The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-29
\ Riot Between the Races at Lan-
caster, \. G., is Quelled, But
Not Until After the She'd
ding of Blood.
1t is RumOred That the Car Has
Been Secretly Crowned -Rea-
sons Therefor.
cholera, or Similar Disease, is Said
TO Have Appeared in 4 NeNi-
can State.
Adroit Thieves Pilfer Sls, 900 in Dla.
monds at Cincinnati.
Hon. Samuel j. Randall Again
Ren0minated.
Other Foreign aud Domestic News.

IIcuMoNn, VA, September 2S.-The
tariff commission held session here to-day
in the rooms Of the chamber of commerce
Il. II. Blankenship, president of the cham.
Der, delivered a speech of welcome, in which
he said the citizens of the city embraced
both protectonists and free.traders, but
the majority We're in accord with the spirit
that prompted the formation of the com.
mission, and believed the time had come
for revision of the tarl, William G..
Creushaw president of the At
lantic Il Virginia Fertil2ing company
and vlCa.presldent of the Sulphur
Mines company of Virginia, thought con
gress could not and ought not to entertain
the idea of putting duty on fertilizers
although they were imported last year to
the extent of hundreds of thousands of
tons. The point which he wished to bring to
the attention of the commission was the
proposition cf Joseph Campbell, made TO
the commission, to admit Spanish pyrtes
free OF duty. AS representative of the
sulphur Mines company, he argued
against the proposition, and said that in
stead of Spanish ore admitted at twenty per
cent. al valorem, as an unenumerated
article, it should be taxed So a ton, which
would be equivalent TO the tax on the cop
per and iron contained in that ore. W. y.
Jones, of Petersburg, sumac manuiac-
turer, made an argument in favor OF in
creasing the duty on foreign sumac from 10
per cent. ad Yalorem to $50 n ton. He
stated in the course of his examination that
the rate was equal, when originally i'm
posed, to about $40 II ton, and was equal
at the present prices of sumac, to
about $3.50. He wished it increased to 500
a ton specific. Other arguments were
made exclusively in the interest of protec-
ton. Mr.. Blankenship again addressed
the commission, this time in the capacity
OF an iron manufacturers representing the
Old Dominion Nail works. He gave an
iencouragng account of the condition
! Of the IRON trade in Virginia.
| which, he said, had been built up on the
present tariff, He advocated Il specific duty
on iron ore, and said that, generally, the aC
| tion OF the Cresson Springs convention wa.
the action of the Virginia iron men. Sc
far as his acquaintance was any guide, the
mass Of Nirginians are protectionists; moi
| all of them, perhaps in the broad sense in
which he himselfis, but all 20 rs far as tariff
for revenue with incidental protection. lie
thought that, barring bad legislation, the
outlook for Virginia is very promising.
| lNolutlt IluNtN NhIltu lOT opinions on
the other side of the question. John 4.
Branch, banker, expressed himself as in
favor of tariff for revenue and entirely
opposed to the internal revenue system
The tariif should be revised, and the duty
on locomotives and steel rails reduced one
half. With some few exceptions, the
present tarlit was about as nearly
| right rs it could be made, but he would
like to see the sumac interest sufficiently
protected, What he wanted, most of ali
however, was the entire extinction OF tn,
internal revenue system.
Mr.. Boctelcr-"l heartily coincide with
you, and wish that the commission had the
power to abolish it., for think it an un
system of taxation
BranCh--"Then you agree with me?"
Betcler-"Certainly ! do; but unlortp
nately we have nothing to do with it,
BranCh-"lt you cannot put it into your
report, you can at least get your opinion it
the newspapers.
Mr.. Blankenship made final statement
in favor OF maintaining the existing rate or
peanuts, and said that high quality O
salad oil was made from them.
The Prcsident-"l it sold as peanut
oil?n
Blankenship-"Isis sold as the very bes
NllNu va ll'l'i t'hlN Allh' ~ ~ IlNN vi III utuu
ful Florence tasks, and SO | reckon Il 4
about as good,
4 number of communications were read
among them one from j. 5. Pembcrton, o
Atlanta, presenting the views of the major
ity of southern wholesale druggists il
favor Of the abolition of the tax on cncho
nidia, and the imposition of 10 per cent
duty on quiihnc, or the admission of Gin
Chonidia bark free OF duty.
The commission lett for Baltimore thi
afternoon.