New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-09
REPUBLICANS ALL IN LINE.
A PERFECT UNDERSTANDING ON THE
TARIFF BILL REACHED.
THE SENATE CAUCUS ADOPTS NEW SUGAR
SCHEDULE AND SHOWS DESIRE TO
SINK ALL MINOR DIFFERENCES
DEMOCRATIC DIVISIONS AGAIN
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this morning on Il modified sugar schedule to be
substituted In the pending Tariff bill for the
scheme of rates proposed by Mr.. Aldricn ana
his associates on the Finance Committee. as
was fully explained In these dispatches last
night, the objecticp3 mace 10 tho Finance Com
mittee's schedule were based almost exclusively
on the compound character OF the rates imposed.
probably nine-tenths OF its critics m!strusting
their ability to cipher out it's real workings. and
consequently desiring conversion Of its myst-
flying specific and ad vaorem mixture OF rates
into simpler equivalents Of specific nature
cnly. Mr.. Aldrlch, who able to leave his
room at the Arlington and take part in the de-
liberatons CT the caucus. frankly declared 10 his
colleagues that he considered the Finance Com
mittee's schedule decidedly more scientific and
equitable than any proposed substitute for
1t which had been brought forward yet he an
nOunced that the committee would willingly
yield its opinion and accept any other arrange
mcnt Of duties which should commend itself to
the judgment Of the caucus.
Three substitutes were then proposed by those
who favored a return to specific duties pure and
simple. Senator Wellington suggested an
ceptance of the sugar schedule rs 1t passed the
House Senator Perkins Of California, proposed
to go back TO the House schedule, increasing the
rate on refined sugar from 1876 cents a pound
as in the House bill to ! 1916 cents. Senator
Spooner, Of the newly appointed advisory
members Of the Finance Committee. finally
brought forward a. substitute, which amended
the House schedule by advancing the rate on
refined sugar from 1915 cents a pound TO 1885,
and which also reduced by One-tenth OF a cent q
pound the duty on low-grade sugars testing less
than 50 degrees by the polariscope, the rates
for which had been fixed by the House bill at
one cent for those testing % degrees and three
-hundredths OF cent for every degree or
fraction Of a degree additional
TEXT OF THE NEW SCHEDULE.
The Wellington and Perkins amendments were
voted down by the caucus without a division
and Mr. spooner's proposition was then ac-
cepted by an almost unanimous vote. The new
schedule. which Mr. Allison will present to-
morrow or whenever the sugar duties are taken
up will therefore read as follows:
Sugars not above No l6 Dutch standard in color.
tank bottoms. syrups Of cane juice. melada concen
Sos testing by the poarscope not above - degrees
cent per pound. and for every additional degree
drcdths of one cent per pound additional. and frac
tiors Of degree in proportion: and on sugar above
No. l6 Dutch standard in color. and on al sugar
which has gone through process OF refining. one
pound molasses testing above 40 degrees and not
above IS degrees. cents per gallon; testing IS de-
nd srSfs ear nea snail be s6 to dny a.
molasses or sugar. as the case may be- according
cane Juice or beet juice, mclada. concentrated me-
lada and concrete and conccntrated molasfes the
directly. bounty on the export thereon, whether
mpor;ed directly and in c9ndition t. as sTPorted
the foregoing rates duty equal TO such bounty
or SO Im b 6h F @ n % m such ar
c.es: or upon the beet or cane from which it was
produced.
new paragraph is added, reading as fol-
lows:
That the duty on moasses clayed. joggery and
other sugars. testing not above IS degrees by the
bound less than those imposed BY the preceding
paragraph on the corresponding tests OF sugar
1t is roughly estimated here that the dlfferen.
tial on refined sugar in the sched-
ule will he one-lfth of a cent as against one
eighth of a cent IN the House bill According
to Mr.. Aldrch's explanatory statement made in
the Senate on May -. the Finance Committees
arrangement of rates allowed smaller dfferen-
tal even than the House bill. However this
may be. the Spooner substitute has at least
the merit of disclosing the dfferential more
explicitly and allaying the uncertainties involved
in the acceptance of a scheme of duties too
complicated to be unraveed except by few
commercial experts. 1t will also doubtless at
tract the support Of one Democratic Protec-
tionist, Mr. McEnery. of Louisiana. who has
several times declared that he will vote for any
the House BILL
REPUBLICAN HARMONY ASSURED.
The caucus did not dispose OF any other con-
troverted issues. nor did 1t even decide whether
the Hawaiian reciprocity agreement is to be
violated preserved Another meeting will
probably be called to settle this and the few
other questions which still cause some friction
in the Republican ranks. One highly important
St Thurs.
toms motion. it resolved to make the de-
csions of the caucus binding on every Repub-
lican participating. The large vote by which
this motion carried gave evidence Of an
eager desire on the part Of the great body OF the
party in the Senate TO sink all minor differences
of opinion and even sacrifice a few local ad-
vantages for the sake Of expediting the passage
Of the pending tariff measure.
Senator Aldrich. after the caucus adjourned,
said it was very successful and he felt that the
Republicans would stand together on all sched-
ules of the bill and that an agreement would be
reached where differences Of opinion existed.
Little or no trouble is therefore anticipated In
an agreement on the other questions Of
tariff policy still in dispute and in obtaining q
solid Republican vote for every proposition final
ly accepted by the caucus The outcome Of to-
days conference will also operate to hasten the
vote on the remaining ScnedueS OF the Dill, Tor
with an unbroken Republican front and d.
vided and discouraged opposition all incentive
to a serious prolonged resistance the part
OF the Democratic leaders will quickly disappear.
THE WRANGLING DEMOCRATS
The divisions in the Democratic camp were
strikngly emphasized again to-day. Yesterday
afternoon eight Democratic Senators-AIessrs
Bacon and Clay. of Georgia; Tillman and Nc
Laurin. of South Carolina; Martin. OF Virginia:
Of Louisiana: Rawlins. Of Utah. and
White of Caifornla-voted to retain duty OF
81 a thousand feet on white pine. This fire In
the rear greatly annoyed and enraged the two
Senators-Messrs. Vest and Jones' Of
Misunderstanding the fight against the bill. To.
day Mr.. Bacon. while the agricultural schedule
was under discussion. offered an amendment i'm
posing tax of 20 per cent ad valorem on raw