The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-12

this expert asserted that the estimates
were far too high as to the amount OF raw
sugar required to make pound OF re1ned
sugar.
The Senator read a corrected statement
showing that on each grade OF sugar the
treasury figures were several pounds IN
excess Of the corrected figures. -
Mr.. Caffery went on to say that
counter vailing duty OF 3S-100 on German
granulated sugar was ample protection to
the American refiners. The trust was
constantly beseiging Congress for favors,.
sThe sugar trust, !" said he, SIS the only
gigantic trust in the world which rests
entirely on legislation for it's support.
Mr.. Platt, Republican of Connecticut,
aroused Mr.. Caffery to another indignant
protest against the repeated intimations
thrown out from the other side that he
wanted protection for the sugar pro-
ducers.
"Your position" said Mr.. Platt, "is
free trade for the refiner and protection
for the producer.
''I have stated and repeat it again,
replied Mr.. Caffery, "that sugar is the
ideal article for Democratic revenue
duty. If it We're for protection 1 should
not advocate it,"
Continuing, he taunted the Republl-
cans, after their experiment. with sugar
bounty under the Mckinley law for going
back to sugar for real revenue producing
duty. "And then, said he ''they have
the audacity to throw in our faces the in
sidious doctrine of protection.
He had never, he said, owned a single
share OF that company and was only in a
very small way sugar planter. s4s
''How much sugar did you produce last
year?'' asked Mr.. Platt.
About 100000 pounds, replied Mr..
Gallery, from farm of 500 acres. l am
the smallest planter in my parish, but 1
say to you that if all my fortunes were
involved in a sugar duty I would not
support it except for revenue. A public
man who is confined within the narrow
limits of a selfish interest is not fit to
Upon the conclusion of Mr.. Caffery' S
remarks, Mr.. White of California, took
the floor. He arraigned the Republicans
for their advocacy of this sugar schedu lie.
Mr.. German Of Maryland then spoke
against the schedule and the entire bill,
pointing out that its effect was to burden
the people without opening to the United
States to new foreign markets.
Mr.. Stewart of Nevada, asked Mr..
Allison to state before the vote was taken
Wu6bucF b1lS Dlu gave UuG TollucTS greater
advantage than the present law.
II have no doubt,'' answered Mr.. Ali
son, 'that excluding the counter-vailing
duty this bill does not give greater ad-
vantage to the sugar industry than the
Wilson bill.''
Mr.Allison proceeded to make general
statement. He said that thus far Senators
had been discussing decimal figures and
statistics without considering what lies
at the basis of this and all schedules.
Mr.. Stewart said he did not expect this
tariff bill to afford any material relief to
the country, as there was a cancer of
financial contraction which was eating
at the vitals of the country. The Senator
added that he was for the bill because he
wanted the people to know it could not
bring prosperity ANY more more, than han bread
perity.'
Mr.. Caffery replied briefly to Mr.. ALI
son and then the vote was taken amid
great.excitement,r resulting yeas, 32; nays,
30, as follows:
Yeas-Allison, Burrows, Carter, Cul-
lom, Davis Dubois, Elkins, Fairbanks,
Foraker, Frye, Gallinger, Hanna, Hans
Mcbride, McEnery, Mcmillan, Mason,
Nelson, Perkins, Platt of Connecticut,
Pritchard, Proctor, Sewell, Shoup,
Spooner, Stewart, Wellington, Wetmore,
Wilson-38.
Nays-Bacon, Bate, Berry, Butler,
Caffery, Chiffon, Clay, Cockrell, Daniel,
Faulkner, German, Gray, Heitfeld,
Jones of Arkansas, Kyle, Lindsay, NAL
lory, Mantle, Mills, Mitchell, Morgan,
Pasco. Pettigrew, Rich Pettus, Tillman,
Turpie, Vest. Walthan, White-30.
Mr.. Jones of Arkansas, then moved an
amendment striking out the words ''on
all sugars in line 20, page 63. In this
connection he again pointed out inequali-
ties of the schedules. The amount of
protection under the pending amendment
was greater, he said than it was in the
original amendment, being 52100 now
against A then. AS it was now five
O'Clock Mr.. Jones asked that the amend
ment go over. This led Mr.. Allison to ask
If any agreement could be reached for II
a. IN. sessions beginning Monday
MIR. Jones answered that consent would
be given to early sessions beginning next
Thursday or Friday with an adjournment
daily at p. m. No final agreement was
reached.
Mr.. Hoar gave notice of new section
to follow paragraph 206 providing for the
appointment by the President to COM
mission of five persons who shall investi-
gate and report at the next session of
Congress on the most advantageous
methods of producing and refining sugar
and what method will give to consumers
sugar at the least cost.
AT $40 p. m. the bill was laid aside
and the Senate went into executive ses-
sion, adjourning soon after.
Massachusetts LEGISLATURE Adiourns.