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

scented the joint resolution OF the IeglsIa-
ture of Illinois relating to the Yellowstone
park.
Messrs. Blair and Malone presented pc
titions for national aid to common schools.
Mr.. Ingalls, presented petitions of citi-
zens of Dakota against the division of the
territory, and asking its admission with its
present boundaries.
Mr.. Vest presented d memorial fayoring
the extension of tho limits OF Yellowstone
park.
Mr.. Morrill, offered resolution suspend
ing Of the Get If FEB. %. 1873, as author
ICES so much and directs the secretary of the
treasury to purchase silver bullion at the
market price ofnot less than 100000 nor
more than 100000 per month and cause
the same to be coined into dollars as fast
as purchase. Finance.
Mr.Sherman introduced a bill amenda-
tory of the law FIXING the boundaries of
the collection district of Sandusky. Also
resolution, which was agreed to, direct
ing teb COMMITTEES ON education and labor
toinquire into the axpediency Of providing
by law against tins Employment of convict
labor by the United States either on public
works or by contractors under the United
States.
The credentials of Mr.. Riddleberger,
senator elect from Virginia, were filed.
At the close of the morning business the
tariff bill was taken up.
Mr.. Morrill,, in reply to Mr.. Beck, said
he expected the session to-day to last until
late in the evening.
The pending question was on Frye's
amendment, proposed ad valorem 40 per
10 oil Mr.
quently changed his amendment so as to
make the duty on all sugars under Is,
Dutch standard, 80 per cent, and on ST.
gars above 13, 45 per cent.
A long debate ensued.
Mr.. Frye's amendment, Mr.. Kellogg said
that if adopted it would ruin Louisiana
sugar producers, who generally voted the
Republican ticket. and he was sorry to see
an attack made from the Republican side
of the chamber upon those black cohorts.
Mr.. Kellogg gave some statistics of the
sugar production If Louisiana. He said it
employed about $50, 100000 of capital, of
which S10,0OO,000 was on machinery.
Forty thousand people lived by it, and
10000 or 10000 men and women were en-
ployed laborers, of whom more than two
thirds were colored. The number of ex-
slaves owning homes and other property
was two or three times as large in Louisi-
ana as any other state, and that class of
the population was more quiet and orderly
there than in other Southern states, results
largely attributable to the sugar industry.
Mr.. Blair remarked that the happy con-
dition of the laborers employed in the pro-
duction of sugars depicted by the senator
from Louisiana was clearly the result of
protection and was analogous to the con-
dition of factory operatives at the North
produced by the same cause, and was a
complete answer to the arguments and at
tacks bordering upon blackguardism with
which Northern industries had been as
sailed.
Mr. Beck said the more he considered 1
the question the more satisfied he became
that the effort to get away from the finance
committee bill was in the interest of re-
fners; that the bill was more favorable to
planters than any other proposition, and
was the best they could get.
Mr.. Cockrell-I rise to ask my friend,
the chairman Of the committee on finance,
whether he does not think now, after two
days discussion of this question, that our
Republican friends can afford to let US
have q vote on it?
Mr. Frye's amendment was rejected.
The amendment making the duty on no
lasses 25 per cent. was lost-yeas, u;
noes, A.
The substitute offered by Mr.. Morrill,
on behalf of the committee bill was then
adopted.
Mr.. Kellogg offered an amendment pro-
posing an additional duty of 10 per cent.
upon sugar and all products named in this
schedule imported from Cuba, where they
are produced by slave labor. Lost.
MIR. George offered an amendment re-
ducing the duties laid in the schedule 10
per cent. upon articles imported from
countries where slave labor is not en-
ployed. Lost.
Mr.. Morgan gave notice of an amendment
which he would offer in the senate prohib
itiDg the adulteration of sugar and molas-
ses, ETC., by mixing glucose with it.
Mr.. Beck gave notice of an amendment
to prevent the sale of any mixture of
sugar and glucose as sugar, without advis-
ing the purchasers of the fact of its being
mixture.
Mr. Ingalls, deprecated the efforts to
bring glucose into disrepute.
Mr.. Sherman offered an additional
proviso, to be printed and referred to the
committe on finance, imposing an addi-
tional duty OF ten per cent. ad Valorem on
articles in this schedule, where an export
duty is levied upon such articles by
the country producing them.
The consideration OF the sugar schedule
in committee of the whole being conclud-
ed, the senate took up the tobacco schedule
amendment of the committee, fixing the
duty on cigars, ETC., at $3.50 per pound,
and 20 per cent ad valorem, which was
adopted.
Mr.. Hawley offered the following as a
substituted for the SECOND paragraph:
Tobacco manufactured and not stem
med, when the greater portion of the bale,
box or package is suitable for wrappers,
seventy-fv cents per pound, upon whole
contents of bale, box or package; if stemmed
per round. Other tobacco in leaf, unman-
ufactured and not stemmed, So cents per
pound. Tobacco stems 10 cents per
pound. Tobacco manufactured, all de-
scriptions not specially enumerated or
provided for in this act, 40 cents per pound.
Messrs. Allison, Jones and Call opposed
the proposal to put a duty of 81 per pound
on st smmed tobacco.
The question was taken on the first para
graph of Mr.. Hawley's amendment as
above, ending with ''S1 per pound" Lost.