The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-29
Senator's Again Discuss Remedies For
restricting Vicious Combines.
Duty on Hides Fixed at 70
Per Cent Ad Valorem.
noas Believes Most Serious Phases ei Trust
Evil Must Be Dsatt wNh BY staiss


and finally passed the senate finance
amendment for an ad va
loren duty OF 20 per cent on hides by q
vote Of 80 to TO- Every senator from
New England. as well as from Pennsyl-
vania and other sections where the op-
position TO the duty on hides was strong
est. were recorded In favor OF the duty. |
either by direct vote or by pairs that we're |
announced, thus standing by the agree
ment reached In the Republican caucus |
on Thursday night last.
Not a single senator from the New |
England states spoke In opposition to |
this tax, and. In fact, no opposition was
manifested In the debate, except by
Senators Smith of New Jersey. Vest OF
Missouri and Jones Of Arkansas.
Senator Smith made a formal speech
against the tariff bill, paying particular
attention to the hide and leather sched-
ule. He came into the senate after a
severe sickness. and had to stop In the
middle of his speech and take,a rest Of
20 minutes or more.
Senator Vest took this opportunity to
make q speech In opposition to the tax
on hides, and especially to denounce the
Chicago Beef trust.
This provoked a debate. entirely foreign
to the hide schedule, as TO the power Of
the United States to supf)f6ss trusts.
Senator Allen OF Nebraska was very
anxious to have q duty of hides. because
he thought II would benefit the farmers
In his state. he said. butihe spent most
Of the time Of his speech In denouncing
the Beef trust, which, he said ought to
be Indicted under the common law for
conspiracy.
The incidental debate on trusts led 10
severe arraignment Of the Sugar trust
by Messrs. Caffery and Lindsay, and a
general discussion of means to deal with
trusts by Mr. Hoar. Among other para
graphs disposed of during the day were
all those relating to gloves. a substitute
for the paragraph on live animals. iron
ore and stained glass windows.
Mr.. Smiths references to trusts led
Mr.. Stewart of Nevada to follow with
an extended arraignment of the money
trust, which, he asserted, was the worst
of all trusts.
Mr.. Stewart argued also that II there
was to be protective tariff bill all Sec
| tions should share in the advantages 1t
| gave.
Mr.. Allen Of Nebraska said that while
| not an advocate of a general protective
| system, yet he concurred with the view
that II there was to be such a bill every
| section should share In the benefits It
gave. He favored a duty on hides. The
discussion branched off to the prosecu-
| ton of trusts, Messrs. Allen and Hoar
| debating the law. Mr.. Hoar said that
! he thought 1t likely an amendment re-
| lating to trusts would be offered in con-
nection with the present bill tending to
| perfect the provisions on that subject in
the tariff biz of 1894, and declaring that
such provisions are not repealed by this
bill Such an amendment had been pre-
| pared by Mr.. Pettus Of Alabama, and
Mr.. Hoar said he expected to vote for 1t
when it came up.
Mr.. Hoar said that while the question
Of trusts could be dealt with to some ex-
tent by striking at their imports, as in
the law Of 1894, yet he feared that the
most serious phases Of the evil must be
dealt with by the states He explained
the technical legal meaning of the word
Trust" and showed the difficulties in
making the Sugar trust and Standard
OIL trust amenable to federal law. He
regarded these monopolies as a menace
to the republic. and was hopeful that
some means might be found to check
them, yet he could not say how they could
be hit. The state could limit their
amount Of capital, which would be one
effective means Of dealing with them.
Mr.. Lindsay of Kentucky said that In
the cnse OF confessed monopoly, such
as the Sugar trust, one effective means
OF dealing with II would be to extend Il
no further benefits from tariff legisla-
tion.
Mr.. Hoar replied that the answer to
| this was that the policy seemed to be
established that revenue was to be raised
on refined sugar. and II was further de-
sired that the business OF refining sugar
shall be done In this country rather than
| abroad.
A great foreign government was about
the biggest trust that could menace the
trade OF the United States, Mr.. Hoar as-
serted. He hoped that some effective
remedy would be found instead of going
on the theory that because jackal or fox
rreys on our commerce 1. should be given
over to a foreign wolf or lion.
Mr.. Caffery OF Louisiana argued that
the Sugar trust was within the operation
OF the antitrust law, end he felt that Il
was time the attention os~the attorney
general and the United States district at
torneys was called to the frequent and
fagrant violations OF the law by the
Eugar trust.
Mr.. Allen declared that the country
was rotten with trusts" every article
the people ate and wore and used being
controlled by trusts, while congress. the
judiciary and the executive authorities
were powerless TO act, according to those
who argued that the federal laws could
not reach the trusts. He maintained
that the laws were sufficient II energeti-
caIly enforced. but that the authorities
had not executed them with zeal.
| Shafroth's Novel Scheme.
Washington. June 2s.-Representative
Ehafroth OF Colorado introduced In the
house yesterday novel measure TO
encourage the economical administra-
ZION OF the government. IL provides
that "In order that each officer and
empioye OF the United States shall have