The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-21

| celNeC from leading WINDOW glass dealers
| OF New York, saying the restoration OF the
| Dingley rate would place a duty equlFalent
| to 40 per cent. on this article which would
| be prohlbttory and would stop all revenue
from this source.
| The lumber amendments led to animated
| debate. Mr.. Teller and Mr.. Vest contended
| that the 81 rate on white pine ana the re-
| talatory clause against Canadian logs IN
| effect permitted a double tax. Mr.. Teller
| declared that the whole thing was con-
| ceved in the interest of few mill men
| of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, by
| which they would be enabled to raise the
| price of pine 50 to A per thousand.
! Mr. Pettigrew Is. d., severely criticised
| the conference amendment, making person
| al references to the Michigan senators. He
said the 81 was designed TO benefit few
men who own what standing pine there
is in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota
THE LUMBER SCHEDULE.
One Michigan lumber man was worth
! 100000 and was prominent in Republican
| politics. He is the man who manipulates
the election of senators in Michigan. as
| serted Mr.. Pettigrew. This condition made
the lumber amendment an important one
to the Michigan machine" he said. This
| one lumber mans 900, he said
counted against the influence and votes Of
| 10000 000 men of ordinary means. The con-
! ference report ought to be rejected on this
| one lumber item. 1t was full of tricks, he
! said Commenting on newspaper clipping
to a gathering Of lumber men IN MT
L
| showed that the pine amendment would
| take over Sc CO0, ,00U out of the pockets OF
| the people and put in the pockets OF TINS
! little group of lumber men gathered IN
Burrowss room While the bill was tull OF
| such tricks, Mr.. Pettigrew asserted that
! the lumber rate was one of the worst and
| most barefaced tricks of the whole bill.
| The debate was fruiJless of result ana
| the reading of the bill proceeded until the
| amendments to the sugar schedule were
| reached. Mr.. Vest said this was the storm
! center of the bill, and he asked Mr Allison
| If he approved the statement made Dy tne
| House conferees that the House dIlferentlal
and the general features OF the House
! sched ule had been preserved.
| Mr. Allison responded with an explain
| atory statement which was interrupted by
! frequent questions. He said the general
effect of the amendment was as stated by
| the House conferees. The Senate had pro-
! Vided l. So on refined sugars where the House
! gave 1875, making the Senate dluerentlal
! one-flfth instead of one-eighth. Inc house
| provision was now restored and that diner
| entail retained.
Mr. Berry interrupted to ask how much
! less the Sugar Trust got from the confer
| ence report than they did from the Senate
| Mr. Allison answered, saying that under
| the schedule as modified, taking the point
of 100, the differential was l212 cents. TAX
ing ninety-six degree sugar the sugar above
| No 16, Dutch standard, refined would re-
| ceive 1.31 cents per 100 pounds more than
! they would have received under the House
schedule and something less than under the
Mr. Berry complained that this was too
technical What he hoped for, he said, was
a plain answer in the plain English Ian
| guage. Was it true that the House had
gained a great victory or was that fraud
and pretense.
claims were being made as to benefits con-
| ferred, but the facts were that ninety-six
degree sugar will have about 1$s cents per
100 pounds more duty than they would have
| paid under the House bill and a correspond
| ing less duty than they would have paid
under the Senate bill The Senate conferees
| had sought TO give the largest measure II
protection to the beet-sugGr industry, ana
| the Encouragement of rates had been made
with this end in view.
MIR. BERRY'S COMPLIMENT.
Mr.. Berry asked for less technical infor-
nation Il know of no man who can give
| a more intellgible answer to plain ques-
ton than the senator from Iowa (Allison)
if he wants to-" said Mr.. Berry, amid
| laughter, "and I know of no man who can
muddy the waters more than he can if he
wants to-" In view of the fact that Sugar
stock had advanced many points yesterday
1t had been suspected that this supposed
victory of the House was all a stage play
and false, and that in fact the trust had
secured greater benefits than in any former
schedule. Mr.. Berry said he wanted to
know whether this right.
There was no response to the query, and
Mr.. Vest continued the criticism on the
schedule. 1T was beyond question" he
said, that the conference amendment was
in the interest of the trust. There had
been much beating of drums over the House
victory and the speaker of the House was
pictured as the Ajax of the House But in
fact, the House had suffered defeat The
House conferees had cpme out of the en-
gagement not only WITHOUT their arms, but
without their baggage; and what added to
the sting Of defeat was that they did not
seem to know that they were beaten"
Mr.. Jones, of Arkansas, said he would
hereafter show that the differential between
raw and refined sugar is not only almost as
much in the conference report as in the
10 e1IC1 lN.rf hat -, D
had been absolute surrender by the House
on vital points.
Mr. White, of California, presented tables
showing that instead of the house having
gained victory on the sugar schedule the
reduction from the Senate differential was
trihing. They showed, Also he said, that on
refined sugar made from sugar testing less
than SO degrees the amount of protection
given to the trust, instead of being
less Is greater under the schedule agreed to
in conference than under either the House
bill or the Senate amendment. mo wonder
the market trembled and brought forth in
creased rates on sugar Stock. remarked
Mr.. White
The formal reading Of the report then pro-
ceeded. When the amendments restoring
cotton bagging and cotton ties to the du-
table list were reached there were sharp
protests from Senators Jones, Butler, Till
man and Bacon. Mr.. Tfllman expressed his
indignation at the sectionalism which had
inspired the conference committee. He gave
notice to Southern senators that if they
would stand by him they could hold the
rather than submit to this change. Mr.
Bacon characterized the restoration of cot
ton ties and cotton bagging to the dutiable
list as indefensible faVoritism Of the North
against the South.
Replying to the suggestion of Mr.. Till
man Mr. Butler said he stood ready to join
in any movement to hold the Senate in
session for a week or longer, TO prevent
the consummation of this iniquity against
the South.
II will tell the senator" called back Mr.
Tillman that l am negotiating with the
senator from Pennsylvania (Quay) for the
speech by which he stopped the last tariff
debate and may be ready 20 start on that
speech tomorrow morning.
Mr.. Teller criticised the conference COM
mittee for not carrying out the will of the
Senate 1t was the first time he said that
a committee had surrendered the interests
of the Senate without asking for instruc-
tions He had reason TO believe he said
that members of the conference committee
into the conference and worked against the
Senate amendment on white pine. Mr.. Tel
Ter declared that the entire report should
be rejected and sent to a committee repre-
senting the Senate and carrying out its
Instructions Referring to the bill as a
whole the senator asserted that it was the
1neaneSt tariff ever enacted.
AT O'Clock Mr.. White suggested an adj
iournment, but Mr.. Allison would consent
to this only in case Of an agreement to
meet at II a. m. tomorrow. There were
objections to this and after much fruitIess
sparring the Senate. at SIS D. m. on mo-
ion Of Mr.. Allison. went into executive ses-
sion and then adjourned
Concession 10 American Vessels.
WASHINGTON, July 20.-The new tariff