The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-09
FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
The Senate Completes the Reading of
the Free List of the Tariff.
THE SENATE.
Consideration of the Tariff Reading of the
Free List Completed.

Consideration of the Tariff Reading of the
Free List Completed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.-The President laid be-
fore the Senate memorial from the Legisa-
ture of Kansas in reference to pleuro pneumonia
in cattle.
After brief executive session the Senate took
up the tariff bill, and consideration of the free
list began.
The Senate went back TO the paragraph passed
over informally yesterday, laying o duty of 81
per ton ON "stones manufactured, or I'm
dressed freestOne, granite, sandstone, and ali
building or monumental stone, except marble
| not specially enumerated" A suggestion having
been made that the language of the provision
would apply to stone coming in ballast, the par
graph was modified by taking out the "stones
manufactured or undFessed, leaving 1t to ap-
ply to "freestone, sandstone, granite, and ali
building or monumental stone, except marble
not dressed and not specially enumerated"
pending amendment to add, land upon
stones as above, hewn, dressed or polished.Sl.oO
per tun," was agreed to--yeas 81, nays IL
Asphatum and bitunen were added to the
list
| Mr.. ingalls, moved to add books, pamphlets
bound or upbound, and all printed matter nO5
specially enumerated or provided for in this act
engrayings bound or unbound; etchings, Illus
| trated books maps and charts-the paragraph
| struck out of schedule M, yesterday IL was
agreed to-yeas 49, nays 25,
another vote on this question.
| The vote on Mr., Ingallss motion to put books,
| etc, on the free list, was as follows:
| Yeas-Messrs. Barrow, Bavard, Beck, Brown
| Call, Camden, Coekrell, Coke, Davis, of West
Virginia; Garland, George, Grover, Hampton
| Harris, Ingalls,, Jackson. Johnston, Jonas, Jones'
| OF Florida; Lamar Maxsy, Pugh, Salisbury
Slater, Vance, VanWyck, Vest, VOORHEES,, Will
Nays-Me ssrs Aldrieh, Allison, Anthony,
Blair. Cameron, Dawes, Edmnuds, Frye, Hale,
Harrison, HawleY, hill, Hoar, Kellogg, MeNlil-
Il Ian of ali fNF Wsg1r
| Mitchell, Morrill,, Platt. Rollins, Saunders.
| Sawyer, Sewell-25.
Mr.. Slater moved TO put iute and juto butts on
NJ. Beck asked for division of the question
Jute ought not to be on the free list so long IA
| flax was not. The effect of putting 1t on the
free list would be to transfer the business from
| this country to Dundee.
Mr.. Mcpherson favored the motion, and Messrs
| Sherman and Williams opposed it.
Mr.. Logan also opposed the motion. He had
| voted consistently to give protection to every
! industry that seemed to need 1t, but noticed
| there was disposition TO slight Western INFER
eSts, This was fair. and he gave the senator from
new Jersey tNlr. MePhersOn) notice that there
must be fair play In these matters before the bill
got through, or 1t would not get through easily
Mr. ingalls, denied that jute competed with the
| fax of the West, and said il was more important
| to Western farmers to get manufactures OF iute
| cheap than to have their fax straw protected
| against it.
| The presiding officer laid before the Senate u
message from the President, transmitting a
| communication from the Secretary of the In-
|
stringent measures for the repression of inva-
sions and violations Of the laws relating to the
| public lands.
The jute discussion was continued by Messrs.
| Beck, Allison, George, Morgan, Slater anu
Jones.
The motion to put jute on the free list was lost
| yeas 81, nays SO.
| Jute butts were put on the free list
| Mr.. Morgan moved to strike out silk from
| cocoon, and silk cocoons and silk waste, 50
| that he might move TO put them on the silk
| schedule at 10 per cent. advalOrem.
| The debate which followed this motion was
| devoted to various statements concerning Tx.
silk Industry in the different States. some SEN
! arOrs declaring 1t worthy of special encourage
ment. while others doubted whether it could be
made successful here. The motion was lost
! yeas z, nays 80.
| The reading OF the free list was completed.
| Mr.. Allison Offered an amendment which was
| ordered printed, providing for refunding of 80
per cent. of the duty paid on imported salt used
| IN curing meats exported from this country.
| Mr.. Bayard moved TO add to natural mineral
waters, in the free list the words, together with
| the bottles in which they aro contained" With
| this amendment pending, the Senate adjourned.