The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-20
FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
The Senate Passes Some Amend
ments to the Tariff Bill.
the House Also Spends Valuable Time on
the Tariff without Accomplishing
Anything.
THE SENATE.

Several Amendment to the Tarih Bill
Agreed To.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 19.-Mr. Jackson presented
the credentials of his colleague, Mr.. Harris,
which were read and filed.
The President laid before the Senate a memoir
ial of the Iroquois Club, of Chicago, praying Con-
gress to accept the Illinois and Michigan canal,
with a view to making it a national waterway to
the Mississippi.
A bill was reported favorably granting a pen
sion to the widow of the late Major-general War
rem, which was agreed to.
The Senate will hereafter meet at 10 A. N.
Mr.. Vest announced that he would ask action
on the resolution for a committee TO investigate
the Yellowstone Park matter as soon as the tariff
bill was disposed OF.
After a brief executive session, the tariff bill
was taken up, the pending question being on an
amendment offered by Mr.. Sherman In relation
to the duty on steel.
At the suggestion of Mr.. Allison, Mr.. Sherman
modified his amendment by striking out the pro
vision making the duty on steel not otherwise
enumerated or provided for 40 per cent.-ad va
loren, but stated that if the first part of the
amendment should be agreed to, he would offer
this provision later. The amendment was fur
ther modified on motion OF Mr.. Mcpherson, and,
after a long debate, adopted as follows: Steel
ingots, in cogged ingots, bloom or slabs, by what
ever process made, die blocks or blanks. billets
ana bars, and tapered or beveled bars, bands,
hoops, strips and sheets of all gauges
and widths, plates of all thicknesses
and widths, steamer crank and other shafts,
W rist or crank pins, connecting rods and piston
rods, pressed, sheared or stamped, shapes or
blanks of sheet or plate steel, or combination of
steel and iron, punched or not punched; ham
mer, mOlds or swaged steel, gun-mOlds not in
bars, alloys used as substitutes for steel tools,
all descriptions and shapes of dry sand. loan or
steel castings, and all of the above
classes of steel not otherwise specially provided
for in this act, valued at 5 cents per pound or
less, 40 per centum ad val0rem; and above 5
cents a pound and not above 9 cents. 21A cents
per pound; valued above 8 cents per pound, 34
cents per pound.
"steel not specially enumerated or provided for
in this act, 80 per cent. ad valoreD," in order
that such steel might be provided for elsewhere
IS.
Mr., Van wyck asked for a vote on his amend
ment, offered some days since, reducing the
duty on sawed board plank, deals and other
lumber of hemlOck, whitewood, sycamore and
Eastwood, from 81 to so cents per LOCO feet.
Lost-veas 10 nays 30.
Mr.. Van WICK asked also for a separate vote on
his amendment reducing the duty on other
sawed lumber from 50 to 81 per 200 feet, as n
test of the sincerity of the senators in protesting
a desire to reduce the burdens of the people.
LOst-yeas Is, nays 80.
MIR Mcpherson moved to strike out the pro-
vision relating to wire rope and wire strands of
iron or steel wire, etc and Insert the GLOWING:
''There shall DO placed on galvanized iron or
steel w~ire-except wire and also tin plates,
terne plates and taggers tin, herein before pro-
vided foI-when galvanized or coated with any
Dltldi dllDN VI ullAluIb VI llbJdlet ny any DTOtthS
whatsoever. not including paints, one-half OF
1 cent per pound in addition TO the rates pro-
vided for in this act; on irOn-wlre rope and iron
strand, l cent per pound in addition to the rates
imposed upon the wire of which 1t is made; on
steel-wire rope and iron strand, 1ls cents per
pound in addition to the rates imposed on the
wire from which it is made"
Messrs. Dawes and Hoar opposed the excep-
tiOn of fence wire. and Mr.. Hoar moved to strike
out the exception.
Mr.. Coke advocated it in the interest Of the
farmers of the country.
Mr.. Jones, of New York, addressed the Senate
at length III favor of protection.
After further debate the amendments offered
by Messrs: Mcpherson and Hoar were rejected.
the latter by a vote of-yeas 16, nays OF; the
former-yeas 8, nays 80.
Mr.. Morgan moved to strike out all the sched-
ules, and insert the provision that after the LIST
of July, 1883, the tariff duties shall be reduced
Is per cent, and after the LIST of July, 1884,
there shall be a further reduction of 10 per cent.
Mr.. Brown moved to place salt on the free list.
Lost-yeas "a. nays &c.
Mr.. Vance offered an amendment repeating so
much OF the internal revenue laws as requires
that a storekeeper and gauger be appointed to
dlstillerles having a capacity of less than thirty
gallons per day, and providing that such dis
tilleries shall obtain license therefor.
Mr.. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, made q vigor-
Gus speech favoring protection.
Mr.. Cameron's motion to recommit was lost
yeas of Pennsylvania, Jones of Ne
vada, Sewell and Vest; nays 46.
Mr.. Vance's amendment was %Ost-yeas IL,
nays SO.
On motion of Mr.. Plumb, the duty on whiting
and Paris white was changed from 20 per cent.
ad valorem to half a cent per pound.
On motion of Mr.. Conger, the duty on copper
cement was fixed at Big cents per pound of pure
copper contained therein.
Mr.. Morgan offered an amsndment that a
drawback of rs cents per ton shall be allowed
on bituminous coal imported into the United
States, which is a%fterward used for fuel on board
steamers engaged In the cOasting trade or in
trBde with foreign countries, to be allowed and
paid under sach regulations as the Secretary of
the Treasury shall prescribe. Agreed to-yeas
25, nays lS.
On motion of Mr.. Aldrich a duty of one-half
cent per pound was imposed to silicate of soda
or other alkaline silicate.
Mr.. Hoar moved to reduce the duty on pol
ished, planished and glanced sheet steel or sheet
iron from two and a half TO two cents per pound.
Agreed to-yeas, %; nays, II,
Adjourned until IL tomorrow.