The record-union., 1897-07-20

WASHINGTON. July 19.3The tariff
bill was pushed through the conference
stage to-day after two hours discussion
before the ommittee-Republicans and
Democrats-held in the Senate Finance
Committee room this morning.
AT the outset the Democratic con-
ferrees asked until Tuesday morning to
go over the report, saying this course
was preferable to going over it with the
Republicans. To test this question Vest
of Missouri moved an adjournment un-
til tomorrow, which was defeated by
a strict party vote.
The Democratic conferrees then Of
fered amendments to the report, but
were met by the statement that it
would merely consume time to urge
amendments, as they would be rejected.
Representative Wheeler Cd of Ala
bama offered amendments placing cot
ton bagging and cotton ties on the free
list; also, a substitute proposition for
rebates on these articles. These and
other amendments We're withdrawn,
however, as there was no prospects OF
favorable action on them.
Shortly before noon Dingley moved
that the report be submitted to the two
houses This prevailed by party
vote, and the meeting adjourned
There was little clash during the dis
cussion. and the Democratic members
of the conference contented themselves
with a protest against the report ana
the manner of agreeing to it.
CHANGES MADE IN SCHEDULES.
WASHINGTON, July 19.-The Re
publican conferrees made public a
statement to-day concerning the con-
ference report, in which it reviewed the
changes made. OF sugar the statement
says:
The House differential between raw
and refined sugars and the general
features of the House schedule are pre-
served and the Senate amendments IN
creasing the differential to one-hfth
and providing for a reduction OF one
tenth of the duty on raw sugars not
above 81 degrees, which would have
given a duty of 1.39 on So degrees su-
gar and only 126 on 81 degrees sugar,
are not adopted. In Difference to the
wishes of those interested in beet sugar
production that the Senate rate of 1.9o
on refined sugar might be retained as
an increased encouragement to this IN
dustry the duty on raw sugars Is IN
creased seven and one-hundredths, so
as to make the increase on them the
same as the increase on refined sugar,
and thus leave the differential between
raw sugar and refined the same as in
the House bill. And to meet the objec-
ton which has been urged that the
House rates on low grade sugar show
a higher ad valorem than those on the
higher grades, the duty on 20 degrees
sugar is reduced five -hundredths of one
cent and the duty per degree increased
regularly from three -hundredths (as
proposed in the House bill) to three and
a half hundredths in order to raise the
duty on raw sugar the same as on re-
fined.
BY this arrangement the duty on
raw sugar of 100 degrees purity is
raised from 175 (as proposed originally
by the House) to 1.S2. L. and the duty
on refined sugar is raised from 1.S1.12
(as proposed originally by the House) to
l %, thus giving the same differential
of twelve and half hundredths be-
tween raw and refined sugar at this
point. as was originally given by the
House.
LAS this arrangement will increase
lars and at the same time give addi-
tional encoura cement to the production
of sugar in this country, it is thought
to be a desirable consummation.'
The paragraph in relation to sugar in
full is as follows:
Sugars not above No Is Dutch
standard in color. tank bottoms syrups
of cane juice, melada, concentrated me-
lada, concrete and concentrated mo-
lasses, testing by the polariscope, not
above 70 degrees 9o-100 cents per
pound, and every additional degree
shown in the polariscopic test 35-100
cents per pound additional, and for
fractions of a degree in proportion, and
on sugar above 16 Dutch standard in
color and on all sugar which has gone
through the process of refining 1.95
cents per pound; molasses testing
above 40 degrees and not above 56 de-
grees, 3 cents per gallon; testing 56 de-
grees and above, e cents per gallon:
sugar DRAWINGS and sugar sweepings
shall be subject to duty as molasses