The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-15

Ftcs@1ssJ tfs~ revenue sfsSiZ5sed 20 esN pro-
yi<ied by the tariff b.ls would collapse. he
sad. was absurd, and he Submitted figures
20 sliog tAat the proposed aaties ON ar
tioleS controlled ey these eleven trusts.
based on present ilnporsatlans. would he
but ss.sae.xa. Ii soma reTnsdv against
Trusts was not adopted. then The extreme
remedy 81 government ownership would
looai up as u practical question While
that. said he. IS socialism. yet socialism Is
preferable 10 desposls.1.
The senate thea yotei on the pending
Amendment. by Lindsay. 10 strike out the
distinction as 10 the Dutch standard. in
the nrsE paragraph Of the sugar schedule
and Placing all sasars OH an equality at
! cent per pound and S-tgs ceat additional.
on every degree above Is, IL Was defeated.
yeas es. nays - McEnery. Democrat of
louisiana. voted with the Republicans in
the negative and Mantle and Peittgrew.
Silver Republicans. with the Democrats.
in the affirmative.
Mills move uniform duty OF - per cent.
ad sliorem on sugar. Rejected, without
division.
HoS1r of Massachusetts offered his
amendment for the appointment BY the
president of a committee of riye members
to investigate the subject of sugar
production. aad the best means OF sup
plying the American market at the least
cost Hear urged that his proposed conn
mission would command the best talent Of
the country in presenting 10 the senate
the fullest information conserving sugar.
Next TO the development OF our virgin
wheat fields. the development OF the
sugar beet would be the greatest boon to
agriculture The trainers OF the tariff bill
were honorable men. and although IT had
been suggested In the press that somehoiy
had been bribing senator's. those state
ments. said Haar. are received by serious
people throughout the country with alb
solute contempt"
The amendment was referred TO the
finance committee.
Tillman then answered Hoa~. He said
he had the deepest speet for The integ-
rity of the senator FROM Massachusetts.
But perhaps he had become calious in the
long service. as WAS indicated by the
statement that the best people OF both
parties treat with contempt the state
ments that there was irregularity in max
ing tho sugar schedule. On the contrary,
the people wanted an investigation: they
wanted the honor OF the senate indicated,
or the men who slandered II punished.
For that reason. TiIlman said he had con-
teinplased an amenduent TO Hoar's prop
osition. so that the committee would not
only inquire into the mere machinery OF
sugar making. but also whether the
sugar trust has used undue means TO con-
tiui icStSldticn. ana TO gel at the root or
how II Is and why IL Is that the American
ting contaminated"
Hoar was again on his feet and turning
TO the South Carolina senator. said there
were some men who seemed TO think that
down beneath the body OF the people there
was great mass of seethiug people
eager for extremes. He knew through
and through, the character purposes and
M he tssss ii i,e sf.{, ti,,s.
from their farms and factories OF Massa-
chusetts.
They are" he proceeded, impressiveiy.
sirpple. sincere. honest. liberty loving
God-fearing men. They think no evil. and
the appeals to vile passions fall on deaf
ears with them.
''The men who make UP the farms ana
factories were the same the country over"
he said. ''And hold he continued. that
to the great body OF these people. these
charges are not only preposterous. but In
famous"
Tiliman again made a reply While he
Claimed no special mission. he had come
from the farm and from the people and to
the senate more recently than the Massa-
chusetts senator. He knew" .le said.
that the only thing Infamous In this
transaction In the view of the people. was
the refusel TO investigate. and this effort
to hide behind the senatorial toga" II
the senate persisted in this then IL was
dfsgraced before the people Public
charges had been made that bribery was
abroad In connection With this subject
and unless you investigate you stand
convicted" asserted the senator
The senate then came hack to the pIar rd
amendment Lindsay moved TO strike
out s5-fdo and Insert s-toa cents as the
rate on sugar He argued that the rate
OF the btu was too high ard gave excep-
tonai advantages 70 the reanerS.
Allen asked II II was not possible TO
frame sugar schedule which woisid nof
confer soi.ae benefits on the sugar trusts
Was II wise. Allison answered. 10 turn
over the business Of sugar refining to
other countries? II not, then a differen-
tia must be allowed our rcfnprs to kser,
the business from being done abroad, II
was plain to him that unless duty was
placed on sugar. ga on Iron or chicorv
or anything else then senators might fold
their arms on the protection principle
as no one could tell how soon foreign
capital and labor would do the refining
now done in this country
MI Allison Incorporated in his speech n
very interesting table. giving the first de-
tailed explanation from the Republican
side OF the new sugar schedule. In com
menting upon II. he said:
II have the absolute calculations here
and when 1t ls said there is a protection
or diferantial lying In this scale running
from s5 to 100 degrees. + reply that that
diSerential IL not 20 be seen
Allison then presented table showing
the dfyerea,ial on the law of 1924 .sae honss.
bill and the proposed senate schedsaIe from
sugars OF = degrees up 20 refined sugar.
The main rates as shown are as follows:
Is Gegrees-.Dirersntiai 1891. 5S-z house.
40s2. senate e. ~
$ degrees-Dfferentisi 1894. esas. house.
1f.sS. senate, Hs5.
IS dcgrees-,Diffe-entiai 1894, 1879: house,
i5.g3; senate. 1880.
t1p degrse$@D1frerentta 1894. Il 81; house.
12ss: seaata 900
When Allison was asked why ISIS figures.
differed from those of Aldsich. who MADE
the original statement he answered that
his IAiiison's) scale was hased upon the
price of sugars an bond in New York
while Aldrscta's statement was bassa on
the Tfice % sugar In the Philippine islands
and Egypt.
Upon these tables I have demonstrated
az least TO my own satisf. elton" he ,aass.
cd. that the rate az 10 fs proposed has a
less rate OF duty than that sn the existing
Law. In a good many eases agree that il
is only ffaetson lees. b1t in every case.
except tive Il is less"
Carsry again criticised the sugar trust
pointing out shaf II needed no protection.
according To iis own admissions E.ver.-
where. he said. was feit the banefai in
ffuence Of the trust. IL inysfeE the sen-
ate. and wherever n goes he aatf IL
blasts and shriyeis and burns II ought
TO be pat oslt Of the domain OF legislation,
he asserted.
The biIi was laid aside wi,Dosss a vote
or the pending Lindsay amendment. and
at SO the senate held an executive sea-
sica. adiourning soon after.
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