The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-04

The clerk then began 10 read the report
" the conference COMMITTEES, which includes
the whole bill.
Kelley proposed to limit debate to two
hours.
Several deWocra,s laughingly suggested
10 make It short"
Kelley then suggested an hour and hall.
but finally 10 was arranged that the vote
should be taken at 5 O'Clock.
He oEerad 10 let the opponents ofthe re.
port be heard hrst, bnt Carlisle thought the
usual and proper course was to have The
effect OF the report stated t9the house.
Kelley admitted the force OF the suggos.
tion, aud proceeded 10 open the debate.
The first section ofthe bill, he said. was
the bill which the house passed last session
for the reduction OF internal taxes, with
amendments made thereto Oy the senate.
touching tobacco, cigars and SHUTS. The
reduction would diminish internal taxes
from $50, ,00Q, 600 TO $40O)0,OO0 lie was un,
able to make an estimate OF the Immediate
effect OF the changes proposed in the tariff
law, The estimate, however was that
the total reduction OF reVCnue under this
hill would be from S65,oo0, go 20 $7O OOO. 900.
Some provisions ofthe bill he could not
defend, but on the whole he considered il
an improvement on tie present law
Anderson inquired as - the probable re.
duutiOn OF revenue onN OhaCCo,
Kelley said the estiS,ate was Sll, 900 200.
Hammond inquireds whether
the conference commisee had wasted any
time in considering tht Instructions given
To it by the house, in rgsrd TO the uncon-
stitutionality of the senate's action2n
Kelley replied in the same vein that the
conference committeot had rot disregarded
any instructions giyen Il by the house.
lla,nv,,n,,.l- Ntklhks Atl
| structions OF the house,
Kelley-"The conference acted on their
own conclusions"
Hammond-'"Do you mean to say the
conclusion voted by the house ON the 9th
OF February were wrongY
kelloy-"No, no; he matter is not now
before the house, and It is not fair TO CON
sume the time to be allotted to this side OF
the hocse in the discussion of what is not
pertinent TO the peuding question"
Carlisle proceeded 10 argue against the
| report
He believed that the public safety and
the public interest demanded reduction
of the tax, and he regretted exceedingly
that the conference committee had not
brought before the house such measure
as he could support lie had announced
| more than once his readiness to vote for an
average reduction Of 10 per cent. on tariff
duties, justly and equitably distributed
| The proposition now submitted, did not, he
believed, make u rVdnc ion of more than
| one-halt that average From Si0,0O,000 "a
$40 900 600 of the whole reduc
tion would come from the
| internal taxes, leaving only from
| $20, ,00O, 900 to $25, ,000UO0 to come from tariff
duties, of which Sll 900, 600 would come
| from the single article OF sugar. Their,
were several articles on which the con
ference committee recommended dutie.
| higher than either the house or the senate
| had voted. The common earthenware wa.
one of these articles. IL now paid 50 pei
cent. ad valorem and the conference com
mittee recommended 90 per cent, an in
crease OF 10 per cent. or allowing lol
charge in regard to packages, clear mel
increase of 33 per cent. He regretted tn,
gentleman (kolley) had not seer
proper TO state TO the house sOmg
reason why this enormous increase should
| be made. Another important change wa,
on the article of ron ore. The house, after
| full and elaborate explanation, had fixed
the duty on iron ore NJ 80 cents u ton. The
senate had fixed it at the same rate. The
present rate was - per cent. al yalorem
equivalent TO about 81 cents ton. Tn,
conference committee fixed the rate at n
cents = ton AS to steel rails, the senat,
aud house expressed their respectiy,
| judgments, the house ixing the rate at 10
and the senate 10 Us, but the con
terence committee, which was suppose,
TO arrange the difference between th,
two branches, disregsrding the deliberate
judgment OF both o, hem, had put IL at II
Then, as to bar irqg The house had mad
,hrce 3iasses, FIXING " s.r4a pt vs., 20 ap.
D. On the first class the committee mad
a reduction OF s cents to 1892 per cent, an,
on the second class an increase OF 50 oi
| short iron. Thus duties were increased bl
| the conference committee over those whicl
the house and senate had fixed. Thea
matters ought TO be explained TO the hous
and the country. Then, us to q large elias
of cotton goods and very large class o
woolen goods the cotton goods that nov
paw % per cent. ad valorem
! such as stockings, hose, shirts anc
drawers, will have to pay 10 per cent
| The. rates of duty on wool, the raw mate
rial, We're to BIZ reduced about 10 per cent
but duties on ull wooden goods were to b,
| increased from to S cents yard and 3
and 10 per cent. ad valorem, TO 0 cents PEI
square aud 10 per cent. ad vaorem. Tn,
article OF green glass bottles was another
instance OF the disregard 1.-THE committee /,
| the Judgment OF both house and senate
The house had fixed the duty at 80 pei
cent. ad yal0rem and the senate at 80 pei
cent. The conference committee, instead o
the SO rates, or agreeing TO something
between, fixed the rate at | cent ptr pound
equal to about GG per cent. al valorem. IL,
said he had no feeling Of hostility towart
the gentlemen engaged in manufacture
lie would encourage them by every legiti
mate MEANS but lie would not agree 70 d,
so at the expense of the people at large.
Haskell said, TO say the bill reported wa
such an one rs he would make, would be AZ
untruthiul statement indeed, but il ia ,
bill which is infinitely superior to the pres
ent law, from tho standpoint both OF im
| porter and manufacturer. II was bill il
| which the rates were not high in many In
stances, not high enough tD give adequat,
protection, and yet bill, which, in IL
whole, was fairly protective 10 the great in
dustries o the nation. IL was u bill which
considered in all its features, made reduc
tion of from $4,000, 600 to 100000.
Robinson, OF Ohio, said he was opposed
to the passage Of the conference report, TO
the reason that he considered the interes
which he represented had been bad,
treated. He said the National Wool
growers association were satisfied with th
wool schedule; he knew that national
| was iilHn sOunulnH tltie, Dut only lou
men had been present at their meeting
one of whom had been president and on
secretary. They had not consulted
single woolgrower or representativ
from the wool.growing districts. No
solitary one had consented to r.
ductlon. He was protective tariff man
no had voted with The protectlonists G
Pennsylvania and New England, with tn
assurance that the great interests which h
represented would be taken care Ut, yet 1
conference the appeals of the wool.grower
have been disregarded. This bill woul
take from the wool.growers OF Ohio 81, 900
900 per annunl, aud he appealed to the prl
tectiye republicans from Pennsy an
New England, and ask cd them not to strik
down the wool interest.
Hubbell said the inference might b
drawn from the report that the labors ,
tine conference had been 80 attractive an
intense In the interests of iron that othe
interests had been given the go.by an
stabbed deadly blow. II the house, /
committee of the whole, had decided Nh,
thing,it had decided that copper ore shout
| mt In plarsd nm tho irnu liais ku. ,h. -.