Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-06-18
5iscUSS SUGAR TRUSTS
,c..r,c SENATOR'S OPEN '.s., THE
bEHoe of THEIR WRATH.
.,.,ublican Senator'S Waiver
|evera' .,,.rjunce to the Agree
ment of the Caucus

ITO, June 1.-THE tariff bill
WASH" 'an nm in the senate as soon as
as .,,. business was out OF the
be ioe anotor Tillman took the floor
ray ~andinp amendment OF Senator
20 the pnroviding an export bounty on
anno,n., products. He said the tar
Cicul.. had disclosed nebulous
depa.e, IN the minds Of the senators.
0ndi.lu,biicans sat quietly. apparent
he leproIled by the caucus. refusing
con. ,s. the iniquities Of the bill and
dls cus voting for exactions in
nanMl, ~ trusts and monopolies. "On
ena a,h U hand" proceeded Senator
ns ", "the democrats are In peri
,l'n n% transition. They do not know
..rs they are at. The older ana
n nc experienced proclaim their ale
ionce to the old time-honored doc
iance We had an impassioned speech
n nes nv Senator Mills on behalf
Waller tariff principles. brought
u,ord at this late day as democratic
l,.rins Secession, notification and
~ issues which have passed out of
Minds of men might as well be
uernht here. Tariff is merely a Ques-
,on ~ nolicy as to how the govern
.u an, viii raise revenue. 1t Is to the
H.. interests of the American people
sst articles consumed by our people
hould be produced by our people. IT
hot ia republican doctrine. well and
nod II 1t is not democratic doc
zine. II ought to be. AS to farmers,
No need is not for more farmers, but
=. a tariff which no longer would rob
ps farmers we have" Senator Till
man yehemently pledged his word to
is colleagues that they would not de-
eaive the farmers. and that nine mil
Inn followers of the pillow will settle
vith YOU at the ballot box" He de-
clared the south had been treated as
sn Ishmaelite since the war. and the
FARMERS generally had been bled to
benefit New England.
After some running debate. a vote
vas taken on the Cannon amendment,
providing an export bounty for agri-
ultural products. and resulted yeas
nays SO. Affirmative vote-Allen.
utler, Stewart, Harris (kansas), Heit-
(eld Cannon, Mantle. Pettigrew. Roach
land Tillman. This closed considera-
|ton of the cereal paragraph. and the
Horticultural schedule and sugar sched-
.ule was taken up.
The Sugar Schedule.
Senator Pettigrew gave notice that
|he would offer his amendment to ad-
nit free Of duty goods made by trusts
lin connection with the schedule. SEN
ator Allison asked that the proviso
relating to the Hawaiian islands go
over He said the action Of the SEN
ate committee relative to the Hawai-
ian proposition was due to a purpose
Ito exclude Hawaiian sugar. The COM
mittee had never considered the ques-
Iton, and had let it go over for future
consideration.
Senator Allison. in behalf Of the COM
|mittee, then moved an amendment
striking out $4,000 and inserting 95-
100 as the duty on refined sugars.
Senator Jones of Arkansas was rec
|ognized for a speech on the general
features of the sugar schedule.
Senator Jones declared that he pro-
|posed to see that there was some con-
|tention before German graduated was
taken as the basis for finding the diff
|erential duty to the refiner. Senator
Jones insisted that the grades of sugar
compared by Senator Aldrich in his
speech did not compare.
Senator Jones stated the price of
refined sugar upon which Senator Aid
rlch based his calculations Of g 80 cents
was too low. 1t should have been 2.66,
he said. STILL taking Senator Aid
rchs hgures, Senator Jones calculated
"a margin Of from .43 to SIS cents per
pound to the refiners. He announced
mat this schedule was claimed to af-
ford less profit than the house sched-
ule. He had looked conscientiously into
me question without prejudice, and he
oecame satisfied that clear differen-
uai OF one-eighth of cent was right,
under that differential the companies
pronts 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 pt on sugars testing IS degrees,
WIN an increase of three one-hun.
VI gyms s,.I on each degree above that, and
g. IIiner , Of one-eighth on refined.
y. VIII not propose this in any cap
st spirit" said he, but because I
u ueve 1t is sufficient, and that the
people are entitled to know exactly
s mna az II Is proposed to give the refin-
Vest ON the Sugar Trust.
i, senator e'a Vest followed Senator Jones
NJ ~ erlticism of the general features of
hasn sugar schedule. 1t had always
49, ~. ne said. the Cape Hatteras OF the
, ,n debate. 1t involved the whole
1tio IL of the existence of the gigan-
rsen sugar trust. which had absorbed
nrema aiter refinery, until it was SUI
sr cue ana all powerful in the field. The
Aow investigation had disclosed the
Vi M Nous profits of this trust. 1t show
~, No. ne said, capital of SIS. OOO. 900 COM
om STOCK and $4,000, 600 preferred. an
- e1eesate OF $3.50. ZOO. 900, with profits
ma per cent on it's common stock
n ~ ~ : per cent on the preferred stock,
C.a an open. bold. admitted trust.
sarerE ON Sugar Scandals,
,vh, "alor Caffery followed. The old
ar, ,sr De!ween the producers Of raw SUI
onntn anu the ref1ner. which in this
sa;n was the trust, was, he said,
"a an ION On. He spoke Of the scandal Of
" NV Hser the sugar schedule, produced
vas t rapacity Of the sugar trust. It
~ 9e repeated now. There were
,onnds IN this country four billion
vas 20 VI sugar annually. II the trust
n th 70 receive half a cent a pound.
near ms .s schedule NED proposed. that would
hen Sso,oo0,oOO to the trust. Here.
ron.h was the impellant cause which
hls great corporation to
,hew ton to look after its interests.
hev o no. only control the price. but
icy advance it, he said.
a statement made by him he said
,vu'o show that under all of the tariff
e s,,, me profits Of the sugar trust were
80, large. The trust never lost, All
n, " an was sufficient tariff to keep
hs ne Foreign producer. and then 1t had
a american Consumer at its mercy.
ala neeced at will. The trust had
ara .ney would be ruined by any Diff
or na under one-eighth Of a cent
nda pound, and yet they had thrived
"oer such a rate.
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