The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-11
DEBATE ON SUGAR
SCHEDULE OPENED.
Cannon Amendment, Providing Export Duty on
Agricultural Products, Defeated by a
Heavy Majority.

would offer his amendment to admit
free of duty goods made by trusts, in
connection with the schedule. Mr.. AL
lison asked that the proviso relating 6
to the HiWaiian islands go over. He
said, in this connection, that the ac-
tion of the senate committee, relating
to the HiWaiian proposition, was not
due to any purpose to exclude Ha-
waiian sugar. The committee had
never considered the question and had
let it go over for future consideration.
Later, he thought, a proposition on that
branch Of the subject would be pre-
sented. Mr.. Allison, in behalf of the
committee, then moved an amendment
striking out $751;, 900 and inserting 95
100 as the duty on refined sugars.
Mr.. Jones (Ark.) was. recognized for
a speech on the general features of the
sugar schedule. The senator had be-
fore him. small bottles showing the va
rious grades of sugar, raw and re
fined, and with these illustrated his
argument as he proceeded He as
serted that the new sugar proposition
would increase the profits Of the sugar
rehnerS at every point. If that was
the purpose of the managers Of the
bill, they should let it be known. He
was in favor of tax on sugar, but
he believed that it should be made as
light as possible and should give no
special benefit to anybody. Early in
his remarks Mr.. Jones referred to the
unfairneSS Of Mr.. Aldrich's statement
on the sugar schedule. In Speaking
Of the difference between German su-
gar and the raw sugar coming to this
country, the comparison was not a fair
one, Mr.. Jones contended, as the Ger
man sugars could not be compared
to the American. When figuring on
the amount that should go to the re-
fners, the American article, raw and
refined, must be considered rather than
the German. With great emphasis, Mr.
Jones declared that he proposed to see
that there was some contention before
German granulated was taken as the
basis for finding the differential due
to the refiner Mr.. Jones insisted that
the grades of sugar compared by Mr.
Aldrich in his speech did not COM
pare.
He should propose, he said, duty
OF l cent per pound on sugars, testing
rs degrees with an increase of 3-1OO on
each degree above that and a differ
entail of one-eighth on refined. I will
not propose this in any captious spirit"
said he, but because I believe it is
sufficient, and that the people are en-
titled to know exactly what it is pro-
posed to give the refiners.''
Mr.. White (Calo asked what course
was to be pursued as to the Hawaiian
provision Of the paragraph under con-
sideratfon. To this Mr.. Allison re-
piled that the proviso was in the bill
as it stood at present, and would have
to be considered sooner or later. The
committee might and might not sub
NIT a new proposition, and the SUBJ
ject might be sent to the committee on
foreign relations.
Mr.. Vest followed Mr.. Jones in criti-
cism of the general features of the
sugar schedule. 1t had always been, he
said, the Cape Hatterras of the tariff
debate. 1t involved the whole question
Of the existence of the gigantic sugar
trust, which had absorbed refinery aft
er refinery until it was supreme and
all powerful in the field. The Lexow
investigation had disclosed the enor-
nous profits of this trust. 1t showed,
he said, capital of SIS, 100000 common
stock and $75,000,000 preferred stock,
an aggregate of $3.50, 600 with profits
Of IL per cent on it's common stock and
per cent on the preferred stock. 1t
was an open, bold, admitted trust.
At this point Mr.. Caffery Ga.) said