The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-16
REINHARDT, the Clothier

il. good demand. Sugar active, firm and
higher; common to good common. - 10
81 lair to fully fair, Ct to 6; prime to
choice, 60 to 81; yellow clarified Il; TO s;
choice white clarified 81. Molasses steady
with good demand. Rice quiet and weak.
4 to 6s. Bran higher; Sl.l0. Cotton.seed
oil, steady at 2SA; good demand. Others
unchanged. Sterling exchange Il. b., 4.Ss
to 4.SSl
ASSIGNMENTS FILED.
NEW NURK, Feb. l5.-An assignment for
the benefit OF creditors by Matthew Arm
suonS anu William Armstrong of the firm.
OF Q. ARMSTRONG 4 Co., dealers in leather and
findings, to Matthew A. VanWinkle, was
filed to-day. Liabilities, S45l, 3S2; nominal
assets, Sl2O,35i; actual assets, $l32 sos.
Forty-Seventh Congressional Session,
SENATE,
WASHINGTON, Feb. l5.-Mr. Cockrill pre-.
sented several petitions of grangsrs In
Missouri for the creation Of secretary Of
agriculture.
Mr.. Morrill, presented remonstrance
against any reduction of the tariff on books
below % per cent, signed by Oliver Wen.
dell Holiness r. b. Aldrich, and John q.
Whittier, as writers of books.
After a short executive session, the senate
resumed consideration Of the tariff.
The senate proceeded to consider certain
portions OF the bill which have been tenn
porariiy passed over.
Mr.. Jones moved to reconsider the vote
by which the section providing that In re-
spect to all articles III the sugar schedule
the act shall take effect April lst, 1888, had
been agreed to. This provision, he said,
was unjust discrimination against sugar
producers in Louisiana.
The motion to reconsider was lost.
Mr.. Harrison moved to take up the para
graph embracing iron ore and pyrites,
which had been passed over at the request
of Mr.. Conger. He moved to make the
rate on foreign ore 81 per ton.
Mr.. Maxey said the protectionists had
now thrown oil the mask. The pretense Of
"a tariff for revenue" was sent to the rear,
and protection was put to the front.
The whole iron question was discussed In
all its various phases, but the debate did
not add anything of interest to points al
ready developed.
The motion was lost-ayes, Is; noes, So.
Mr.. Mitchell moved to make the rate 6 0
cents per ton. Hostages, q; nays, 80.
An amendment made in committee OF
the whole in relation to the duty on sui
phur ore, pyrites sulphate of iron, was
agreed to-ayes, 81; noes, 81.
lC uull bl MAS nNle
cents per square foot.
The proviso adopted in tine committee OF
the whole, on motion of Mr.. Allison, as an
amendment to the salt paragraph, was
agreed to. 1t provides for refund Of the
duties paid on imported salt used III sailing
meats alterward exported.
An amendment of which Mr.. Vance gave
notice in the committee of the whole was
adopted providing that imported salt in
bond may be used in curing fish taken by
a vessel licensed to engage in fisheries and
in curing fish on shores off navigable waters
of the United States under such
regulation as the secretary OF
that upon proof of the use Of salt for either
of the purposes stated in the proviso, the
duty upon it shall be RENTED.
The section prescribing oaths to be taken
by importers, was adopted.
All reserved paragraphs having been dis
posed of, the bill was now open TO amend.
ments generally.
Williams, Of Wisconsin, submitted the
conference report on the Japanese indem-
nifty fnnd bill. The effect Of the bill as
agreed to in conference is TO return to
Japan the original sum received from that
government (S7S5, 600, without interest; to
| Pul thO oihSCio hiiu IiCW Vi VIC w lOhiuR
and Liskatng and cancel all bonds COM
prising the Japanese indemnity fund.
Agreed to-l32 to II.
The house then went into committee Of
the whole on the tariff bill and ,considera-
ton of schedule "E' Sugar was entered
upon.
| King offered and advocated an amend.
ment increasing the duty on sugar not
above No: 10 Dutch standard, testing not
above 70 degrees, from l 25l00 to 20-10O
cents per pound, and 400 to 5.l00 Of q cent
additional for every additional degree or
fraction of degree.
amendment reducing the duty on sugar
less than No. - Dutch standard mot over
rs degrees) to cent per pound. Lost-73
to 50.
Ellis offered an amendment fixing the
rates at i0-1OO cents per pound, and Kinl
withdrew his.
A long discussion ensued, which stray ed
far away from the real question I'M
der consideration, and was con
fined principally to series o
charges and counter-charges of in
consistency, the republicans haunting
the democrats with deserving their "revenul
only" doctrine when local interests were a
stake, and the democrats asserting tina
they were only maintaining the duty of
revenue standard, and in turn claiming tn
republicans had deserted their protection
system in order to single out and destroy
single industry,
Finally, the amendment was lost-5l Il
0S.
Chandler offered an amendment impos
ing duty OF 30 per cent al valorem on al
sugars not above, and Of 10 per cent on al
sugars above No, IL Dutch standard.
Carlisle raised point Of order, and pend
ing decision the committee rose and tn
house took recess.
EVENING SESSION.
Bragg, Barnes and Wheeler obtaine
leave to have printed In the Record r,
marks upon the Fitz John Porter bill.
The house resumed in committee, copsit
Grafton OF the legislative appropriation bill
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PERSONAL.
Mr., A. Rhoads, of Colorado City, is
|; the city.
Philip Godfrey, esq, Of New York, is