New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-31
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by Senator Salisbury. Senators Frye. Blair Hoar
and Morrill, also made speeches against the George
amendment The Southern Senators who supported
Il did not make pleasing showing. They boosted
of the great natural advantages of the South con-
trastlng them with the sterility and unproductive
ness of all other portions Of the country and in the
same breath pathetcally described their own back
wardness and their hardships all of which they at
trbuted to the greediness Of Northern manuiac-
turers Living under the same laws and with all
their natural advantages hey did not account for
the comparative backwardDess of the South. They
seemed 10 be very sure however that the practical
repeal OF the dlty upon machinery ior
use of Southern people was all that
was required to reverse the conditions and bring
prosperity to the South. The fact that the larger
and veal hier population Of the North was pa'lhg
by far the largest proportion of the taxes OF which
they complained did not enter INTO their pteSehtd-
ton of the question.
When the speech-Inak,ng was ehhauS"u 'N0
question was divided and IT'S parts were Noeu upon
separately. The proposition TO reduce inc tarin
upon machinery used in the manufacture oil COTTON
was lost nv a vote OF IA 80. Senator Kellogg was
th.,o,,v Rsmblcan who voted in the affirmative,
while Messrs Bayard, Beck, Call Camden, Cock
roll Davis of West Virginia. Cor
man. Groome, Hampton, Jones. McPher-
son. Salisbury and Voorhees,, Democrats,
voted in the negative The prop 'sition TO reduce
the tariff ON tools of mechanics used exclusively
iu manual labor was lost by vote of Is to 81.
An amendm mt by Mr.. Maxey reducing the tariff
on agricultural implements to 10 per centum al va
loren was lost by o vote of IS t, SO. An amendment
proposed by Mr. Vance providing for the admission
of cotton machinery free for zen years, terward
mo lifted to three years, was ost by vOt' OF to
81 An amendment by Mr. Jonas reducing the rate
,,,o, n, oh the manufacture of
sorghum sugar to % per centum a | vaiorem was
lost wit out division. This com. leIed the conSld
Grafton of the met al schedule.
The considerati on OF the sugar schedule was then
entered upon. Mr. Morrill, ofeced ubsttut
for the whole schedule the proposition recently
agreed upon by majority OF the Finance Com
miltee winch is as follows: All sugars not above
No. Is Dutch st "a IA Il in col II sla pay DUTY on
their po,arlscOpc test as follows viz: All sugars
n t above No 10 Ddtch standard III color, all tank
bottoms. syruDs of cane.Julce or Oh be9tJulc
meada concentrated melada. con .rete aud 60 lcen-
tr ted moiasses, testing by the POLAR cope moi
above nty-tive degrees, sIali pay DUTY OF
1 251O0 cents per pOuhd. and Tor ayery add ton
decree or traction of degree shown bv the pol
copic est they shall cav 5-lo0th of ceut per pound
additional All sugars above No 13 Dutch
standard IN color shall be ella -sihed BY he IN ch
standard of colOs and duty as follows. namely
All sugars above No. IL and moi above No. 10 Dutcn
standard. 2 and 65-lO0th cents pr pound; all
sugar ,bOye No. l6 and not above M. 20 Dutch
q andar (. 3 and l5100th cents per pound al sg-
gars above NO. ~ OutCl Aiduutt'ti - anu oC-iOJlI
ceuts per pound. 81 oIabses testing not abive 560
by the poirscOpe shall paT du OF cents per
gallon molasses testing above % shall pay
duty of 3 cents per ganon.'
IT. McPhe son INTRODUCED as substitute the
sugar schedule reported bl the Tariff OmmISsou,
which ameDdme q was Identical with thd IN rO-
duced by 7. ke logg several days ago. Mr.. Nor
gan TOOK the floor at hals-past with written
speecn to Which not ST. gle Senasor lis one. Dir,
Jonas 10 10 we'd wi sp .eeh, which. he is he
lmnleda c represe i've OF the louisiana su "a
lntereS o nmanded clio er attention. lie favored
"a hugh rate upon low grades of sugars, which are
those cui, hy produced IN his Srat - poSliIol
which il supposed to be adverse TO the Int res ot
the sugar refaers who buy tue low grades abroad.
and VINO are exertng themselves TO have only the
higher g AIDES vel protected.