The herald., 1897-06-13
Fail to Advance the Tariff
Schedules
STUCK ON THE SUGAR SNAG
DEBATE is BITTER BUT NOT
EFFECTIVE
Hours Spent by the Republicans in
Caucus Only Emphasize Their
Inability to Agree
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
WASHINGTON, June 18th prelim-
mary business in the senate today was
brief and unimportant. Allen OF Me-
braska, Populist, introduced resolu-
ton upon which he said he would later
address the senate, relative to the dis
tinction made in the special pension bills
between the widows Of officers and pri-
Yates.
At 1915 the consideration of the tariff
bill was resumed, the pending amend
mnt being that of Senator Jones Of Ar
kansas to strike out in. line 20,, page 6S,
the words ION all sugars"
Vest of Missouri took the floor and
called upon the majority to answer the
declarations made by the minority that
the present sugar schedule gave larger
increase of protection to the sugar trust.
His side, he said, had made the direct
issue. The sugar trust was now making
20 per cent on it's enormously watered
stock. It's officials had admitted it. In
view of this fact it was due to the minor
ity and the country that an explanation
that explained should be made by the
other side.
But what was the reply Of the majority
to the challenge of the minority? That.
leaving out the countervailing duty Of
three-eighths of a. cent, there was no
increase. But what he wanted to know
was what it was if that three-eighths
was included? By what sort of legerde-
main was it to be excluded? Vest re-
peated his statement of Wednesday that
the protection Of 96-degree sugar was
increased by the caucus amendment
over the original senate amendment five
cents per hundred pounds. It was 66 in
the schedule adopted yesterday. against
81 per cent in the present law. He went
into an elaborate illustration Of AL
drichs figures as basis. and challenged
the majority to disprove his calcula-
, tions.
"These figures" said he passionately,
Should be admitted or disproved, that
senators may take their responsibility
here"
The schedule, he insisted, was utterly
indefensible. The only excuse he had
heard advanced was that Of Senator
Allen that the duty was imposed not
for revenue, but to encourage the beet
/, sugar industry.
"Oh, Mr.. President" cried Vest in
conclusion, "our experts may be mis-
taken; we may be in the fog ringing
our bells, but I repeat again what I
said the other day, that there was one
set Of men in this country who were not
mistaken. Our friends in Wall street
knew what this schedule MEANS" he said,
his voice rising. within four hours
after this schedule was reported sugar
stock went up Sc share, from 11S to 124.
Last night it closed at 1858. Does any
body believe that Wall street does not
know what protection this schedule
gives to the trust?'
McEnery Of Louisiana, Democrat who
r yesterday voted for the sugar schedule,
followed Vest. He argued that the in
terests Of the sugar producers went hand
in hand with those Of the trust The
interests of both were bound up to-
, gether. If the differential on refined SUI
gar was not maintained, blow would
be struck at the producer, and every
big factory would be idle.
The vote on Jones amendment was
, then taken. 1t was rejected-yeas 20,
noes 80.
Lindsay Of Kentucky then took the
! floor in support of his amendment to
strike out the differential on refined su-
gar and place all sugars on an equality.
: 1t had been argued, he said, that in or
!, , der to build up the sugar industry there
must be maintained a gigantic combi-
nation of capital that operated as an un-
disguised trust that controlled so per
cent of the sugar produced and sold in
this country. The trust did not need and
should not have assistance. This sched-
ule would, he said, tax the people, $70,-
200, 900.
Lindsay said he did not contend for a
discrimination against sugar refining,
, but he did not believe in taking it up as
favored and fostered industry in the
face of its history for the past twenty
years. He said in reply to questions that
the intention of his amendment was to
, put refined sugars on precisely the same
basis as raw sugars. The effect of the
. amendment would be to protect the su-
gar refiner as the sugar producer is pro-
tected.
He quoted the striking denunciation
of the sugar trust made by Secretary
Ghen senator) Sherman in 1890, who
! then said, speaking of the trust: IF we
!, will not submit to a king or an emperor.
= while should we submit to an autocrat
of trade?"
In reply to question as to what effect
, the enactment of this schedule would
;, have on the beet sugar industry, Caf-
, ferry stated that the industry would be
built up, upon tremendous artificial
superstructure of legislation to fall and
! be destroyed the moment the legislation
, was withdrawn.
Morgan gave notice of an amendment
, he should offer designed to prevent "fu-
) ture' sales Of stocks or bonds.
Then, at 4:30 p. M, without voting on