The record-union., 1897-07-18
Democratic Members to Meet With the
Republicans Tomorrow.
The House Wins on the Sugar
Schedule, the Senate Conferrees
Yielding to the Rate of One
Eighth Differentia1 on Refined
Sugars-The Senate Rate on
Lead Ore Retained.

make quorum.
They had not been in the chamber
five minutes before a rumor gained cur
rency that they had agreed upon a re-
port. The rumOr was in the main con-
tiTmed by the admissions of the confer
rees few minutes later. They would
not say TO representatives of the press
that they had absolutely agreed upon
all the terms of difference, but admit
ted even to the press that the con-
ference was SO far advanced that they
hoped to summon the Democratic mem
/ bers to the conference on Monday.
They told the Democracy themselves
that they would certainly want them
by that time. and even stated to them
that they would like to have them sit
with them tomorrow. If the Demo-
Gratis would agree to a Sunday session
This the Democrats declined to do.
The hope of the Republican confer
rees is that the Democrats will allow
the report to be made after one ses-
sion and it is believed that the House
will pass upon the bill at it's session
Monday afternoon, providing the re-
port can be made in time for that
The conferrees stated in conversation
with brother Senators that there was
still considerable in the way of detail
work to be done, but there was moth
ing unsettled which could possibly pre-
vent the completion Of the bill in time
to allow of the presentation of the re-
port on Monday.
It is understood that some of the mem
bers will work tomorrow for the accom-
pllshment of this purpose, and it is
hoped to have the bill printed and pre-
Pared for the inspection of the Demo-
Gratis by o'clock Monday.
The members of the conference. still
preserve the strictest silence in regard to
the changes made, giving out no Off
clal continuation as to the changes made
IN the bill. 1t is learned however from
an entirely reliable sourse that a very
large majority of the Senate amend
n1ents were accepted. This was rem
dered necessary by several circum-
stances. a number of amendments
made by the Senate were verbal, others
trivial, and still others were made ne
cessary to secure harmony of action, and
would have been made by the House if
that body had had the bill under con-
siGeration for so long a time as the SEN
ate. All such changes as these were ac-
ccpted without question by the House
conferrees. They also accepted in most
cases all these alterations by the Senate
in order to secure the passage of the bill
in that body
Senator Jones of Nevada, holding as
he did practically the balance of power
both in the Senate and in the committee,
was enabled to secure many concessions
for Western interests in the Senate, and
these he held without exception in the
conference. He even succeeded in secur-
ing a degree of protection for beet sugar
greater than was given either in the
Senate or the House bill
The bill as agreed upon will, when
made public, present an entirely new
sugar schedule, at least in the main item
of duty on raw and refined sugar. the
fourth presented since the bill emerged
from the recesseS of the Ways and
Means Committee. When the announce
ment of an agreement was made the in
dlcatlons were that the Senate confer
rees had surrendered evrything in the
sugar schedule to the House. No one
IL possession of all the facts could see
how it could eb otherwise, when it was
known that the House differential of
one-eighth of a cent had been accepted.
and the Senate provision for throwing
off one-tenth of a cent in low grade
sugars receded from.
You will discover" said Senator
Aldrich, in discussing the matter among
his colleagues, that the Senate saves
something after all, and that it is not a
complete surrender on our part
The wording of the sugar paragrap nh
was as follows: Sugars not above No.
Is Dutch standard in color. tank bot
toms, syrups Of cane juice, melada, con-
centfated melada, concrete and concen-
trated molasses, testing by the polari-
scope not above I5 degrees. 95-10O of l
cent per pound, and for every additional
degree shown by the polarscope three
and one -half-hundredth of one cent per
pound additional and fractions of a de-
gree in proportion; and on sugar above
No. 16 Dutch standard in color, and on
all sugar which has gone through a. pro-
cess of refining, .Izo cent per pound ad-
ditional."
1t VIII be observed that the modifica-
tion of the sugar schedule still leaves the
rate on pure sugar testing 100 degrees
I9o cents per pound, which was the
Senate rate. The differential on refined
sugar is, however, one-eighth of a cent
per pound, While the Senate differential
v as one-fifth. The House also secured
the elimination of one-tenth of a cent
reduction allowed on jaggory and other
low grades testing below 81 by the
polariscope. 1t is claimed that the in
crease of the polariscope graduation ad
vance will add materially to the protec
ton to the beet sugar industry. It is
estimated that the changes in the sugar
schedule will raise about 50 OOO 600 ad
ditional revenue.
FoiloWlng are among the more impor-
tant changes made in other schedules.
Hides ID per cent ad vaIorem. in place
OF 70 per cent, fixed by the Senate. The
House made a strong fight to have hides
restored to the free list, but they were
compelled to submit to the untiring de-
mand of the Senate
Wool as heretofore sent out: First
class, II cents per pound; second class.
II cents per pound; third class. cents
on that below y cents per pound in
value. and cents on that above y cents
in value These rates on third class was
the result of an agreement between the
wool growers and the carpt manufac-
turers.
Lead ore, IL cents per pound. Pig