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Show The Maple .Sugar Itonnty. Washington, I). C, March 3 During Dur-ing the debate on the sorghum sugar paragraph of the agricultural appropriation appro-priation bill Plumb made a caustic attack at-tack upon Senator Morrill of Vermont, and also upon Senator Edmunds, for their insistence upon a bounty being paid to the maple sugar producers as a part of the McKinley tariff bill. He declared that for a lime tho whole bill revolved around the payment of two cents a pound so the maple sugar men. This bounty was put on as a matter of personal favor to Senator Morrill, tho members of the finance committee stating stat-ing that it would aid Morrill iu his reelection. re-election. On personal solicitation ho (Plumb) voted for tho bounty, on tho distinct understanding that it would bo rejected in conference, but Edmunds had then written a letter, which was uow iu Cullom's packet, saying if the maple sugar bounty was not retained he (Edmonds) would be paired against the tariff bill. |