The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-07-20
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ing the suear schedule. Mr. Dinr..v
read from the official statement ada.
ing brief comments. by the new ar
iangement about $1,000 coo increase Of
revenue would be realized, as the in-
crease had been placed on raw sugars
at the Uoiht where revenue would he
received and at the same time the best
sugar industry viii receive substantial
benefit. Mr. Dingley expressed regret
that the senate had not allowed the re-
troactive clause of the bill to stand, at
least until the bill was about to be-
come law. Had IL remained i'm the
BILL he said $25.OOOOOO of revenue
would have been saved to the treas
Jry.
Mr.. Cooper, of Wisconsin, wanted an
explanation of the result Of the change
In the sugar schedule
Mr.. Diugley explained Il along the
lines Of the statement submitted by the
conferrees. The differential to the re-
finer he said. was exactly the same
as the house bill. Mr.. Johnson. Of Indi-
ana. wanted to know If the increase in
the rate ON refined sugar to the sem
ate rate would not increase the profits
Of the trust on the anticipatory i'm
portations of raw sugars. Mr. Dingley
explained the impossibility of prevent
ing these profits.
AS to the question of revenue to be
raised by the bill Mr.. Dngley pointed
out the difficulty resulting from the
large anticipatory importations. The
bill next year, he calculated, would
raise S225,OOO 600, SIS OOO. 600 more than
the present law over $iO.OOOOOO had
been lost in this years revenues by
the im-ortations of wool and sugar
and other things the duty on which
was raised in the bill, so that he cal
cuated that the bill this year would
raise $1S5.O0O,OOO
MIR. Wheeler, of Alabama, opened the
debate for the Democrats, criticising
the bill as the most vicious and bur
densome ever imposed on the American
people. In particular he discussed the
serious effect Of the measure on the
laboring and agricultural classes. Mr.
Wheeler referred to the advance on
sugar stock in the New York market
during the day, and said this was the
clearest evidence Of the benefits con-
ferred on gar trust.
Mr. uson, of Virginia, a member
of Il ways and means committee, TO
whom Mr.. Wheeler yielded a portion of
his time, assailed the sugar schedule
agreed upon by the conferrees, assert
ing that the proposed schedule gave
sugar double the protection received
under the present law. In conclusion
Mr.. Swanson declared that when per-
manent prosperity at last came back
to this country it would not show it.
self first in stock gambling exchanges
OF Wall street
one Of the greatest demonstrations
Of the debate occurred when Mr. Ian
ham, of Texas, who followed, paid a
tribute to William j. Bryan. The Dem
ocrats cheered for several minutes, and
many of the spectators Joined in the
demonstration. At this point, at the
suggestion Of Mr.. Diugley, it was ar
ranged that a recess should be taken
from to p m.
In the galleries, at the night session,
were many distinguished personages
Of both sexes In the executive gal
lery sat Secretary of the Navy Long,
and on the floor, at the side of Mr. Hit
Of Illinois, sat Attorney General Nc
| Kenna, who was a member of the ways
and means committee in 1890, when
the Mckinley law was passed. Alto
| gethor it was a brilliant setting for
/ the close of a memorable struggle.
! The Republicans still pursued the tao
tics they had adopted during the day
/ session. None of them claimed the
floor, and the minority We're compelled
to put forward their speakers After
Mcdowell of Ohio and Berry of Ken
lucky had made brief speeches, Mr..
Bailey, the Democratic leader, took
the floor He made a carefully pre-
pared argument, dealing more with
general principles involved than with
details. Time and again during the
progress Of his remarks the Democrats
We're aroused by his eloquence to a
high pitch of enthusiasm. In referring
to trusts Mr.. Bailey said:
Another more practical but less po-
tent reason why the Republican party
cannot undertake in earnest to sup
press these hurtful combinations of
capital is that its vast and complicated
scheme of taxation for private purposes
is maintained by active and financial
support of those who have personal
and business connections with these
trusts, and as you rely upon the votes,
the influence and the campaign sub
sCriptions of trusts, 1t is unreasonable
TO suppose that you VIII deny them a
participation in the profits of a system
which they have helped to fasten upon
the country. We have sufficient and
abundant proof of this fact in the
pending bill, which gives to the sugar
trust a pure gratuity which experts
estimate at not less than S4,OOO,OOO an
nually.
q am not willing to charge in this
high place that the Republican party
has sold its intellect ard conscience
TO the sugar trust, and 1 prefer to be-
lieve that it has been driven by the
logic of its position to the assistance
of a monopoly which has grown so
bold under It's special privileges that
1t scandalizes congress and defies the
power of the courts. But sir. the Re
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