The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-07-30
Sherman Has Not Replied
to Japan's Protest.
4" Bennington" is Coming to Survey
Pearl Harbor-Turks EVaC-
uating ThesSaly.

WAOEINd tOI>, July IU.-Iue COLI
ference report on the bill was adopted
by the House shortly after midnight
by vote of 1S5 to 11S and at noon to-
day the report will go to the Senate
for action there.
This eclipses all previous records.
The result was accomplished after 12
hours of continuous debate But two
speeches were made by the Republic
debate, and by Payne of New York,
in closing it. The Democrats were
thus forced to put forth speaker after
speaker, but their bombardment of the
Republican position was unanswered.
In all 10 Democratic and one Popu-
list speech were made-Wheeler of
Alabama, Swanson of Virginia, Bell
of Texas, Lanham of Texas, Kelly of
North Dakota, Fleming of Georgia,
Handy Of Delaware, Mcdowell Of Ohio,
Perry of Kentucky, Bailey of Texas
and McMillin of Tennessee being the
speakers.
The sugar schedule was the main
point of assault, but the most inter-
esting feature of the debate occurred
when Bailey and McMillin, the two
rival Democratic leaders, crossed
swords on the question of the ortho-
dOxy of the free raw material doctrine,
the former opposing and the latter
championing it.
An analysis of the vote shows that
$50 Republicans and Democrats voted
for the report and 106 Democrats and
II Populists voted against it.
Concerning the sugar schedule Ding
ley read from the official statement,
adding brief comments. By the new
arrangement about s6,000,000 increase
of revenue would be realized, as the
increase had been placed on raw SUI
gars at the point where revenue would
be received and at the same time the
beet sugar industry would receive sub
stantial benefit.
The duty on refined sugar is raised
from 1.S71A cents, as proposed origin
ally by the House, to 1.95 cents, thus
giving the same differential of .12R
between raw and refined sugar at this
point, as was originally given by the
House. This arrangement will in
crease the revenue over $2,000,000.
The paragraph in relation to sugar
in full is as follows:
Sugars not above No. 16 Dutch
standard in color, tank bottoms, sy-
rups of cane juice, melada, concen-
trated molasses, testing by the polari-
scope not above rs degrees, 95-100 per
pound, ana every additional degree
shown in the polariscopic test, 35-1OOO
cent per pound additional, and for
fractions of a degree in proportion,
and on sugar above Is Dutch standard
in color and on all sugar which has
gone through the process of refining,
1 95-1OO cents per pound; molasses
testing above 40 degrees and not above
56 degrees, 8 cents per gallon; testing
So degrees and above, 6 cents per gal
lon: sugar DRAWINGS and sugar sweep
ings shall be subject to duty as mo-
lasses or sugar, as the case may be,
according to polariscopic test.
provided, that nothing herein con-
tanned shall be so construed as to alb
rogate or in any manner impair or
affect the provisions of the treaty OF
commercial reciprocity concluding be-
tween the United States and the King
of the Hawaiian Islands on January
90 1875. or the provisions of any act
of Congress heretofore passed for the
execution of the same.
The conference restored the House
rate of 20 per cent on sugar cane. Sac
charine is made s150 per pound and
10 per cent ad valorem.