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

Dullolng up monopOlies by law.
Mr.. Conger said he would offer an
amendment carrying out the recommends
ton OF the tariff commission, leaving the
duty on salt as it had stood for twelve or
fifteen years past, II cents per 100 lbs, on
salt In packages, and cents per 100 lbs,
on that in bulk. Under these rates the
price of salt had fallen from $3.50 to 10
cents barrel.
Mr.. Camden said that the Kanawha salt
region, while greatly favored in some re-
spects, rested under two disadvantages,
which prevented it from competing sue
cessfully with New York and Michigan.
The boring was more expensive
because salt wells had to be much deeper,
and the brine was not so strong or so ca
silly converted into salt as that of Michigan
and New York. Therefore Virginia pro-
ducers had found themselves unable to
compete successfully with others and had
been forced to go into an arrangement by
which they were permitted to manufacture
only certain percentage of the salt prod
uct of the country, and this percentage
being to small too employ all the existing
works some had to be closed.
Mr.. Williams thought that God had in
tended that light, air, water and salt should
be free. The cost Of transportation was
all the protection needed by salt, and to
tax it was crime against humanity and
against nature.
Mr.. Vance's motion to strike ont salt
and LEI it go upon the free list was los.
Ayes, %; noes, "a.
Mr.. Allison modified his amendment so
as to allow the refunding, in sums Of not
less than 500, of the entire duty paid
upon salt used in curing meats for export,
if actually exported.
After further discussion the whole sub
ject of the remission of duty upon salt
used in curing meats, or fish, was reserved
by unanimous consent for consideration
when the bill passes from the committee
of the whole into the senate.
Recurring to the clauses relating to
opium, which were passed over informally,
Mr.. Miller, of California moved to strike
out the clause imposing duty of 81 per
pound on opium, and to insert the follow
ing: 'Opium, crude, containing 9 per
cent. or over of morphia, ST per pound;
and the importation of opium containing
less than per cent. of morphia is hereby
prohibited Agreed to.
Mr.. Miller then moved to increase the
duty on opium prepared for smoking
from Sc to $40 per pound. Agreed to.
Referring to the items of lead and
chemicals, on motion of Mr.. AIdrich they
were amended as follows: Acetate of
lead, brown, four cents per pound; acetate
of lead, white, six cents per pound; white
lead, when dry or in pulp, three cents per
pound; Itharge, three cents per pound;
orange mineral and red lead, three cents
per pound"
Mr.. George moved to amend the para
graph exempting from duty machinery fer
the manufacture of beet sugar, by also
exempting machinery for the manufac-
ture of goods composed of cotton, wool,
hemp or ramie. Lost.
Mr.. Sherman moved to strike out the
paragraph. Agreed to.
The next section provides for charge of
$3.50 for every entrance of a vessel of
100 tons burden and upward and the
same for every clearance.
Mr.. Beck moved to amend so as to make
these charges apply only to vessels of 500
tons burden and upward.
Mr.. Ingalls, moved to amend the amend
ment so as to fix the limit of burden at 500.
Agreed to.
The fee for every entrance and clearance
of vessels under 800 tons was fixed at $3.50.
After some general discussion Mr.. Ed
munds moved to strike out everything con-
tanned in the bill after the tariff provis-
ions except the two paragraphs repeating
sections 2,9O7 and 2,9O8 of the revised
statutes, which impose duties on charges
and commissions. The motion was agreed
to without division.
The portions of the bill stricken out are
those which would make changes in the
machinery for the collection of custom
duties. Although Mr.. Edmunds made a
motion to strike it out, it was first suggest
ed by.U Mr. Ingalls,. The
reason he assigned was, that
although he believed the machinery
for collecting the duties required simplif-
cation, the work could not be properly
performed this session for want of time.
Mr.. Sherman offered an additional sec
ton, of which he gave notice yesterday,
relating to the effect of repeating or modi-
flying portions of this act in rights accru-
ing or accrued, and rights or liabilities
arising under existing laws. The section
was adopted.
The internal revenue portion of the bill
was then taken up.
Mr.. Beck moved to make the tax on
snuff and manufactured tobacco eight
cents per pound instead of twelve cents as
in the bill.
Mr.. Beck insisted on a vote on his mo-
ton, which resulted: ayes, 5; noes, II.
Those who voted aye were Barrow, Davis
of West Virginia, German, Morgan and
Sawyer.
No quorum present, and the senate adj
journed.
Mr.. Morgan gave notice of an amend
ment to be offered in the senate, requir-
ing all persons selling at wholesale other
articles, in the semblance of sugar, molas-
ses or syrups, not the product of sugar
cane, beets or sorghum, to stamp or brand
articles in plain Roman letters, with their
proper descriptive names, under penalty
of fine, and making similar provisions
in relation to retail sales.
House.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-Mr. Bedford, from
the committee on coinage, weights and
measures, reported resolution declaring
it inexpedient to discontinue the coinage
of silver under the existing law, and rec
ommending the committee on appropria-