The San Francisco call., 1897-06-11
Their Needs a Tariff
Which Would Not
Rob Them.
Sugar Schedule Again Be-
comes the Daily Bone of
Senate Contention.
Caffery ReVerts to HAVEN eyer's
Testimony to Prove the Object
OF Trust.

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 1o.-The
Senate began work at II A. N. to-day. and
the tariff bill was taken up as soon as the
routine business was out of the way.
Tiliman of South Carolina took the floor
on the pending amendment of Cannon of
Utah, providing an expor, bounty on agri-
cultural products. He said he desired the
attention of his associates, and, as the at
tendance was meager, he noted the alb
sence OF a quorum. The call disclosed
hfIy-four Senators present, nine more
than a quorum, and Tillman proceeded.
He said the tariff debate had disclosed a
nebulous condition in the minds of Sem
ators. The Republican Senators sat quiet
| ly, apparently controlled by the caucus,
refusing to discuss the iniquities OF the
bill and unanimously voting for the ex-
actions in behalf of trusts and monopolies.
Ion the other hand" proceeded Till
man, "the Democrats are in period Of
transition. They do not know where they
are at. The older and more experienced
| proclaim their allegiance TO the old,
time honored doctrines, We had an i'm
| passioned speech yesterday (by Miils) on
behalf of tile Walker tariff principles,
brought forward at this late day as Demo
cratic doctrine. Secession, notification
and other issues which have passed out of
the minds of men might as we'll be
brought here. The tar If Is merely a Ques-
| tion of policy as to how the Government
will raise its revenue. 1t is TO the best in
| terest of the American people that The
articles consumed by our people should
! be produced by our people. If that is Re-
! publican doctrine, well and good. If
that is not Democratic doctrine it ought
! to be-"
TIllman went on to show that diversified
| industries gave diversified means of labor.
As to the farmers, the need was not for
| more farmers, but for a tariff which no
longer would rob the farmer we have. The
farmer stood, his skinny, bony hand out
stretched. asking this export bounty to
overcome the robbery of the present sys-
tenn, and yet Senators sat in stony calm,
expecting tn idiotic farmer with the
mortgage gnawing on his home not to
know that they refuse 10 give him relief.
Tillman vehemenIly pledged his word
1 to his colleagues that they would not de-
ceive the farmers and that the 9,000,0 900
! followers OF the plow "will settle with you
at the ballot-box."
TilIman's speech was in his usual vein,
though not quite so sensational or ex-
clamatory and more argumentative. He
| declared thaS the South had been treated
as an Ishmaelite since the war, and with
! the farmers generally had been bled to
| benefit New England.
After some running debate a vote was
| taken on the Cannon amendment, pro-
viding an export bounty for agricultural
products, and it was defeated-ayes 10.
noes So The affirmative vote was given
| by Allen, Butler, Stewart, Harris OF
Kansas, Heitfeld (Pop.). Cannon, Mantle,
Pettigrew (Silver K.l Roach and Till
man (D.).
/ This closed the consideration of the
/ cereal para -raph of the agricultural
schedule, and the sugar schedule was
then takenup Senator Jones OF Arkansas
opened the debate. He said there should
be single rate on raw and refined sugar
giving ne-eighth of a cent additional,
which would make the rate plain.
Notice of four amendments was given
one by Jones of Arkansas, to make a diff
ferential between unrefned and refined
| of "A cent a pound; one by Lindsay, to
place refined and unrefned on the same
basis of duty; one by Morgan, putting a
|
any sugar refinery in the United States,
exemptnG refneries with capital of less
than 100000 and not connected with
other refineres, and one by Pettigrew,
abolishing duties on articles controlled
by trusts.
Jones of Arkansas said the figures
would show the profits of sugar reiners
under the present provision away be.
yond" the profits that would have gone
to them under the Dingley bill, and was
a long way above what was professed by
the committees OF both houses as being
the margin which they intended to give.
Under the existing law the refiners had a
cifferential of e cent a round. They
were prospering under 1t. What was the
reason for increasing the margin2 1t
would simply increase the profi.s of a
business already very profitable. He did
not offer an amendment in a captious
spirit. He believed, as God is his judge,
that it was fair as between refners and
consumers and gave to the refiners all the
margin they were entitled to.
Vest SAID the sugar schedule always
caused vast irritation whenever the tariff
bill is under consideration. In 1894 it
had been the Cape Hatteras of ebate. 1t
had called out vituperation, libel and
slanders until the character of Senators
had become involved. The sugar trust
was an open, bold and admitted tr ust. 1t
produced SO per cent OF all the refined
sugar used in this country. Its capital
stock was SIS coo, 900 and it paid IL Der
cent on common stock and per cent on
preferred.
White inquired suggestively as to the
effect caucus action has on the price of
sugar stock on Wall street.
Vest replied that spectators understood
Immediately and almost intuitively the
effect of proposed legislation on sugar.
and stock had gone up five points in thirty
minutes on the action of the Republican
caucus.
Caffery spoke Of the sugar trust as con-
fessed monopoly, and read extracts from
Havemeyer's testimony before the Senate
investigating committee stating that the
object of the trust was to control all suear
in the United States. He said the profits
under all tariffs had been enormous. At
the close of bis sp ech the bill went over
and the Senate adjourned.
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OH Ihs Last Day.
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