National Republican., 1883-01-24
THE SENATE And HOUSE.
The Navy and The Tariff Occupying the AHen-
ton Of the SOlons.
Free Trade and Strong Protection Talk
in the Senate End,
And a Great Volume Of Vocal Music About Ships
in the House.
The Regulation OF the Promotion Bus
iness also Under Consideration.
THE SENATE.

Several petitions of iron workers against
reduction of duties were presented.
Mr.. Van Wyck, from the minority Of the
committee on pensions, submitted report in
favor of the passage ofthe house bill to give in
creased pensions to one-armed and one-legged
soldiers; but as the majority report had not
been made tho minority report could not be
received.
Mr.. Jackson suggested that the majority re-
port would be ready in two or three days,
when the other could also be presented.
Mr.. Lapham, by request, introduced bill
for the relief of the state Of New York and
the soldiers of 1912.
Mr.. German introduced bill to regulate
travel on railways in the District of Colum-
bia.
Mr.. Garland introduced bill to encourage
the holding of q worlds cotton exposition in
1884.
Mr.. Platt introduced bill in relation to
the delivery of mail matter from postofices.
Mr.. Morrill,, at 11:30, moved to proceed to
the
CONFEDERATION OF THE TARIFF BILL.
The motion was adopted without opposition,
and the senate began the consideration of
SCHEDULE C-metals."
Mr.. Miller, of New York, moved to mako
the duty on iron ore and the dross or re-
siduum from burnt pyrites, 81 per ton, instead
of so cents, as in the bill. He argued that
this duty was required for tho protection of
our native ores against the cheap importa-
tions from Spain and Africa. Interested par
ties had put forth the idea that We must have
these foreign ores to mix with our own in
order to produce Bessemcr steel, but the state
ment was unfounded. This country con-
tained all the ores required for the production
of every quality of iron and steel, anl tho
manufacturers had made n mistake in seeking
for the sake of n temporary profit TO have tho
duty on iron ore SO low. Their true policy
would be to ask for such q duty as would lead
to increased homo production, and, in that
way, to reduction Of prices.
Mr.. Morrill, said there was q great variety
of opinion as to the proper duty on iron ore.
Some of the large manufacturers thought il
ought to como in free. Iron ore having been
an unenumerated article had come in at 20
per cent. ad valorem, equal TO about fifty-six
cents ton, and the finance committee after
careful consideration had come to the conclu-
sion that the duty recommended by the tariff
commission, fifty cents ton, was fair COM
promise rate.
Mr.. Beck said that IL there was to be a
heavy tax put upon all the raw materials en-
tering into the manufacture Of iron and steel
the manufacturers would of course, demand
higher rates of duty upon manufactured arti-
cles. He would move to put iron ore and
pyritcs on the free list.
Mr.. Sherman said he would not vote for any
tax or duty to protect capital or induce it to
engage in manufactures The time had been
when it was important to offer inducements to
capital but that timo had passed. and now
the only justification for protective duties was
that they were required to prevent American
labor from being degraded by the competition
of foreign cheap labor. The bill of the COM
mittee on finance seemed to have been framed
rather in the interest of the advanced processes
of manufacture, without due regard to the
crude reforms of labor engaged in iron produc-
tion, aud in this respect the report of the
tariff commission was fairer, Indeed the
more he examined that report the better
satisfied he became that it was the result of
an honest and intelligent effort to reduce
taxation with due regard to the relative rights
of all the interests concerned, and if the
choice were given him he would rather vote
for it than for the bill reported by the finance
committee.
Mr.. Beck said that both the report of the
tariff commission and the bill of the finance
committee had been carefully framed, not to
reduce the burdens of the people, but to put
as much money as possible into the pockets of
the favored classes.
Mr.. Maxey believed that tho bill was de-
signed not to reduce taxation or prices, but
to fill the pockets of tho protected manufac-
turers at the expense Of the people.
Mr.. Brown said he was utterly opposed to
levying dollar of taxes upon the people for
protection alone, and was in favor of raising
the revenue required for the support of the
government by duties upon imported articles
as soon as it could he done. Ho was earnestly
opposed to the internal revenue system.
THE STATISTICS OF IMPoRTATIoNs
last year showed that duty of about 50 pcr
cent. must be levied upon dutiable goods in
order to raise 1902, 100000, and at least $780,
100000 would be required. But this duty
would add to the cost of the peoples trace
chains, sc. No doubt of it,. fit took nothing
to support the government the people would
certainly be relieved of large amount of
taxation; but the money required for govern
ment purposes must be raised, and the people
must pay it, either in the form of duties or
direct taxation. He would vote generally to
exempt from duties almost every foreign pro-
duct not produced also in this country. Tea
and coffee, for instance, he would keep
always on the free list; but sugar. though
used as generally rs these, he would tax be-
cause it is produced hore; and he would
wish to give the American labOrers who
produce it share in the benefits of the
protection that the raising of the revenue
required for the support of tho govern
ment must necessarily give TO somebody.
saw enough in the last presidential cam
paign when We went before the people upon
the platform of "a tariff for revenue only"
saying nothing about incidental protection,
but casting aside this old doctrine of tho
fathers and of the democracy of former days.
j saw enough Of the effect in Connecticut and
New Jersey, and in Indiana, and elsewhere,
to convince me that you will never elect your
candidate ON any such platform. We may
say what we will about it, we may appeal TO
the preiudices OF the people as much as we
will, telling them that they could buy this.
that, or the other article great deal cheaper
if there were no tariff; but the people under
stand it, They understand that there has to
be fund raised by taxation to support this
government; they are intelligent enough TO
understand that it has to be done either by q
tariff on imports or by internal taxation, and
probably nine-tenths of the voters of tho
country prefer the first plan, and no party
will succeed that does not stand upon it,
Mr.. Malone said the proper way TO deter
mine what the duty ON iron ore should he
was TO investigate and compare the methods
and the cost of producing the ore in America
and in the countries from which we imported
ore. He submitted calculation to show that
the equitable proporti0nato duty on iron ore
would be at least Sl.S9 per ton, and he moved
to amend Mr., Miller's amendment so as to
make the duty Sc ton, rate which would
give tho industry the proper protection and
stimulus
Mr.. Bayard said he would propose to put
sulphuret Of iron and pyrtes on the free list
because they entered largely into the manu-