Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-06-19
DISCUSS SUGAR TRUSTS
DEMOCRATIC SENATOR'S OPEN THE
NIALS OF THEIR WRATH.
Several Republican Senators WAIVER
in Their Allegiance to the Agree
ment of the Caucus.

Washington, June 1.-THE tariff bill
was taken up in the senate as soon as
the routine business was out OF the
way Senator Tillman took the floor
on the pending amendment of Senator
Cannon, providing an export bounty on
agricultural products. He said the tar
iff debate had disclosed nebulous
condition in the minds OF the senators.
The republicans sat quietly, apparent-
ly controlled by the caucus, refusing
to discuss the iniquities of the bill ana
unanimously voting for exactions IN
behalf of trusts and monopoles. On
the other hand" proceeded Senator
Tillman, 1.-The democrats are in peri
Cd of transition. They do not know
where they are at. The older anu
more experienced proclaim their alle-
glance to the old time-honolea noanh uoJ,
trines We had an impassioned speech
Yesterday by Senator Mills on behali
of Walker tariff principles, brought
forward at this late day as democfdllG
doctrine. Secession, notification ano
other issues which have passed OUT ol
the minds of men might as we'll De
brought here Tariff is merely a ques-
tion of policy as to how the govern
ment will raise revenue. 1t is 10 lhe
best interests of the American people
that articles consumed by our people
should be produced by our people. IL
that is republican doctrine, Wen anu
good IT it is not democratic DOC
trine, it ought to be. AS TO farmers,
the need is not for more farmers, put
for a tariff which no longer would rop
the farmers we have Senator TILL
man yehemently pledged his Word 70
his colleagues that they would not us-
ceive the farmers, and that nine mil
lion followers of the ploW Will settle
with YOU at the ballot box He de-
clared the south had been treated as
an Ishmaelite since the war, ana tne
farmers generally had been bled 10
benefit New England.
After some running debate, a vote
was taken on the Cannon amendment,
providing an export bounty TOR agri-
cultural products, and resulted yeas
TO- nays So Affirmative vote-Allen'
Butler. Stewart Harris (kansas), Helt-
field, Cannon, Mantle, Pettigrew, ,Roach
and Tillman This closed conslderd-
ton of the cereal paragraph, ana tne
agricultural schedule and sugar scheo-
ule was taken up.
'rhe Sugar Schedule.
Senator Pettigrew gave notice that
he would offer his amendment 20 au-
nit free of duty goods made by trusts
in connection with the schedule. SEN
ator Allison asked that the proVlso
relating TO the Hawaiian islands go
over He said the action OF the sen
ate committee relative 10 the iaMa.o
ian proposition was due to purpose
TO exclude Hawaiian sugar. Ihe com
mittee had never considered the ques-
ton. and had let it go over for future
cOnsiderati ton.
Senator Allison, in behalf of the com
mittee, then moved an amendihenl "a
striking out S75-100O and inserting 92-
I1,tv
Senator Jones of Arkansas was rec,
oenized for a speech on the general
features of the sugar sche6ale
Senator Jones declared that he pro
posed to see that there was some con-
tention before German granulated was
taken as the basis for finding the dlff-
erential duty to the retiner. Senator
Jones insisted that the grades OF sugar
compared by Senator Aldrlch in MS
speech did not compare.
Senator Jones stated the price OF
refined sugar upon which Senator Aid-
rich based his calculations OF 2.3o cents ~
was too low. 1t should have been 2b6
he said. Still, taking Senator Aid
rich's figures, Senator Jones calculated
a margin of from .43 to .55 cents. per
pound to the refiners. He annouhcea
that this schedule was claimed 10 az
ford less profit than the house scnea-
11le. He had looked conscientiously into
became satisfied that clear dl1feren-
tial of one-eighth of a cent was rlght::
Under that differential the companies
profits had increased. How could the
other side now justify a further IN,
crease of the differential? He should
propose, he said, duty OF one cent per
pound on sugars testing Is degrees,
with an increase of three one-hun.
dredths on each degree above that, ana
a differential of one-eighth on refined.
"I will not propose this in any cap
tious spirit" said he, but because
believe it is sufficient, and that the
people are entitled to know exactly
what it is proposed TO give lne leLh-
erS."
Senator Vest followed Senator Jones
in criticism of the general features OF
the sugar schedule. 1t had always
been. he said. the Cape HatteraS of the
tariff debate. It involved the whole
question of the existence of the glgan-
tic sugar trust, which had absorbed
refinery after refinery, until II was Su-
preme and all powerful in the tleld: Inc
Lexow investigation had disclosed the
enormous profits of this trust. It SHOW
ed he said capital of s75, 600 com
mon stock and SIS, 100000 preferred, an
aggregate of s150,000,0U0, with profits
of II per cent on its common stock
and per cent on the preferred stock.
1t was an open. bold, admitted trust.
CaTcry on Sugar Scandals.
Senator Caffery followed. The OLD
fight between the producers of raw su-
gar and the refner, which in this
country was the trust, was, he SAID.
again on. He spoke of the scandal OF
1894 over the sugar schedule, produced
by the rapacity of the sugar trust. 1t
was to be repeated now. There We're
consumed in this country four billion
pounds of sugar annually. If the trust
was to receive half a cent pound,
as this schedule proposed, that would
mean $2O0OO,O00 to the trust. Here
then, was the impellant cause which
brought this great corporation to
Washington to look after its interests
They not only control the price, but
they advance it, he said.
A statement made by him, he sald.
would show that under all of the tarln
acts the profits of the sugar trust were
very large. The trust never lost. All
if wanted was sufficient tariff to keep
out the foreign producer, and then 1T had
the American consumer at it's mercy,
to be fleeced at will. The trust hau
said they would be ruined by any dlt.
ferential under one-eighth of cent
per pound, and yet they had thrlved
under such a rate.