Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-04
FORTY SEVENTH CONGRESS.
Both Houses Still ut Work on tho Tariff
Revision.
Schedules Disappear and 0thor0 Come Up
IN Rapid Succession.
The Second Letter In the Alphabet
Reached Yesterday,

House.
Washington, February g. After
several petitions were presented, the
house went into committee Of the
| whole on the tariff BILL the pending
amendment being that offered by Mr..
| Curtin 10 Increase the duty on tan
merry bark from ten 10 twenty per cent.
nd vnlorem,
After debate Gurllns' amendment
was agreed 10, 0S 10 ~,
The clause now reads Extract of
hcmlocl, aud other bnrk now used for
| dyeiug mud tanning, not otherwise
provided for In this net 70 per cent.
| nj ynlorein.
After aspirlted debate ON the question
of II quorum voting on the amend.
munta To tho vnrnlah clause, during
| which Mr.. Mills of Texas charged
| Mr.. Aldrlch OF Illinois with utterlng IA
inlschoud but subsequently
rotrnctod the remark tho
clause was agreed upon ~
follows: shpllnc vntiiish twenty cents
per gallon mud In addition thereto IN
amount equal TO the internal revenue
| tax on the tlcohol contained therein.
varniahpA other than ehellac forty
per cent, nd valorom aud In addition
| thereto IN amount equal to internal
revenue tax or the alcohol contained
therein,
The chemical schedule having been
concluded Mr., Morrison offered m
additional clause providing That after
July, iSsi, there slinll be levied aud
collected n tax paid on articles, goods,
wares aud merchandise In this
schedule OF only 80 per cent
al Il
aeyrially. Such reduction would help
the manufacturing interest and ON the
| theory OF protection could not posi-
bly, affect the question of wages.
The amendment WINS Lost, T5to 81.
Schedule u, oprthen ware
and glassware was thcn con-
sidcred. Many amendments
were offered aud rejected, aud the de.
bate continued at great length. Du-
ring the discussion, Mr.. Hammond
remarked that every time mn industry
| wiz reached somebody arose md said
this IL my infant anil has 10 he taken
care oil Thus, IN language of the presI-
dent In hia veto Ia tho river and har-
Dor bill ns the bill becomes more ol,-
| jrclionahlc Il secures more support.
Mr.. Tucker rihlculed the idea that
an industry which only required
thirty per cent. protection In its In
| fancy. should In its manhood receive
siNty-tlyo Der cont protection,
Mr. Carlisle moved to strike orna.
mented rarthcn, stove aud crooiSery.
ware from the list of articles To pny
sixty eight per cent ndvnlorem, lie
commended II WIS not jus. TO pay
poorer classes to classify this common
cheap warn with the ilnest and costly
| kind Of rhlnn
MIR Brewer mld the kind
OF palnted ware which the gen
tlcman from Kentucky, Mir CARLISLE,
Objected to being classified with finer
goods, were placed In tint category Gn
account OF the difficulty Ia dislin-
i puighing between lew and high grades.
lie could hand the gentleman nom
Kentucky u piece of rarthenware
| which ho could not tell from the hest
chinnwNre.
i MIR brewer produced, IN the course
OF his rernarl>a, several specimens oi
orockery aud chinnwaro, and mum.
hct- gathered around him and listened
attcntively 90 his explanations of the
various grades of work
Mr. Kelly called the attention OF the
committee to the large vase which he
had on hls dask, and explained Il was
An article ON which there was 80 cents
worth of American clay and more than
Sfl worth nf American labor, II hnd
been made at Green Point, New York
but the gentleman might easily mis-.
take Il forimported ohinaware.
After u long debate, the motion was
ngreei toll To si.--go the rate re-.
mnius at 10 per cent nd valorcm.
The committee then rose.
Mr.. Cannon, from tho committee ON
1 appropriations, reported the lcgisla.
| tive, executive aud judicial sppuprln.
dan bill, Referred 20 committee ot
! The whole
He gave notice under the direction
! ofhis committees hc would move ON
4 Monday 10 pnss the bin under sllspen-
sion of rulcas II lac could he reeognlzcd
| by the speaker for thpt purpose.
The senate resolution passed author
ixlng the public printer to remove Ger,
4 tain materials from the government
I printing house,
The huuse then adjourned, though
on attempt wRs made hy The advocates
OF tho whisky BONDED extension bin 20
! prolonv the session for the purpose of
securing night session on Monday
next FOR the consideration OF Che incas-
ure.
senate,
Washington, February :, Alet the
presentation 9f a petition, the senate
took up the tariff bill
The paragraph elnbmeing potatnes,
| corfu aiid iire starch Nas taken up
Mr.. Hale muyed 20 make the duty
ON potatoes or corn starch two cents a
pound.
Mr.. Hale said his amendment WAS
about equivalent 10 tie existing duty.
Atler debate II was agreed 10, nyss ~,
NAYS ~
Tic INTO ~ riri, and niher slnl..hns