Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-29
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
POSSIBILITY OF AN EXTRA
SESSION.

been informed that President Arthur had
said that if there was no revision of the
tariff and internal revenue at this session
he would call an extra one. | asked
Judge Reagan tonight for the names of
these two Senators. He said he was not
at liberty to give them. He would say,
however, that what he had quoted from
them they had said very emphatically,
and he continued: ''They are Senators
who have the very best relations with
Arthur, and with whom the latter would
be apt to talk openly in regard to such
matters"
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
In the Senate. Mr.. Harris presented
what he said purpOrted to be
memorial of certain iron workers in
Chattanooga against any reduction of
duties below the rates recommended
by the Tariff Commission. Mr.. Harris
remarked that the memorial had evil
IDENTIFY been carefully prepared by at
tOrneys of protected interests and sent
out in printed form, accompanied by an
envelope for its return.
Mr.. Vance presented the credentials of
his colleague, MIR. Ransom, reelected SEN
atOr from North Carolina, which was read
and filed.
AZ IIszO the bdflu Dill was taken up.
The paragraph embracing hoop band. or
scroll iron being under consideration, on
motions by Messrs. MaXey and Bayard, the
words without reference to length and
by whatever name called" We're stricken
out.
On motion of Mr. Morrill,, the rates in
the paragraph were reduced as follows:
On hoop band, scroll, or other iron, eight
inches or less in width and not thinner
hnr No "A I -
per pound; thinner than No. 10 wire gauge
and not thinner than No. 20, from 4-10c.
to l 2-lOc. per pound; thinner than No. 20
from 6-1Oc. to l 4-10c. per pound.
MIR. Bayard moved to amend so as to i'm
pose upon unenumerated articles, wholly
or partly manufactured from hoop, band
or scroll iron, or of which such iron shall
be the material of chief value, the same
duty as in iron of which they are made,
instead of 1 cent per pound more, as pro-
vided in the bill. LOst-yeas %, nays a.
On motion of Mr.. Aldrich, the prOyisO
in relation to unenumerated articles
wholly or partly manufactured from hoop,
band or scroll iron, or of which such iron
shall be the material of chief value, was
amended so as to include sheet and plate
iron.
Mr.. Maxey moved to amend the
paragraph covering iron and steel cotton
ties or hoops for baling purposes so as
to apply to those not thinner than No. 30,
wire gauge. instead of No. 10, as in the
bill, and also to make the duty 35 per cent.
ad valOrem instead of l 40 per cents a
pound as in the bill. Agreed to on an
aye and nay vote.
The motion of Mr.. Barrow to put cot
ton ties on the free list was lost, all the
Senators present voting in the negative
eXcent Barrow, Call, Coke, Farley, George,
Lamar, Ransom, Slater, Vance, Vest and
Walker.
Mr.. Morrill, offered an amendment MAX
ing the duty on iron and steel chains not
less than three-fOurths of an inch in diane
ter, ~ cents, instead Of2 cents per pound;
on those less than thPee-fOurths of an inch
and not less than three-eighths of an inch
in diameter, cents, instead of 81 cents,
and in those less than three-eighths of an
inch 21I instead of cents. Agreed to.
The prOVlsO imposing an extra duty
of y cent per pound upon iron or steel
bars, rods, strips or steel sheets, and upon
all iron or steel of irregular shape or sec
ton, cold rolled, cold hammered or pol
ished IN any way in addition to ordinary
process, hot rolling or hammering, and on
steel circular saw plates, was amended
on motion of Mr.. Beck so as TO make the
extra duty 4 cent per pound,
Mr.. Plumb moved TO reduce the duty
from l cent to 6-l0 of a cent per pound on
iron or steel riYetS, screws, nails, fence
and wire rods. Agreed to.
AT $50 the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
After reading the journal the House
went into committee OF the whole Mr.,
Burrows, of Michigan, in the Chair) on
the tariff bill.
During the debate on the bill, Mr.. Nc
hiRleY said much criticism had been in
dulged in on the occasion of the increase
of the duty on cotton ties. Cotton ties were
nothing but hoop iron, and all the bill pro-
posed 10 do was to declare that hoop iron
in any length, employed for any purpose,
should pay the same duty that was LEVIED
on plain, commercially known hoop iron,
That was all there was in this Outcry
about cotton ties. Those men who cried
out about the insatiate greed of the hoop
iron manufacturers paid cents per pound
ON cotton ties, and sold them as cotton for
IL cents,
A number of Southern Representatives
rose to their feet to deny this asseT1iop,
and Mr.. Carlisle inquired whether the
gentleman made this statement Of his own
knO~yledge.
Mr.. McKiniey-I make that statement
on information and belief, and ] invite the
gentleman from Rhode Island { Mr.. Chace)
to tell what the truth is.
AIr, Aiken, of South Carolina-I deny
the assertion. The price Of cotton is set
beyond the Atlantic. 1t is set by England
and not by Rhode Island manufacturers.
and England in setting the price takes off
the taFe, amounting to D pounds, which
is the exact weight of the bagging and
ties. Loud applause on lie Democratic
SIDE end in the galleries.
Mr.. Chace said that the cotton spinners
of the United States bought about 1900
600 bales per annum. They paid for it the
market price, and they paid for hoops as
cotton. Gentlemen of the South bought
hoops fGr 81 cents per pound and sold
them to the North as cotton for cents per
pound advance. Applause on the Re
publican side.
Mr.. King, of LOuisiana-The gentleman
is in error,
Mr.. Chace-That amounts to $4,000
that goes into your pockets from our
pockets.
Mr.. Aiken-That assertion is erroneous.
The price is fixed in England.
Mr.. McKinley-I do not care what they
do in England. The gentleman from
Rhode Island, who is a practical manu-
factUrer, declares ON the floor that cotton
ties for which yOH pay 3}& ce1ts per
pound, you charge him from 10 to II cents
for.
Mr.. Aiken-He says what is not so.
Applause in the galleries.
Mr.. CrapO, of Massachusetts-Ab bale of
cotton is put on the scales and it is
weighed, cotton aud iron hoops and all,
and on that total gross weight we pay 10
or II cents per pound, Applause on the
Republican side.
Mr., McKinley-I can prove that aSSer-
tiOn by witnesses all about me, who tell
me they have done precisely the same
thing, and the gentlemen IN the galleries
who applauded my friend from South Car
Olina are not interested in American man.
ufactOries and American labor. They are
LOBBYISTS here from the other side wanting
to get legislation from the Democratic
side of the House in order to enhance
England's manufacturer and enrich the
Golfers of Englands lords. Applause
on the Republican side.l When 1 stated
the fact about cotton ties | was
not making any complaint against
the cotton planters of the South. do not
care how much they get for hoop iron that
gGes round their cotton bales. But they
claim American manufacturers are rob-
bers because they Vaas cotton ties to pay
the same duty as hoop iron. 1t comes with
bad grace from men who buy iron from
robbers o4 TIE North at 4 cents per pound
and sell it as cotton for IL cents-yes,
and TO the same robbers of the Sorth-and
this is all there is in this cotton busi=
ness.
This discussion was carried on amid
goea deal OF excitement and confusion,
which was Increased b. the interest taken
i'm the controversy by the audience in the
galleries. At the close of the debate the
frst paragraph of the bill was read, the
,so,,,noit+oo rosa and at .05 the House ad-