The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-13
NO PROGRESS MADE
SUGAR SCHEDULE WAITS WHILE
DEMOCRATS DECLAIM.

Senator Vest Resumes His Assault Upon the
Bill as Fostering the sugar Trust, and
Again Notes the Effect of the Finance
Committees Amendment Upon the
Price of Sugar Shares-McEnery OF
Louisiana Defends, Arguing That the
Sugar Producer Must be Protected, Let
Who Else May be Favored
Washington, June 12-The sugar sched-
uIe was again the subject of Democratic
assaults today in the senate. Practically
no progress was made. Only ore amend
ment was voted on, and that was defeat
ed. When the senate adjourned the
amendment Of Mr.. Lindsay of Kentucky
to strike out the differential on refined
sugar was pending.
THE SENATE IN DETAIL.
Washington. June 1.-THE preliminary
business in the senate today was brief
and unimportant.
Mr. Allen pop, Neb.) Introduced res
olution upon which he said he would ad-
dress the senate later, declaring against
the distinction made in special pension
bills between the widows Of privates and
of officers.
At 12:l5 the consideration of the tariff
bill was resumed, the pending amend
ment being that Of Senator Jones (Ark)
to strike out in line 2, page 50. the words
''on- all sugars"
Mr.. Vest (Mo.) took the floor and called
upon the majority TO answer the declara-
tons made by the minority that the
present sugar schedule gave large in
crease of protection 70 the Sugar Trust.
His SIDE he said. had made this direct
issue. The Sugar Trust was now making
20 per cent on its enormous watered
stock. Its officials had admitted IT,
In view of this fact 1t was due to the
minority and the country that an ex-
p.anation that explained should be made
by the other side.
But what was the reply Of the majority
to the challenge Of the minority? II was
that, leaving out the countervailing duty
of three-eighths Of a cent, there was no
increase. But what he wanted TO know
was what it was il that three-eighths
was included. By what sort of legerde-
main was il 10 be excluded? ne asked.
Mr.. Vest repeated his statement of
Wednesday that the protection of 96-de-
gree sugar was increased by the caucus
amendment over the original senate
amendment 5 certs per hundred pounds.
1t was 66 cents in the schedule adopted
yesterday. as against 81 cents in the
present law. He went into an elaborate
calculation using, he said, Mr. Aldrich's
figures as basis, and challenged the
majority TO disprove his calculations.
These figures said he passionate,y,
t'should be admitted or disproved. that
senators may take their responsibility
here
The schedule, he insisted, was utterly
indefensible. The only excuse he had
heard advanced was that of Senator AL
lison yesterday that this duty was inn
posed, not for revenue, but to encourage
the beet sugar industry.
''Oh. Mr.. President" cried Mr.. Vest in
conclusion, ''our experts may be mistak-
en-. We may be in the fog ringing our
bells. but I repeat again what 1 said the
other day, that there was one set of mer
in this country who were not mistaken.
Our friends in Wall street know what
this schedule means ne said his voice
rising. within four hours after this
schedule was reported, Sugar stock went
up S. a share. from lis TO 12i per cent
Last night il closed at 1251s per cert
Does anybody believe that Wall street
does not know what protection this
gives TO the trusts?'
MENERY DEFENDS.
Mr.. McEnery Oem., Lao, who yester- |
day voted for the sugar schedule, fol- |
lowed Mr.. Vest. He argued that the in |
terests of the sugar producers went hard |
in hand with those of the Sugar trust. |
The interests of both were bound I'D to- |
gether. If the differentiai on refined |
sugar was not maintained a blow would |
he struck at the producer and every big |
factory would be id.e
Continuing, Mr.. McEnery insisted that |
he could see no good reason why the |
Democratic party Of his state should not /
be committed to protection-not high pro-
lection, but such protection as is consist |
ent with revenue necessities Consider |
irg the vast interests of Louisiana in |
sugar. there was no reason, ne said, why |
the industry should not be protected.
The vote upon Mr.. Jones amendment
was then taken. 1t was rejected-yeas.
%; nays. 50.
THE DIFFERENTIAI.
Mr.. Lindsay Oem., KY then took the
floor in support Of his amendment n