Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-10
Especial Telegram to the Globe. ]

ana Wisconsin protesting against Iuo TO
moval of the duty on lumber. They urge
that the tariff bill of the senate, as it now
stands, would prove disastrous to the lum-
ber manufacturing interests of the United
States, and especially unjust, because of
the fact that high tariff against American
lumber is maintained in Canada.
A petition signed by q long list of own
ers of lake vessels, asking an appropria-
tion of 100000 for continuing the harbor
of safety at Grand Rapids, Mich, was pre-
sented in the house to-day.
THE WHISKY BOND EXTENSION.
The commissioner of internal rev.
enue has just stated, in answer
to an inquiry from Louisville, that should
the bill extending the bonded period pass
before the session is ended, he wosld hold
it to apply to all whisky manufactured in
February up to the date of the passage of
the bill. This decision will make the
whisky now being manufactured five year
goods, if the bill passes.
IRON MEN DIsGUsTED.
The iron men in congress and in the
the action of the house upon the iron
schedule, and they did not conceal their
determination to do their best to defeat
the passage of the bill unless, when the bill
comes out of the committee of the whole,
the duties on iron shall be increased at
least to the rates recommended by the
tariff commission. The committee OF
ways and means themselves are disgusted
with the action of the house yesterday and
to-day, and privately confess that the pros
pect of getting tariff bill through is very
shadowy, which means that Kelly and
Mckinley do not care to have the tariff re
vised if iron is to be reduced. Comment
ing upon this interesting change
in the situation, Republican
remarked to-day that the Pennsylvania
Republicans were now getting their reward
for selling out the speakership, by which
they obtained the appointment of three
representatives from that state on the ways
and means committee. Mr.. Randall, too,
is getting bufets from the Democrats and
Republicans, and sees his hopes of recov-
ering the speakers chair rapidly fading
away while he straddles the tariff fence.
Republicans from the agricultural districts
of the West privately acknowledge their
sympathy with the low tariff men, with
qualification of Incidental protection;
but the discipline of the Republican
ranks has been maintained with
frmness, and any man who dared to vote
with the Democrats for reduction of the
enormous duties proposed by the commit
tee Of ways and means was twitted with the
enemy and advised to go over to the Dem
ocrats. This kind of bulldozing has had
much greater effect than can be realized
or than could have been anticipated. Mr.
Anderson, of Kansas, has shown indepen-
dence and courage from the beginning of
the discussion, yet has been guyed and
ridiculed and expostulated with by his
party associates, and has been openly &C
cused of being put forward by the Demo
Gratis, and although he replied with spirit
he has not seemed to follow his wonted in
dependence as freely as he had previously
done.
TIE BESSEMER STEEL hONOPOLYs
The Sherman family is just now devot-
ing a good deal of attention to the Besse-
mer steel monopoly, and is making it quite
warm for that monster monopoly too. Capt.
Fitch, the president of the Harrison Wine
company, son-in-law of Sherman, is lead
ing the fight, and should he succeed, it
promises to bring him more fame and
wealth than did the magnificent present OF
diamonds sent to his bride by the khedive
of Egypt on their wedding day.
He is assisted by Col. Moulton
brother-in law of Gen. and Senator
Sherman, who says frankly that he is in
favor of corporations as rule, but that
this is too much for him. Your correspond
ent met the amiable colonel in the capi-
| tol to-day, and asked about the fight, of
which something has always been tele-
graphed you.
"Well,'' he said, 'the fact is that this
Bessemer Steel company, which controls
the patent for making Bessemer steel, doe:
so in defiance of law and justice, and ii
doing so prohibits the deyelopement of an
| industry in Missouri, and in other states
which would be of vast interest to thi!
country. There are whole counties o.
iron ore in Missouri which, under the
"basic" process, might be made into Bes
semer steel, and this company refuses tC
permit them to be developed, or to deyel
op them itself. 1t owns large quantitie:
of iron land there, but will not develop it
Nor will it permit others to use their pat
ent by which the Bessemer steel is made
The 'sbasic'' process is not used by then
in the Pennsylvania ores, yet they will no
allow it to be used by anybody else, or ust
it themselves. They are playing dog ir
the manger' all the way through"
'And to use the words of the late lament
ed, what are you going to do about it?"
''Well We hold that these companies
you see the Bessemer company is made NJ
of rolling mill companies in Pennsylvania
Ohio Illinois, Missouri and New York
we hold these companies have no lega
right to combine in one grand copartner
ship to prevent competition. We ask ar
amendment to the tariff bill to prevent
companies from organizing to contro
patents
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