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...January the Senate voted 4840-38 not to raise the duty on sugar as proposed by the Finance Committee. Last week when Senator Smoot offered an individual amendment to increase the world sugar rate from 2.20¢ per Ib. to 2.50¢ (Cuban: 1.76¢ to 2??), the Senate reversed its position and adopted 47-10-39 the Smoot Amendment. Reason: legislative trading. Washington's Senators Jones and Dill, for instance, reversed themselves to get a lumber duty. Oklahoma's Senators Pine and Thomas did likewise to get an oil duty. Arizona's Ashurst and Hayden switched for a long...
...March 2???Pacific Coast circuit event; at Santa Barbara Polo Club...
...Bartender's Guide ("1887) carries this Philadelphia recipe for Fish House rum punch: ? pt. lemon juice; ¾ lb. white sugar dissolved in sufficient water: ½ pt. cognac; ¼ pt. peach brandy; ¼ pt. Jamaica rum; 2?? pt. cold water...
...2???Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science at Des Moines, Iowa...
...2???Congress convenes in regular session...