The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-16

WASHINGTON, June 15.-The senate
| made great stride forward today by
completing the consideration of the
sugar schedule of the tariff bill, ex-
cept the provision relating to Hawaii,
which went over. This schedule has
been the storm center of the entire
BILL and with 1t disposed of, there is
a better prospect for speedy action on
the bill as whole. The first paragraph
| Of the sugar schedule had served to
bring out all the speeches and the
| test votes, and when this was passed
early today the other para gra phs of the
schedule were agreed to without further
opposition. AS agreed to, the schedule
places on sugar not above No. 16 Dutch
standard, 1 cent per pound and .03 OF
a cent for every degree above rs; and
on sugars above No. 16 Dutch standard,
1.95 cents per pound, but ON sugar
testing below 81 degrees L cent per
pound shall be deducted The other
provisions Of the schedule relate to
maple sugar, maple syrup, candy, etc.
| Only one yea and nay vote on the
| bill proper was taken during the day.
| and the amendment Of Mr.. Lindsay
! Ky) to make the rate 18 cents per
pound on sugar above No. 16 Dutch
standard The amendment was defeat
| ed, 1896. The Pettigrew amendment
| relating to trusts was then taken UP
and discussed at length. IT developed
considerable divergence Of view on
both sides of the chamber, the two
| Alabama senators. Messrs. Morgan and
Pettus, joining Mr.. Hoar (Mass.) in
opposition. Mr.. Allison finally tested
the sense Of the senate by moving to
| table the amendment, which motion
prevailed, yeas 50; nays 3d.. two Demo
Gratis, Morgan and McEnery, voting
with the Republicans to table and thus
| turning the scale against the amend
nent Consideration Of the agricul-
tural schedule was then resumed, the
butter paragraph being agreed to as
reported.
| The consideration Of the sugar
schedule Of the tariff bill was resumed
| this morning, the pending question be-
ling on Mr.. Lindsay's amendment to
strike out 1.95 cents and substitute 1.S
cents per pound on sugars above No.
| Is Dutch standard. When the vote
was taken on Mr.. Lindsay's amend
ment it was disagreed to, yeas 80, nays
35. Mr.. McEnery Dem., La) voted
! With the Republicans in the negative,
and Messrs. Mantle and Pettigrew, sill
YER Republicans, with the Democrats
| in the affirmativ
Mr.. Allison's motion, striking out the
retaliatory clause in paragraph 206.
was agreed to without opposition. Mr..
| Allison moved to insert new para
| graph, ''2061a-that the duties on mo-
lasses, clayed, jaggery and other
| sugars testing not above 81 degrees by
T. 1. -
one cent per pound less than those
imposed by the preceding paragraph
on corresponding tests of sugar. 1t
was agreed to without objection. The
other sugar paragraphs, 207, 208, 209,
were agreed to as reported.
| This brought the senate to the end
of the sugar schedule, the Hawaiian
provision being the only committee
provision to go over. Mr.. Pettigrew
desired to have his amendment, rela
tive to trusts, voted on as part Of
the sugar schedule. Mr.. Allison asked
that it go over, but Mr.. Pettigrew said
he felt like having the issue now, un-
less oVerruled by the senate.
Mr.. Hoar (Mass.) said he expected to
do everything in his power to check the
evils complained of. But it had 40
place in a tariff bill, he said, and
should be dealt with as a separate
measure Mr.. Hoar said he specifically
objected to that feature of the amend
nent which permitted three or more
men to form combination and thus
force the articles handled by them on
the free list Three men in Chicago
might, he said. form a combination
which would break 10000 woolen indus
tries Of the entire country.
Mr.. Nelson (Minn) pointed out what
he regarded as radical defects in the
PettigreW amendment although he sup
ported the general principle of it. He
Il aseraL ~
cutting off the revenues Of the govern
ment It would also place an entire
industry, outside of any trust, subject
to penalties because some small trust
was formed in that line. Mr. Nelson
said he had contemplated urging an
amendment empowering the president
to place an article on the free list when
he found that a trust was producing
it. But he realized that the president
should not be subjected to this respon-
sibility and he had determined not to
press his amendment. The senator
urged that senators should vote down
all amendments, pass the tariff bill and
then turn their attention to some
effective remedy against the trusts.
Mr. Allison again urged that the
amendment ought to go over for the
time being and he appealed to Mr.. Pet
tigrew to allow this to be done, but
the latter refused. In the course of
|
to the rise in sugar stock during re-
cent days, whereupon Mr. Gear (Rep..
Io) said the sugar debate of three
years ago. sent up sugar stock 40
points.
81 think" exclaimed Mr.. Pettigrew.
chat the two debates on sugar-now
and three years ago-justify the exis-
tence of new political party"
Mr.. Allison moved to lay the Petit
grew amendment on the table. This
speedily developed something of a
breeze. Mr.. Chiffon CTex.) moved an
| amendment perfecting the procedure
uEder the Pettigrew amendment
Mr.. Allison had remained standing,