Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-02
House.

Mr.. Morrison, of Illinois, regarded the
request as a proper one, and taclt
agreement was entered into as suggested.
The house then in committee of the whole,
resumed consideration of the tariff bill.
Mr.. Carlisle moved to strike out the
item imposing duty of one-quarter OF
one cent pound on sulphate of iron or
copper. Agreed to-
Mr.. Tucker moved to reduce the duty on
brown acetate of lead from four to three
cents per pound, whereupon long debate
ensuee.
Mr.. Hoar commended that the lead mining
Industry required protection, AMI opposed
the amendment.
Mr.. Kasson said the tariff commission
had put the lead rate at which it fully pro-
tetted the average lead interest.
Mr.. Bedford opposed Mr.. Kasson's views,
ana Mr. Kelly appealed to the committee
TO stand by the rate on lead as fixed by the
committee of ways and means, declaring
it was essential IN order to build up the
lead industries of the West. The amend
ment was finally lost, 80 to SO, Kasson and
Anderson of Kansas voting with the Dem
ocrats, and Cassiday and Jones of Texas,
and Frost, with the Republicans.
Mr.. Morrison moved to reduce the duty
on white acetate of lead from six to five
cents per pound.
On motion of Mr.. Kelly The clause i'm
posing duty of 10 cents per pound on
white acetate of lead fit for medical use,
was stricken from the bill.
Mr.. Cox moved to reduce the duty on
dry white lead from three to two cents per
pound.
After a long and uninteresting debate,
which took wide range and was not ad-
dressed to the matter under consideration,
the motion was lost, 65 to 80.
Mr.. Willis moved to reduce the duty on
white lead mixed with oil from
to 215 cents per pound. In
the course of the discussion
Mr.. Anderson, of Kansas, resented what
he deemed to be an attempt of Mr.. Bel
ford to read him out of the Republican
party. Every one of the Pennsylvania
Democrats voted with the high tariff men.
Had they for that reason turned Republi-
can? and there was his Greenback friend
from Pennsylvania. Brumm also voted
for the altitudinous church-steeple tariff.
He gave notice that he would claim for
himself the right to do his own thinking.
He should do so as a Republican and was
not in the power of any man to read him
out of the party.
Mr.. Brumm denied that the Dem
ocratic members from Pennsylvania
had voted with the high tariff men.
He had noticed what had passed between
the tellers in every instance in support of
the free trade proposition. The company
they keep told what they were as men.
Messrs. Kasson and Anderson, claiming to
be protectionists, found fault with every
item in the bill He doubted their protec-
ton policy and their sincerity, The time
had come when friends of the bill should
stop quibbling and finding fault with tri
fes.
Mr.. Randall said he stood here and spoke
in his own representative relations. He
recognized the fact that there could not be
free trade between nations where the wages
of labor varied. In so far as the tariff was
concerned he would make it so it would
leave large gap between foreign labor
and the labor of the people of the United
States. He did not believe congress need
ed to go much further. 1t was question
which ought to be settled on business prin-
ciples. Taking the three bills and com
pairing them, he had deliberately come to
the conclusion that the commission bill
was far preferable to the ways and means
bill and had voted in every instance in
favor of imposing the duty recommended
by congress. The senate bill was prefer
able to either. His object was to SO regu-
late the revenues that they would give in
cidental protection to the people of his
state.
Mr.. Cox said the Democrats were for
that kind Of freedom which would take the
shackles from industry and pay for fru
gal administration of the government.
That was their position. He suggested
that the gentleman from Pennsylvania
Mr. Kelly, since there was disorder in
his camp should withdraw his forces and
dicipline them.
Mr.. Kelly-What members?
Mr.. Cox-The gentlemen from Iowa and
Kansas.
Mr.. Kelly-You and your friends ap-
plauded them to-day.
Mr.. Cox love to see an independent
man, especially when he is leaning toward
the right.
Mr.. Calkins said, speaking as a politi
clan, he would rather that the Democrats
should defeat this bill than not. They did
not pass the tariff bill and if one was to
be passed it must be by Republican con-
gress. Several voices: We can pass bet
| ter bill than thisl.
Mr.. Calkins-You tried for SIX years to
pass tariff bill and it died a-borning.
The amendment was lost.
On motion of Mr.. Haskell the duty on
the sales Of potash not otherwise provided
for was reduced from % to 20 per cent. ad
valorem.
Mr.. Kelly moved to increase the duty on
hydrate or caustic soda from three quarters
of cent to one cent per pound. agreed
to.
| On motion of Mr.. Robinson, salt cake,
| crude or refined, and mira cake, crude or
refined, was stricken from the list of
articles bearing a duty of one-quarter of
cent per pound.
On motion of Mr.. Gambler, the par
agraph relating to dyes was so amended
as to provide for a duty of 40 per cent.
on analine dyes, instead Of 35 cents per
pound, and 20 per cent. ad valorem.
On motion of Mr.. Kelly the clauses were
struck out imposing duty of 20 and 10
per cent. respectively, on analyne oil and
artificial alkaline, the intention being to
restore those articles to the free list.
Mr.. Ellis moved to strike out the ar
ticles imposing % per cent. ad valorem
duty on bone char or bone black, fit for
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