New-York tribune., 1870-04-27
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, WEDNl


1885, - -
BLA ns, BECk, BROOKS Of New-York, and scRENck'
Mr. Logan's amendment agreed to-o 10 o that
Or. ARMSTRONG GRep, PENN moyeas ia Snei' shall
Ron bars made from the use Of charcoal s g. i'' ~
pay onebsf cent per pound additional 90 u"aS sment
MIR. sCHENCK rep ohio) favored .e 4, as the first
attemni to make such discrimnatiGn. ,, r-o,os.ed
Mr. KELLEY sP Penn snd as a. member of the
Repnbican party against votes which would reduce le
COMPENSATION OF American labor nt a NOT ,uprosc that in
dong he read himself out OF tGe wbv had Il not
I,,en so repared in the bill by the Committee OF ways
and Means .., 1,or,,,oo had MT ex
nerte5 So foolish vote had been gwen today on he
gentlrmans QOganS owl motion, by wnch INC inquest
,,ricol iron was brought down Ia one cent per loulu
Mr. LOGAN said he TOOK no Oicnse because, according
10 the statement Of the Chairman OF the committee on,
Wavs and Means the fools were in the majority III the
House to-day. fauShterl The Coal ana iron DUKE oi
Pennsylvania Geanng Mr. heey had o,u drg' W t,
proper discrimination and the learned Chairman OF the
veTy foolish BOYS Tor not agreeing with that
Committee every proposition Tne scho9iiaaser nId
notify him that most Of them were of age and repre-
scnted constituencies and voted ON their own rcspo
MIR SCRFNCK lin reply to Mr. Iogan)-He was bound
IL assume that gentleman wanted Information you
hcp hn! He dd not know anyone who needed 1t more.
ang;crl lie did not believe the gentleman so duh as
not anlc to comprehend the Committees reason ior
reporting such discrimination IN the DIN di pnd or
h!ms he had burdens enough to bear without nhdlng
comprehension for the genteman. o.uorr.s a,oona.
After further discussion Mr.. Armstrong . aAhcho-
mcut was rejected 10y vote of &c TO 63 .,, ,.. -,
one-Quarter cent per pound on charcoal-lnade IRON;
which was rejected by vote OF tl 10 ~ ~ ,, o,b
No further amendment was offered to the paragraph
oi and wire rod less than fveIth inch in diameter or
Mr. ScHSCI moved t. add to the description "and
oval, half oval, and half round iron" ,,o,. ,,o
without dSp0sng OF the paragraph or amendment ihe
Committee took recess.
EVENING SESSION.
The Committee of the Whole Assembled III
1880 o'clock (Alr. Wheeler in the chair, on
THE TARIFF BILL, ..,.,. oo.,
The pending question being on MI Scnehck ; alnchu
Inent tO the paragraph taxing rods and wire rods A.,
The count was taken by telcrs and no quorum voting
I the roll was called, when ia members "a quorum ah
The amendment was then adopted by vote Of SO to 49,
| Mr. HOLMAN (Dem., IndD movedto exempt from duty
| all iron used in the construction of ships. H..
MI MAYNARD ep lena @ nade ise o,i'' "a 'r"'i
The CHAIRMAN overruled the point OF oIder, s5atlng
that the whole bill was legislation. The amendment
germane to the paragraph, which referred " tho
NJ HOLMAN advocated his amendment, referring to
the hunating fact of the decay Of American commerce.
and saying that the question was whether that interest
should be relieved by direct bountes to the shibuders
or by the removal Of duties from ship building materials
! He subsequently withdrew the amendment
rods and wire-rods from u to u cents per pound
Mr. KERR ndl moved ber to amend nagnd the amend
After discussion, Mr.. kerrs amendment was rejected
Mr.. LOGAN Rep., M moved to make the duty 25 Per
! cent ad vaorem. which was rejected by IS to 6s. ,
Mr.. BURCHARD Wop. ll) moved 10 MAKE the du'y
Mr. sCHENCK opposed the amendment, as the rule of
/
very positive however that the rates should not be
duced TO II cent per pound proposed by Mr. Lynch
After further discussion Mr.. Burchards amendment
was reiccted-66t to ".
Mr. fynch's amendment fixing the duty at II cents per
pound, adopted without DIVISION making the para
0n rods ami oval oval and half round iron less
than Of square, !! cents pound
The next paragraph was on motion Of Mr. sCIiENCK,
ION rods and wire rods ovs oval half round
les ihan Of diameter or square per pound
Tie next paragraph was that taxing all sizes of fiat,
hoop band strip, scalp, tube, and scroll ron thinner
cents per pOund thinner than No. IA, wire gauge, II
! MIR ALLISON ,Rep. Iowa) moved to strike ont the
paragraph. In reply to question he SAID he knew of
manufactured iron which paid less than 81 per cent
Mr. BROOKS Dem, " W moved to reduce it from Il
| to Il cents per pound, which was rejected
paragraph duty shall be collected over 100 per cent
ad valorem and asked if the Chairman of the Committee
| OF WAYS and Means wOuld accept that amendment,
! Mr.. SCHENCK-NO Sir. There is suCh rate OF
| Mr. BROOKS-it is not.
Mr. SCHENCK-Its is a mere trick.
Mr. BROOKS-Itis is intended in good tah. There is a
question Of veracity between the gentleman from Ohio
Mr. sCHENCK-Not at all. It is a question Of yeracity
between the gentleman from New fOrk ana the treasury
Mr.. BRooKs-Illese returns and casslhcatons are SO
confused cOnfounded that the devil himself cannot
/ understand them. lLaughtcr1
| Mr.. HOLMAN Qem., Ind moved to amend the pro
vso duty shall be collected under the para
graph higher than 90 per cent. Reiccted-jl to TO-:
MIR. KERR Dem, Ind) moved to make the limit rs per
Mr. Allison Tcp. Iowa. moved to make the limit co
per cent and argued that the paragraph should be struck
Mr. Brookss amendment limiting the duty 10 100 per
! cent ad valorern. then reiccted-53 To Gs.
The question then recurred on Mr. Allisons motion 10
strike out the paragraph and II was agreed To- 10 5
SO the paragraph was struck out
Mr. ALLISON moved to strike out the next paragraph
taxing sheet or plate iron.
without action on il, the Committee rose, and he
House at 10 O'Clock adjourned.