Show AGREE ON SUGAR TARIFF republicans IN SENATE GET TOGETHER ON compromise AND FINALLY PASS BILL the new measure reduces the duty on refined product from to and abolishes the dutch standard washington A republican sugar augar tariff the first purely republican re ie vision measure of the present congress was as adopted in the senate on OH saturday deserting their allies of 0 the previous two days the republican insurgents by an ironclad iron clad agreement with the regulars succeeded in passing a tariff reduction bill which they be ilove president taft will sign the sugar bill was a compromise between the lodge ladge plan indorsed endorsed Indor sed by the regular republicans and the th e abrl tow bill behind which the insurgents lined up it would cut the present sugar duty of to would abolish the dutch standard under which practically no refined sugar can be import ed and would abolish tho the seven and a half per cent re finers ners differential an additional duty on refined sugar which it is claimed has accrued directly to the profit of the re finers the attitude of the senate democrats in finally supporting the republican bill is expected to have influence with the democrats of the house bouser when the amended bill goes back there the senate probably will name senators penrose and lodge republicans and simmons democrat on the conference committee |