Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-02
CARLISLE PART.
What He Had to Do With
the Sugar Schedule.
HIS ACTIONS EXPLAINED.
Nothing Unusual or I'm
proper About 1t.
The visit to the Finance Commits
tees Rooms ou sunday Moruins.
The Letter introducins MIR.
IIavemcyer 10 MIR. Mills.


ny Associated Press.
Washington, June lit Is stated
on the best authority that President
Cleveland and Carlisle have been 4n
entire and perfect harmony In all Of
their actions IN regard 60 the t0rim
bill. The part taken by the secretary
in the preparation OF the sugar sohed-
ule OF that bill is officially stated as
follows;
Senator Jones called upon and In
formed him that the Subcommittee
had agreed upon the sugar schedule.
and requested that he put It In proper
form, This the secretary dd, the
paragraph prepared being one OF
few lines, and providing that after
January /. 1885, there shan be levied
and collected on all sugars duty
OF 20 per cent. and upon an sugars
above 10 Dutch standard IN color a
duty OF is Of 1 cent per pound in ad-
dlton TO the duty Of 40 per cent al
valorem. This amendment was sent
to Senator Jones at the capitol
cnrIiHie's InterIinentions.
In the Afternoon. In response 90
request OF Senator Jones. Secretary
Carlisle visited the capitol and was In
formed that other changes were un-
dor confederation. and being requested
TO do so, made the interlineations In
the amendment. so II read ION and
after January l. 1885, there shnll be
levied and collected on all sugars not
above No. 10 Dutch standard IN color.
and on NIL tank bottoms, syrups of
cane Juice or OF beet juice, meladn.
concentrated meladn OF concrete and
concentrated molasses. a duty Of 40
per cent. mud upon ali sugars above
No. 0 Dutch standard IN culur there
shall be lcyled and collected duty OF
40 per cont" As already stated. Sec
rotary Carlisle prepared the original
amendment IN accordance with tho
compromise that had been reached by
the Democratic members " the finance
committee. and the alterations made In
the amendment ut The capitol were
made to meet tho Views OF the commit
tee.
Was Mere discrepancy.
The committee then decided that Il
provision should be Incorporated pro-
vidlng that the Hawaiian reciprocity
treaty should not be affected by the
schedule. The book containing that
treaty was obtained by Secretary car
Isle from the room Of the foreign COM
mittee and he wrote the provision
which preserved the Hawaiian treaty.
All this If In the handwriting Of Score
tary Carliale. This event occurred on
Saturday. May g. That night Il oc-
H.. .Ns.a
paragraph OF the schedule. providing
for the repeal Of the bounty. fixed the
cate Of repeal for July /. 1894. while the
Cuty on sugar was not TO become opera
tive until January l, 1895. Knowing IL
% be the intention OF the committee
20 issue print u the amended bill on
Monday, Secretary Carlisle on Sunday
morning called at the house OF Senator
Jones for the purpose OF directing at
tention to the discrepancy.
carIisIe's visit 10 the Committee.
II the bounty should be repealed on
July /, 1894, and duty should not be
imposed until six months thereafter
there would be period during which
there would be neither bounty nor |
duty. Mr.. Carlisle was satisfied that |
the discrepancy would be discovered |
after the bill was printed. but he nat |
from the criticism which would follow |
20 paipablc an error. Finding that |
Senator Jones' hnd gone to the capitol, |
the secretary drove there and found |
Senators Mcpherson. Jones and Vest |
and Representative BrecklnridRe Of the /
ways and means committee going over |
the bill That visit on Sunday morn
ing. May 6, was the only visit made by |
MIR. Carlisle 10 the committee without |
an invitation. and the change alluded |
to ~ the only original suggestion he
made In. connection with the formula
ton OF the bill. with reference 10 the |
giving Of "A letter 70 SIR. Havemeyer |
introducing that gentleman TO Senator
Mills the following statement Il made; /
The Letter Of IntrodDrfioo.
'grhat was mere matter OF courtesy |
and rontine. When Mr.. Havemeyer
presented himself at the treasury de- /
partment he was informed that he
should call on those who were framing /
the bill. Mr. ffavemcyer had a aiight /
with Mr.. Mills and In |
order TO save time aud lneurq him |
with tho senator. Secretary /
Carlisle at the request Of Mr.. Have |
never gave him note OF introduce |
ton. There was nothing improper or |
unusual In this. Similar letters had !
been given 20 gentlemen who called or |
him IN connection with the tarln, some ]
of whom were manufacturers. whom !
he personally knew and desired TO Ee-
cure changes IN tho rateu fixed by the |
committee The stury that Nr Car /
Isle called on the committee upon 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 70 the |
Democratic fund IL denied enphatIcally 1
~ So.