The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-02-17

cial Exchange, requesting the passage
of just and equitable bankrupt law.
Mr.. Kellogg presented two bills to
improve the navigation OF the Missis-
sippi.
Mr.. Sawyer presented the resolutions
Of the Wisconsin Legislature, praying for
an appropriation for the Lake Superior
harbOr, Wisconsin.
The tariff bill was then taken up, the
pending question being on the amend
ment proposed by Mr.. Morrill, (by in
structiOn of the Finance COmmittee) re-
ducing from five one e-hundredths to four
One-hundredths Of cent per pound the
additional duty to be paid on sugars
above No. 13, Dutch standard, for every
degree or fraction OF degree above 70
degrees, as shown by the pOlariscOpe.
MORE TARIFF TINKERING.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14-The question
Of putting books on the free list engaged
the Senate large part of to-day. Mr..
Morrill, said if this was done there wO'd
be nothing left for our printers to do
except newspaper and book work. Mr..
Morgan of Alabama said Northern
book publishers had been enabled by
means of tariff duties to acquire mo-
nOpOly, which they had used as an agen-
cy to propagate ideas the South had
found it necessary to resist by establish
ing similar industries at home. Mr.. In
gals said the United States were the
only nation that imposed a duty on
books. Before the war the tax on books
was only 8 per cent. during the war 10
per cent. and 1t was now proposed to in
crease the duty upon knowledge to 20 per
cent. Mr.. Bayard favored free books,
but deeming it impractlcable to carry
that idea wholly into effect, he moved an
amendment, restricting the duty to
books printed wholly or partly in the
English language, with the rate at Is
per cent. The amendment was opposed
by some speakers on the ground that ii
Disseminated in favor of scholars. Mr..
HOar thought duty of 20 or 20 per
cent. on books was the inevitable Sc
quence Of the other provisions of the
tariff. IL books were admitted free, the
Senate ought to remove the duty from
paper, leather and type.
Mr.. Bayard's amendment was adopted
by vote of 80 to 81. A motion by Mr..
Morrill, to increase the rate on books
from 10 to 20 per cent. was lost.
The amendment increasing the duty
on bituminOus coal from so to rs cents
a ton gave rise to a long debate. Mr..
Morgan said 1t was prompted by coal
mining mOnOpOlists. He said the Vari-
GUS mOnOpOlies had their congresses, and
that the United States Senate, which
used to enact laws for the benefit of the
whole people, was now the servant of
these mOn0pOlies and their lobbyists.
The charge was Indignantly denied by
Messrs. Davis, Wright, German and 9TH
ers. The increased duty was finally ad-
opted. The tax ON friction matches was
fixed at 80 per cent, on garden seeds at
20 per cent.
Mr.. Cox having abandoned his effort
to secure the free admittanee of foreign
ships, made an Intellectual attempt in
the House to-day, to have tax of only
20 per cent. imposed on them. The day
session was devoted to debate ON the
wood schedule. Messrs. Holman, Deus
tes, Anderson, Cox and others tried hard
without success, to have lumber placed
on the free list. They argued that free
lumber was needed to preserve Ameri-
can forests. Their opponents said 800
600 day was paid as wages to lumber
men alone in Michigan; and that to put
lumber on the free list would be to
strike a blow at American labor, The
tree lumber men, on the other hand, as
serted that the lumber tariff amounted
to tax on hepeOple of $40 100000, and
that the average wages was only 1925
per annum to each labOTer, showing
lhdb bhO WOl lhALklutu ulu uOb Reb bIl6
benefit of the tariff, but that the money
went into the pockets of rich mOnOpO-
lists. The free lumber amendment was
defeated, and several amendments to re-
duce the lumber tax, and others to in
crease it were lost.
The whisky men made an effort to call
up the bonded whisky bill tonight.
They had made a careful canvass of the
House to-day, and ButterwOrth, who is
leading for the whisky people, reported
that he could count on more than eighty
votes. That many were reported to
have pledged themselves to be present
tonight and vote. When the evening
session began, ButterwOrth at once mo-
we'd to antagOniZe the consideration of
the Legislative bill with the whisky
bill. A vote was taken, and the whisky
men could muster only 81 votes. The
proposition was voted down; 81 votes
being recorded against 1t. This is re-
garded as indicating that the bill has
no chance in the House.
The number of internal revenue col.
lection districts was fixed at SO, which
is reduction Of A districts.