The Washington herald., 1913-08-20

SUGAR SCHEDULE
PASSES senate
Bristow Amendment, Pro
vidins for l Cent a Pound
Rate, Is Defeated.
THREE YEARS DELAY
Provision Does Not Become Effective
Until May I, 19l6-Several
Test Votes Recorded.
THREE YEARS DELAY

The Democratic leaders in the Senate
yesterday put through their sugar sched-
ule without difficulty. On the only test
vote taken on the amendment offered
by Senator Bristow to make the duty
on sugar one cent a pound the amend
ment was lost by a vote OF . to 81. As
passed. the bill provides for free sugar
after May !. 1916. and one cent a pound
meanwhile.
-Four Republicans were absent and not
paired or the vote would have been
closer. The absentees were Starting of
South Dakota. Lippett OF Rhode Island,
Works of California. and Poindexter OF
Washington. Had they been present and
voted for the Bristow amendment the
free sugar paragraph would have been
icarried through by but one majority.
Two Sugar Votes.
Only two Democrats voted for the
sugar duty, the Senators from Louisiana
-Ransdell and Thornton. Senator New
lands Of Nevada. who was counted on &c
help out the sugar men, was in Sar
Francisco and paired against the duty
and in favor of free sugar. Efforts were
made by the louisiana Senators to reach
him by wire. for they questioned the
right Of the Democrats TO pair him in
support OI Tree line IIOulSlan1
Senators say the fight is not over. When
the tariff bill is reported into the Senate.
after being completed in the committee
ot the whole, the real fight will come.
The Democratic members of the Finance
Committee yesterday yielded a point
when they accepted Senator Bristow's
amendment to have the abolition of the
Dutch standard of color take effect at
once on the passage Of the bill instead
of holding II in reserve until next March
But in the next breath they voted down
a proposal of Senator Norpis of Ne
braska to reduce the Payne-Aldrich duties
on sugar at once instead OF postponins
the reduction until next March.
The only roll call in the Senate on the
sugar schedule besides that on the Bris-
tow amendment for the / cent duty was
on an amendment offered by Senator Gal
linger Of New Hampshire to strike out
the provision in the bill for free maple
sugar after May l. 1916. II was lost nv
only two votes. the closest vote yet re-
corded on the tariff bill. 81 to IS.
Bell Against Wine Duty.
The Senate took up and promptly dis
posed Of the wines and spirits schedule
without a contest, passing over the para
graph included in the Senate amendment
to restore the tax OF sl.l0 d
gallon on wine spirits used in the Cali
fornia sweet wine industry. and which has
been the subject of much opposition from
the coast
Theodore E Bell who headed the Cali
fornia delegation AT the Baltimore con-
vention for Speaker Champ Clark, is
here at the head of a California delega-
tion fighting the Senate amendment. and
says he will be able to kill it in the con-
ference committee of the two Houses
when the bill reaches there. The Senate
leaders have counted on raising sI.0da.0o
in revenue from the restoration of the
tax on wine spirits The other paragraph
in the spirits schedule passed over for
future consideration was the one impos-
ing a tax of . cents a gallon on wines
in which more than 20 per cent of sugar
and water is used. This is being opposed
by the Ohio wine growers.
After leaving the spirits and sugar
schedule behind the Senate took up the
cotton schedule and devoted an hour &c
considering II. II is expected to be one
of the difficult schedules and will take
up much time. The hour was spent in
discussing the first paragraph fixing a
duty on yarns and threads. No conclu-
sion was reached