Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-14
voTINe on SUGAR.

the Tariff BILL
WASHINGTON, June 6.-The conpro-
mise amendments to the sugar schcd-
uie were all adopted in the senate yes
terday and the pivotal schedule On
which the fate OF the tariff measure
depended went through withoue
change. On the vital amendment To
place all sugars on the free list the
democratic line was drawn, Mr.. Hill.
of New York, voting in favor
of it and Mr.. rby, Of South
Carolina. being paired the same way
But the republicans were unabia
to hold their own forces intact
Messrs. Henderson and Perkins voting
against the amendment, and MrcQusy
being paired against it. while Mr.. Sher-
man, who was present, did not vote Al
all Only one of the populists, Mr.
PETER, voted fer free sugar. Messr<
KYLE and Allen, in the final issue, join
ing with the majority of democrats
against it. Had all the Iepublicaes,
| with the three PopulistS and the t<Eo
disaffected democrats, Joined hands
sugar, raw and refined, would have
| gone on the free list On all the other
amendments offered by the republic
ans the majority against them ranged
from three to ten. The adoption OK
the sugar schedule practically insures
the passage of the bill at an early date,
although it is intimated that the re-
publicans will make final stand On
! the sugar schedule when the Chill ia re-
ported and considered in the senate
As adopted yesterday the schedule
imposes a duty of 40 per cent ado
valorem on all sugars, raw and refined,
with differential of one-eighth of =
cent per pound on sugars above 10
/ Dutch standard, and an additional one
| tenth of a cent against sugars i'm
ported from countries paying an ex-
port bounty. It continues the Hawai-
ian treaty admitting sugars from the
Sandwich islands free of duty, and
places duty of cents per gallon ON
molasses testing above 40 degrees by
the polariscope. The schedule goes
into effect January L, 1895, and tho
bounty is continued until that date.
Before the voting began Mr.. Aldrich,
abiding to the statements made yester-
day in regard to the alleged influence
of the sugar trust in framing the tariff
bill. said that while there was n sugar
trust in 1890, it was not the gigantic
concern it is now and speculation in it's
shares was comparatively trivial.
Mr.. Vest retorted that in three weeks
then the shares went up thirty-five
points. There was then, he said, the
same lies, the same falsifications, the
same attacks on public men that had
characterized the consideration OF the
pending bill. g
Mr. sherman also insisted that the
trust of 1890 was not the trust of to-
day.
do you know what the capital OF
the sugar trust of 1890 WASP" asked
! Mr.. Brice.
Il do not" replied Mr.. Sherman.
f. SIT was $50, 600. OO0,' - said Mr.. Brice-
1.-THE stock of that corporation went
up from 63 to 90. The stock advanced
$50, 900, 600 by virtue of the action Of
your committee"
In the midst of this sensational de-
bate the hour of 1 o'clock arrived, and
under the agreement, the vote was
l taken on Mr.. Jones amendment fixing
January 1, 1895. as the date on which
the repeal Of the sugar bounty should
go into effect, and it was adopted yeas
10; nays, 81.
Mr.. Allison offered an amendment to-
/ reduce the sugar bounty for the re-
mainder of the calendar year to eight
tenths of a cent per pound and to make
the sugar schedule take effect immedi-
| ately on the passage of the bill The
three populists this time voted with
the democrats. There was no break in
party lines and it was defeated, u
| to 40.
The senate then passed to the next
paragraph, 1921, fixing the duty con
sugar. Mr.. Jones offered the com
promise" amendment, fixing the duty
on raw and refined sugar at 10 per
cent. ad valorem with a differentiaI
of one-eighth of one cent on sugars
above 10, Dutch standard, and an adj
ditional one-tenth on sugar imported
from countries giving an export boun-
/ ty, continuing the Hawaiian treaty in
force, and imposing a duty of cents
q gallon on molasses.
Mr.. Lodge offered as a substitute the
amendment originally reported by the
senate committee on finance fixing q
| specific duty on sugar beginning with
1 cent per pound on sugar testing SO
/ degrees by the polariscopic test and
graduating the duty according to fine
ness Lost-2S to 81.
Mr.. PETER offered an amendment to
| place all sugar on the free list
Mr.. Hill voted in favor of free sugar.
and announced that he was authorized
| to say that Mr.. Irby, who was absent,
would have voted for free sugar had he
been present The amendment was
/ lost by 90 to 81
Mr.. Allison offered an amendment L,
make the schedule go into effect imme-
diately on the passage OF the bill. It
was lost. 30 to SO.
Mr.. Pettigrew rep, of South Dakotax
| offered an amendment to strike out the
one-eighth of 1 cent differential given
to the refiners- 1t was lost, 80 to 81.
Mr.. Hill and the populists voting in
favor of striking out the differentia1
given the sugar trust.
Mr. Henderson proposed an amend
ment to cut the duty down one-haIf
and the bounty one-half- Lost on =
rising votes to 81.
The question then was on the Jones
amendment to paragraph 1S2<, the
amendment being the schedule agreed
on by the democratic side. The Jones
compromise amendment fixing tia
sugar duties was carried-35 to %
VIII Accept the Loan.
NEW YORK. June 6--The receivers OF
the Northern Pacific have unanimously
resolved to accept the loan of s.. OOO. 900