to COM
plete the bill yesterday, so as to be able
to lay it before the full committee to-
morrow, and they old not relax in this
purpose until the last moment before
completing their work yesterday, but
they found that it had been necessary TO
give so much time to Senators who
wanted to be heard on various schedules
that they had comparatively little time
for consultation.
The contest between members of the
committee and the discontented element
las been very sharp. Senators Hill,
German, Brice, White, Gallery and
Smith constitute an influence which
the committee is finding it difficult to re-
sist. Sugar is still the most disturbing
clement with which the committee has
been called upon TO deal, and there is far
greater trouble in liking a rate SatlSiact-
ory to the refners than to the planters.
There is little room to doubt that the
committee has virtually decided upon
duty on coal, iron ore, lead ore and many
other articles on the tree list in the Will
son bill, but the committee refuses to
make an official announcement until the
bill is presented as whole.
Among other articles on which the
rates of duty have been decided upon are
wines and fruits and nuts.
Senator White of California complained
of the rates fixed by the House bill. The
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IN casks should pay higher rate of duty
than 10 per cent ad yalorem. Senator
White represented to the committee that
under this provision cheap French
clarets would be admitted almost free,
and he secured promise Of an amend
ment striking out the al Valorem clause
and providing that such wines when con-
tanning less than IA per cent. alcohol shall
be assessed at specific rates of 30 cents,
and those containing more than IA per
cent. 90 cents per gallon.
II He has also obtained a concession pro-
viding for a duty upon spirits in which
cherries are preserved. The amendment
secured will tax the spirits at the internal
revenue rate, which puts domestic cherry
preserves on an equal footing with the
imported.
Important changes have also been made
in the fruit schedule. Practically all
dried fruits have been put on the same
footing as raisjns, upon which duty of
j. cents per pound is fixed by the Wilson
bill. AS amended by the Senate commit
tee the bill will raise Zante currants, figs
and prunes to this level. Under the Will
son bill the rate on prunes is 20 per cent.
ad yalorem, which would be about three
quarters of cent per pound; figs, per
cent. ad valorem. equal to l cent per
pound, and Zante currants, per cent. ad
valorem, about one-quarter of u cent per
pound.
Senator White made an especial effort
in the matter of Zante currants, claiming
that they were really grapes, and it is un-
derstood that he convinced the committee
of the correctness of his views
The Greek Minister has made vigorous
protests against these changes on fruits.
but it is claimed that the duty rate pro-
posed is not so great as is imposed in
Greece upon the same importations.
There will be lull in the House for
several weeks after the excitement that
has existed there since the holidays 1t
is the intention of the House managers to
push consideration OF the appropriation
bills, to the exclusion Of everything else,
during the coming week. Two days,
probably three, will be taken to
complete consideration of the pen
sion appropriation bill. After it
is disposed OF, the District of Columbia
and Consular and diplomatic bills will
consume the balance of the week When
these are completed, the election cases
viii be taken up, and then the House will
return to other appropriation bills.