The times., 1897-06-29
HIDE SCHEDULE ADOPTED
Mr.. Smith Charges that 1t Will
Fatten the Beef Trust.
MONOPOLIES IN THE SADDLE
Senator Allen Declares "tnas the
Countrv Is Rotten with the Work
of Hundred Trusts"-Couid he
Proceeded Against Under the
Common Law.

The significant thing Gene in the Sen
ate yesterday was the agreement on yea
and nay vote TO the proposition of the FL
nance Committee that lie sIecific duty on
hides be 20 per cent I'D yalolem, instead OF
1-2censsperpoun Themanneri in which
the East yielded to the West in tbs ccnten-
ton has already been explained in volumes
The amendment was agreed 10 10y Ncte
OF 80 20 20, the vote in detail being;
Yeas-Messrs. Allen, Allison, Baker,
Burrows, Butler, Carter, Chandler, 'lark'
Cullon. Davis, Deboe, Elkins, falibanhs,
Foraker. Frye, Gear, Hanna, Hawtey, Helt-
field, Hoar, Jones of Nevada, Lodge, Man
tie, Nelson, Penrose, Perkins, Platt, OF
Connecticut, PIitchard, Proctor, Quay,
RawIins, Sewell, Shoup, Spooner, Ste Wart'
Teller, ThIrston, Warren and Whson-3S'
Nays-Messrs. Bate, Berry, Caffery,
Chiffon, Clay, Cockiell, Faulkner, German,
Gray, McLaurin, Mallory, Mitchell, Nor
gan. Pasco, Pcttus, Reach, Tillman, Iur-
pie, Vest and Walthail-20.
Scarcely b al this amendment been agreed
to, when the usual proposition for com
pensatory duties to the manufacturers was
made in a very complex amendment Of
rered by Mr.. Allison, the general erect
of which was to raise the prices OF the
lower grades or leather goods, whereby
the burden of all the tariff on hides and
manufactured hides will inevitably fall on
the people who can afford TO buy only
the cheaper grades OF goods.
The sugar schedules were up again yes
terdav, and it gave the Democrats good
oplur.unity OF scoring the policy which
submitted to a confessed monopoly. 1t
been unwittingly admitted ia debate, by
n Republican, that, as neither the anti
trust law nor the statutes, the common
law nor any other legislation was suf-
flcient to deal with such corporation
as the Sugar Trust-the only way 70 deal
with munopolies was by denying them
protection. MI. Hoar tried TO tackle this
dilemma, and ran up against Judge Lind
say, who left the venerable Senator IN
one OF those famous holes he is SO ad-
dicted to talking about.
In the course OF this debate, Senator
Allen declared that the country was
rotten from one end to the other with
the work Of hundred trusts. in the teeth
of the Attorney General and the United
they felt doubtful about the antitrust
law. had plenty of ground to move On in
the comron law.
Mr.. Caffery had obtained one of the
secret arrangements between the Sugar
Trust and it's clients whic to show
the firm grip it exercised over its clients,
and how they are squeezed into COM
pliance with the demands of the sugar
refiners
A very interesting statement was made
by Senator Smith, to the effect that the
delay In taking up the Cuban belli gerency
resolution III the House was due 10y intima-
ton to collusion between the President and
Speaker Reed.
The mornings work began in a very
uhinteresting fashion. Mr.. Allison turned
the attention of the Senate fist to the
schedule on leather and hides, the debate
on which promises to be very interesting,
notw outstanding thecaucu agreement. The
caucus resolution on all matters has been
virtuously adhered to by all the Repub-
licans when it comes to a vote, but it
has not prevented expressions OF opinion
which have OF late been amusing, other
wise entertaining, and always edfying.
Mr.. Smith asked on Friday that the
was the understanding that 1T would come
up yesterday. Mr. Smith was absent, and
the schedule W as passed over.
Mr.. Jones of Arkansas objected to the
recent practice of skipping all over the
bill and taking up paragraphs for which
the Democrats might or might not be
prepared. 1t was agreed that the "skipI ed
paragraphs which have been compiled
-. fx.T n for
ence, should he taken up in order.
The stained or painted glass windows,
cor parts thereof produced trans
cendental debate OF infinite refinement,
but the paragraph was disposed of as per
program.
The paragraphs on iron ore, cord, cloth
ing, cross-cut saws and circular saws were
adopted
Mr. Allison moved to increase the duty
on aluminium in crude from to cents
q pound, in sheet or manufactured TO II
cents instead of cents pound.
Mr. Jones and Mr.. Vest had n good deal
of fun out of Mr. Quay and Mr.. Allison.
The latter recurred to section 137 OF the
bill which the committee agreed to re-
ducc the duty on steel bars aud rods from
cent to IA Of cent. Mr.. Quay wanted
IL put DaCk 90 CenU
Mr.. Jones-We don't understand the re-
duction certainly on this side of the
chamber In fact we thought it was a
mistake. naughter.)
Mr.. Quay referring to other reductions,
Mr. Vest characterized them as oversights
on the part of the Finance Committee.
Mr.. Smith appeared in the chamber here
and the leather and hides section was taken
up.
Mr. Smith stated his position in brief as
follows: II propose to show to the Senate
thatthe duty onhides tonlyunnecessary,
unfair, and unjust, that it does not protect
anybody In this country whom / believe
the Senate desires to protect, but that, ON
the contrary, the duty will be a great
injury to the American people. whether
they are farmers, manufacturers, mer-
chants, or professional men"
In answer to an inquiry from Mr.. Allen,
Nr. Smith said: ''If / believed that this
tax on hides would benefit the farmers
Of this country / would not stand here in
my place and oppose it; but there is only
one interest in this country that can be
benefited by this tax, class which the
Senate would not help, the great Peaf
Trust. j want to say at the outset
that when the bill known as the Dinpley
bill was passed by the House l did not
intend and did not expect to say ANYTHING
on this question. / believe the bill was
formulated by the Republican party as
one of their principles. While believe
that l,ar, he hill was pnafa r,,or,