The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-07-18
DEMOCRATS ON MONDAY
BUT THEIR MEETING WILL MI
CHANGE RESULTS ANY.
THEY STILL KEEP VERY CLOSE MOUTHS
Il is Safe to Predict Though that the
Interest of the Various Contributors to the
Fund 10 Save the Honor of the Ma
tIon" Has Been Cared For.

tlon" Has Been Cared For.
Washington. d. c., July 17.-When the
Republican conferees on the tarln Dill,
representing the two houses of Congress,
adjourned at six o'clock to-day, the an
1onncement was made on behalf OF each
Of the houses that they had agreed upon
all the items of the bill, and that the
result of the partisan conference would
no submitted to the Democratic men,
hers of conference at a full meeting TO
be held Monday.
1--WE cannot" said Senator Allison,
SAY lust what time we shall expect the
attendance of the Democrats on Mon
day. for there is still much to be done
to get the bill in readiness for them.
IL is understood that some of the mem
hers will work tomorrow for the ac-
>omplishment of this purpose, and 1T is
hoped to have the bill printed and pre-
sared for the inspection of the Demo
erats by ten o'clock Monday. The Re
publicans still further hope to secure the
assent of the Democratic members to the
reporting of the bill after one session,
and TO thus be able to present it TO Con-
sress at the beginning Of the session
Monday.
The members Of the conference still
preserve the strictest silence IN regard
to the changes made, giving out no Of
fcial confirmation as to the changes made
i'm The bill. 1t is learned, however, from
an entirely reliable source that large
majority of the Senate amendments were
accepted. This was rendered necessary
by several circumstances. number of
amendments made by the Senate were
verbal; others were trivial and still 9th
ers were made necessary to secure har-
mony of construction and would have
been made by the House il that body
had had the bill under consideration for
so long a time as the Senate had. All
such changes as these were accepted
without question by the House confer
ees
They also accepted in most cases all
the alterations made by the Senate in
Arder to secure the passage of the bill in
Ahat body. Senator Jones, of Nevada,
Holding as he did practically the balance
Of power both in the Senate and in COM
mittee, was enabled to secure conces-
sions for Western interests in the Sen
ate, and these he held without exception
in the conference He even succeeded in
securing a degree of protection for beet
-
ahe Senate or the House bill.
The bill as agreed upon will, when
made public, present an entirely new SUI
sar schedule, at least in the main item of
duty on raw and refined sugar-the
fourth presented since the bill emerged
from the recess of the Ways and
Means committee.
When the announcement Of an agree
G.. 10 Tod no
were that the Senate had surrendered
everything in the sugar schedule to the
House. No one not in possession Of all
The facts could see how it could be
Afherwise when it was known that the
House differential of one-eighth of cent
had been accepted and the Senate pro-
vision for throwing of one-tenth Of a
SmA on low grade sugars receded from.
A6ou will discover" said Senator AL
1ich in discussing the matter among. his
colleagues, 'that the Senate saves same
hing after all and that it is not a COM
Ipete surrender ON our part"
The working of the new paragraph,
which follows, shows that he was right:
Sugars, not above number sixteen,
Dutch standard in color, tank bottoms,
svrups of cane Juice, melada, concentrate
Cd melada, concrete and concentrated
nrolasses testing by the polarscope not
above seyenty-fve degrees 95-10O Of one
cent per pound, and for every additional
degree shown by the polariscopic test
three and one-half One-hundredths of one
cent per pound additional, and fractions
of degree in proportion: and on sugar
above number sixteen, Dutch standard
in color, and on all sugar which has
gone through a process of refining, one
hundred and twenty-five one thousandths
Of one cent per pound additional"
1t is estimated that the changes in
the sugar schedule will raise about So
100000 additional revenue.
Following are among the more import
ant changes made in other schedules:
Hides, 10 per cent ad valorem, in place
of the 90 per cent fixed by the Senate.
THE House representatives made a strong
fight to have hides restored to the free
list, but they were compelled to submit
10 the unyelding demand of the Senate.
Wool las heretofore sent ouO, first
class, IL cents per pound; second class,
- cents per pound; third class cents
on that below IL cents per pound in val
ne and cents on that above II cents in
value. These rates on third class wool
were the result of an agreement be-
tween the wool growers and the carpet
manufacturers.
Lead ore, ~ cents per pound; pig lead,
pa cents-the Senate rates.
Coal, bituminous, CT cents per ton.
Tobacco, S1.75 per pound on imported
wrappers. This is the Senate rate 1t is