The Washington times., 1894-06-25
TARIFFS FATE FORECASTED
Concessions Will Very Likely Be Made
in the House.
SPEEDY ENACTMENT PROBABLE
Battle Over the Sugar Schedule to Be Lively
One-Effort to Get Free Coal-Basis for
Compromise Conferees Will Return 1t by
Sections for Final Action.

The fate OF the tariff bill in the House con-
tinues to be topic of the deepest interest at
the Capitol. 1t is possible for that body to
allow the bill to become law in a very short
time, very nearly in the form it now is. or to
insist on changes, the dispute over which will
materially delay the passage of the bill.
Which of the courses will be the result it is
impossible at present to determine, but the
trend the past two days has been in the direc-
ton Of concessions and the consequent speedy
enactment of the measure.
The wasted issues are chiefly along the line
of the free raw materials programme OF the
House and the cotton schedule. The other
schedules can probably be compromised as
speedily as is usual in the case of joint con-
ference and it is the general impression that
ultimately the cotton schedule can be settled
in the same wav 1t is also likely that while
the House will make an effort to get free coal,
it will not carry the fight very far, and yield
graciously II nothing better than the present
40 per cent. duty can be accomplished.
SUGAR To BE FOUGHT OVER.
The battle around sugar is likely to be a
lively one in spite of some optimistic predic-
tons TO the contrary, and the extra one
tenth cent per pound from countries
paying bounty, and the clause fixing
the date for the bill to go into
effect on January l are seriously in dan
ger. With regard to the latter, il is said that
it will probably be changed to October /, or
until the time the rest of the bill goes into
effect. so as to prevent the trust from getting
the advantage of the extra profit which would
inure to II from getting in this years crop
free OF duty and selling it after the duty has
gone into effect. The sugar trust is now i'm
porting raw sugar as rapidly as possible and
investing large part OF its SS,OO0.O00 cash
fund in this way 1t is not thought proper,
therefore. to give them any further benefits in
this matter.
1t is freely admitted now in the Senate that
the one-tenth cent on sugar.from countries
paying bounty for export and the clause de-
laying the time for the sugur schedule to go
into effect were inserted in the bill so as to
afford basis for compromise. which would
leave in the bill the 40 per cent. duty ad val
orcm on raw sugar, and one-eighth of a cent
extra pound on refined sugar.
HOUSE WILL YIELD TWO POINTS.
And the opinion is gaining ground that the
House will ultimately yield these two points,
although there is still talk of compromise on
the one-eighth OF a cent.
When the bill is disposed OF in the Senate
1t will go to the House, and as a matter Of
form pe reierreu 10 tne luli ways anu aeaus
Committee. This will report TO the House
with recommendations, and a resolution pro-
viding for conferees and probably instruct
ing them as to their course will then be
offered. The Speaker will appoint the con-
ferees.
Instead OF disposing OF the whole bill at
once, it is possible that the conferees will
return to each house the different schedules
separately, as they are agreed upon. If this
course is pursued the bill will be disposed of
more rapidly, and leave the schedules over
which there is the most dispute. such as the
sugar schedule. until toward the end. 1t Will
also lead, in the natural course of events. to
an earlier adjournment than could otherwise
be expected