The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-05
IS A WEAK DEADLOCK
Tariff COnferees Quibbling. Over a
New Sugar Schedule.
Satisfactory to the President and There
Are Favorable Signs of an Agree
ment the Next Meeting.
THE SCHEDULE EXPLAINED
Difference Between the Senate
Bill and the Compromise.
First Gives the Trust 20 1-2 Cents and
the Last 20 Cents Per 100 Pounds
-Anti-Anarchist Bill.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4-When the Dem
ocratic tariff conferees adjourned tonight
after an all-day session, 1t looked as if
they were nearer to agreement than
at any time thus far. And yet the agree
ment itself, which is the great end in view,
had not been attained. The hopes of the
conferees last night that definite results
would be reached and made public to-day
failed to be realized and an agreement on
sugar had not been reached beyond the
possibility of recall, nor had agreements
been reached on iron ore and coal. The
day closed, however, much better than it
opened. 1t had brought out that the new
sugar schedule submitted as an ultimatum
by the conservative Senators would be ac-
cepted by the House conferees and that
there was little else than the formal and
final announcement of this acceptance to
make the agreement on the sugar sched-
ule complete. So fully satisfied were
the House conferees that this
schedule would prevail that they urged it's
advantages on their colleagues on the
House side, and pointed out that in their
opinion it would reduce the benefits to the
trust by so per cent. over the original
Senate schedule. In view of the fact that
the proposition came from the Senator's
JnS Willingness OF the House men TO point
out it's advantageous feature indicated the
common ground they were occupying In
deed, of the conferees spoke of the
results OF the days work as equivalent
to agreement sugar. but said it was
not such a binding agreement cut off
the possibility of disagreeing to it on Mon
| day. Thus it stands with the conferees
| on the point of agreeing, and yet not act
| ually at that point. AS to when the quasi
agreement will become an absolute finality
| the conferees had no definite idea when
they separated tonight. AS Secretary Car
| Isle was with the conferees a part Of the
| day it is concluded that the schedule is
| also satisfactory TO the administration.
SOMETHING MAY OCCUR.
When the Democrats separated this even
| ing Senator Jones expressed the hope that
| they might call in the Republican confer
ees early next week. possibly. but not prob
| ably, on Monday, though he stated that
| something might occur to upset all calcula-
| tons and prevent a full and complete ad-
| justment of differences. The specially new
| development of the day was the disclosure
early in the morning that the two Louisiana
| Senators-Caffery and Blanchard-could not
| be depended OH to support the new sugar
schedule. Their opposition was based on the
| ground that it failed to take into consldera-
sugar planters for a bounty on their pres
ent CROP at least. This caused some uneasi-
| ness at the outset, and it felt that the
new schedule, on which hung the chance of
| full agreement might be wrecked by the
| opposition of the Louisiana Senators and
| several Populists. This feeling wore off later
| in the day. however, either through indf-
| ference or concession to this opposing ele
ment, and it was not regarded at the close
| of the conference as a serious menace TO
| the success of the conferees' efforts.
| No attempt was made to-day, as on yes
| terday, to disguise the details of the new
sugar schedule and the conferees them
| selves officially confirmed its provisions as
made. public yesterday, but they pointed
| out that the latest phase of the PROPOSE
| ton entirely eliminated the one-tenth diff
| ferential against sugars coming from coun-
| tries paying export bounty sugar.
| This, it was explained, made the PROPOSE
ton more nearly approach the desires of
the House In other respects the new
| schedule is exactly as heretofore given,
| viz: On sugars below No. Is Dutch stand
| ard Gin other words, on raw susars), 10
| per cent ad valorem.
On sugar above No. 16 Dutch standard,
| viz: Refined sugars, 40 per cent ad va
lorem of the amount necessary for the pro-
| duction Of refined sugar at the wholesale
| price in the country from which ii is ex-
| ported plus differential duty of one-fifth
| of a cent a pound.
| After the conferees had reached their
| virtual agreement on the sugar schedule
| they put this to one side and took up the
| question of iron and coal, but adj
| journed without approaching a conclusion
with respect to these two products.
| WHAT THE TRUST GETS.
Messrs. T. Sharretts of the Board of
| General Appraisers, and Jacob Schoenhof.
deputy appraiser at the port of New York
who have been acting as expert advisers
| to the Senate finance committee since the
| bill has been pending in the Senate, to-day,
| in response TO a request, furnished state
| ments as to the difference in the protection
to refined sugar furnished by the sugar
schedule now almost agreed on by the tariff
conferees from the protection furnished by
| the Senate schedule. They united in say
| ing:
THE price of raw sugar is always based
| on the amount of saccharine matter con-
tanned in it, Beet sugar analyzing IS de-
| grees means that 100 pounds of this class
| of sugar contains SS pounds of saccharine
matter. Hence it takes 1853 pounds of 50
| degree sugar To make 100 pounds of refined
| sugar or so called German granulated
] sugar The London quotations for the
$3.50 22-24 per hundred pounds and for Ger
man granulated, $3.S5 17-24 per hundred
Of 5i CENTS TGT peT hundred nd pounds EFe If yog
take this raw sugar price and add the nee
essay amount to seT Y,5f for tt the quantity
| the sugar actually consumed in making of
the refined sugar. This leaves 10 GA cents
refining.
Cane sugars of Sc degrees, so called CEN
and t6 give set @ m OF of
actually consumed in making 100 pounds
| of refined cane sugar, we have to make
| the necessary allowance and arrive at the
| true quantity consumed, which is 10S.05
pounds. The latest London quotations for
| 90 degrees centrifugal shows s2.93 per 100
| pounds, and for refined 1887 per 100 pounds
| This shows a difference of A per cent on
the 100 pounds. Adding TO the raw sugar
| price the necessary amount to allow for
the quantity actually required, |. e., 10S. %
pounds of raw sugar at $685. and you have
S3.17 TO cover the cost Of the sugar and 20
100 pounds of refined sugar. Taking the
the 100 pounds of refined. l. e., $3.17, the
duty of 40 per cent amounts to 81 .26S. Re
fined costing 1887 per 100 pounds at 40 per
cent. pays a duty of $l.34S, and conse-
quently leaves the American refiner cents
per 100 pounds protection as a result of the
straight ad valorem rate on raw and re-
fined sugars. Adding 10 this the Il of a
cent per pound, gives a total of 20I2 cents
per 100 pounds protection under the SEN
ate bill, against one-fifth of a cent per
pound. or 20 cents per 100 pounds. now
proposed"
1t developed to-day that a conference
was held AT the White House last night at
which were present the President Speaker
Crisp, Chairman Wilson, Secretary Gresh-
am and il is understood, some others. The
new sugar schedule was gone over, and
while no one is authorized 10 state what
conclusion was reached, the subsequent
action OF those present warrants the in
! ference that the President and others az