The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-06-02
MR.. CARLISLE EXPLAINS
HIS PREPARATION OF THE SUGAR
TARIFF SCHEDULE.
The Particulars of the Way in
Which He Gave Hsvemeyor
Letter to Senator
Mills.

WASHINGTON, June LIT is stated on
the best authority that President Cleve-
land and Mr.. 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 ia officially
stated as follows: Senator Jones called
upon him and informed him that the
subcommittee had agreed upon the
sugsr schedule, and requested him to
put it in proper form. This the secre-
tary did, the paragraph prepared being
one of few lines and providing that
after January l, 1895, there shall be
levied and collected on all sugars a duty
of 40 per cent, and upon all sugars above
No. Is, Dutch standard in color, duty
of one-eighth of cent per pound in ad-
dition to the duty of 40 per cent ad va
lorem. This amendment was sent to
Senator Jones at the capitol. In the
afternoon, in response to request OF
Senator Jones, Secretary Carlisle vis-
tied the capitol and was informed that
more changes were considered, and
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some changes in the amendment.
1t read: On and after January l, 1895,
there shall be levied and collected ON ali
sugars not above No. Is Dutch standard
and on all tank bottoms, syrups of cane
juice or OF beet juice, melada. concen-
trated melada or concrete and concen-
trated molasses a duty of 40 per cent,
and upon all eugars above No. 16 Dutch
standard in color, there shall be levied
and collected duty of 45 per cent. =.
AS already stated, Secretary Carlisle
prepared the original amendment in &C.
cordance with the compromise that had
been reached by the Democratic mem.
bers of the finance com mittee, and the
amendments at the capitol were made to
meet the views of the committee. The
committee then decided that a provision
should be incorporated providing that
the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty should
not be affected by this schedule. The
book containing the treaties was OBJ
tanned by Secretary 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.
This event occurred on Saturday, Nav
5. That night it occurred to the secre-
tary that the first paragraph OF the
bCAOQulc pIONtuiuk iOE bbc IcpShi OL tQ6
bounty. fixed the date of repeal for July
l. 1894, while the duty on sugar was not
to be operative until January /, 1895.
Knowing it to be the intention OF the
committee to issue print of the amend
ed bill on Monday, MIR, Carlisle on Sun
day morning called at the house of Sem
stor Jones for the purpose of directing
attention to the discrepancy. If the
hot,ntu oho,rIA ha l.l I'll
1894, and duty should not be imposed
until six months thereafter, there would
be q period during which there would be
neither bounty nor duty. Mr.. Carlisle
wRH satisfied the discrepancy would be
discovered after the bill was printed,
and he naturally desired to save the
would follow 30 pslpable a blunder.
Finding Mr.. Jones gone to the capitol,
the secretary drove there and found
Senators Mcpherson, Jones and Vest
and Representative Breckinridgs Of the
ways and means committee engaged in
going over the bill. That visit on Sun
day morning, May 6. was the only visit
made by Mr.. Carlisle to the COMMITTEES.
without an invitation, and the change
alluded to is the only original suggestion
he made in connection with the formu-
lation of the bill.
With reference to the giving of letter
to Mr.. Hsvemeyer, introducing him to
Senator Mills, Carlisle sage that that
was mere matter courtesy and rou.
tine. When Mr.. Havemeyer presented
himself at the treasury department he
was informed he should call upon the |
meu who were framing the bill. Mr.. |
had slight acquaintance
With Mr.. Mills, and in order to have
lime ana insure him a conference with
Ibis senator, Mr.. Carlisle, at the request
,f Mr. Havemeyer, gave him note of
Introduction. This WAS nothing inn
proper or unusual. Similar letters had
been given by Mr.. Carlisle to gentlemen
who called upon him in connection with
he tariff bill, some OF whom were man
ifacturers whom he personally knew,
md who desired to secure changes in
he rates fixed by the committee.
The story that Mr.. Carlisle called on
he committee on his own motion and
insisted that certain schedule for
ugar should be adoped for the reason
hat the sugar trust had made liberal
contributions to the Democratic funds
s denied emphatically by the secretary. |