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MINNEAPOLIS. OFFICE 2» SOUTH FOURTH STREET. NEARLY THREE HUNDRED. The List of Graduates to Be Large Tli 1m Year. The students who take their degrees at the university next week number nearly 300. In the college of science, r.terature and the arts; 26 will graduate in the classical section, 46 in the scientific section, 36 in the literary sec tion, four will be made civil engineers, five mechanical engineers and eight electrical en gineers. Two will graduate from the college of agriculture and there will be large lists of degrees also from the law department, med ical department and the colleges of pharmacy and dentistry. * Judge Rensselaer R. Nelson, late United States district judge, St. Paul, and now retired from active practice, has presented his law library to the university law depart ment. The library is one of the finest librar ies in the state, and its acquirement by the university is a matter of much congratulation. This gift was formally accepted at the regular meeting of the board of regents. Another gift, which is of the same nature, is that by the late Dr. Perry H. Millard, who at the time of his death was dean of the medical department. His executors sent a communication to the regents informing them that Dr. Mil'.ard had expressed the wish be fore his death that his library be given to the university, but that as no provision was made In the will the matter could only be accomplished by the university accepting the library in trust until the heirs became of age. They are desirous of carrying out the wishes of Dr. Millard, and so on the day of becoming of age will formally deed over to the university the library. Dr. Charles A. Wheaton was elected profes sor of surgery, and Drs. Dunsmoor, Dunn and Moore appointed to assist in lecturing. The title of Dr. Charles L. Greene was made professor of clinical medicine and professor of clinical physical diagnosis. Dr. J. E. Schadle was made clinical profes sor of disease of the nose and throat. Dr. Justus Ohage was made clinical profes sor of surgery. Dr. Arthur J. Gillette was made professor of orthopoedia. Several other recommendations of changes hi title and appointments in the medical faculty were referred to the committee on Medical colleges. IF ST. PAUL IS LICKED A Banquet Await . the Minneapolis Cricketers. The Minneapolis Cricket club held a meet ing last evening in the rooms of the Com mercial club, at which lt was announced that the team to play the St Paul Cricket club Saturday morning at 11 o'clock at Kitteon dale would be picked from among the fol lowing members of the club: A. E. Woolan, W. Godwin, P. Godwin, J. P. Oliver, S. Raymond, F. G. Nott, R. H. Corbett, H. Dukinfield, A S. Dukinfield, J. Elmslie, George Hull, M, P. Lloyd, A. T. Lattlmer, George Burr, I. Robertson. This will be the second game in the series with the St. Paul club, and, as the Minneapolis team won out handily two weeks ago, it expects to be able to administer the same dose Satur day. A. T. Russell made the announcement at the meeting last evening tha.t in case the Minneapolis players proved victorious he would stand sponsor for refreshments for the team upon their return to Minneapolis. The club will, during the remaining evenings of the week, continue practice play at the old athletic park. Memorial Day Line ot March. The line of march Memorial day will be along Second avenue south to Tenth street, thence to Nicollet avenue and through the fetter thoroughfare and Central avenue to the Exposition building. The school children and G. A. R. posts will be passed on Nicollet avenue. The platoon of artillery, university cadets, under command of Cadet Capt. G. L. Chestnut, will fire a salute of 45 guns in front of the Exposition building as soon as the chief marshal arrives at the steel arch bridge. This battery is the only one in the state equipped with modern breech-loading field pieces. Horses are to be furnished through the kind ness of B. F. Nelson. !.<-_>- Falls ln a Well. The six-year-old son of M. Snyder, 244 Eighth avenue south narrowly escaped drowning in a well on the premises Monday. He was playing about the well and accidentally tumbled in. He fell twenty feet before he struck the water and went to the bottom. He sank a second time, but on reaching the surface again he managed to grab the pipe. He held on and called loudly for help, his cries finally attracting an expressman, who lowered a rope, to which the boy clung tight ly, and was pulled out. Vertical PenmnnHhlp. The board of education, at its meeting yesterday, laid over the adoption of the Cur tiss system of vertical penmanship and will ask for further light upon that and other systems before changing the system used in the public schools. The members of the com mittee on course of study, John H. Schlener and W. K. Hicks, signed a report recommend ing its adoption. Even they, who have favored the system, made the provision that a suit able Instructor be furnished by the publishers to instruct the teachers during the first se mester, and that the books be ready for the June meeting. Frnnklln Benner Not Scared. Franklin Benner is not alarmed over the alleged threat of the Minnesota State Poultry association to bring suit in order to recover the records and money which he, as secretary, has in charge. In speaking ot the matter yesterday he stated that he did not anticipate any such action by the association, but, if they did take it, he was prepared to de fend himself. He characterized the action of the association in annual meeting at St. Paul April 7, throwing out the proxies of the Minneapolis members as Illegal. St. Paul Wonien Present. Mrs. A. B. Barton entertained the Daugh ters of the American Revolution last even ing at her residence on Clifton avenue, for her daughter, Mrs. C. M. Loring, who is a member of the Colonial chapter. Mrs. R. M. Newport, state regent; Mrs. McWilliams and Mrs. Monfort, regents of the St. Paul chap ters, assisted in receiving. A paper on "Bun ker Hill" was presented by Mrs. H. P. Nich ols, and there were other pleasing features of social entertainment. Dairy Board of Trade. The Minneapolis dairy board of trade held Its third sale yesterday afternoon. Butter was the chief article disposed of, 436 tubs, ag gregating 26.000 pounds, being taken, princi pally by Eastern buyers. Considerable cheese was also sold, 6.000 pounds being disposed of at a price ranging from 8"_ to 10*_ cents. Sew Mngiu-lne Board. The new magazine board met Monday even ing and organized as follows: Managing ed itor, F. U. Davis; editor in chief, A. J. Dickinson; secretary, J. H. Kirk; business manager F. E. Dean; assistant business man ager, Fred Huxley. S. H. Wolf was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of W. E. Warren. Stole 107 Pounds of "Wire. C. W. Berryman and A. R. Kricker are held at the central .police station on the rtiarge of petit larceny, having been ar rested on a warrant by Inspectors Morrisey and Stavlo last night. The complainant is A. M. Robertson, who alleges that the prison ers stole from the Minneapolis General Elec tric company 107 pounds of wire of the va'.ue of $16. The theft is alleged to have been committed May 24. With a Rnxotr. William Bolden, colored, was taken into custody yesterday on a warrant sworn to by William Faulkner, who avers that Bolden committed an assault upon his person with a razor, thereby Inflicting severe cuts and bruises upon the person of the complainant. Receiver Is "Wanted. Late yesterday afternoon papers were filed With the clerk of courts ln the application for a receiver for Starr, Jones & Co. The papers irore at once taken away for service upon the Interested parties, and will be placed among the files today. Li abilities Two to One. Schedules in the receivership of Goodnow £ Lawther, filed with the clerk of the dis trict court, show that the total assets are 124,886 and the liabilities, $54,505. I A Handsome Complexion I is one of the greatest charms a woman can I possess. Pozzoni's CoMPujxioi- Pownsa ■ gives it. jy^Z^^A eyRE YOURSELF! */ XwHßS^v I Vie Big o for inflsmma f /*4 I,o& *3r* \| tions, irritation! or ulcer kMaSoSSL. U t t,ons of ™«_.°«'» "pern. I^Z__J[Pr«T«nu euiUf-so. wanes. Painless, and not |3^ EvW8 -^ E " ,0 «- C,} - Mtri,1 * ent "' P ° b< ' no,M V*^:<MiiCiMli_Ti,o.r~~l SoW »y D>m««*sta». \ "X. n-B.A. _7 \ox sent in plain wrapper, X. ET *xpr»w, prepaid, for •"SgSw — _S_o VI l 1 •«>. or 3bo Men* »2.76. V^ ■■ *Ct- <r^ M Circular sent on request. . ' " PEOPLE WILL IVIOVE THEY WANT # TO DO A LITTLE CHARTER MAKING THEM SELVES. THE COUNCIL IN THE WAY. THE PEOPLE TO BE ASKED TO PETITION THE DISTRICT COURT. A SENSATIONAL REVIVALIST. Henry Varley Makes Statements Which Stir Up People at First Baptist .-lurch. If President Loye, of the city council, had not been present last evening at the meeting called in the board of trade rooms for the purpose of taking action on the Sheehan enabling act, that same meeting would have had petitions to the judges of the district court in cir culation today, and a commission ap pointed in a week. The meeting in question was well at tended, sixty-eight prominent men be ing there until the close. Judge At water officiated, and S. R. Chiids at once outlined the purpose of the meet ing, which was to push along the new charter, in the face of the dilatory tactics of the city council. The law pro vided that the judges of the district court could appoint the commission, the city council also, or that 8 per cent of the voters could petition the judges for the commission to frame the char ter. The first motion was as to the sense of the meeting for the charter, and there was but one dissenting vote. Then came the discussion upon the method. Mr. Stacy succeeded in getting through a motion that the meeting ad journ to meet at the call of the of ficers. So the matter stands, and it is understood that if the council does not act on the matter by June 25, the peo ple will be asked to sign petitions to the district court. It is thought the pe titions can be secured in six days. According to the law, however, the council has lt in its power to block the matter after the appointment of the commission. The council has the setting of the time to put it to a vote and can put it off until the next gen eral election if they see fit, and con found the issue with other politics. It was this point which caused some to urge caution in the action toward the city council. However, the council win be given but little time, and, if they do not act, the people will move in their might. VARLEY IS SEL\SATIOI.AI_. Aadlence Startled by an Evangelist's Words. "In the name of common sense, what has morality to do with eternal life?" "I am here to say that God has no power to save any man or woman here apart from the teachings of the gospel." "If you reject the sacrifices of the Son of God you will be damned as sure as there is a God." These and many other rather startling theological assertions were made to a con gregation which filled the First Baptist church last evening. The speaker was the evangelist, Henry Varley. It wouid perhaps be assumed that such utterances would be ut tered by some wildly enthusiastic orator, car ried away by the excitement incident to re vival work. On the contrary, nothing could be farther from the noisy or emotional type of exhorter than the suave, cultured and polished speaker, who, by the very contrast of his words and manner, immediately arrest ed the attention of the most careless observer, and with the earnestness of his pleading and the force of his logic brought many to a serious contemplation of things spiritual and a desire to be numbered with professing Chris tians. Henry Varley Is an elderly man, finely pro portioned, and with a commanding presence. The outlines of the head and the general type of the features remind one of the familiar portraits of Chauncey Depew, and it may not be irreverent to say that Mr. Varley has also the natural gift of oratory and the mag netism of one thoroughly enamored of his work and truly believing himself an instru-. ment of Providence to bring souls into the Christian fold. HE WILL TRY H A t'GA.X. County Attorney Peterson Shows Some Anger. "I will try Andrew C. Haugan, on the charges brought against him, and no power this side of the state legislature can stop me," said County Attorney Peterson yesterday, speaking regard ing assertions to the effect that the grand jury would petition that he be prevented from trying the case. Mr. Peterson feels very angry at the way things are going with him in some quarters, and he thinks it strange that the public cannot see the political as pect of the whole affair. According to Mr. Peterson, It is Aid. Kiichli who is back of the whole matter, and, it is said, he works through E. K. Wilklns. of the Third ward, to whom he goes with all his complaints. It is Mr. Peter son's belief that Wilkins has made the assertion for publication that he would petition the court not to allow" the county attorney to try the case against Haugan. and that as a result the statement has gone abroad that the present grand jury will make a con certed effort to have him shelved when the case is tried. "I am county attorney," said Mr. Peterson, "and have my duties set out by. law, and I Intend to follow them, and no judge of this or any other court can stop me. If they have anything against me, they can impeach me, by going to the state legislature, and that is the only way. I will try Haugan." BOOKS OF THE "BUSTED." Tliey Will Be Examined by Experts for the Grand Jury. The grand jury will take up the investigation of the books of the in solvent financial institutions some time today. The jail cases were practically completed yesterday, and the decks were cleared for action. H.. Flynn and Joseph Osborn, both of whom have had experience as United States exam iners, have had charge of an investi gation of the books from an expert's standpoint, and will be called before the jury to tell what they can of the way matters stand. They have pre i pared no report to be submitted, but j will give their evidence from notes j and the books themselves. Just what they have learned from their looking over of the figures, only the grand jury will know. The grand jury reported yesterday afternoon to Judge Simpson, returning a bunch of indictments from the investigation of jail cases. The ar rangements will take place this morn ing. The Jury returned a no bill in the case against Miles Lovely, accused of malicious injury and destruction of property, and in the case against Arthur Stone, held for grand lar ceny in the second degree. First Soldiers' Monument. The first soldiers' monument to be erected ln Hennepin county will be dedicated Dec oration day by the Williams Downs -post, G. A. R„ No. 68. The monument has been erected in the East side cemetery, which is about one mile east of the Central avenue car -line. A plot of ground which will accommo date about 100 bodies was secured, and In the center the memorial to the dead placed. . Its base consists of a large slab of Kasota stone, with a smaller slab in the center I%is small piece is about 10 inches high, and on tap of it rests a cannon, the central piece la the monument. -' (THE SilN* PAUI, GLOBE: WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1897. THE AItDQIGH BlLIt Continued From First Page. United States, we may expect large reduc tions year by year from the contemplated revenue from sugar. Some of the most san fulne advocates of the policy ot encouraging eet sugar production ln this country be lieve that we shall within ten years produce all our sugar, The legitimate result of the protective pol icy is to give the American market to Amer ican producers. When this becomes an ac complished fact, the revenue growing out of protective duties disappears. It must be evi dent, therefore, that we must look for other sources of revenue. Whether It should be along the line of an Increase of internal rev enue taxes, such as we have suggested, or whether some other sources of revenue should be sought, it is not necessary now to deter mine. It is safe to assume that numerous ob jectors will always be found to aay plan for increased taxation. In this particular case the committee are only strenuous that a wise public policy requires that our revenues should at all times be equal to our expendi tures and that the people of the United States will not be satisfied with any revenue meas ure that does not provide adequate income for this purpose. SUGAR SCHEDULE. In the sugar schedule E., we have sug gested a change ln rates and in the manner of assessing the duties. As the schedule is a very important one it seems proper that I should explain definitely the effect of the pro visions we recommend. The annual consumption of sugar ln the United States Is about 2,000,000 gross tons, of 2,240 pounds each, with a value based on for eign prices approximating $90,000,000. If the high duties proposed In either the house or senate bill should be adopted, the annual cost of sugar to consumers would be more than $160,000,000. Of the consumption of 1896, 40, --000 tons, or 2 per cent, were beet sugars, pro duced in the United States, and 243,000 tons, or 12 per cent, were domestic cane sugars, and 157,000 tons, or 8 per cent, were sugars ad mitted from the Hawaiian islands free of duty under our treaty with the Hawaiian government. The 2,000,000 tons of sugar con sumed in the United States constitute nearly 30 per cent of the total consumption of the world, the total sugar crop of 1896 being ap proximately 7,000,000 tons, of which 4,300,000, or about 61 *_ per cent of the whole were beet sugars. The pressing necessity for securing greatly Increased revenues seems to render a return to the Republican policy of free sugar adopted ln 1890 an Impossibility. The demand for revenue purposes, and the belief that every reasonable effort should be made to encourage the production of beet sugar ln the United States, led a majority of the finance commit tee to recommend the high rates upon sugar which are contained in the bill now before the senate. It Is believed by the friends of the beet sugar Industry that we can successfully Imi tate the example of Germany in the rapid de velopment of beet sugar production. The bill, as it came to us from the house of representatives, contains provisions which levy a specific duty, based upon polariscoptc test upon imported sugar varying from 1 cent per pound at 75 degrees to 1% cents per pound on all sugars above No. 16 Dutch standard in color and refined sugars. The effect of the rates as applied to the total im- I portations at the port of New York for the month of January, 1897, is shown by a table which I submit to the senate which has been i prepared by the customs officers In New York. i The rates suggested show a range of ad j valorem equivalents from 78.2 to 144.3 per cent. A careful examination of the tables will show that the scale of rates adopted bears very unequally upon all low grade sugars. The character and extent of this discrimination led your committee to be lieve that the schedule should be modified. The committee determined after a careful ex amination of the whole subject to recommend rates which would be in their effect as high at least as the house bill, but which would be levied in a manner that would make the ad valorem equivalents more uniform. We be lieve that the imposition of the high specific rates upon low grade sugars testing 87 de grees or below, would have the effect to ex clude them from the markets of the United States. The total amount of these low grades produced is, as I have already staled, unim portant as compared with the total sugar crop, but their continued importation into the United States is very important when viewed from the standpoint of our trade and com merce with other countries. To exclude from the American market all the low grade cane sugars from the near-by countries and sugars of all grades from dis tant countries would confine American pur chasers to beet sugar and to centrifugals from points nearest the United States and send all other sugars to free markets like Canada and England. PRICES INCREASED. This poHcy would undoubtedly Increase the price of the sugars from near-by countries and necessarily add to the cost of sugar to con sumers ln the United States. These are the reasons which led your committee to sug gest an ad valorem rate of 75 per cent on all sugars testing not above 87 degrees. But this rate can never apply to but a very small por tion of the sugars of the world, as from ob vious causes, the proportionate amount of such sugars is constantly decreasing. Of the cane sugars testing above 87 degrees very much the larger portions, as I have al ready stated, are centrifugals, testing about 96 degrees. The committee, in considering the question whether they should adopt the speci fic scale contained in the house schedule for sugars testing above 87 degrees, were con fronted with the fact that these rates would discriminate in favor of the sugars of certain localities, and values against those of others. The committee, after full consideration, reached the conclusion that the essential ele ments of a certainty of revenue and an ad justment of rates that would lessen discrim inations could best be secured by the adoption of compound rates. The committee, there fore, adopted the suggestion which is con tained in the bill we have reported to the senate, of imposing a specific duty, which is equivalent to about 40 per centum ad valorem with an additional duty of 35 per centum ad valorem on all sugars from 87 degrees to 100 degrees, with thirteen-hundredths of a cent per pound additional on all sugars above No. 16 Dutch standard in color, and on refined sugars. More than 90 per cent of the sugar which is imported into the United States has hereto fore been imported in a raw condition, and has been refined here, and it is therefore of importance that we should consider care fully the effect which the schedule proposed by the senate committee would have upon the refining Industry. I assume that it will be admitted in all quarters that this industry is entitled to fair treatment. The fact that ; the business as conducted today is in com paratively few hands, and that a large por tion of it is carried on by one company, while it furnishes a reason for unusual care in the adjustment of the rates in order that no un due or unfair advantage shall be given to sugar refiners, should not be allowed to fur nish a pretext ln the preparation of a tariff bi'.l constructed upon protective lines for the destruction of a great Industry. In other words, it is important from every economic standpoint that we make it possible that the refining of sugar can be successfully carried on here, and that the business should not be turned over by legislative discriminations to German refiners. It is, therefore, incumbent upon us to show that no protection is given the refining inter ests by the proposed schedule beyond that which is adequate for the continued existence of the business In the United States. For this purpose I have prepared a series of state ments, which I submit for your considera tion, showing the actual difference between the rates imposed by the schedule upon raw sugars of different grades and refined. The first of these tables to which I will call your attention shows the rates imposed upon each grade of sugar testing above 87 degrees by the house bill and the senate bill. It show's fur ther the actual differential on each grade ln both the house and senate bills. This table shows that the differential be tween raw and refined sugars by the senate proposition varies from 9.77 to 15.40 cents per 100 pounds, while the differential ln the house til (DO -Jtfr*tWr.. _»_•_* blll varies from 12.20 to 17.35 cents per 100 pounds. It will be seen from an examination of this table that the differential between granulated sugar and 96 degrees centrifugals— this being by far the most' important class of raw sugars, and in amount two-thirds of the total Imports of raw cane— ls 9.87 cents per 100 pounds; on 94- degree centrifugals the dif ferential is 10.8 cents; on 89-degree Muscava does the differential is 14.6 cents. BEET SUGAR; In order to show that the committee's propo sition does not give undue advantage to beet sugars, as compared with cane sugars, the following statement has been prepared by me to show the differential .between raw and re fined beet sugars In comparison with the dif ferential of the same sugars, based on the rates imposed by existing law: Differential rates on raw beet sugar, 88 de gree analysis, and on Germal granulated: - 1H ' a Dlffer- Reflried. Raw. entlal. Present law .101100 -A 89.62 14.98 Senate bill 196.60 181.703 14.797 Mr. Aldrich then submitted state ments showing the, differentials under varying values of sugar, and resumed: Under existing law German refined receives thirty-eight hundredths of a cent per pound export bounty. The countervailing duty here is but one-tenth of a dent per pound. The German refiner, therefore, ■ receives a net bounty of twenty-eight hundredths of a cent per pound. ' This enables him to sell his product at a lese price than the American refiner has to pay for 96-degree centrifugals. It is this kind of competition which Is driving the cane sugar producers and refiners of the world to the wall. He then replied at length to a state ment by Hon. William L. Wilson, in which the latter estimated the rajea imposed by the senate committee's proposition. Continuing, Mr. Aldrich said: In the tables I have submitted no allusion is made to the bounty provisions contained ln both the senate and house proposals. The adoption of these or similar provisions for countervailing duties seems to be a necessity if we are to develop the beet sugar industry in the United States. Otherwise it will be pos. Bible for any foreign country, by extension of Its bounties to neutralize entirely the effect of our protective duties. In considering the important question whether the differential proposed by either the house or the senate bill is greater than it should be, we are bound, in fairness, to take into consideration existing conditions and the changes which have taken place since the en actment of the act of 1894. When that act was under discussion in the senate the difference in the foreign value of German granulated and raw beets, 88 per cent analysis, was 67-100 of a cent per pound. In March the difference was 33-100 of a cent per pound. The Importation .of refined sugars into the United States amounted ln 1891 to 4,000,000 pounds, and in 1892 to 14,000,000 pounds. The importations in 1896 amounted to 187,000,000 pounds, while the importations in the single month of April, 1897, amounted to nearly 32,000,000 pounds. German refiners have driven the sugar re fining industry of Great Britain almost en tirely out of existence. They are, as I have already stated, invading every sugar market of the world with their product. Most of the German gran u '.a ted imported is the result of a continuous process of refining. For months raw beet sugar and German granulated have sold on an absolute parity of value, taking only into account the percentage of pure sugar contained in each. 'If we as j sume the cost of refining .sugar in the United I States to be approximately one-half a cent per ! pound, and if German refined can be sold j without loss on* the same basis with German raws, it must be evident that the differentials suggested in the senate proposition are not only excessive, but they^ are quite likely In j the near future to prove inadequate to secure I the continuance of the business of sugar refln ; ing in the United States, -a.- the importations j of German granu'.ated should increase at the 1 same ratio that they have since the act of ! 1894 was adopted the Germans will certainly j secure at an early day a large part Of the I American market. The protection afforded by the differentials proposed by the senate com mittee Is, I believe, not only less by percent age, but less with reference to the actual re quirements of. the industry, than that afforded by the rates imposed upon any other impor tant product by the terms of the bill. HAWAIIAN TREATY. The senator then took up the Hawaiian treaty, and said : "The committee will also prepare and pre sent an amendment to the house provisions ln regard to the Hawaiian treaty. The exist ing commercial treaty between the United States and the government of these islands l provides for the free admission of raw sugars, the product of the islands, into the United 1 States. If this treaty should remain ln force, it would result in giving a bounty to the Hawaiian producers amounting to more than $8,000,000. per annum. It. was not contemplated when the original treaty" was. made or when it was extended that any possible advantage of this kind should ever result from Its terms to the people of the Sandwich islands. The effect of this bounty would undoubtedly be to stimulate enormously the production of suar in the Hawaiian islands. While we can not. fairly abrogate a treaty of this kind with a friendly country without notice, we believe . that negotiations should at once be entered into looking to such a modification of the treaty as will reduce the bounty to be paid Hawaiian sugar producers to a reasonable sum, and the ' committee will present an amendment looking in this direction at an early day. There should be no difficulty In securing through the treaty-making power such modi fications of the treaty as will be satisfactory to both countries without injury to either. It certainly cannot be expected that tho United States will continue for any length of time to pay a bonus of seven or eight millions of dollars per annum as an inducement to any foreign country to trade' with us. I assume there will be no difficulty in securing proper modifications of the treaty so that it will not be necessary for the government of the United States to give the one year's notice of Its abrogation, as provided for by its terms, WOOL SCHEDULE. Important changes have been made in Schedule X, both in the rates on wool and on manufactured woolens. In dealing with the wool schedule the committee have suggested more liberal rates to the domestic wool grower than it has recommended for the pro ducer of any manufactured article in the schedules. It has also suggested for him a more effective protection than it has ever re ceived under any tariff law of the United States at the time of its enactment. The wool growers are given the benefit of a spe cific duty upon all- classes of wool. Under the operation of this fixed specific duty the amount of protection afforded will increase each new decline in the foreign value of th.s raw material. , The committee has aimed to give the wool growers a rate of duty which will average from 10 per cent to* 20 per cent high .r than the rates of earlier tariffs. In doing this it Is giving a hlghfer protection upon the raw ma terial than upon the manufactured product 1 ln every case. Very careful consideration has j been given to the compensatory duty on woolen goods, with the result of reducing the compensatory rates on low grade goods, into ! whose manufacture • more or less of other ; materials than wool enter. On the high grade j goods the compensatory' 'duties are fixed on j the same basis that has obtained in all pre- I vious tariffs. j The house bill rate, of .32 per cent on carpet ] wools costing less than 13 cents a pound has created more agitation and opposition than any other feature Of * the wool schedule. It Is alleged by the wool, growers that this low rate of duty on carpet wools destroys the protection offered upon -the higher grades of wool, by reason of the temptation H* offers to Import these low wools to be used in cheviots, golfing suits and other popular fabrics, which do not require fine wools. Without undertaking to affirm the correctness of these allegations regarding the expensive use of those carpet .wools for clothing pur poses, the committee recognised the fact that there Is some such use made . of them. To remove all ooesible ground for complaint on this score they have fixed the duties on class 8 wools at 4 cents a pound under 10 cents value, and at 7 cents a pound over that valu ation. Under these duties the ad valorem equivalents will arrange on the various clips from 35 per cent up to 60 per cent, and in some instances 70 per cent, • and they are hlger than ln any previous law. It Is certain that under these duties 1 Wreign carpet wo_ls cannot be imported lb take the place of do mestic wools in the cloth manufacture. Taking this feature of .the wool schedule Into account, it is a, fa 4?, definitely demon strated by the market reports that the protec tion given the American **wool grower under the senate bill is greater* and more effective than he has ever before -refcelved ln American tariff. Under this (schedule wool growing should become ln time one. of the most profit able branches of America^ agriculture. DUTY ON HIDES. Many changes are. made in Schedule N. The one which will attract «ost attention is the placing of a duty upon hides of cattle. Representative of Jthe Western states, in which cattle are ra!__d, ttive been for many years insisting that a duly on hides should 2nd a place ln the tariff ' bill, which was in tended to protect all American interests. This contention has been -resisted by the tanners of the country, who IjeUeve that it would place an unnecessary ' burden upon their Important' industry. I shall not attempt to enter In detail Into the reasons which led the committee to suggest the imposition of the duty. Speaking for myself, I believe that the fears which have been so emphatically ex pressed as to the Injurious effects of the duty have been largely overestimated, and that ho very serious burden will be placed upon either the tanning, the leather or the boot and shoe industry if the amendment should be adopted. -. Many changes are suggested ln the free list Among the more notable of these is a rec ommendation to return to the liberal pro vis-ona of the existing law with regard to the free importation of books, works of art, etc., under certain conditions. - At the time the Mil waa reported trout the committee I stated, la their behalf, that an amendment looking to the more rapid de velopment and extension of reciprocal trade with foreign countries would be reported from the committee §(_ a ]<rter day. The com mittee has hoi yet found the opportunity to prepare such an amendment. It seemed to them that the provisions of the house bill ln this respect would not prove effective. It Is the purpose of the committee to prepare a provision which will enable tbe government of the United States within certain fixed lim its and without further legislative aotion, to enter upon arrangements or to negotiate reciprocity treaties looking to an extension of our foreign trade. In suggesting the striking out the house provision the committee had no purpose of abandoning the Republican reciprocity policy. They hope to be able to suggest such provis ions as will enable our government to greatly extend that policy and make its adoption per manent. The committee also hope, before the bill passes from the consideration of the senate, to be able to present certain needed amendments to the customs administration laws. The Industrial system of the United States Is growing more and more complex every year. It Is becoming more difficult every year to satisfy, in a tariff revision, conflict ing olaims of sections, or to so adjust the rates as to do no injustice to any of the vaTled Interests of this great country. The revision of paragraphs and rates recommend ed by the committee are undoubtedly far from satisfactory in many cases to interested parties. The amendments recorded repre sent the consensus of opinion of a majority of the members of the committee. We have no pride of opinion or authorship in regard to any of the provisions reported. We have given careful consideration to the numerous Important questions involved in the the various schedules. We present to the senate the result of our labors, and shall cheerfully accept your judgment as to the wisdom of our conclusions. SEW BILL ATTACKED. Mr. Vest Voiced the Sentiments of the Opposition. Mr. Aldrich closed at 3:10 p. m., hav ing: spoken a little over an hour. Mr. Pettig-rew presented the amend ment of which he has heretofore given notice that when articles are manu factured by a trust, articles of such character imported from abroad shall be free of duty. He said he would ask its consideration immediately after the committee amendments. Mr. Vest (Democratic member of the finance committee) was then recognized. "We know," he said, "the desperate con dition of the country, the ruiLned homes, the blasted hearts. If prosperity can j come from any source, even from our adversaries, we will bless the moment. 1 do not believe the imposition of higher tariff duties will dispel the clouds hang ing above us, bringing back tbe sun shine and illuminating the whole coun try." It had been said, Mr. Vest proceeded, that adversity came with the advent ot the Democratic party and prosperity with the Republican party. But that adversity did not come with the advent of the Democratic party. Mr. Vest said he would summon as a witness, no less an authority than Mr. William McKinley. The senator read from a report made by Mr. McKinley on April 1, 1890, setting forth the distress which the farmers of the country were suffer ing. How was it expected, the sena tor asked, that by increasing the bur den of tariff taxes the farmers would be helped to buy more goods. All agi*eed that there must, be sufficient revenue to meet the requirements of the government, that the government credit shall be sustained and her flag honored. But every dollar collected by the government beyond Its needs is a crime. Why was it, Mr. Vest asked, that - the Republican party was about to abandon its record and urge a tariff not for protection, but for the amount of revenue It will produce? Why does it abandon its record and propose a tax on tea? The senator said there was at this time an available balance in the treasury of $229,350,630. De ducting the gold reserve of one hun dred millions, the available balance was $129,350,650. This vast amount of idle money was now accumulated li the treasury. And yet the senate was told that it must impose on our suf fering people additional taxes. When President Harrison turned over the government to President Cleveland the treasury balance stood at $24,128,087. Today there was $105,000,000 more than when Mr. Harrison turned over gov ernment affairs to Mr. Cleveland. How could this obvious fact be avoided? Mr. Dingley admitted it, Mr. Vest said, and tried to explain it On the ground that subsidiary coin and cer tain deficits were included in this pres ent treasury balance. But with these items (about $36,000,000) out there re | mained about $92,000,000 available for the uses of the government To over come this Gov. Dingley says we ouprht I to increase the gold reserve to $150,000, --000. Even if there was a deficit of sixty-five millions this year — which Mr. Vest did not admit — yet there was ample in the treasury to meet that deficit. Why, then, should we hurry to put more taxes on the people, when j every dollar unnecessarily hoarded by j the government is a crime against the people? Mr. Vest said it was most unfortunate that the Republican side had offered no estimate of revenue un til today. Inquiry had been made of Statistician Ford as to the promised comparative statement, and he had stated that it was^tumed over to the senator from Rhode Island (Aldrich). Mr. Vest asked what the estimate of Mr. Ford was on the bill. Mr. Aldrich replied that the statis tician stated that, in his opinion, neither the house nor the senate bill would furnish sufficient revenue to meet the expens?es of the government. PROTECTION ABANDONED. Mr. Vest, proceeding, declared that the proposition to raise $31,000 000 of revenue by a tax on tea and increasing internal revenue, was a naked and bold abandonment* of the protective ! policy of the Republican party. Where i was the protection to American manu- I factures in these taxes? he asked. The ; senator said that the greatest suffer ! ing in the country was felt in the agricultural states. With abundant ! harvests the people were without | money and were appealing to congress I for relief. 1 Mr. Chandler interrupted with an in quiry as to what the vast accumula tion ln the treasury, to which Mr. Vest had alluded, came from. "Does the senator mean that the Wil son bill put it there, and, if not, how did it get there?" asked Mr. Chandler. "We all know," answered Mr. Vest. "that it came from the sale of bonds, which I did not approve; but it makes no difference where it came from. There it is in the treasury, and what right have you to increase the taxes on the people when enough Is in the treasury already?" The senator declared that the urgent need was. not for greater taxes, but for more money and better prices. The fa 11 ln prices must be stayed before there could be any prosperity. He mentioned as one source of evil that our workers were paid on. a gold basis and oame into competition with those paid on a silver basis. . "The senator from Nevada (Stewart) usually makes that argument," inter posed Mr. Gallinger (N. H). "He has based it usually on Japan's use of silver, and now Japan has repudiated silver." "You mean Japan was bought out," Mr. Stewart put in. Mr. Vest then turned to several of the schedules and discussed them in detail. First he took up the sugar schedule. Ingenious tables could be prepared as to sugar differentials, and the tables of the senator from Rhode Island were of this ingenious kind. The whole thing turned on one point; said Mr. Vest, and no one but the ex pert inside the sugar refinery was able to tell this. It was as to how much raw sugar would make 100 pounds of refined sugar, and what amount of waste will there be. One of the sugar trust officials had testified before the Lexow Investigation that profits of 21 per cent had been realized. That amount could be made only on the waste, and the sugar expert was the only man who knew about this waste. Without discussing - the ' Hawaiian treaty- Mr. Vest said that it would have been at least more honorable had the committee proposed to abrogate the Hawaiian treaty rather than kill it indirectly. "How Is it possible to defend the in- crease of duty on lead," asked Mr. Vest, "when the lead trust Is mak ing enormous profits and is declaring 12 per cent dividends on its stock, common and preferred? Why double the rate on lead, a product going Into every poor home, in order to feed the cormorant taste of these monopolists?" On earthenware and crockery the sen ator said the increased duties were ap palling. The framers of the bill had undertaken to make the duties abso lutely prohibitory. And this on the goods which go Into every home. It was outrageous oppression, the senator declared. Referring to the wool schedule, Mr. Vest spoke of the con flicting claims of the wool manufactur ers and Mr. Lawrence, "The shepherd king." As to hides Mr. Vest said he warned Republican senators that hides would go back to the free list as a result of thrifty New England senti ment. In conclusion, Mr. Vest said there was no disposition to delay the con sideration of the bill. There would be no factious opposition and no unneces sary objection. FOR THE FARMER. Mr. Cannon (S. R., Utah) introduced an amendment for a bounty on agri cultural exports and spoke briefly. He said the pending bill offered no pro tection to agricultural staples. The passage of the bill without any pro tection to the farmer would be a rank injustice and would be a violation of the pledge which the victorious party made in its platform to the voters last year. If the bill shall fail to give some measure of justice to the farmer then he will overthrow it at the first op portunity, declared Mr. Cannon. The amendment offered by Mr. Can non Is as follows: And from and after sixty days from the pas sage of this act there shall be paid out of any moneys in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to any exporter of wheat or wheat flour; rye or rye flour; corn, ground or unground; cotton, hops or tobacco, pro duced wholly ln the United States and ex ported by sea from any port ln the United States to any port of any other country, the following export bounty, by way of an equali zation of agriculture of the benefits of this act to encourage the industries of the United States, to wit: Ten cents per bushel on wheat, 60 cents per barrel on wheat flour, 10 cents per bushel on rye, 80 cents per barrel on rye flour, 6 cents per bushel on corn, 10 per cent on corn ground, 1 cent per pound on cot ton, 2 cents per pound on hops, 2 cents per pound on tobacco. And all payments of bounty under this act shall be made upon negotiable vouchers, issued by the collector of customs [ at the port of clearance, upon presentation at the treasury or any subtreasury of tho United States; and the secretary of the treas ury Is hereby charged with making and en forcing such regulations as may be necessary for the full protection of the exporters, and of the government according to the true in tent and meaning of this law. This amendment is the result of a conference of silver Republicans, Popu lists and some Democrats, and may be said to represent the sentiments of the element In the senate, which puts sil ver above all other subjects of legis lation. It was a singular fact, commented Mr. Chandler, that the Utah senator had long supported a protective tariff and now concluded that the system he advocated was robbery. Mr. Cannon responded that in his guilelessness, as a Republican, he had accepted the entire protective idea, but now with the responsibility of weigh ing the merits of every protective proposition he insisted on equalizing the advantages so that the farmer would receive a share. The tariff bill was then laid aside for the day. At 5:16 p. m. the senate went into execu tive session, and soon after adjourned. I»«OPOS__l_ AME-iDMEfITS. Notice of Sonne Thirty Given hy Senator Aldrich. Senator Aldrich, on behalf of the Re publican memibers of the senate com mittee on finance today, gave notice of thirty-two additional amendments to the tariff bill, which will be offered as the bill progresses. The principal ones are as follows: Adding to paragraph 113, relatnig to round iron or steel wire, the following: "Pro vided, that all the foregoing valued at more than five cents per pound shall pay 40 per cent ad valorem." Parapraph 133% is amended by striking out the following words: "Wire cloth and wire netting made in meshes of any form, from iron, steel, brass, copper or other metal, 45 per cent ad valorem," and Inserting in lieu the words "that articles rilanufactured from iron, steel, brass or copper wire shall pay the rate of duty which would be imposed upon the wire used in the manufacture of such articles and addition thereto one cent per j pound." Paragraph 149 is amended so as to make ! the rate on packet knives, valued at more than $1.50 per dozen and not more than $3, $1 per dozen and 15 per cent ad valorem, while those valued at more than |3 per dozen are left at $3 per dozen and 20 per cent ad valorem. The same paragraph is amended by inserting the following amendment: Provided that blades, handles or other parts of either or any of the foregoing articles, imported in any other manner than assem j bled in finished knives or erasers shall ba subject to no less rate of duty than herein provided for, penknives, pocket knives, clasp knives, pruning knives, manicure knives and erasers, valued at more than 50 cents and not more than $1.50 per dozen." Paragraph 154 is amended so as to pro vide a uniform rate of 75 cents each and 25 per cent ad valorem on revolving .pistols, re moving the house classification and changing tli-? r_tt©. A new paragraph is added to the metal schedule as follows: "Hooks and eyes, metallic, whether loose, carded or otherwise, including weight of cards, cartons and immediate wrappings and labels, five and one-half cents per pound and 15 per cent ad valorem." The last part of paragraph 255 relating to fish packed in oil is changed so as to read as follows: "All other fish, except shell flsh in tin packages, 30 per cent ad valorem." The committee amendment, being a new ! paragraph for 258, it is to be stricken out and the following inserted: "Pish, fresh, smoked, dried, salted, pickled, frozen, packed in ice or otherwise prepared for preservation, not specially provided for In this act, and fish skinned or boned, three-fourths of one | cent per pound. Mackerel or salmon, pickled i or salted, one cent per pound. Paragraph 299, ginger ale, etc, Is amended j so as to read. "Beverages containing no alcohol," instead of "water." | Several verbal changes are proposed in the cotton schedule and in paragraph 317 the . words "braids" and "gorlngs," dutiable at j 45 per cent, to be stricken out and they are ; to be Inserted in paragraph 336, dutiable at 60 per cent. In the woolen schedule, rugs, In paragraph 379, are changed to specify "for floors." In paragraph 380 the word "manufactures is stricken out and the words "enumerated or provided for in scdedules I, J and L of this act," were substituted. This will make arti cles of those schedules ln which wool is a component part dutiable as woolen manufac tures. ... ..- j. In paragraph 388, silk schedule, figured goods" changed to "in tho piece." In paragraph 393 paper is increased from 4 to 5 cents per pound. A new paragraph i is inserted in the paper schedule as follows: j "39« F.— Photograph, autograph and scrap al- | bums, wholly or partly manufactured, 35 per , cent ad valorem." Manufactures of cork are ; mad* dutiable at 25 per cent. In the free list binding twine is changed so I as to be free when measuring not exceeding 660 feet to the pound. The following paragraph is stricken from the free list: "Books, engravings, photographs, etchings, bound or unbound, maps and charts, imported by authority or for the use of the United States or for the use of the library of congress." -In paragraph 486 A, books, maps, etc., the words "or exchanges" are added so that the articles may be sent to the exchanges as well ! as subscribers. I In paragraph 546 the words "excepting flsh ; oils" are inserted, making such oils dutiable. ! In paragraph 562, Ivory, the words "and vegetable ivory" are added. Paragraph 578, "lime, chloride of, and bleaching powder," Is stricken from the free list. Several other senators also gave no tice of amendments to the bill, which they proposed to offer. 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