The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-25
The NEW TARIFF
Bill Will Be Ready for the
Special Session.
Wool and Sugar Schedules
Yet Remain to Be Fixed.
When Measure Is Completed the
Sugar Men Will Be on Hand.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.--i Special The
ways and means committee of the house Is
not getting along ns rapidly with tho new
tariff bill as 1t had hoped 10 do. Bat there
Is no warrant for the statement recently
made In the newspapers that it win be
june before the bin Is ready To report 10
the house. The chairman Of the commit
tee, Governor Dinglcy, told me today he
expected TO have the bill ready by the mid
Gle of March, certainly not later than tho
goth OF that month. About that time the
new congress will meet, II Prcsldcnt Me-
Kinlcy carries ont his present programme.
The wool and sugar schedules remain TO
be liked by the Republican membc-s OF the
committee, and these duties are always
thc subject of great deal of pressure. So
| far rs the ways and means committee IL
! concerned. the wool schedule is much more
Troublesome than any other, rs the sugrr
people do not worry themselves about tho
duty till the bill gets over 10 the senate.
The shrewd Sugar Trust.
IL Is safe TO say that whilc The Rcpub-
! hean incmbors OF the ways and means com
mittoc arc fixing up the sugar schedule
they VIII not hear single word from tho
| sugar trust or the other rclncrs They
will bc let severely alone by the represent
ativcs OF the flavomeycr concern. But rs
soon as tho tariff bill gets through the
house and Is ready for consideration by
inc senate, the trust people will be on
hand. ~ is an axiom with them never to
waste time on the house, but to make sure
OF the senate, The house is a more diff
m hn, n,,.Ilo
almost impossible TO arrive at ANYTHING
like an understanding with the house,
while with the senate the repro sentatives
of the trust can know almost exactly where
they stand. How important matter the
sugar duty is TO the trust may be under
stood from the fact that their great profits
of about So 600. 900 a year are made up
by the difference between the tariff on raw
sugar and that on refined sugar. This
amounts under the present law TO one
eighth OF cent pound, and that little
eighth OF cent piles up TO the vast sum
OF SIC, 600, GOO in single years operations
of the trust.
There Is n small chance that the protec-
tion enjoyed by the trust in this eighth Of
cent pound will be reduced i'm the new
tariff bill. Moro likely than anything else
Is that IL viii be left Just as it is. The
sugar growers in this country demand pro-
lection from tho beet sugars of Germany,
on which an export bounty IL paid by the
German government amounting To 27 per
cent, and both the cane sugar producers of
Louisiana and the beet sugar growers of
the west will not be satisfied unless they
are protected.
Republican Plans.
The Republicans now feel sure that they
viii bo able 70 reorganize the senate when
they get ready To do 80, but their present
programme il to let the organization stand
just as 10 is till next winter except MS TO
the finance committee. They will not
have clear majority of the senate after
the 4th OF March, and, while they do not
expect any difficulty In the passage of their
tariff bill, they might not be able 70 rcor-
ganize the committees II they were to set
out TO do so. They fear also that an ut
tempt at reorganization might cmbarrass
the tariff bill by rousing party prejudice
or producing personal disappointment in
the rearrangement of committees The
Republicans will probably have "A votes
in the senate after March 4, or one short
of u majority, with the vote of the vice
president But it is snid on good authority
that three or four of the silver senator's |
from the far west who were formerly Re |
publcans will vote for the tariff bill, and |
that one or two Democrats will follow |
their example Some Of the Independents, |
like PettiPrcw and Kyle of South Dakota,
are still unknown quantities, and SD are one |
or two of the Populists
An official of the navy department whose
duties bring him much in contact with the
naval attaches of the various foreign en-
hassies and legations here tolls mo the
japanese naval attache Is the brightest
man in the corps. The duties Of naval
attache, you know, are 20 keep his govern
ment Informed as 10 the progress Of the
United States navy, tho newest inventions
and processes in armor plate, construction,
projoctilcs, powder, etc. Well, the littlo
Jap Is the kccncst and quickest man in
the lot. He is absolutely without imagi-
nation, hut in thoroughncSs OF detail. in
practical ability and business sense he il
said 20 rank away above all the Europeans.
j The japanese nro very ambitious for naval
strength ard are watching every inven-
lion that gives promise of helping them on
heir way 10 mastery Of the Pacific, which
s obviously their goal.
Personal Matters.
Mrs. Cleveland Is noted among her
ricnds oS q very Observing woman. Very
title goes on i'm tho White House, even at
ho crowded receptions unknown 60 her.
" the last reception ~ young lady from
MT of town was In tho line passing through
he red and blue pariors, and rs she came
Up 10 Mrs. Cleveland and shook hands
With her the lady of the White House,
With that raro smile OF hers, exclaimed,
'lf l am not mistaken, your twin sister
- /
go" "You are mistaken, Mrs Glove
and replied tho young lady. for have
10 sister. H." "Ncll, she was your double
hen, rctortcd Mrs. Cleveland After that
he young lady and her friends kept their
yes open for the double. and. sure enough.
alf an hour later they found her leaning
pon the arm, OF handsome naval officer
n the east room. The two young ladies
we're 50 nearly nike as To cause their
ricnds great astonishmcnt The wonder
that Mrs. Cleveland should have noticed