Connecticut western news., 1897-06-17
SUGAR RATES FIXED.
THE SENATE FINALLY AGREES UPON
 THE PERPLexlNs SCHEDULE.

He PthPLtSN6 SCHEDULE Pettiarew's Antitrust Proposition Defeated
 by Narrow Marrin--The Persistent [ IDakotan Submits Another Measure In
 Opposition to the Trusts
 Washington, June 16.--The senate has made a great stride forward by eom- pleting the consideration of the sugar schedule of the tarifr bill except the provision relating to Hawaii, which went over. This schedule has been the storm center of the entire bill, and With k disposed of there is better prospect for~speedy action on the bill as whole. ~She first paragraph of the suR- ar schedule has served to bring out all the speeches and the test votes, and when this was passed the other para graphs of the schedule were agreed to without further opposition.
 As agreed to the schedule places on sugar not above No. 16, Dutch stand ard, cent per pound and .03 of cent for every degree above 75 and on sug- ars above No. 16, Dutch standard, leb per pound. The other provisions of the schedule relate to maple sugar, maple sirup, candy. etc.
 
 during the day. on the amendment of Mir. Lindsay of Kentucky, to make the rate IS cent per pound on sugar above No. i6 Dutch standard. The amendment was defeated-32 to 35.
 The Pettigrew amendment relating to trusts was then taken up and dls- cussed ht length. It developed consid- erable divergence of view on both sides of the chamber, the two Alabama sen- ators, Messrs. Morgan and Pettus Join- Ing Mir. Hoar of Massachusetts in op- position.
 MT. Allison finally tested the sense of the senate by moving to table the amendment, which motion prevailed yeas, 25: nays. 32--two Democrats, Nor gan and MeEnery, voting with the Re- publicans to table and thus turning the scale against the amendment.
 More Antitrust Amendments.
 Immediately after Senator Pettigrew's antitrust amendment 10 the tariff bill was laid on the table he gave notice of another amendment of the same character In the shape of a proviso, as follows,
 That none of the increased rates of duty provided for In this act shall ap- ply to any articles or commodities the
  trolled by trusts in this country"
 Senator Chiffon of Texas also of- fered an antitrust amendmen, as fol- lows
 If any manufactures, dealer, car rier or other person knowing that any article or articles of like character to those upon which duties are levied un- der this act are manufactured or their sale controlled or their price affected by trust or combination shall send or transmit any such articles from one state to another, such manufactures. dealer or carrier shall, upon conviction before any circuit court of the United States, be punished by Imprisonment not more than three years Senator Pasco gave notice of an amendment which differs from Sena- tor Pettigrews original amendment only in detail. principally as to the means of proceeding in court to deter mine the existence of trust. One of the provisions requires the court 10 de- termine whether a trust proved to ex- ist affects the raw material or improv- ed article. In case the court finds an article to be the product of a trust the secretary of the interior is to make an order directing the customs officers Co permit its admission free of duty.
 During the pas week the agricultural schedule of the lariff bill was disposed of in the senate and the sugar sched- ule taken up.
 The first test vote on the schedule re- suited in the adoption of the Republic an caucus amendment changing the house rate to 1.s5 per pound by the close vote of 32 yeas to 30 nays. The sa..z s..l. xf publcans. Democrat, McEnery of Louisiana: l silver Republican, Jones of Nevada, and 1 Populist. Stewart of Nevada. The negative vote was made up of % Democrats, 3 Populists and ? | silver Republicans.