Evening star., 1897-06-14
The Senate Agrees to Meet Daily
It Ina. NJ.
TARIFF BIIL AGAIN TAKEN UP
Mr.. Allen Wants the Sugar Trust
g So
Dissolved.
A GREAT CUBAN PETITION

AoA AioiHitS uuSlueSS, anu MT. AlLlSOu IN
charge Of the bill. asked for an agreement
that the daily sessions of the Senate begin
at IL am. on and after Wednesday.
Mr.. Vest CMo) preferred to have the
agreement conditional on an understanding
for daily adjournments at pm.
Mr.. Allison stated that there would be
no difficulty about that, and the agree
nent for early sessions was effected.
Mr.. Allen tNeb.} then reverted to the
colloquy last Saturday in which he held
that it was the right and duty of the gov
ernment to take legal steps to dissolve the
sugar trust. He argued that injunction.
quo warranto. and other legal process
could be invoked against the trust
He declared that the rights of the federal
courts to ouSt state corporation, engaged
In interstate or international trade. was
rndonhted. If Havemeyer and his aSso-
cfates went to New Jersey to procure a
charter as a mere shield to improper pro-
ceedinGs and not to conduct business in
that state, the act was fraudulent, the
charter void and the federal courts had
jurisdiction over the subject. Why there
fore should the Senate waste time and
haggle over the sugar schedule and the
remedy for dissolving this gigantic mo-
nopoly?
Mr.. Allen next spoke in favor of abrogat-
ing the Hawaiian treaty
ne StHdtoT SAID lHe sugar ilFeStlSdtfoi,
in which he took part, disclosed that Have
meyer. head of the sugar trust, and Claus
Spreokels. king of the sugar trade of the
Hawaiian Islands. had an agreement by
west of the Missouri river. while the ter
ritory east of the Missouri was Subject
to the fcrays" of the American sugar
trust. His vote, and, he believed, the votes
OF the popuiist senators, would be cast to
cancel the Hawaiian treaty as a means of
developing the beet sugar industry Of this
country.
Free List for Articles Made by a Trust
Mr.. Pettigrew Is. D. followed in support
of his amendment proposing that articles
made by trust be put on the free list
He asserted that 1t was a serious question
how the present government by the trusts
and for the trusts" could be thrown Off
There were trusts in coal, sugar. oil, glass,
steel, chemicals. crockery and all other
great staples, sitting competition and set
tlng up the rule of the monopoly. No tariff
Dill would be successful. he said, without
some defense of the people against the
trusts,a such bin would meet with pop-
ular condemnation AS a protectionist he
offered this amendment, believing that with
1T the tariff bill could be defended against
assaults.
He contendel that the amendment would
not seriously diminish revenues as the bill
was not framed to. get revenues from trust
erect, turned over to the trusts.
MT. PettlgreW gave the details or organi-
zatlon OF the. many extensive trusts, be-
ginning with the sugar trust.
The senator figured out profits of SOL O}S
daily by the sugar trust, over s15,GOO,OOO
annually, most of which, he urged was due
to favorable legislation. -
nile the price Of sugar was less under
the present law than it was under the act
of 1890. he continued, it was higher than
1t was In 1886. before the trust was formed
Other Trusts.
Mr.. Pettigrew then branched off into the
discussion Of other trusts The anthracite
coal trust came. in for a share of his at
tention. 1t appeared from the evidence be-
fore the Lexow committee he said, that
the Price of coal had been increased 81 a
ton in 1896. and as 10000 900 tons were sold
last year. 1t cost the consumers 10000 600
he was glad, he said, that he had sup
ported. In the last campaign, a man who
mad the courage to avow his opposition to
trusts. "
He also devoted some time to the dis
cussion~of the history and profits of the
standard Oil Company. the linseed oil
trust. the leather trust, the rubber trust
and several other trusts. He charged thar
.ne trusts IN the last campaign all op-
posed Mr.. Bryan's election, and that MANY
OF them closed down some of their fac
tories to influence their workmen. The
eleven trusts alluded to by him, he said.
were capitalized at $i32. 600 600 and bonded
to the amount of $43,OOO,OOO, while repre-
seEting an actual investment of but SiIl.-
1000. ~-'
He spoke of the trusts as modern pi-
rates. ~
Mr. Pettigrew, speaking generally of the
1ar-reaching influence of these alleged
combinations. referred to the fact that
when the Joint Traffic Association was
about to be tried in New York for viola
10, t.
was found that only one Of the eight
judges in the circuit was competent to
try the case because the others were In
terested pecuniarily in the stocks or bonds
of the defendant. The assertion that If
the antitrust amendment prevailed the
revenue designed to be provided by the
tariff would collapse, Mr.. Pettigrew said.
was absurd He submitted some figures
to show that the proposed duties on arti-
cles controlled by these eleven trusts based
on present importations would be but S.
100000.
Mr. Pettigrew discussed the several rem
edies against trusts. and declared that If
some one of them was not adopted then
the extreme remedy Of government owner
ship would loom up as practical question.
While that is socialism, yet socialism is
preferable to despotism. When Mr.. Petit
grew concluded the Senate was brought
back to the pending amendment by Mr..
Lindsey to strike out the distinction as to
Dutch standard in the first paragranh of
the sugar schedule, placing all sugars on an
equality at cent per pound and 8 100 cents
additional for every degree above 75
Lindsay Motion Defeated.
The Senate at 2:49 pm. voted down the
Lindsay motion to strike out the differen.
tial on refined sugar. Yeas. %; nays, 20.
HOUSE 6F REPRESENTATIVES,.
In the arch In front Of the Speakers
rostrum whbn the House of Representa-
tives met today was monster petttion
appealing to- Congress to recognize tbe
Cuban insurgents'1as belligerents. 1t con-
tanned over 6.OO0;0OO signatures. The nett
ton was wound about the hub of a wheel
framed SO as to allow 1t to freely reyolye
1t had been in circulation throughout the
United States for about six months. and
was sent to- Congressman sulzer of New
York. for presentation to Congress, by
Franz Mayep, o resident of his district.
After the iournaa had been read and an
proved Mr. Eacey itIowa) asked upanimous
consent forifhe eehsideration of bill for
the seiief of the residents Of Greer county.
Oklahoma.
Mr.. Henry (Texas) objected, vhereunon
Mr.. McMillin demanded the regular order
II do so,' said the Tennesseean. 'in