Phoenix weekly herald., 1897-06-10
THE TARIFF BILL.
Republicans Will Stand TOge-
ther.
NO CHANGES TO BE MADE.
The Hawaiian Treaty Under Dis
cusSSOn Without
Result.
NO CHANGES TO BE MADE.

WASHINGTON, June 5.-On the open
ing of the Senate todsy communios
lion from the Secretary OF State was
received containing a threatening letter
| from the Minister of Austro-HuDgary
B4ron Won Hsngelmueller, protesting
In behalf OF his government against dis
ordinations in the sugar schedule il
The pending tariff bill against bountied
sugar. The Minister'S letter was read
in full at the request of Vest. 1t urges
| that Discrimination against sugsr re-
csiving bounties denies to Austria
Hungary the most favored nation
treatment, and also threatens to dam
age heavily the exports of that country
The communication was referred 10 the
FInsncs COMMITTEES. At 1915 the con-
sideration OF the tariff bill was resumed.
WASHINGTON, June 5.-In the Senate
this afternoon Bacon, Democrat, of
Georgia, made vigorous response to the
attack by Vest on the lum ber schedule,
especially that which the Missouri
senator characterized as unjust, saying
the average rate OF the schedule wss
only twenty per cent and that be Woulo
support it.
WASHINGTON, June tn the Senate
today, Q lay OF Pennsylvania presented
several proposed amend dments to the
tariff bill. Oae proposes to strike out
the duty on tea and substitute a duty
of ten per cent edvalorum on ali articles
proposed by the bill to be placed on the
free list. ThesA duties are to cont,
until July 1, 1871, after which the ar
ticles shall be- exempt from duty. An
other am sndment proposed is proviso
TO the paragraph fixing a duty on iron
ore so that all iron ore from foreign
mines owosd by American citizens and
imported for their own use and not for
sale shall bs exsmpt from duty. The
sumed soon et or the session opened
and a discussion proceeded on the psrs-
graph placing duly of 81 per 1000 feet
on lumber. Allen, Populiet, of Ne
brseks, moved to substitute the provIs-
ions of the Wilson bill, which placeo
Iumb Der on the free list. The Senator
spoke In particular against restoring
white pine to the dutisole list urging
that the rates designed would be proc
hibitsry against Canadian pine.
WASHINGTON, June e.-The R4publi-
car senatorial caucus today voted to
stand together on ell the schedules in
the tariff bill. The caucus instructed
the finance committee to report a new
sugar sched ule, to be all specific and on
all sugar which has gone through tie
process of refining one and one ninety
five hundredths of cent per pouno
duty instead of one cent and eight hun
dred aud seventy five oae tboueandtbs
of cent per pound, as provided by the
House. Coarse raw sugars from the
Philippine Islands and Java to be sd-
mitted at oue-tenth cent less than other
raw sugars. The sbrogstion of the
Hawaiian treaty wss discussed but nc
CONCLUSION reached when the csuc us
adj ,urned.
WASHINGTON, June 8 -'rhe egricultu-
raj schedule was taken up in the Senate
today. Senators Jones, of Arkansas,
and Vest, of Missouri, made strong ef-
forts to have the duty on cattle, barley.
wheat and other prodpots reduced on
the ground that high duties on them
we're unnecessary and merely intended
to hoodwin the farmers, but they
failed each time and the committee
rates were adopted.