Show TARIFF IN IM THE SENATE baldrichs Ald richs opening statement for republicans I 1 NECESSITY OF MORE MONEY the senator declares his purpose is to keep the tha tariff bill before the senate until it Is finally disposed of tho the dingley bill he says will produce A deficiency the first year acar which would bo be fatal to the future of the republican party vest speaks for tile the democrats washington may 23 25 the debato debate oo an the tariff bill began in the senate collate today n alth ith cron crowded ded galleries and iv a largo large attendance of senators and tariff leaders ers of 0 the house hou minor business claimed attention up to 2 p in ili n when lien senator aldrich or rhode island in charge of 0 the to tariff r lit lilt bill had the measure lild bild before tho the senate a and n d took the floor for the open ing speech at that time every available seat in the galleries wan nax occupied the republican side of 0 the floor shoed an belld representation there being throe three or fa our or vacant seats the democrats a also so presented full lanka and the scattered littered seats of oc the lists bicic occupied with mith but one e exception apt on 31 mr r dingley chaliman of the ways and mcana deans committee and author of the house houfe bill took a yeat seat dinv inv ln mediately mediate ty beside mr aldrich and listened attentively hely other republican members of the ways anil and means mcana committee and representative simpson of the populist contingent occupied the roar rear lounges speaker iteld iteen vas mas not mr aldrich spoke for almost an hour and a quarter adopting an easy cun con style hla his speech vaa nas the I 1 I 1 ki L I 1 CX I 1 L 11 I 1 I 1 1 4 1 I 1 I 1 r II 11 1 1 I 1 I 1 14 1 17 M af i 0 I 1 I 1 1 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 1 I 1 w senator aldrick R official utterance ot of the finance committee and in a of the republican hide aide of tile the chamber without making invidious distinctions between the lie lo 10 a bills mr cl early clearly m plated tilt ed a as tho the belief of n tho finance committee that the house hill bill would not yield re reenee faue adequate for the needs or tho the government nr S r vest veal ot of M missouri Isao url democratic member of the finance committee fol toned mills etli a statement in opposition to its to tile the bill he spoke of the futility of 0 piling UP UD taxes on an overburdened burdened milen ft hen there was a balance bali ince ot at To in the treasury mr cannon of utah ilah a silver republican closed tile the debate for tho the day by urging that protection should be so as 03 to aid the farmers early in the day mr mallory the new senator from flotilda Fl Irl oilda emida mas sworn in and took his seat SPEECH statement of the republican side of the senate tariff in opening hla his speech senator aldrich said mr president the busl business ivess of the entire country is in 0 a state of huspen slon klon at awaiting alting tile the action of the senate upon the bill under cony idem lion 1 1 I believe that the anxiety to secure nelion action upon tills this Imp important me mausure tit at the cavil caillout caillO lest Bt possible itile day la Is shared by 0 very every member of the senate ell it la Is my purpose to keep the bill continuously before the senate to tile the exclusion of all other legislative igual business until it iti a finally dit disposed posed of and in this I 1 shall expect the hearty cooperation of on an both sides of the iho chamber in the of ill the a bill 1111 the members af the of the committee will sun tent themselves tilt such brief exola notions as may be je found necessary of t the he various paragraphs gral lits as aj their are reached it seems desirably that at the be win n ing of thin ahl dim cusel on t the he majority of I 1 the be finance cammi committee t tee should present to the senate in detail their estl esti inarea of the off effect ct m which aich the bill would reve have upon the nuo anil and that they should explain exi luli sit in a general ANOY ay the character of tho the amendments they have suggested frequent revision of ahm h tariff are product productive le of long periods ot of and arrested the radical change in policy in III lbs prod pro d to the bunirs as of if tile country it aas I 1 believe tho toughly understood throughout through util ahr tb country in the lout lost campaign that if ili the re nul 1 call party parly should he again UI lilt poster no extreme tariff legislation mould rollon follow it was be coed that lit in the th changed conditions ot of tho the country a 9 return to the duties imposed by tile the act of 1890 woula not bo be necessary even from a an it Is eftim alth mith these facts facia constantly in view that tile the majority of the finance non C committee comm attee tho the amend 1 bonts n which aich they have submitted for your consideration nothing could to ile mure more conducive to the return and maln main li nance ot or REAL HEAL in thin ihla country than man the voll grounded belief that there vere v erf to be no violent hanics in our revenue policy for some years to come the true filinda of it a protective ollay policy do not insist upon extreme rates nor a aie alicy he sm ary to an equalization 71 the rules ralea 11 bi 11 ali s commit in 1 I to ie are arc be low those imposed by the house bill unit in me moil is t instances below those these con tallied in t the i e act of 1990 in suggesting theme reductions the members mem bora of the majority of the committee comin luco rop rf frus anil and their position as friends of a P protective r policy the ultimate purpose 0 or f t this his policy la in to secure as far us AS t his 14 by wise and conserve ue me t 1 the steady growth grouth and li of oc all interests agricultural t manufacturing an and d commercial the bitter context contest which in IK going on an amons ng the loading lending nations ot at the world for industrial supremacy tills has brought about improvements in methods and economics econom iea in production to tin nil efte extent t which was mas not thought pois possible elble a fe few V years yeara ago these new conditions condition is I 1 11 t bo talc taen c n I 1 inart site account in considering n as the rates to be imposed 1 BILL ESTIMATES tile or of tile ila iionno ise hill bill call burtte it ii total revinue frons from the bill of in normal year this would lie le the clio largest revenue reet tved florn commits duties anti at an increase of f over the customs ui ionia re prevents vents 0 of f isail 1496 and of 0 over that of 31 2193 the report of f the h ways slid and means cleans of the lie house recognizes the fact that the anticipatory importations mill in lairdy kely reduce the expected rove oi of the fibbi fiscal year under tile ron new tariff but after making alloway c for the importations the report ea cail I 1 1 mates matea an increased income of for the year provided ded the I 1 law aw should be passed by may let if its enactment were delayed until jill july ll it 11 tile report added that additional easily be lost to the public I 1 treasury ry aft alvr or ing tn in detail the house estimates ot of revenue senator aldrich ment tnt on oil to quote facts slid and figures to show that the were based upon up A erroneous conc visiting ho he hold held that thai the immense importations or of wool moat in anticipation ot of the now new liw had made it impossible that the dool schedule would produce e revenue tor for a year at least in t athla b 1 m connection ho he he held I 1 d that uelese lal a d duty u t y wai use levied upon ten tea and tile the proposed increase In creaso of the internal nal taxes was mado made there would be S SL deficit instead of a bill oplus for the next fiscal year continuing ho be baart ill the adopt adoption ion of a re chile bill n which blob should fall in its ita purpose and alch aou would 1 I create mi last additional deficiency tl in ito immediate future and chich alch would ovald re require quire a faither issue of bonds to meet current expenditures bould certainly be fatal to tho the hopes of future success of any political party re tor for such buch legislation in ili selecting the for additional revenue the committee decided to Inere increase sime temporarily the tat lair on articles of vol uhe time rather that than to assess asnes additional duties dulles which might prove inoperative upon articles of necessity or upon theme which Is aich enter into our mants facto products r acts assuming that thai the necessity essIt tor for additional revenue edista rail and or of this is Is we believe there can be no question there la Is no economic reason reamon and certainly none that effects the public in Inter 1 e rests cals why beer and tobacco i nt not bear their share of additional taxation the committee be b llever the duty proposed on tea will not prove a serious burden upon the con e ot of that article with duties adequately protective upon manufactures manufacture of cotton wool silk and flat we lie may cape expect et it a constantly rev revenue Orlue from the importe Im poria tlona lions of those products it if thi the rates imposts by this bill on busar should be found to lead to the rapid develop of otlie the bel beet a agar ladustky in the states wo WC may toy expert expect large reductions duct dueL ions lons year by ye year a r from the hie contemplated tem plated revenue from sugar some soma of the most moat sanguine advocates of the pov y of encouraging beet sugar pro aucion in n tills country believe that we shall ten years produce all oc at our sugar the legitimate result of a protective policy Is to rive give tile the american maikel t to 0 A american m e ri ca n producers produce r a 1 when V eh bah t this hist be e cornea li le s a an ti n accomplished ee h e d f fact a the e love no gooing out ot of I 1 protective duties dulled disappears it must mus it bo be evident there 1 fole that we must look for other sources of revenue whether it should be along alone the line oi of an increased internal revenue tax such as aa we have ru sus 9 ge sted or whether some other sources 0 of f revenue should be sought it la Is not necessary ec essary now to determine SUGAR DULC in the sugar schedule E me M e bate hav c suggested a change tit in rates and tn in tile the manner of itis usaf the duties As tile hie schedule to la a ver very y important one it seems proper I 1 that bat I 1 should explain definitely tile the ot ef feet of the provisions we recommend commend rp thi th annual consumption of sugar in the united stoics states Is about gibout 2 gross tona lane at 0 1 2 10 pounds each m fth it a value baad on fogelen prices approximating 3 niah it the high hah li duties proposed in either the house or senate bill should be adopted the annual coat cent of sugar to consumer would be more than of 01 the consumption at 0 1896 tons or 2 per cent w were ere Is beet et sugars produced in the up united ted states wild and tons loos or 13 12 per cent were domestic cane sugars avid and tons or 8 per cent were sugars admitted from the Hawal liu mand tree free of 0 duty under our alth ith cheha N v atlan allan government th rho tons of augar in the united states constitute nearly 30 per cent of 0 the total consumption ot of the world the sugar crop of 0 being approximately tons at 0 which or about 61 per cent ol of the whole bere ero beet sugars the pressing ne necessity for securing greatly increased revenues seems to rander a I 1 ichuin atut n to A A republican policy of free sugar adopted in an im possibility the domand for rev revenue purposes and the belief that every reasonable effort should be mado made to lo L encourage n the protection of beet sugar I 1 lu a the I 1 he united states led a majority 0 of f the finance committee to n d the high rates upon sugar chich are contained in the bill now before the senate it la Is believed by bv the friends of at the beet sugar industry that wo we can such cesa fullY imitate tile the example ot of germany man y in ili the rapid development of beet no gar production tile bill as it cattle canio to us from the house of ice P contains ns which levy a specific duty duly based upon test upun upon imported sugar varying varyl nir from le lc per pound tit at 75 de deice gleem ii to per pound on all sugars shavo no IG dutch standard in ili color and benned sugars tile the effect or of these theno rates am appold ird to in the total at ai tile the port or oc new york for thi the month of january iv PAT 17 Is 14 shona by a talle table ml olivell ivell I 1 j avii nun mil to thi th senate chich lus 1148 boon ben pre pr pared bv the clisto mn ris in new twit tile rith rit H suggested show a dative of ad al leill flat aiom n to 1141 per coat cent A careful 0 cx X of tile tables mill show that the scale of rates adopted be bears ars vely unequally on oil all low sr grado do sugars the character bud extent of of tilts this discrimination olli disi crim I 1 nation led your year committee to believe that the mc ach edul should be modified the committee determined after a careful examination of the aholo subject to rates velch would be tit in their effect berfect ax am high at least if ant na as thi the house bill but willell would to be levied tit in a manner that would make the nd ad valoi cirs moro uniform Uni forill we belies 0 that the imposition or of the high lates upon low biow brade abear testing ba degrees or bolow below would have the effect to raci UDE FROM THE MARKETS MARIK IK LT S of tho the already al states tile total amount or of thelow lo 10 lo dem to 1 as I 1 h gnp clo already reddy staled is ai compared wah tile the total sugar crop 01 ol were confronted 1 with wilh tile iho tact fact that tut but continued contin U ed importation late into the iho united states stales Is if very impostors important when viewed view cu from the iha standpoint otiel point oi ol 01 our trade and commerce with other countries to exclude from tile american Amr rican market joll all the low grade cano i iKani front from the nearby near by counti lm anil and 0 or t A nil 11 glades from rom distant countries country e ao mould confine american purchasers to beet sugar and to fro from 2 nearcy the united states and send pend all other tier ciara sugars to tree free mark markets e like canada lOts and england thin policy pat 1 t ey bould undoubtedly increase the price of tile sugars nue ira from nearby near by Loun countries tries and ana necessarily add il to 11 the cont cast of oi edear to cc u more in the united unite states ti these theme are arc the reasons masons mallch iril hd your committee o to suggest a an i 1 0 an I 1 va lorein rate ot of 7 I 1 ller lr et cut as on s 11 ll I 1 sugars testing not lot aboe 87 degrees but ihli rate L nil an apply to but a very small portion of 0 tile hie sugars of oc the horld as R from obvious oliv loua CICH cases the PI pio a port ionatO amount ol of such bugara I 1 I 1 con mAntly decreasing nf the name surtis suR testing above si do debie vac aesy deiy nevi nameh effs the larger port portions lons I 1 na As already stated MS fit A a I 1 8 testing about ell 96 degrees we the rates would discriminate in favor of tile the sugar of certain acci tain and values against thone of the committee after ader ull rup coald restel reached sed the conclusion that the elsons essons flat elements tit of a certainly of oc revenue nt ot of rates that thai would I 1 i ll erl n in a tl n n could heat bf be cul b bv the b adoption P 1 it ot of compound ra le T alu se committee 1 lee therefore ad ill lit the 1 I oil little h la Is con a tal in the bill tte me have reported to the Sib aknath ot of imposing Imro aloK a specific duty which illicit la Is equivalent to abas abcs about ut 40 per cenrad valorem valoree va lorem with mith an additional dutot 35 per cent lid ad valore in on all bairs train from ST 87 to degrees with n of at a cent per pouted additional on all sugars above no hn ili |