The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-05

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took the floor and made brief explana-
ton concerning controverted points in last
Saturdays debate IS to the existence Of the
sugar trust ia 1880 Senators Aldrich and
Sherman had contended taas the present
trust was not in existence and that its
stock was not listed on the New York
stock board. but Senator Vest produced
some authorities TO show that S,926, 900
shares of stock of sugar refining core
pany were sold in the market in New YORK
in 1890. which. nc 500 per share represent
ed over $500 600, 900, He hal as much
right to insinuate that,ths sugar trust die /,
tared the sugar schedule in the Mckinley
bill, as the senators on tho other side had
to impugn the action Of the majority in
the present congress.
Mr.. Allison (Rep. Iowa. followed Mr..
Vest with an elaborate speech on the
sugar schedule. 1t was, he said, by far
the most important provision OF the bill
1t afforded one-third Of the revenue pro-
ducsd by the biL. Mr.. Allison declared.
according to numerous authorities, sugar
could be refined cheaper here than in Ger
many aud some other European countries.
The schedule practically would prohibit
the importation Of refined sugars II was
not a schedule for protection but for pro-
hibition.
Mr. Jones Dem. Ark.), followed with q
detailed explanation of the sugar sched-
ule. He denied that the Mckinley bill had
given the people one ounce Of free sugar.
BY imposing duty Of six-tenths OF q cent
on refined sugar II had taxed the people
$23, 900, 900 all OF which went into
the pockets OF the reiners. Besides
Is, 900 900 had to be paid out of the treas
ury in the form of sugar bounties, so the
total sugar tax on the people of the United
States amounted to SIS. 900. 900. Of which
not one dollar had gone Into the federal
treasury. The duty which it was.proposed
to impose by the bill, he said, would cost
the people about SIS. Co., 900. OF which $50,
O00, 600 would 60 into the treasury, 81, $780,
QUO to the planters in the form OF protec-
ton, and &, OOO. 600 to the refuers, who
would get but one-fOur.h Of what they got
under the present law.
Mr. Hoar did not believe his constituents
would understand the complicated math-
ematics of the sugar schedule, but he said
they would understand that the party
which promised them free raw material,
fres coal, iron ore, lead ore, free sugar,
etc. had betrayed New England by strik-
ing down their industries in order TO build
mp these of the south.
Mr. Plat. (Rep.. Conp..) who followed
Mr.. Aldrlch, denounced in bitter and caus-
tic words the surrender of the Democratic
majority to the sugar trust. He conclud-
ed at 00U ana Cucn AIter some SparfluS NIX.
Harris succeeded in effecting an arrange
ment by which all the amendments to the
sugar schedule shonld be voted upon tomor-
row.
In accordance with the notice he served
last Saturday, he stated that unless some
agreement could be reached for facilita-
ting the disposition of the measure he
would be compelled to..ask the senate to sit
longer and later. He asked that the
unanimous consent be given to vote on all
the sugar amendments at an early hour to-
morrow.
Mr.. Hoar suggested that it was too
much to ask the senate to vote without
debate on ali the amendments offered to
the sugar schedule. He suggested that
vote be taken on the amendments to the
bounty paragraph at o'clock and that
then the debate on the other amendments
be under the ten minute rule with the uu-
Outstanding that the entire schedule be
disposed Of tomorrow.
This was agreed to. and at $40 the SEN
ate, on Mr., Harris motion. went into
executive session, and a few minutes later
adjourned.