The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-06-07
CARLISLE AND THE TRUST
HIS CONNECTION WITH THE
SUGAR SCANDAL EXPLAINED.
He Wrote the Section at the Request Of
the Chairman of the Committee and
Called at the Committee Room to
Explain a Discrepancy.
WASHINGTON, June lit is stated

WASHINGTON, June lit is stated
on the best authority that President
Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle have
, been in entire and perfect harmony in
all their actions in regard to the tariff
bill. Secretary in the
preparation Of the sugar schedule OF
that bill is officially stated as fellows:
Senator Jones called on him and in-
formed him that the subcommittee
had agreed upon the sugar schedule
, ard requested that he put it in proper
. form. This the secretary did, the
passages prepared being one of few
lines and providing that latter Jan.
/, 1895, there shall be levied and col
ected on all sugars duty of 10 per
cent, and upon all sugars Above Is
Dutch standard in color duty OF one
eighth of cent per pound in addition
to the duty of 40 per cent ad valorem."
This amendment was sent TO Sena-
tor Jones at the capitol. In the aft
ernoon, in response to request Of
Senator James, Secretary Carlisle Wis
tied the capitol and were informed
that other changes were under consid
GRAFTON, and being requested to do SO
made some interlineations in the
amendment, so that it read. ION and
after Jan. 1, 1895, there shall be levied
and collected on all sugars not above
16 Dutch standard in calor, and gu all
tank bottoms, syrups OF cane juice or
of beet juice, melade, concentrated
melade or concentrated molaSses, a
duty of 30 per cent, and upon all su
gar above 16 Dutch standard in color
there shall be levied and collected
duty of 45 per cent ad valorem."
Secretary Carlisle prepared the orig
inal amendment in accordance with
the compromise that had been
reached by the Democratic members OF
the finance committee and the altera-
tions made in the amendment at the
capitol were made to meet the views of
the committee The committee then
decided that provision should be in
corporated providing that the
Hawaiian reciprocity treaty should |
not be affected by the schedule. The
book containing that treaty was OBJ
tanned by Secretary Carlisle from the
room of the foreign committee and he
wrote the provision which preserves
the Hawaiin treaty. All this is in the
handwriting of Secretary Carlisle.
This event occurred on Saturday. |
Mays. That night it occurred to the |
secretary that the first paragraph of
the schedule providing for the support
of the bounty fixed the date of repeal
for July /, 1894, while the duty OH
sugar was not to become operative IN
til January, 1895. Knowing it to be
the intention OF the committee to
issue print of the amended bill On
Monday, Secretary Carlisle on Sunday
morning called at the house OF Senator
Jones for the purpose of directing at.
tention to the discrepancy. If the
bounty should be repealed on July
1894, and duty should not be imposed |
until six months thereafter, there
would be period during which there
would be neither bounty nor
duty. Mr.. Carlisle was satisfied
that the discrepancy would |
be discovered after the bill
was printed. but he naturally desired
to save the committee from the criti- |
cism which would follow so palpable
an error, Finding that Senator Jones
had gone to the capitol the secretary
drove there and found Senators Nc
Pherson, Jones and Vest and Repre-
sentative Breckenridge of the ways
and means committee engaged in go
ing over the bill. This was the only
visit made to the committee.
With reference to the giving of a
letter to Mr.. Havemeyer introducing
that gentleman to Senator Mills, the
following statement is made: That
was a mere matter of courtesy, and
when Mr.. Havemeyer presented him.
self at the II easury department he was
informed that he should call on those
who were framing the bill. Mr.. Have
meyer had a slight acquaintance
with Mr.. Mills and in order to save
time and insure him conference with
the senator, Secretary Carlisle, at the
request of Mr.. Havemeyer, gave him a
note of introduction. There was moth
ing improper or unusual in this. Sim
liar letters had been given IL gentle
men who called or him in connection
with the tariff, some of whom were
manufacturers and desired to secure
changes in the rates fixed by the com =
mttee.
The story that Mr.. Carlisle called
on the committee upon his own mo-
ton and insisted that certain sched-
ule for sugar should be adopted for
the reason that the sugar trust had
made contributions to the Democratic
: fund is denied emphatically by the
secretary.
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