New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-20
ANOTHER FIGHT AHEAD.
THE SUGAR SCHEDULE ALMOST SURE TO
BE OvERHAULED.
,tANAGERs OF THE BILL DECIDE TO ABANDON
THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEATURE OF THE
BrI-RAPID PROGRESS WITH
THE FREE LIST.
Thy TELEGRAPH TO rHE TRIBrSF.'


~ the Tariff bill that they will abandon entirely
the administrative customs portion Of the meas
IRE has greatly increased the chances OF ending
the consideration Of the bill by paragraphs IN
Committee Of the Whole by Saturday next. Ot
course the time Of taking the final vote cannot
be readily fixed. because the struggle over the
tainted sugar schedule may be violently renewed
when the bill gets into the Senate, the testimony
given in the last few days before the Gray Scan
dial Committee having brought 10 light some ell
tirely novel and highly important information as
10 the secret influences which controlled tne
Surrender of the Democratic managers 10 the
Trust
II has been repeatedly asserted by the repre-
sentatives Of the Finance Committee tha' II was
necessary TO give the highest duty to the sugar
refners in order to get the Necessary forty-three
votes for the bill Mr.. Vest testifei 10 this, and
Mr. Camden. who acted as a sort Of go-between,
gave similar testimony He and others testihed
further that II was not the Senators representing
the sugar producers who wanted this differental
duty and that these Senator's were actually OPP
posed 10 the ad valorem duty adopted TO heip
the bill through The Senators who were instru-
mental in having the Trust schedule auop'eu'
Messrs Brce German and Smith nave 'es'-
fed that they had no interest in the matter eN-
cept that arising from desire to get the OH
into such a shape as 10 secure the necessary
Democratic support to pass H.
AT the same time 1t has been strennousiE ue
r,aa that ,here was n sinsle vote In the Senate
10 be gained by giving the Trust what II "ahteu
mr. ono "a be lost II the Trusts demands were not
acceded 10. This apparent contradiction IS niaue
as emphatic as the reiteration of testimony can
rossib,v render IT, The Republican and Populist
onnonents OF the sugar surrender" will natur-
al,v therefore. call upon the friends OF the Cor
sman-Jones schedule tc explain. TO wnom the
concessions" were made why any such con-
cessions" were necessary at all and how the pros
pects Of getting forty-three Democrats 10 VOC
for the bill were improved by putting the addi-
tional Trust duty on
Thars will be thorough discussion OF TINS
most ingenious paradox The minority Will re-
ouire that these seeming" contradictions De eN-
planned The Finance Committee asserts mat
committee discovered that the bill was In danger
of defeat II the higher duty were not put on
refined sugar. Yet all the testimony oeiore '"e
GRAY Committee goes to show that there was io
reason whatever why the SURRENDER snouiu
have heen acouiesced in The Republicans will
insist that il there is no Senator VINO demands
the retention Of this added duty, and If the
Committee on Finance. whose members say they
were forced to the acceptance Of the duty acted
under a misaperehension. then the duty should
be AZ once taken off and the mistake corrected
The committee can have no excuse for yielding
IN the trust II the loss Of no vote is threatened
by abandoning it,
To meet Ia a way the force Of this unanswer-
able contention. 1t is now announced that the
Democratic managers. when the bill gets In the
Senate. will try to appease hostile criticism by
dropping the lilo Of cent a pound compen-
satory duty on refined sugar imported from
bounty-giving countries. and by allowing the
schedule to take effect on the passage OF the
bill instead Of on January /, 1895. This latter
step would deprive the Louisiana planters OF
about $4,000 600 in bounty and the Trust OF
from $50 900 to $500OO000 IN prohts--the two
unblushing bonuses of the tainted schedule
offered by the "compromisers' as means Of
smoothing its original passage.
If this additional transformation Of the schedule
is attempted as now seems probable, new and
lively parliamentary contest will be started,
which promises TO delay the exit OF the bin from
the Senate till the end of this month the early
days Of next The Democratic managers have
given up the hope. indeed. Of being able to act
on the appropriation bills before the fiscal
year begins. and resolutions extending tenn
porarily the appropriations Of 1S93ls94 will have
to be resorted TO until the new bills can be
rushed through
The decision Of the managers Of he bill 20 drop
out the forty odd pages q the administrative
section Is considered all sides highly prudent
and sensible. This portion Of the bill
crudely drawn by the House Committee on Ways
and Means. and found examination ly
Treasury experts to contain so many blunders
that far effort TO amend IL satisfactorily
has entirely succeeded. Mr. Carlisle Is under
stood 10 favor the retention OF the provisions OF
the law Of 1890. under which the coll &C ion OF
customs has been carried with great Efficiency
and exactitude. The committee amendments TO
the House draft are very numerous, and the OPP
position 10 the new scheme Of administration
would have been vigorously prosecuted
The greater part Of the free list was disposed
OF to-day large majority Of the items leading
10 no debate whatever. The managers Of the
bill wobbed more than usual on naay para
graphs rates being offered. withdrawn and
altered without notification or explanation. s, me
of the Democratic Senators refused to support
the Finance Committee In making art free. Bat
by the aid Of the Republicans. the free art para
graph was retained by handsome ma rgin.
Messrs Jones and Vest met their first outright
defeat in the quicksilver paragraph Two Demo
Gratis Messrs. Hill and Morgan, joined the Popu-
lists and Republicans 10 restore quicksilver TO the
dutiable list. and the combination won by a mar
row majority. II seems probable that the free
list will be finished at to-mOrrow's session.
THE PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL
Washington. June ls.-The fact that there Is no
further desire the part Of Mr.. Quay Rep..
PENN to delay progress on the Tariff bill was ndi
Gated by his making a motion this morning 10 dis
pense with the reading OF yesterdays journal At
1870 the Tariff bill was taken UP.
Paragraph 1885, which was reserved yesterday.
the first paragraph TO be acted upon. Ii read as
II came from the House Mating and mats made
Of cocoa fibre rattan. 90 per cent al valorem."
The Finance Committee proposed 10 amend II by
making IL read: Mating and mats made OF cocoa
FIBRE rattan. and floor ttng. manufactured from
round SPLIT straw. including what is commonly
known as Chinese mating, 20 per cent ad valorem
Mr.. Lodge Rep.. Mass) offered an amendmen.
10 make the duty the IN existing law
10 cents a square yard on mating. and cents a
square foot on mats: and made an argument In
support OF It, in which he presented the views Of
the manufacturers and workmen. TO show why