The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-12
Proceedings in Detail.

Washington, June LINE continuance
of the debate in the sugar schedule in
the senate served to swell the attendance
considera bly, today.
Before the tariff bill was taken up Mr..
Harris CKansas) introduced resolution
reciting the status of affairs relating to
the Union Pacific railroad and declaring
ii to be the sense of the senate that the
treasury should take steps to pay of the
liens prior to those of the government,
and then to operate the road. or If that
was not deemed eXpedient, TO ADOPT lore
closure proceedings in the courts. The
resolution went over.
SUGAR SCRAP.
The tariff bill was then taken up at 12:15
and the consideration of the sugar sched-
Mr.. Jones Dem, Ark) began the dis
cussion by placing on the records state
ment of a sugar expert showing the price
of each grade of sugar and the rate OF
taxation on each grade. under the VII
son act, and under the proposed schedule.
Mr. TurDie Qndiana), in behalf OF the
minority of the finance committee, gave
notice of a new amendment to be offered
as an additional paragraph to the internal
revenue provisions, placing tax OF per
cent estates of decedents when their
inheritance amounts to $1,000 or more,
and is not for the benefit of a religious
charitable. educational or like institution
the tax TO be enforced for five years from
January l, 1898.
amendment striking out 1.S75-l,o0O and
substituting 195-100 A vote was about to
be taken when Mr.. Caffery took the floor
and read a newspaper account of the
growth and DEVELOPMENT of the sugar
trust. He made a long speech bitterly
hostile to the sugar trust. thus preventing
an immediate vote.
PROFITS OF THE TRUST.
The extracts read by Mr.. Caffery We're
very long and gave IN detail the profits
of the trust by years. its absorption of
lesser sugar establishments and the in
ternal business affairs of the organiza-
lTr COT IN fa1n
ton as to the amount of raw sugar re-
quired to make a pound of refined sugar.
he asserted that reliable expert claimed
that the government figures and estimates
were furnished by trust officials and were
partisan.
Mr.. Caffery went on to say that a coun-
tervailing duty of $500 on German gran
ulated sugar was ample protection to the
American refine-s. The latter held the
cane sugar industry in the hollow of their
hand the complete control of the Ameri-
can market, with the German sugars kept
out and, in his judgment, the differential
of 3S-100 on German sugar was ample
against them. Returning to the general
features of the schedule the senator said
this bill proposed to give more to the
gave too much.
BY LEGISLATION.
1.-The sugar trust said he, sis the only
gigantic trust in the world which rests
entirely on legislation for its support. BY
legislation IL controls the cane sugar prod
uct of the world. and whenever it thrusts
its hands into the legislative hall there
was always faint kind of malodor
In its own behalf. and If it appears from
a reasonable showing if what the trust
asks is too much, it should be refused"
Mr.. Platt of Connecticut aroused Mr..
Cafery to another indignant protest
against the repeated intimations thrown
out ny the other side that he wanted
protection for the sugar producer.
Your position" said Mr. PIatt, sis free
trade for the refiner and protection for the
producer"
Il have stated. and I repeat il again.
replied Mr.. Caffery, his voice rising until
II fairly rang through the chamber, that
sugar IS the ideal article for Democratic
tariff for revenue only. If ii We're for
protection, should not advocate it." Con-
t'nuine. he tainted the Republicans af-
ter their experiment with the sugar
bounty under the Mckinley law for going
back to sugar for revenue producing
duty.
audacity to throw in our faces the insid-
ioas doctrine of protection He should
not permit either his motive or his prin-
ciples to be assailed. He repudiated. with
a passionate display of feeling, the sug-
gestion that he had any personal interest
in big sugar concern in his state which
bore his name. He had never he said
owned a single share of that company
and was only in very small way a sugar
planter.
How much sugar did you produce last
year," asked Mr.. Plat.
About 100000 pounds" replied Mr.. CAT
fiery. from a farm OF 500 acres. / am the
smallest planter in my parish. but I saw
TO you that if all my fortunes Were in
volved in sugar duty. 1 would not support
it except for revenue. A public man who
is confined within the narrow limits of a
selfish interest is not fit to hold seat in
the United States senate
SHORT But SHARP.
Upon the conclusion OF Mr.. Cafferys
remarks. AIR. White of California took
the floor. He arraigned the Republicans
for their advocacy of this sugar schedule
From the debate on the Wilson bill he
read the remarks of various Republican
senators denouncing the sugar schedule
in the bill. which Mr.. White said was ii5I
bali as advantageous TO the trust as the
proposed schedule. When ne quoted
from Mr. Gear of Iowa, he and the Iowa
senator were drawn into sharp ex-
change about the way prosperity Jagged
behind its predictions.
Mr.. Gear declared that prosperity would
come When the tariff bill was passed.
GIVE US vote on the bill now" shout
ed Mr. Mason OF Illinois
one or Mf. Aldrich's expressions as to
the elect OF the sugar duty on the poor
mans breakfast table was read by Mr.
~ hite, in hooking tones.
The attitude of Messrs Lodge of Massa-
.husetts, Morrill, of Vermont Platt of
connecticut and other senator's on the
Republican side, severely criticising the
sugar rates OF the Wilson bill was re-
viewed by Mr.. White. with sarcastic side
remarks on consistency There was much
amusement over "A quotation from Mr.
Aidrich arraigning Democratic senator's
or being controlled by IAN iron-bound
,aucus rule,