, 1880-05-07
The .Ex-Member Lobby Openly
Working on the Floor Of
the House.
Some Prospect Of This Shameful Abuse
~ Receiving Attention and
.HG4n. 1oo1ho'
i Great Deal Of Time Wasted fu tic
Senate Over Petty
.S3San., Job.
Bayard's Plan for Compromise on tho
Electlon-Law Question.

ITEMS IN THE HOUSE Committees D1Ll

%AS@f.S "*' AtAA AANN1tS No'a'AAA AHA Q DA-4t
-, spte'a9 Df'paseh to TIT chfeago 7rtouns
WAhlf1SoroS, D. C., May 6.-Tha Ways
and Means committee to-tlay passed over the
Rreatef portion or INC remainder OF tue pro-
posed new Iarllf bill, but was unable to fiji
!sh u, ana nostponeu lhe nnal Foto until
saturday, "'tch thc committee adjourned
yestel"ay 1ne pfoposltlon pending was tho
n!os1oh " Nooa 10 place Wood-ptllp md all
other pu'ps Tor inc manufacture OF paper
UPON ulo iree llst. Inns was somewhat out
OF Tue regular order IN the Dill. The Com-
hlttce, near tlle eha OF IT'S proposed bill, Ind
recommended q tarllf or 10 per centum aft
F"loieih on wood-plllp1oft mnnufactltreof
paper'-mal'11estlya q tnrilf for protection, as
under tho present duty Of 70 per cent
ny Valofehi the revenue yielded for tho fiscal
yeaf was o'lt S'5a' Conger and Frye had
very resolutely opposed WOODS proposition,
anu li''s morning IL was decided to postpone
cohs'uelalioh OF the subject ustil It Should
pe leR"larly reached IN Its order III the bill
THE FREE LIST.
1AoCo11mlttee tteeltteu 10 place tho follow
lhg arI'clcs upon the tree list: Barks used IN
medicine, particularly those from which aul-
hlne ana us moelt'catsons arc made; extract
OIL hen1iock; cut nails anu spikes; castriron
outts ana hinges Ihis' IN addition to the
concessions ol Yesterday, Is all that tho whole
committee could ao IN the way OF q free list.
1tls NOT very magnificent concession. The
customs 4as1 year from a.! these grades Of
palk WIS only ol,ovo. Extract Ut hemtock
gland tanncries need more heul1ock: The
natlye snnnlv fs exllaustei m, nun,hor ny "
owners Of largo tanncrles have purchased Cd
vast tracts of Cnnada llemIock timber, and
haye reduced tha essential element n hark
which te iced for tnnh,n1 ~ ,,,,,at T. ,stiaa
aextrnct NJ he,n,ocl. y n,,d ,vi.h ~ mt II
~ 1soxN. r.T "o ".an W pus ~
there. II The '~p present duty y on a1' It s'Ts IS
20 per cent ad valorem, and the New En-
gland tanners have been irving for years to
get It placed on the tree list. But nails and
saa shlkes 'ass yens az one.nai eent per poqnd
Ways and Means Committee can afford to to
mt that itern or tha fran 1tet coat3ror hr+ts
nS pns h,rns ,s ee ~ ~ ~, ~ .ate o 49, put1s
aha hinges, AZ ~ cents per pound, yielded
last year total revenue Of S44, md that Eoes
on the free list.
nh,,h ,xa TYPES aa,: Aa1 ND y TErG.stEIAl; m MET.
"!1icu u5e ~" uaAeu - pct cent aa Valofen,
were not placed on the free list, but the
duty on them was reduced to 10 per cent.
eS yne, esn sn s, yssr tbs os e
nomm}tes u eytes u ea,dsR s'fs, Was ING
CoMm4ttce ueclaeQ 70 siinpllfy the present
duties on cottons, which range from IS per
cent to Is per cent nd yaloren1. and to FIX
them at so per cent nd va]orom. ~ 0n al al
glaacs OF WOOL l"h1cn mas wide range Of
auty according to elasslcation under the pres,
valoran,. The.ame rota .yns n,,t y mn oornats
and carnetinr tl,c nr,,ssnt yonza % ~ ~ dntv puso
% whicb is Fan m nsr cant ses ol raty
wero placed at cent per pound, O reduction
Of u cent per pound. Locomotive tires yere
f1yed al III centa mar no,,nd tha orasont roto
helnr csnfs" lmvtfs f0, were M narsd a. 4Is4 ~
rrnls nnr nn1lnf tim nresnnt ratn halrr n11
cents per pound. Iron, cables aud cable
chains wero likewise fixed at ~ per cent, d
reduction from the present rate, which Is 315
per cent. The tota! amount Of revenue Inst
year from these articles at the present rate Of
duty was St03.
THE FARMERS
,,,.x, x,,,,.,.,o.a. - .e''sa
Hrat. Mero tenemoerea 10 some extent IN the PR.
ceains tha dutw hnIn. ~ ,,cad fra,,,1 I'll a9g an9g
o!!h1nn. lno u!ts ,n1lnS !GuuefH !lulh ~ ctHi8
nEI puM!lA " ~ EEul8s t2UTSeau0e nails