The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-11
SUGAR KINGS AT WAR
THE BIG TRUST WANTS THE HA-
wAIIAN TREATY ABROGATED,
while Its Maintenance Is Demanded
by Representatives of the sand
wich Islands Syndicate.
REPUBLICANS WILL DECIDE
AT ANOTHER SENATORIAL CAUCUS
ON THE TARIFF MEASURE.
Export bounty on Farm Products De-
feated in the Senate After a Char
acteristic Speech by TiIIman.
SUGAR SCHEDULE DEBATED
SPIRITED SPEECHES BY AK ANsAS
JONES, VEST AND OTHERS.
Vigorous Arraignment of the Trust
amendments offered by Lindsay,
Pettigrew and Morgan.
Export Bounty ON Farm Products De-
acteristic Speech by TiIIman.
SUGAR SCHEDULE DEBATED
SPIRITED SPEECHES BY AK ANSAS
JONES, VEST AND OTHERS.
Vigorous Arraignment of the Trust
amendments offered by Lindsay,
PettigPew and Morgan.
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WASHINGTON, June 1o.-The Hawaiian
treaty is to be made a matter of caucus
settlement by the Republican senator's.
The Sugar Trust and its various powerful
agencies are working for the abrogation of
the treaty, while the New England party,
which represents the Hawaiian sugar
growers syndicate, is taking the opposite
side. In this fight New England is backed
and fortified by the California contingent.
The New England Hawaiian syndicate
wants the present conditions maintained,
as it is it's purpose to build refneries on
the Pacific coast, refine the product of the
Hawaiian islands itself and compete in the
distribution field with the Sugar Trust At
the present time the Sugar Trust is under
contract to buy the raw Hawaiian sugar
at the prevailing market price plus the
bounty. The contract expires in November,
and the New England syndicate is not
anxious to renew it, believing that there is
more money in conducting operations on
its own hook. AS the situation now stands,
it is making about $2,00O000 a year by rea-
scr of the advantages obtained under the
treaty. In the open field of competition
with the trust it hopes to make from
50, 900 900 to $30O0,000 a year. The Sugar
Trust is, therefore, endeavoring to knock
the treaty out, hoping by that means to
compel the sugar growers syndicate to re-
new its contract on terms of the trusts
own dictation. The New England people
represent an investment of between $780,,
900 and s6o,OOO,0OO The Sugar Trust is
supposed to be 500, 100000 strong. The
probabilities are that the treaty will not
o1npon, tod h14ff hot will ha haH in,
important particulars. 1t is understood
that time limit will be placed on the ex-
listing arrangements. The New England
syndicate is making a strong play on the
fact that as a consideration of the con-
cessions granted to the sugar growers,
Pearl harbor has been given up to the
United States as coaling station which
is held to be a navae advantage Of the high
est Importance. Incidentally the question
of annexation will be before the caucus,
and it may be that the annexationists will
be able to score some vital points in the
adjustment of the matter
1t is Senator Pettgrew's intention to of
fer his antitrust amendment to the tariff
bill at the end of the sugar schedule, and
the manner of it's acceptance is beginning
to be a matter of speculation among sena-
necessity for Republican caucus to decide
the position that party in the Senate would
take upon the proposition, which grew out
of well-founded reports that some Repub-
lcan senators had announced their inten-
ton to vote for the amendment when pre-
sented to the Senate 1t is not yet certain
that caucus will be held on this sub
ject, and it is broadly limited that even in
n ic he nj q
majority is against the amendment there
may be still some Republican votes for it.
Senator Chandler was represented to be
among those who had said they would op-
pose the provision by their votes in oppo-
sition to the mandate of the caucus, but
when asked to state his position the New
Hampshire senator said that his attitude
would be controlled by the course which
might be taken with reference to the rail-
road pooling bill If that BILL he said, was
to be reported by the interstate-commerce
committee regardless of the inaction of the
House and merely for the purpose of COM
mitting the Senate, in that case, he would
favor an antitrust amendment to the tar
iff bill; otherwise, he would be controlled
in the matter by the sentiment of his party.
There are a few other Republican senators,
however, who are recognized as being more
or less in doubt as to the position they
should take on a final vote and who now
express themselves as inclined to follow
personal inclinations for the amendment re-
gardless of party action. The general opin-
ion is that in case q caucus is held the
verdict would be against the amendment
as presenting different subject for legisla-
ton and one which should be dealt with on
it's own merits and separate from the tariff.
Speaker Reed is understood to have soft
oned somewhat in his opposition to the
taking up of the bankruptcy BILL and, al
though he has not given the friends of
that measure a promise that he will permit
action at this session, they believe he will
dc so. great many members of his own
party have been to him lately urging con-
sideration of the bill, representing to him
that their constituencies are demanding ac-
ton, and that they consider it as of almost
as much Importance as the enactment of a
new tariff law. AS soon as the sugar sched-
| ule is out of the way it is believed that he
| will ask the committee on rules to bring in
| an order giving time for discussion of the
| bankruptcy bill that is so much desired.
| He is understood to hold that as soon as
| the Sc late acts on the sugar schedule there
| will be nothing of vital Importance left in
| the tariff bin to be acted on by the Senate.
and that the House can safely recede in
scme degree from it's settled policy Of nom
| action. Speaker Reed has been won TO the
| conviction that there is possibility of a
| final vote on the tariff bin by the lst of July.
| Chairman Cullom, Of the Senate inter-
| state-commerce committee is not hopeful
| of committee action on either the pooling
or the scalping bills at this special ses-
| sion. The main trouble is that the rail-
roads themselves cannot come to an agree
| rent as to the kind of bills they want.
Another reason lies in the deep-seated in
disposition OF senators to take the initiative