The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-06-10
A CHANGE IN SUGAR.
Rep ublican Caucus Adopted a
New Schedule.
AGREED TO STAND TOGETHER.
The Republican Members Decided TO
Overlook Their ID, fTerences and Main
tain Solid Front on All Schedules.

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WASHINGTON, June 9.-Senator AID
rich of Rhode Island states that the Re.
publican caucus was very successful and
that he feels that the Republicans are
going to stand together on all schedules
of the bill and that an agreement will
be reached where differences of opinion
exist. Almost the entire time of the
caucus was devoted to consideration OF
the sugar schedule; other features
where there are differences were not
reached.
No agreement was reached in regard
to the Hawaiian treaty, and the COM
mittee is expected to report some
amendments or provision which will
not leave the matter in any uncertain
condition or absolutely abrogate the ex-
listing reciprocity provisions of the
treaty.
An important feature of the caucus
was the determination reached to vote
together as party, which insures
favorable action ON all contested sched-
ules and the passage of the bill as ap-
proved by the majority. This determ-
ination was reached upon suggestion
made by Senator Thurston. This sug-
gestion led to the most interesting in-
| cident of the caucus. There had been
| several references to the meeting as o
conference" Mr. Thurston objected
| to this designation. saying that confer
ences never bound anyone and that he
wanted it definitely understood whether
this meeting was to be binding or a
friendly chat without further results,
| for if it was not to bind all senators on
all schedules he would not agree to
abide by the decision upon the sugar
| question.
This speech brought Senator Hanna
to his feet with an earnest plea for
party harmony and united effort on all
the features of the bill. He referred
to the apparent divisions at present ex-
listing in the senate and said it was
high time that a perfect understanding
was reached.
Senator Thurston then put his sug-
gestion in the shape of a motion to the
effect that the agreement Of the eau
Gus should be binding upon all Repub.
lican senators and it carried by large
majority.
The text of the new sugar schedule is
as follows:
Sugars not above No. 16 Dutch stand
ard in color, tank bottoms, syrups of cane
juice, neldut, concentrated Incldui, COLI
crete and concentrated molaSseS, testing
by the polariscope not above rs degrees,
/ cent per pound, and for every additional
degree shown by the polariscope test,
three-one hundredths of l cent per pound
additional, and fractions of a degree in
| proportions; and on sugar above No 16
Dutch standard in color and on all sugar
which has gone through process of refln-
ing. one cent and ninety-fve one-hun.
dredths of l cent per pound; molasses
testing above 40 degrees and not above 81
degrees, cents per gallon; testing So de.
grees and above, cents per gallon; sugar
. DRAWINGS and sugar sweeDings shall be
subject to duty as molasses or sugar as
the case may be, according to polariscopC
test; sugars, tank bottoms, syrups, cane
juice or beet juice, melada, concentrated
> melada and concrete and concentrated
, molasses, the product of any country
which pays, directly or indirectly, q
} bounty on the export thereof, whether i'm
, ported directly and in condition as ex
, ported therefrom, or otherwise, shall pay
in addition to the foregoing rates, duty
, equal to such bounty, or so much thereof
, as may be in excess of any tax collected
by such country upon such exported arti
ole, or upon the beet or cane from which II
was produced.
!, A new paragraph is added reading
as follows:
That the duty on molasses clayed, Jog
r gerry and other sugars testing not above
y 81 degrees by the polariscope shall be one
tenth OF one cent per pound less thar
those imposed by the preceding paragraph
, on the corresponding tests of sugar.
, The failure of the caucus to take
steps looking to the protection of the
Hawaiian reciprocity treaty has caused
considerable comment, but the friends
of Hawaii in the senate say that the
omission was due to no other reason
than the want of sufficient time. They
feel confident that if the point ha6
been reached an amendment similar tt
that proposed by Senator Davis con
tinuing the treaty in force would have
, been accepted.
: They base this assertion upon the
I manner in which Senator Fryes speech
was received and the side remarks
made upon the subject. They now ex
, press the utmost confidence that tn,
D finance committee will accept thu
amendment without caucus action
Senator Frye's speech was a jealous
D appeal for the maintenance of tn,
a treaty. He said that Pearl harbor wa
ceded to the United States in exchang,
for the concession to Hawaiian suga
: by this country and declared that it
t abrogation at this time would be an &C
of had faith