National Republican., 1883-01-23

published in the New York Herald Of Tues
day, relating to the tariff on sugar
Mr.. Morgan asked Mr.. Vance whether the
commissioners were sworn.
Mr.. Vance did not know, but presumed they
were not.
Mr.. Morgan. take IL they were not from the
character of that letter.
Mr.. Ingalls, The writer of that letter, believe,
Is democrat from Louisiana.
Mr.. Vance. Yes. sir; and this letter only shows
how this doctrine of protection will affect the
character OF any man who accepts u, however
well ho may have been raised. lLaughterl
Mr. Cockrell did not believe that there
would be any advantage in holding evening
sessions, and he preferred to take up the
tariff bill daily Immediately after the routine
morning business, and continue to work at IL
until o'clock and then adjourn. He pro-
posed an amendment to this effect but as IL
would change the rules unanimous consent
was required for its immediate considera-
tion.
Mr. Hoar objected While very dcsrous
that progress should be made with the tariff
bill, he was unwilling TO agree to an arrange
ment which would cut Off all other business.
Mr.. Hale offered resolution, which will
come up to-day, providing that each day, ut
the end of the regular morning business, the
senate shall proceed to the consideration of
| the tariff bill and continue it until 6 o'clock.
At 1 o'clock several senators called for the
regular ORDER
THE TARIFF BILL,
] which was taken up.
The pending question was on Mr.. Van
| WyclSs motion to strike out all of schedule
| ID (wOod and wooden ware), and put the arti-
| cles covered by it upon the free list. Ho
modified tho motion so as to leave unchanged
the duty proposed in tho bill upon house or
cabinet furniture.
Mr.. Kellogg offered an amendment to the
sugar tariff (Which was ordered printed),
making the duty on all sugars 2.25-1O0 cents
per pound; on molasses, testing net above SO
degrees by the polariscopc cents per gallon,
and on molassc3 testing above SO degrees, 10
cents per gallon. He offered this now, as he
said, for the information of the senate and of
the committee on finance, and to warn both
against the influence and tho arguments of
the rciinors.
Mr. ingalls, said that the statistics of timber
and wood consumption in this country were
very interesting. More than 32,0O0,000 of our
people still used wood as fuel, and the amount
so consumed last year was worth moro than
$30O,OOOOOO. Our annual consumption of wood
was estimated to require the product of
100000 square miles of heavily timbcrcd
land and even on the most liberal estimate
the supply probably would not last longer
than fifteen years. Tho argument that tho
duty on foreign lumber was required for the
protection of American labor was somewhat
attenuated by the fact shown by statistics
that the average wages paid to persons en-
gagged in that occupation was les than rs cents
a day.
Mr.. Morrill, said that men in the lumber
business were employed only during short
season.
Mr.. ingalls, said that If he considered only
the interest of the people of his state he would
hesitate to vote for the reduction proposed by
the senator from Iowa, because the relief it
would give would be so significant; but tho
other aspect of the question presented by the
senator from Delaware (Mr. Bayard) was Of
great natural importance-thC necessity for
preventing the destruction of the forests
around the headwatcrs af our rivers Syria
and Spain and Palestine and Italy were illus
trations of the evils resulting from the de-
struction of forests. He would like to see this
schedule separated, so as to admit free of duty
timber squared or sided, sawed boards, plank,
deals, whitewood, sycamore, Eastwood, and
other sawed lumber and laths.
,, Mr. McDill said he would withdraw his mo-
tion in favor of that proposed by Mr.. In
gals.
: After some further discussion Mr.. Van
Wyck accepted the amendment proposed by
Mr.. ingalls, as u substitute for his own motion
to strike out most of the articles in the
schedule
Mr.. Ingallss amendmentwas agreed to by a
vote of ayes 25 noes 49,
IL strikes from the bill and puts upon the
free list timber squared or sided, not specially
enumerated; sawed boards, plank, deals and
other lumber of hemlocl; whitewood, syca-
more, Eastwood and all other articles OF
sawed lumber; also, laths, shingles, and pine
and spruce capboards.
Mr.. Morgan moved TO take cedar lignum
J vitG, lancewood, ebony, box, granadilla, ma
hogany, rosewood, satinwood, and all cabinet
; woods unmanulactured out of the free list
and TO impose upon them twenty per ccntum
advalorem. Lost-aycs TO- noes 81.
Mr.. Coclsrell offered resolution providing
for taking up the tariff bill each day after
the regular morning business and considering
! it until rs late rs o'clock.
The resolution was laid over until to-day.
: Mr.. Morrill,, in reply to questions, statet
that the metals schedule would probably bt
considered to-day.
. At 5:55 the senate adjourned.