The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-06-12
DISCUSS SUGAR TRUSTS
several R<punsl0An samMsaes waxer
In TAear Allssannes a. shs Axree-
meat ~ sAa Caaeun. -

seNeraA NepuhsSNAm SNMNteea WaNeI
In Their AlleHannes ao shs Axree-
HsAt = SO csPe-s. -
Washington Inne a. = Rhestaran bill
was taken NJ q fha senate - aoen as
the routfnA business was out az the
way. Senator Tfllsnan took the f,oor
on the pending amendment Of SENATOR
Cannon, proyiding an export bounty on
asrieuiturai products He said the tar
condition In the minds 81 M ssnSssrs
Inc republicans sat quietly, apparent
" contr0ued by the caucus. refusing
10 discuss the iniquities Of the bill and
unanimously voting for exactions. IN
,SI n,S e trusts and monopolies ION
Ttllman. s.the democrats are IN 4 rery-
Cd Of transition. They do NOT know
Wnefe they are at. The Older and
more experienced proclaim their ale
glance TO the old time-hoaored doc
Irlnes. We had an impassioned speech
yesterday by Senator Mills on, behalf
lof Walker taFiff principles. brought
forward at this late day as democratic
luoctffne. Secession. Modification and
other issues which have passed ont o.
the minds OF men might as wei be
orougnt here Tariff Is merely ques-
ttoa OF policy as to how the govern
ment will raise revenue. IL Is 10 the
pest interests OF the American people
tnat articles consumed by our people
should De produced by our people. Ii
mat Is republican doctrine, wen and
suon II Is not democratic doc
Urine, II ought to be. As to farmers
the need Is not for more farmers, but
Tor a tartn which no longer would rob
the farmers We. have" Senator Till
man vehemently pledged his word 10
his colleagues that they would not de-
Hon followers Of the plow twill settle
with you at the ballot box" He de-
eiared the south had been treated as
an Ishmaelite sincsskhe war. and the
farmers generally E4a been bled 70
Z benefit New England
After some running debate, vote
was taken on the Cannon amendment.
providing an export bounty for aEri-
cultural products. and resulted yeas
10. nays 50. Affirmative vote-AlIen.
Butler. Stewart. Harris (Kansas), Heit-
f feld, Cannon. Mantle, Pettigrew Roach
and Tillman This closed considera-
ton OF the cereal paragraph, and the
agricultural schedule and sugar sched-
ule was taken up.
Senator Pettigrew gave notice that
he would offer his amendment to adj
init free OF duty goods made by trusts
\ IN connection with the schedule Sem
ator Allison asked that the proviso
relating to the Hawaiian Islands 20
over He said the action OF the SEN
ate committee relative To the Hawaii
ian proposition was due to q purpose
10 exclude Hawaiian sugar. The COM
mittee had never considered the ques-
ton. and had let II 20 over for future
consideration
Senator Allison. in behalf Of the conn
mttteR- then nnyAA
striking out S75-l000 and inserting 95-
lOO as the duty on refined sugars
senator Jones Of Arkansas was rec
osnlzsd Tor a speech ON the general
features OF the sugar schedule
Senator Jones declared that he pro-
posed to see that there was some con-
tention before German graduated was
TAKEN as the basis for finding the din
erenttal duty to the refiner. Senator
Jones insisted that the grades OF sugar
COMPARED by Senator Aldrich In his
speech did not compare
Senator Jones stated the price of
refined sugar upon which Senator Aid
rich based his calculations Of 40 cents
+ was too low. 1t should have been SO
he said. Still, taking Senator Ala.
richs figures. senator Jones calculated
a margin OF from ~ to- So cents per
pound to the refiners. He announces
that this schedule was claimed TO AZ
ford less profit than the house sched-
ule. He had looked eonscientiously into
( the question without prejudice. and he
became satisfied that a clear dIersrsn-
tai OF one-etghth OF a cent was right
I Under that dtRerential the counpanies'
pronts had increased. How could the
other side now Justify a further In
crease Of the dinerentialT He should
propose. he said, a duty OF one cent par
pound on sugars testing rs degrees.
with an Increase of three one-hun-
dredths on each degree above that and
dinerential OF one-elghth on refined
viii not propose this in any cap
tlous spirit" said he, but because ]
believe 1t Is sufficient, and that the
people are entitled to know exactly
what 1t Is proposed to give the refin-
Vest ON the Sugar Tru.t.
Senator Vest followed Senator Ionss
IN criticism OF the general features OF
the sugar schedule II had alvrays
oeen. ne said. the Cape Hatteras OF the
tarln debate. II Involved the whole
question OF the existence OF the Rigan-
NC sugar trust. which had absorbed
rennery after refinery. until II was su-
Preme and all powerful In the field. The
LexoW Investigation had disclosed the
enormous profits Of this trust. II show
90. ne said, capital Of SIS. 900 900 com
mon stock and SIS, 900. 900 preferred ar
aggregate OF $50 600. 900. with prosts
OF " per cent on its common stock
ana per cent on the preferred stock
IL was an open. bold. admitted trTsf
CaneFV ON Sugar Scandals
Senator Gallery followed, The old
hght between the producers of raw SUI .
gar and the rehner. which in this
country was the trust. was, he said.
again on. He spoke of the scandal OF .
1888 over the sugar schedule. produced
oy the rapacity Of the sugar trust, n
was to be repeated now. There were
consumed In this country four billion
pounds OF sugar annually. II the truSt
was to receive half a cent a pound
as this schedule proposed, that would
mean S20.OO0.O00 to the trust. Here
then. was the tmpellant cause which
Drought this great corporation 10
Washington to look after Its interests 3
They not only control the price. hui
they advance II. he said.
statement made by him, he said !
would show that under all of the tariff
acts the profits of the sugar trust were
very large. The trust never lost. All n
It wanted was sufficient tariff 10 keen Z
out the foreign produces. and then II had
the American consumer at its mercy.
TO be heeced at will. The trust had
said they would be ruined by any air
ferential under one-eighth Of a cent
per pound. and yet they had thrived
under such a rate.
pRtN(E ne WAtEe AOoae sA,r