Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-03

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| On Motion of Mr.. Payson, of Illinois, {
resolution was adopted calling on the
secretary of the interior for information
relating to the Leavenworth, Pawnee q
Western railroad.
After the appointment of conferees on
the postoffice appropriation bill the house
went into committee of the whole on the
tariff, the pending amendment being that
offered by Mr.. Curtin of Pennsylvania, to
increase the duty on tanning bark from 1O
to 20 per cent. ad valorem.
After debate, Mr.. Curtin's amendment
was agreed to, SO to "a. The clause now
reads ''extract of hemlock and other bark
used for dying and tanning not otherwise
provided for in this ct,20 per cent.ad val
orem." After a spirited debate upon the
Iquestion of quorum voting on an amend
ment to the varnish clause, during which
Mr.. Mills, of Texas, charged Mr.. Aldrich,
of Illinois, with uttering a falsehood, but
subsequently retracted the remark, the
clauses relative to yarnish were agreed up
on as follows: Shellac varnish, twenty
cents per gallon, and in addition
thereto an amount equal to the internal
revenue tax on the alcohol contained there
in; varnishes other than shellac, 40 per
cent. ad valorem, and in addition thereto
an amount equal to the internal revenue
on the alcohol contained therein.
| During the discussion. Mr.. Hammond re-
marked that every time an industry was
reached somebody rose and said ':this is
my infant and has to be taken care Of"
Thus, in the language of the president in
| his veto to the river and harbor bill, "as a
bill becomes more Objectionable it secures
more support"
Mr. Tucker ridiculed the idea that an
industry which only needs 80 per cent.
protection in its infancy should IN its man
hood need 65 per cent. protection.
Mr.. Carlisle moved TO strike ornamental
earthern, stone and crockery ware from
the list of articles to pay 65 per cent. ad
valorem. He commended that it was not
just to the poorer classes to classify this
common ware with the finest and costliest
china.
Mr.. Brewer said the kind of painted
ware which the gentleman from Kentucky
Mr.. Carlisle) objected to being classified
with fine goods were placed on that cate
CORY on account of the difficulty of distin-
gushing between low and high grades
He could hand the gentleman from Ken
could not tell from the best chinaware.
Mr.. Brewer produced in the course of his
| remarks several of his specimens of
crockery and china. and members gathered
around him and listened attentively to his
explanations of the various grades of
| work.
Mr.. Kelly called the attention of the
committee to the large vase he had on his
desk, and explained that it was an article
on which fifty cents worth of American
clay and more than $74 worth of American
labor had been spent 1t had been made
at Greenpoint, but the gentlemen might
| easily mistake it for imported china ware.
Mr.. Guenther moved to change the duty
on green and colored glass bottles, walls,
| demijohns, carboys, ETC., from 115c per
pound and 80 per cent. ad valorem.
Mr.. Duester ahoped the amendment by
his colleague would be adopted, claiming
| that the provision in the bill was an in
crease of nearly 200 per cent. over the pres
| ent rate. The expense of brewers bot
| thing of 5000 barrels of beer would be in
creased by the bill to the amount of $40,-
900.
| The amendment was opposed by Messrs.
Errett and Bayye, who were replied to
/ by Guenther, who said for one, as Repub-
lican protectionists are the friends of the
| laborer, he would never consent to put
more of the peoples money into the peck
cts of insatiate monopolists of Pennsylva-
MIA. The bill Disseminated in favor of the
glass blowers of Pittsburg.
Mr.. Hatch characterized the bill as a
sham and fraud, and said this increase il
glass bottles was the biggest fraud in it.
The chemical schedule having been con-
Guided, Mr.. Morrison offered an additional
clause providing that after July, 1884,
there be levied and collected and paid on
articles, goods, wares and merchandise in
| this schedule only 80 per cent. of the duties
imposed on said articles severally; such re
duction would help the manufacturing in
terests and on the theory of protection
could not possibly affect the question Of
| wages. The amenmendt was lost.
Mr.. Townsend offered as a substitute fol-
the whole schedule a:proposit1on providing
that for two years following July 1. 1888
there shall be reduction of 20 per cent
from existing rates in the chemical SEIZED
ule for the succeeding two years.
After long debate the motion wa:
agreed to, 81 to II. So the rate remains
50 per cent. ad valorem.
The committee then rose.
Mr.. Cannon, from the committee on ap-
preparations, reported the Legislative, exec
utive and judicial appropriation bill,whicf
was referred to the committee of the whole
He gave notice that under direction of hi:
committee he would move on Monday tt
pass the bill under suspension of the rule;
if he could be recognized by the speaker
for that purpose.
Mr.. Blackburn-Will the gentleman be
candid enough to state that authority Civ
en- him. That suspension of the rules wa;
not by the unanimous action of the com
mittee.
| Mr.. Cannon voice the action of the
committee. The committee acts by a
majority. OF course am perfectly will
ing to state that was so directed by g
strict party vote.
Mr.. Townsend-Do you want to vote
away $2O,OOO,O0O without an opportunity
to debate?
Mr.. Hiscock-That Is the propositio I
exactly. 1t is an appropriation bill, car
rying the pay roll for the executive depart
ments and we are willing to take the re-
sponsibility of passing it without debate
| Mr.. Robinson, of Mass.-You passed the
sundry civil bill without debate in the
Forth-sixth congress.
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