The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-02
SECRETARY AND THE
SUGAR SCHEDULE.
More Sensational Statements Proven as
False as Hades.
Just How Little Secretary. Carlisle
Had to Do With the Bill is Shown,
and That Letter of Introduction
Was Merely an Ordinary Courtesy
That Could Not Well Be Refused
Newspaper Fakes Exploded.

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 Carlisle's preparation of the
sugar schedule of that bill is ofhclaly
stated as follows:
Senator Jones called upon me and in
formed me that the subcommittee had
agreed upon the sugar schedule ana re-
quested me to put it in proper form.
This the secretary did, the paragraph
prepared being one of few. lines and
providing that after January /, 1895, there
shall be levied and collected on all sugars
a duty of 40 per cent, and upon all
sugars above number 16 Dutch standard in
color, duty of one-eighth of one per
cent per pound in addition to the duty
of 40 per cent. ad valorem. This amend
ment was sent to Senator Jones at the
capitol.
In the afternoon, in response to request
of Senator Jones, Secretary Carlisle visit
I'd the. capitol, and was mLornls9 tIlae
more changes We're considered. and upon
being requested to do so, made some
changes in the amendment 1t read:
"On or after January l, 1895, there shall
be levied and collected on all sugars not
above No. 16 Dutch standard IN color ana
on all tank bottoms syrups OF cane JUICE
or of beet juice melada, concentrated
melada or concrete and concentrated mo-
lasses a duty of 40 per cent, and upon
all sugars above No. Is Dutch standard
in color, there shall be LEVIED and col
lected a duty of 45 per cent.
AS already stated, Secretary Carlisle pre-
pared the original amendment in ar
cordance with the compromise that had
been reached by the Democratic members
of the finance committee and the altera-
tons in the amendment at the capitol
we're made TO meet the views OF the COM
mittee.
The committee then decided that IA pro-
vision should be Incorporated that the
Hawaiian reciprocity treaty should not be
affected by the schedule. The book CON
rotary Carlisle from the room Of the
foreign committee, and he inserted the
provision which preserved the Hawaiian
treaty. All this is in the handwriting Of
Secretary Carlisle.
lis event occurred on Saturday, May s.
That night it occurred to the secretary
that the first paragraph of the schedule
providing for the repeal OF the bounty MY
fixed the date of repeal for July l, 1884
while the duty on sugars was not to
be operative until January 1, 1885. Know
ing it to be the intention of the committee
to issue a print of the amended bill OF.
Monday, Secretary Carlisle on Sunday
morning called at the house of Senator
Jones for the purpose of directing atten-
ton to the discrepancy. If the bounty
should be repealed on July l. 1894, and duty
should not be imposed until six months
thereafter, lIleTe WOulu De peTlOQ uuT-
ing which there would be neither bounty
nor duty. Mr.. Carlisle was satisfied the
discrepancy would be discovered after
the bill was printed, and he naturally de-
sired to save the committee from the
criticism which would follow so palpable
a blunder. Finding Mr. Jones had gone
to the capitol, the secretary drove there
and found Senators Mcpherson. Jones and
Vest and Representatives Breckenridge of
the Ways and Means committee engaged
in going over the bill. That visit on Sun
day. morning, May 6, was the only visit
without an invitation and the change al
luded to is the only original suggestion he
made in connection with the formulation
Of Gie bill.
With reference to the giving of letter
to Mr.. Havemeyer, introducing that gen
note is made: That was a mere matter
of courtesy and routine. When Mr.
Haverteyer presented himself at the treas
ury department he was informed he should
call upon the men who were framing the
BILL"
Mr.. Haycmeyer had slight acquaintance
with Mr.. Mills and in order to save time
and insure him a conference with this
senator, Secretary Carlisle, at the request
of Mr.. Hayemeyer, gave him a note of in
PRODUCTION. This was nothing improper
or unusual. Similar letters had been given
by MIR. Carlisle to gentlemen who called
upon him in connection with the tariff
bill, some of whom were manufacturers
whom he personally knew, and who de-
sired to secure changes in the rates fixed
by the committee.
The story that Mr.. Carlisle called on the
committee of his own motion and insisted
that a certain schedule for sugar should
be adopted for the reason that the Sugar
trust had made liberal contributions to the
Democratic funds is denied emphatically
bV the secretary.