Omaha daily bee., 1897-07-20
takes UP THE TARIFF BILL.

Hanna F;naIly Gets in Contact with
Conference Committees Report.
WASHINGTON, July 19-The floor OF the
house presented an animated appearance
long before the speaker raped that body to
order TODAY Members stood about In groups
and discussed sometimes in excited tones
the result of the conference agreement on
the tariff bill.
The final conference report on the general
deficiency appropriation bill was adopted
This out of the way Mr.. Dingley arose and
holding aloft the report and great mass of
papers said in calm tones:
"Mr. Speaker | desire to present the con-
ference report on the tariff bill"
Salvos of applause from the republican
side greeted this announcement An effort
was made to secure an agreement for vote
Mr. Bailey said the minority desired three
days, but knowing they could not obtain 1t
they would be satisfied with two.
Mr. Dingley refused to agree to this, say
ing, Talk al this time is very expensive
1t costs the treasury 500, 900 day."
mot so expensive as the ten days you
spent in arguing this meeting schedule with
the sugar trust" retorted Mr.. Bailey amid
counter round of applause by his followers.
Mr.. Dingiey In reply pointed out that never
before in legislative history had a tariff bill
been In conference so brief a time. The
Mckinley bill had been in conference two
weeks "and our friends on the other side"
said he, addressing the democrats, "n 1924
were In conference six weeks without reach
ing an agreement"
"The trouble in 1894" retorted Mr. Bailey.
twas that we were trying to run the demo-
cratic party with a lot of mugwumps in
command" daughter and applause on the
democratic side,)
Mr. Dingley continued his efforts to fix
a time for a vote, the republicans during
the discussion crying vote vote vote"
~ suggest we wait until sugar stock goes
up a little higher" said Mr. Bailey, sar-
castlcally. ut has gone up s6 share since
the agreement was reached"
All efforts to reach an agreement having
failed, Mr.. Dingley opened his speech on
the conference report He took up each
schedule explaining in detail the changes
made and following closely the formal state
ment given out by the committee.
EXPLAINS SUGAR SCHEDULE.
Concerning the sugar schedule Mr., Ding
ley read from the official statement, adding
brief comments. By the new arrangements
about $6000000 Increase of revenue would be
realized. as the increase had been placed on
raw sugars at the point where revenue would
be received and at the same time the beet
sugar industry will receive substantial bene-
fit.
When Mr.. Dingley referred to the elimina-
tion of the stamp tax Mr.. Todd. democrat of
Michigan, asked him II he then confessed"
that they had abandoned the idea of taxing
the stock gamblers OF Wall street
mot at all" replied Mr.. Dlngley. I'VE dis
covered that the sales on Wall street could
not be followed. No record is kept The
machinery of collection would be too COM
plex."
Mr. Cooper. republican OF Wisconsin,
wanted an explanation of the net result of
the cnauge in the sugar schedule.
Mr.. Dingley explained II along the lines
Of the statement submitted by the conferees.
The differential to the reiner. he said was
exactly the same as In the house bill.
This started volley OF questions about the
sugar schedule. Mr.. johnson. republican OF
Indiana, wanted to know II the increase In
the rate on refined sugar would not in
crease the profits to the trust on the anticl-
patory mportations of raw sugars.
Mr.. Dingley explained the mpossibility OF
preventing these profits. Mr. Dingley, after
a calculation affirmed that the refiner OF sug-
Rrs under the present Wilson law had dlf-
ferential OF 22ls cents per 100 pounds agains
l2h cents In the pending bill as agreed 10
by the Conferees. AS to the question OF
revenue to be raised by the bin Mr.. Dingley
pointed out the difieulty resulting from the
large antlcipatory importations, The bill
next year. he calculated. would raise sees
900 600 $4,000 600 more than the present
law. over S40. 900 600 had been lost to this
years revenues by the importatiOns of WOO
and sugar and other things, the duty on
which was raised in the bill, $50 that he cal
eulated that the bill this year would ral
Hiss, 100000 Mr. Dingley declared that