The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-02-03


The section giving the President pow
er to declare imperative the section pro-
hibiting the importation OF neat cattle
was amended so as to provide, the Presi-
dent may declare the prohibitive proyi-
sion imperative during his pleasure" f."
The section which provides no watch
es or parts Of watch movements, which
simulate the name or trademark of any
domestic mandatory, shall be admit.
ted to entry unless the domestic manu-
facturer Is the importer, was extended
to all other articles.
Mr.. Haskell (Kan.) moved to strike out
the words "and in all cases of doubt as
to the classification for duty Of an i'm
ported article, such article shall be clas-
slted at the highest rate of dnty." Ac-
cepted.
On motion Of Mr.. Morrison, Qll) the
clause repeating sections 1907 and 2,9O8
OF the Revised Statutes, was inserted in
this part of the bill, instead of the con-
cludlng sections, as proposed by the
committee. These are sections for du-
ties on commissions and charges.
Mr.. White (Ky.) offered an amend
ment, providing that upon the impOrta-
tiOn of articles once the growth, product
or manufacture of the United States,
upon which no internal tax has been as
| sessed or paid, there shall be levied, col
| lected and paid duty double Gnstead
Of equal, as provided by the bilL to the
tax imposed by the internal revenue
law upon such articles. He said this
provision of the bill was an attempt
| which went far to convince him of the
/ truth of the statement made on the floor
last year, that there was an understan-
ding between some special tariff men
and some special whisky men, which
was doing no benefit to the country and
a great deal less to the Republican par
| ty. The Bonded Extension bill had
been slipped through the House in
manner that was infamous.
Mr.. ButterwOrth (0hiO)who has charge
of the Bonded Extension bill, said he
| in part with other gentlemen, Tepresen-
ted an interest which paid into the trea-
sury S1OO,OOO,OOO, and which was now
absolutely Frustrated.
Several epublicans-"GoOdl Goodp'
You did not say good" retOTted Mr.
ButterwOTth, when 1t paid your soldiers
while they fought your battles. You
did not say good" when it put banda
ges around your wounded soldiers. You
did not say good" when it paid pen
siOns to widows and orphans. l have
been earnest in helping the industries
of New England and Pennsylvania, but
our bankers, our boards of trade, our
chambers of commerce, our merchants,
gTOcers, have asked this House for three
hours consideration of the bill for the
relief of the iistilleTy industry, and we
cannot have an hour.
MIR. White-When did they ask for
three hOurs2 They slipped the bill
through under the suspension Of the
rules.
Mr.. Blackburn-Ic challenge that state
ment, and remind the gentleman that
the record shows 1t was reported unan-
imOusly from the Committee on Ways
and Means, and passed the House with
out dissenting vote.
| MIR, White-It passed without debate
and without my being able to get the
yeas and nays.
The Chair-The gentleman is not in
order.
Mr.. ButterwOrth-He hardly ever is. 1
want the House at very early day to
consider the claims of the great indus
try which Is now prOstTated, and which
If relief is not granted, will probably
In its own destruction drag down many
protected industries.
| Mr.. Read (Maine) said he had heard
three times before precisely this DIS
| course about the danger which was to
come from refusing their (the distillersO
demands, and if they were successfully
this time he would expect to hear It
Just once more, and that was on the de-
mand to repeal the whisky tax. Zap
| plhuSe Oh Jlb hbpuDAlChu Blu6.
Mr.. Blackburn submitted to the House
that as long as it recognized whisky as
property, as long as 1t burdened 1t with
a tax of three hundred per cent. above
| its actual value, it was not only fair,
but wise, to treat the whisky interest
with common decenecy. He was opposed
| to abOlishing the tax on whisky and to-
bacco, but he would d II fairly by them
and enable them to- Jay their tax. He
1 hgaWF frnn 81 70 n
tea and free coffee, instead Of free
whisky. Applause on the Democratic
| side.
Mr.. Whites amendment was lOst-15
to 1856 and the consideration Of this
paragraph was passed from. Adjourned.
TARIFF TALK.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-ConsideTatiOn
of the sugar schedule Of the Tariff bill
| was resumed. ,
After debate Mr.. Aldrich's amendment
making the additional" duty on sugars
| not above 13 Dutch standard fOur-hun-
dredths of a cent per pound instead of
five, and Mr.. McPheTsOn's substitute
| therefor, the Tariff Commission sched-
ule pure and simple, were rejected.
Mr.. Frye offered an amendment to
make duty on sugars OF all grades 40
per cent.
Debate was interrupted by the repre-
| sentation of House resolutions relatin z
to the death of Representative Orth.
MsssTs. Harrison, Frye and Voorhees,
made addresses, resolutions were adopt
ed and the Senate adjourned,
HOUSE-In Co nmittee of the Whole,
the House struck from the Tariff bill
the item placing duty of ten per cent.
on sulphate and salts of quinia and
cinchOna.
On motion Of Mr.. Carlisle, the duty on
Alumni, alum, ETC., was reduced from
80 to 40 cents per hundred pounds.
After completing the consideration of
50 OF the l60 items of the chemical
schedule, the committee rose, and the
House began eulOgies on the late Rep
Tesentative 0rth, of Indiana. ResOlu.
tiOns of respect were adopted, and the
House adjourned.