Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-23

scented large number of petitions OF iron
workers at different places in Pennsyl
vania against the reduction of duties Oh
any foreign manufactured goods below TIKI
rates recommended by the tariff commits
sion.
MIR. Logan, from the Judiciary commit
tee. reported fayorabIy the bill for the
regulation of telegraph and cable com
panies.
Mr.. Platt introduced a bin authorizing
the extension of the free delivery system
Mr.. Plumb, from the public lands com
littee, reported the original bill 10 pre-
1t unlawful occupation of public lands.
Mr.. Morrill, called up his rsolution pro-
Viding for night sessions, beginning this
evening, his object being to ascertain
whether an earnest effort was to be made
to pass the tariff bill this session.
Debate arose, which continued till the
the expiration of the morning hour, when
the regular order was called for, and the
tariff bill taken up. The pending queS-
ton was on the motion of Mr.. Van Wyck
to put all articles in the wood and wooden
ware schedules on the free list, which he
modified so as to leave duty of 30 per
cent. on house or cabinet furniture, rough,
and 80 per cent. on finished.
In discussing the motion of Mr.. Morrill,
for evening sessions to consider the tariff
bill, Mr. Beck said he was willing to sit
early and late as chairman of the commit
tee, which Mr.. Morrill, desired, but object
ed to any Limitation of debate in the SEN
ate only on the threshold of this bill. After
nearly two weeks labor it had reductions
amounting to about 100000 and increases
on glass schedules of about $748,000. In
the metal schedule next to be discussed,
there was no reduction, but onsthe contrary
an absolute increase, and unless this
could be reduced, there was no hope of
reduction. In the cotton schedule, accord
ing to the best calculation he could make,
there was an increase of nearly $1,000,0C0
in the schedule last named, and he be-
Iieved the increase in the metal schedule
was even greater than the estimate of the
bureau statistics, II 38-100 per cent. If
prohibition, uuder the guise of protection,
was the object of the trainers this bill,
especially this schedule, and they must
make up their minds to have it discussed
item by item, the bill would undoubtedly
pass-not the senate-but a worse one,
of conference of four men. The conferee3
would make the bill. The leading con
ferees Oh both sides would be gentlemen
who claimed to be fathers" of protection.
The senator from Vermont Mr.. Morrill)
for the senate and the representative from
Pennsylvania Mr.. Kelley for the house.
The senator from Delaware Mr.. Bayard)
would be put at the tail of the senate com
mittee Of conference, and the gentleman
from Kentucky (Mr. Carlisle) at the tail of
the house committee, but neither would
be consulted and the bill be made up Of
the worst portions of the senate and house
bills. Then the great outcry would be
raised that those who refused to vote for
the bill were standing in its way of "re-
FORM and after the passage, whosoever
dared to agitate the question would be &c
cused of disturbing the business of the
country Mr.. Beck, to show the character
of the tariff commission, had read the re-
Gently published letter of Commissioner
Kenner, relating to the sugar schedule, and
in conclusion he said there was such a lob
by as that now in Washington in the in
terest of the monopoly.
Mr.. Maxey-And not farmer among
them.
Mr.. Cockrill did not believe there would
be any advantage in holding evening ses-
sions, and he preferred to take up the tariff
bill daily, Immediately after the routine
morning business, and continue work at it
until and then adjourn. He proposed
an amendment to this effect, but as it was
a change of rules, unanimous consent was
required for its immediate consideration.
Mr.. HoaT objected.
Mr.. Con1er continued his remarks in OPP
position to the motion, and expressed the
opinion that the lumber supply of the
United States was large enough to lasS
fifty years.
Mr.. Kellogg offered an amendment to
the sugar tariff, which was ordered prinl-
ed. making the doty on all sugars 2.25
cents per pound; on molasses testing not
above So degrees by polariscope,
cents per gallon, and on molasses testing
above Sc degrees, 10 cents per gal
lon. He offered this now, as he said
for the information of the SER
ate and Of the committee on finance, and TO
warn both against the influence or argu-
ments of the refners. This amendment
was in the interest of free agricultural
labor and ii would, of course, excite the
earnest opposition of large and active
lobby in the interests of the refners.
Mr. Van Wyck replied to Mr.. Copger's
remarks on the lumber question, and de-
Tended his own course on this and on the
creation of the tariff commission as in &C
cord with true Republican doctrine-a
tariff for revenue only.
Mr.. Morrill, hoped Mr.. Van Wyck's
amendment would not be adopted. The
bill imposed merely such a duty upon
manufactured lumber as was necessary to
protect the labor employed. There
is great danger of the destruction of for
ests unless prompt measures are taken for
their preservation.
Mr.. Ingalls, said the statistics Of timber
and wood consumption in this country were
very interesting. More than 100000 of
our people still used wood as fuel, and the
amount so consumed last year was worth
more than $3O0,000,OOO. Our annual CON
sumption of wood was estimaf ed to require
a product of 100000 square miles of
heavily timbered land, and even on the
most liberal estimate the sup
ply viii probably not last longer
than fifteen years. The argument that
duty on foreign lumber is required for the
protection OF American labor was some-
what attenuated by the fact shown by
statistics. The average wages paid per-
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