The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-31
XLYn. CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION.
SENATE.


duced bill authorizing the secre-
tary of the navy to transfer to the
secretary of the interior for entry
and sale all reserved lands not
needed for naval purposes.
Morrill,, from the finance commit
tee, reported favorably the House
bill authorizing the issuance of du-
plicate checks by the superinten-
dent of the San Francisco mint.
Williams, from the railroad COM
mittee reported the bill recently
agreed upon by the committee au-
th0rizing the Southern P aciEc and
other roads to unite for a continu-
Gus line of road from tidal waters of
the Pacific to those of the Atlantic.
Conger presented a petition of
citizens of Michigan for reduction
of the duty on sugar.
The pending question was on
Georges amendment providing for
the admission of machinery for the
manufacture of cloth and thread
from cotton, wool, hemp, jute or
ramle, and all tools used solely in
manual labor, at a duty of 10 per
cent Gd 0GIOTem.
Jones moved to add this: 'Ma-
chinery for extracting and the
manufacture Of sugar from cane,
and sorghum"
George offered a further addition
admitting agricultural implements,
tools and machinery at 10 per cent.
| for ten years after the passage Of
the act.
Vance offered an amendment pro
viding for the free admission of
machinery for the manufacture of
cotton and wooden goods.
Davis, w. Va, in a speech took
the ground that the country had
always prospered better under a
fair tariff and that the true histori-
cal democratic doctrine was not
s'tariff for revenue only" but "tariff
for revenue with incidental pro-
lection" He expressed the opinion
that if the word "only" had been
left out Of the last national demo-
cratic platform, General Hancock
would have been elected president.
The debate on the amendments
providing for the admission of ma.
chinery at 10 per cent. was carried
on till after 6 o'clock. At the end of
the debate George asked for sep
crate vote on each of the three
propositions embraced in his
amendments. Accordingly the first
vote was on the provisions that ma
chinery for the manufacture of
cotton and wooden goods. or goods
composed of hemp, jute or ramie,
should be admitted on 10 per cent.
al oGloTem. Lost, ayes IA, nays
20.
Georges second proposition to adj
nit all tools that mechanics use
solely in manual labor at ten per
cent. al 0GlOTem was rejected, ayes
Is, noes 81. The third proposition
to admit agricultural implements,
ETC., at the same was rejected, ayes
Is, noes 80.
Jonas modified his amendment so
as to provide for the admission of
machinery for the extraction and
manufacture of sugar from cane and
sorghum at 25 per cent. Gd UGZoTena.
Rejected.
Vance modified his amendment
providing for the free admission of
machinery for the manufacture of
cotton and wooden goods by strik-
ling out wooden and reducing the
| period eff such free admission from
ten to three years. Lost, ayes s,
noes 34s ~n
The metal schedule being dis
posed of, the Senate proceeded to
consider the sugar schedule.
Morrill, offered substitute for the
schedule as follows: Schedule E,
sugars all sugars not above No. Is,
Dutch standard in color, shall pay
duty on their pelariscopic test as
follows, viz: all sugars not above Is,
Dutch standard in color, all tank
bottoms, syrups Of cane juice, or of
beet juice, melado, concentrated
melado, concrete and concentrated
molasses, testing by the polariscope
not above Is degrees, shall pay a
duty of 14c. per pound, and for
every additional degree or fraction
of degree shown by the polariscopic
test they shall pay 5-100 of cent
per pound additional. All sugars
above No. 13, Dutch standard in
color, shall be classified by the
Dutch standard of color and pay
duty as follows, viz: all sugar
above No. Is and not above l6, Dutch
standard, 2 65-100e. per pound; all
sugar above No. 16 and not above
No. 20, Dutch standard, 15-100c.
per pound.
All sugars above No. 20. Dutch
standard, 8 IS 100 cents a pound /;
molasses, testing not above Sc de-
grees by the polariscope, shall pay a
duty of cents a gallon. Molasses
testing above SO degrees shall pay a
duty of s cents a gallon.
Other amendments were proposed
and acted upon, when the Senate
adjourned.
HOUSE.