Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-10

than No. 90 wire gauge and not thinner
than No. % wire gauge, one and three
tenths cents per pound thinner than
No. % wire gauge and not thinner than
No. % wire guage, one and a half cents
per pound; thinner than No. %
wire guage, and all iron commercially
known as common or black taggers iron,
whether put in boxes or bundles or not, 80
per cent. ad valorem. The item imposing
duty of one and one-tenth cents per
pound on tin plate, ETC., having been
reached, Mr.. hasson moved to reduce the
duty to one cent, though he was not sure
but that it should be reduced to three
fOurths of a cent or that it should not be
put on the free list.
Mr.. Bayne moved to increase the duty to
two cents per pound and characterized the
pending paragraph as a departure from
the principle which ran through the bill,
and as a violent departure from the prin-
ciple of protection. The duty on
tin plates. as fixed in the
bill. was fixed in response to
the clamor of that greatest of all monopo-
lies. the Standard Oil company, and he
criticised the committee of ways and
means for having abandoned Its duty, lis
tened to that clamor, and violated the great
principle which was supposed to permeate
Tie bill. The Standard Oil company had
very large interest in seeing that the
duty on tin plate should not be increased.
he hoped the house would abolish the
drawback clause and thus shut out the
monster which had inspired this opposi-
lion.
Mr.. Anderson moved to strike out the
whole clause. stating that his intention
was to. move to place it on the
free list. If there was anything which
ne was absolutely opposed to, it was these
classes monopoly, Ia particular the Stand
ard Oil company. This was a tax Of
55,OO0,OO0 levied on people who bought
any article of tin. Here was, thank God.
one little rift IN the clouds, one CLEAN of
sunshine. one breath of fresh air, where
there was chance to reduce the revenue and
lift off taxation.
Mr. Hammond, in response to a sugges-
ton made by Mr.. Kelly, that some time in
the future the tin plate industry might
grow up which ought now to be protected
likened that suggestion to the action of
Mrs. Toddles in buying door plate bear
ing the name of Thompson with ''p," in
the vague expectation that she might have
a daughter who might marry a man of
that name.
Mr.. Carlisle deprecated the bringing of
the specter of the Standard Oil company
into the discussion, when it was well known
that the company exported most of its
goods and received drawback of 80 per
cent.
Mr.. Knott quoted statistical ia
bles to show the extent of the
canning industry and the number of labor
ers employed in it, and opposed placing a
burden of taxation on an industry which
reached every part of the country.
The motions of Messrs. Bayne and An
derson were lost and Mr.. Kasson's motion
was agreed to, so the duty on tin plates
was fixed at one cent per pound.
On motion of Mr.. Haskell the clause i'm
posing one and nine-tenths cents per
pound on corrugated or crimpsd iron, or
steel, was struck from the bill.
The moment the next clause, imposing
q duty of one and four-tenhts cents per
pound on cotton ties, was reached, half a
dozen members from the Southern states
were on their feet, claiming recognition.
MIR. Mackay was the fortunate man, and
he moved to reduce the duty to 30 per
cent. ad valorem.
Mr.. Blount said there was moi single |
iota of protection for the labor of the
South, which had to compete against the
slave labor of Brazil and the fellah labor
Of Egypt. If congress had any regard for
the labor of the South in the name of
heaven let it alone in this matter of cotton |
ties. Pending action the committee rose
and tho bp7-za took q rapeSe
The house at the evening session passed |
4 large number Of pension bills, and bills |
granting condemned cannon for monu-
mental purposes. Among them was bill |
granting q pension of 500 month to the
widow of Major Hawk, late representative |
from the Sixth Illinois district, and bill
granting bronze cannon for the
purpose of erecting a monument to Gen.
VIM. H Lytle, of Cincinnati. Adjourned. |
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