The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-02-05

The fight to amend the sugar
schedule of the Wilson bill was
made in the House on Jan. %
McRae (DD of Arkansas offered
an amendment to abolish the sugar
bounty, leaving it on the free list.
He thought it was no time to be
paying bounties when the treasury
was bankrupt and borrowing money
at ) percent. The bounty would
cost the people of the country. said
McRae, as it stood, S5O,00O,0W. The
bounty last year cost SlU,O0O,OOO. He
/ contended the bounty was unconsti-
tutional, undemocratic and should
be abolished.
Meiklejohn offered as an amend.
ment to that of McRae the sugar
bounty provision of the Mckinley
law. That provision OF tho McKin.
, ley law, he said, had been passed to
afford au opportunity for American
! capital. The purpose OF that act
had been fulfilled. II had resulted
in a vast investment of capital
SlJO,ONOWO in Louisiana, Sl5,W0.-
OUo in California and SlO,OO0,UW ia
Florida. If the provision of the
Wilson hill should he passed this
great industry would be destroyed
and wa would 10 placed at the
mercy OF the foreign producers Of
/ sugar, at the same time giving the
sugar trust the protection of 80 per
cent or ! of j cent on every pound
Of refined sugar.
Dockery 3D. Of Missouri offered
n n substitute for the amendments
a proposition to abolish the bounty
on sugar and place raw and refined
sugar on the free list. If there was
anything, said Dockery. on which he
thought the Democracy wanted
unity il was opposition to this boun-
~. Tho beet. sorghum and maple
sugar bouutics were petit larceny,
while the bounty on cane sugar rose
to the dignity Of grand larceny.
Cannon (R.) supported Mcikle-
johns amendment, and Dockery
Withdrew his amendment.
Harter OF Ohio offered substitute
To abolish the bounty and impose o
! duty OF one cent per pound.
7 Gear. the senator from Iowa. spoke
in favor of the amendment Ia make
he reduction Of tho bounty begin
I in lS.'S, instead of 1885.
Robertson ID. of Louisiana moved
an amendment which, while abolish.
ing the bounty, imposed u gradual
ed duty beginning with one cent a
pound on sugar not above IS per.
cent polariscopo test.
Bowers Of California defended
the bounty.
Wilson, author Of tho bill. con.
cluded the debate in advocacy of
the bounty provision therein.
Mcikl"john's amendment was lost
without strict party vote.
Mrliac, : original proposition, to
abolish altogether the bounty pro.
visions Of the Wilson bill, was CARR.
cd by an overwhelming majority, III
To 60 Many Of the Republicans
voted with the radical Democrats
for this proposition aud against the
members Of the committees.
Then 10y vote Of l37 to ~. the
duty on refined sugar was abolished.
VIZ 'h' -'t Nhc bdktic WaS re-
sumcd.
The pending amendment was that
OF Robertson, imposing n duty ON
raw sugar aud increasing tn" duty
on refined, rs amended by Warner,
placing both raw and refined ON the
free list.
The confusion entailed by these
al - L. nj
first to he Strengthened out.
Dingley claimed that the Warner
amendment was utterly inconsisten
with the Robertson amendment, and
should b. considered as q substitute
Robertson took issue with him
maintaining that the effect OF the
Warner amendment was simply 10
place refined sugar on the free list
leaving So much Of his amendment
as imposed duty on sugar below
III, Dutch standard, unaffected.
\ vote was final Y taken on the
Warner amendment as a substitute
and il was carrird-l5l to -.
The effect of this is to place all
raw and refined sugars on the free
list.
The great mass Of the Democrats
and practically all the Republicans
voted for the proposition, only q
handful Of Democrats, including
Wilson and several other Democrats
Of the Ways and Means COMMITTEES
voting against it.
COAL ALSO FREE.
When il came To consider the coaI
schedule on the 23d, the committee
Jared much better, and all -four
amendments Designed to place q
duty Of 10 to - cents per ton upon
coal were beaten.
The debate upon the coal schedule
developed q great deal Of feeling
among the Southern members, espe
cial y those from Virginia, West Nir,
ginia, Tennessee aud Alabama, who's,
States are interested, either in Goa
or iron ore. Tn" general impression
Is that the defeat Of the sugar men
aud those interested in rctaining tn,
duty upon coal, will result in
strengthening the movement do.
veloped on the Democratic side Ia
rrcommit the bill.