Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-09
DUTY ON STEEL RAILS.
THE HOUSE MAKES A VERY MA
TERIAL REDUCTION.

A Motion to Fix the Rate at Fifteen Dol
lars Ton Prevails-Fnrther Attacks
on Protected IrOn-No Quorum in the
Night SessiOn-Senater HawIey and
Various Garden Seeds.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Sat the close of
the morning business the Senate, on mo-
tion of Mr.. Mcpherson, Dem. N. j.
held brief executive session. When the
doors We're reopened the tariff bill was
taken up, and the consideration of the free
list was begun.
Mr.. Hawley (Rep., Conn. moved to
strike out garden seeds, which was lost
by ayes %, nays 81.
Bitumen, asphaltum and books, and all
printed matter not especially provided for,
engravings, etc. were placed on the free
list.
A motion to put jute on the free list was
lost by 21 to 80, but jute butts were so
placed. A motion to strike cocOons and
raw silk from the free list was lost by 7 to
80. Reading the free list was then COM
pleted.
Mr.. Allison (Rep., Iowa) offered an
amendment, which was ordered printed,
providing Tor the refunding of 80 per cent.
of the duty paid on imported salt used in
curing meats exported from this country
J
to the natural mineral waters in the free
list the words together with the bottles
in which they are contained /"
With this amendment pending the Sen
ate at 6:15 adjourned.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
On motion of Mr.. O'Neill Rep, Pa. } the
joint resolution was passed by the House
to admit free of duty a monument to
George Washington to be imported by the
Philadelphia Society of the Cincinnati.
The House then, at 11:20 a. m, went
into committee of the whole on the tariff
bill, the pending amendments being those
offered by Messrs. Tucker (Dem., Va.)
and Morrison Dem, Ill. fixing the duty
on steel rails at 7-10c. per pound and SIS
per ton respectively.
Mr.. Mills Dem, Texas) advocated the
imposition of duty of 40 per cent. ad va
loren, claiming that the present rate was
absolutely prohibitOry. Mr.. Tucker DEM,
Va.) withdrew his amendment and ac-
cepted in lieu of it Mr.. Morrison's, fixing
the rate at SIS per ton. The amendment
was agreed to by yeas 10, nays 80.
By vote of 81 to 80 the clause relative
to bar iron was amended so as to read as
follows: 'IrOn in bars er bundles, rolled
or hammered, comprising flats not less
than one inch or more than six inches
wide, nor less than three-eights of an inch
or more than two inches thick; rounds
not less than three-fOurths of an inch nor
more than two inches in diameter, and
squares not less than three-fourths of an
inch or more than two inches square,
n1ne-tenths of one cent per pound; COM
prising flats less than three-eights of an
inch nor more than two inches thick,
or less than one inch or more
than six inches wide; rounds
less than three-quarters of an inch or
more than two inches in diameter and
squares less than three-fourths of an inch
or more than two inches square, one cent
and twO-tenths of one cent per pound:
but all iron in slabs, blooms and loops or
other forms less finished than iron in bars
and more advanced than pig iron, except
castings, shall be rated as iron in bars
and pay duty accordingly, which shall not
be at less rate than 35 per cent. ad
Valorem. Before, the amended 35 per
cent. clause applied to the whole para
graph
A proviso was adopted that charcoal
iron, as described in the preceding para
graph, shall be subject to a duty of $22
per ton. Mr.. Tucker DEM, Va. moved
to make the duty on iron or steel Il rails
weighing not over 25 pounds to the yard
500 per ton, which was agreed to.
Upon another amendment a general de-
bate upon the tariff occupied considera-
DIe blU1e. Inc cOmmlUUee rose
and Mr.. Kelley made an at
tempt to limit the discussion
on the pending paragraph to five minutes.
This was opposed by the Democratic side,
and after a roll call compromise was
agreed to limiting the time to thirty min
utes, and the House again went into COM
mittee.
Without acting on the pending amend
ment, the committee rose, and the House at
5:30 O'Clock took recess Until 80 O'Clock,
when the legislative appropriation bill
will be taken up for consideration.
Upon reassembling after the recess the
House went into committee of the whole
on the legislative appropriation bill. Af-
ter brief explanation of the measure by
Mr.. Cannon (Rep., ILL.,, Mr.. Flower
Dem. n. 7. }, took advantage of the gen.
eral debate to discuss the pending tariff
bill. He concluded long speech on the
subject with the expression Of the opinion
that no reduction of the tariff would be
made this session.
The legislative appropriation bill was
then read by sections for amendment.
The first vote taken showed no quorum,
and the House adjOurded.