Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1883-03-06
THE TARIFF BILL.
After Long T'ehate 1t PASSES the Hous.
and Cues tn tho President.

ans. VIC OaSAh OeBhu Ie6ulu8 the DILL
Mr. Kelley proposed to limit the de.
pate to two hours. Several democrats
isughingiy suggested to make it short.
shonld be taken at five O'Clock,
Mr.. Kelly offered to let the opponents
OF the report be heard, but Mr.. Carlisle
thought the usual proper course was to
have the effect of the report stated 10 the
house.
Mr. Kelly admitted the force Of the |
debate.
The bill, he said, was the bill which
the house passed last session for the re-
duction of internal revenue, with amend.
ments made thereto by the senate touch.
ing tobacco, cigars and snuff. These re-.
ductions would diminish the internal
taxes from S35. 900 600 to 10000, 900. He
was unable to make an estimate of the
immediate effect OF tho changes pro.
posed in the tariff law. The estimate
now was that the total reduction Of the
revenue under this bill would be from
S65, 100000 to $4,000 900. Some provi-
sions of the bill he should not defend,
but on the whole he considered the bill
an improvement on the present law.
MIR. Anderson inquired as to the pro-
bahle reduction on tobacco.
Mr.. Kelly said the estimate was Sill.
100000.
Mr.. Hammond inquired sarcastically
whether the conference committee want.
ed any time in considering the instruc.
tions given to it by the house in regard
to the unconstitutionality Of the senate's
action.
Mr.. Kelly replied in the same vein
that the conference committee had not
disregarded any instructions given to it
by the house.
Mr.. Hammond-WhY did you not act
on the instructions of the house?
Mr.. Kelly-The conferees acted on
their own conclusions.
MIR. Carlisle proceeded to argue against
the report. He believed public safety
and public interests demanded reduc-
tion of the tax. He regretted exceed.
ingly that the conference committee had
not brought before the house such meas.
ures as he could support. He had an
nounced more than once his readiness to
vote for an average reduction of twenty
per cent on the tariff duties, Justly and
equally distributed. The proposition
now submitted did not, be believed,
make reduction of more than one-half
that average. There were several arti.
cles on which the conference committee
recommended duties higher than either
the house or the senate had voted. Com
mon earthen ware was one of these arti-
cles. 1t now paid forty per cent. The
conference committee recommended six.
ty per cent, which amounted to a clear
net increase of thirty three per cent. The
house, after q full and elaborate debate,
had fixed the duty on iron ore at so cents
per ton. The senate had fixed the same
rates. The present rate was 20 per cent
I'D valorem, equivalent tO about 81 cents
per ton. The conference committee fixed
the rate at IS cents per ton. Mr.. Car.
Isle proceeded to show in like manner
how the conference committee had in.
creased the duty on steel rails and sheet
iron, and said these matters ought to be
explained to the house and country,
Then as to the large classes of cotton
goods and very large class of wooden
goods; cotton goods that now pay s.
per cent ad valorem, such as stockings
hose, shirts and drawers, will have to nav
40 per cent. The rates of duty on WOO
(raw materially were to be reduced about
is per cent. but the duties on all wooleu
goods were to be increased from 6 to
cents per yard, and 35 to 40 per cent ad
valorem, and to cents per square yard
and 40 per cent I'D valorem. He had nc
feeling of hostility toward manufacturers
He would encourage them by every
legitimate way, but he wonld not agree
to do SO at the expense of the people al
large.
Mr.. Haskell said the bill reported was
| M t,o 4 L,.k
infinitely superior to the present law from
ufacturers. It was bill which, consid
of $40 600, 900 to S75,OOO,000.
Mr.. Robinson of Ohio said he was op
posed to the passage of the conferenc.
report for the reason that he considered
the interest which he represented to b.
wrongfully treated. He had been toli
that the National Wool growers associa
ton were satisfied with the wool schedule
He knew national" was high sounding
title, but only four men had been present
at their meeting, one of whom had beer
elected president and one secretary
They had not consulted single WOO
grower or representative from the WOO
growing states. Not solitary WOO
SIOWcI uhO COuSeutSu W sUuo TGuuCGlO0
and he was opposed to it. This bill
would take from the wool growers o
Ohio Sl,000,000 per annum, and he ap
pealedt to the protectionists from Pennsyl
vania and New England not to strike
down the wool interest.
Mr.. Hubbell said the interest might bs
drawn from the report that the labors O
the conference had been so attractiv.
and intense in interest that the iron ani
other interests had been given the 20 BY
aud stabbed q deadly blow. Mr.. Hub
bell spoke in behalf Of the copper interest
and said the bill practically PLACED
copper on the free list in Oh
position to the decree Of the house.
Mr.. Speer, of Georgia. and MIR. Wilson
OF West Virginia, spoke in support of th,
bill.
+ Mr.. Springer opposed the bill, ani
characterized the rule under which til,
bill was being considered as revolution
ary; that the representatives Of the peo
pie did not make the bill, but were asked
to vote for it in the house. He, for one
would not do it.
4, Mr.. Dunnell averred himse!fin a strait
He was compelled to vote for the bill
!, yet he Yielded to. the conclusion with re
luctance.