The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-02-08
rorty.seventh Congressional Ses.
sion,
WASHINGTON. February {, 1888.

WASHINGTON. February :, 1883.
SENATE.
st the close OF the morning business the
Senate, on motion OF Mr.. Edmunds, held
n brief executive session. When the doors
were re0penel the tariff bill was taken M.
Mr.. Beck moved TO strike ont the para
graph embracing women's and children's
dress goods. coat-linings. Italian cloths, and
goods Of like description now and hereto
fore known as worsted stuiis, the warp Of
which j. made wholly OF cotton: linen,
ramie, china glass, or other vegetable
materials. or OF combination OF them. and
welt wholly or In part OF wool, worsted,
hair OF alpaca. goat, or other like animals.
and TO substitute for it the classification OF
the existing law. the rates OF duty per
square ward being reduced one cent.
Mr.. Lamar made an argument to show
that protective policy is delusive, and
that its maintenance is not necessary FOR
the existence or development Of American
manufactures. The discussion and votes
on the pending bill showed clearly, he said,
that it was impossible TO make any material
reduction OF taxation and at the same time
adhere to the protective system. The two
things were incompatible, and one or the
other must be gwen up. The peoples de-
mand for a reduction Of taxes had put
upon the party in power delicate and dii-
licult task. 10 the performance OF which
that party had admitted itself unequal by the
creation OF the tariff commission. This eX-
pedicnt need not have been resOrted to il
/ the only question had been the relation OF
taxation to revenue. There could be no
easier or more grateful task than that oil
/ lifting from the people burdens universally
/ admitted To he unnecessary. and probably
no other people in the world were ever
needlesSly taxed for q series Of years mere
| " because their rulers were unable to de-
/ wise a method OF reduction. All through
the present debate the Senate had been
concerning itself not with the relation Of
taxation TO revenue, but with the relation
OF American manufacturers TO the mode OF
collecting revenues, and as each article
came up the question asked was not
how low the duty could be laid upon II,
but how high duty was needed TO pro-
tect our manufacturers. The advocates
of protection had been for years insisting
that il increased the profits OF capital,
raised the wages OF labor, and cheapened
! the prices Of manufactured products, and
they could not take step in the direction
OF the popular demand without controvert-
ing the doctrines upon which their system
rested: for if il did produce all these be-
neGcent results, then TO repeal or modify II
would be to diminish these blessings.
The time had come to deal explicitly with
the American people on this subject !;
to tell them plainly that protection and low
taxation are Incompatible; that a protec-
tive tax is high, and that tax so low as
not to check importation Is non-protecuye.
The people of this country were always
willing to be taxed in proper manner for
any legitimate object. Therefore, why not
say to them plainly, of You want protec-
ton YOU must consent TO maintaining that
system and scorn the allurement OF low
taxes and cheap foreign goods"
Mr.. Lamar was warmly congratulated by
his fellow-senators at the conclusion OF his
speech.
All the rest OF the wool schedule, except
weddings, gorngs, &c., embracing carpets,
druggets. and booklets, and endless belts or
felts, were passed over 10 give the Finance
Committee an opportunity to revise them.
The silk schedule was passed without
| amendment.
on motion Of Mr.. Vance, books, PAM
phlcts, and all printed matter, cngrav-
mgs and etchings, maps and charts, were
The smdr;es schedule was then taken up.
The duty on diamonds was made % per
cent. od ral0rem. The salt schedule was
passed over.
when the free list was reached, at 300 Z.
NJ, the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Mr.. Robson, OF New jersey, from the
Committee on Rules, reported resolution
Z Al. ,lat. Of la ION
the House shall at $50 Z. NJ. each day tax,
recess until 7:30 T.. NJ. Adopted.
Mr.. McLane, OF Maryland, introduced :
bill appropriating $4,000 for the erection
OF n monument TO the memory OF Baron
De Kalb in the Naval Academy grounds
Referred.
The House then. at 1l:20, went into
Committee Of the Whole on the tariff bill
the pending amendment being that Offered
by Mr.. Kelley, OF Pennsylvania, increasing
the duty on iron-orc, including manganI
ferrous iron-ore, also droSs-ore, residutn
from burnt pyriteS, from MY 10 seventy
: five cents Der ton.
Mr.. Keliey's motion 10 increase the dut!
on iron ore. after long debate, vas lost
ayes, n; noes, 1U6. Several other amend
ments were also offered. debated, and lost
AI la>I, aIlCI inc CoH>lu'i"t VI WI. ~
item of the metal schedule for four hour
, and half. the committee passed away iron
il without making any change in the rat
OF duty. which is left at 5Oc. per ton. III
I efforts TO change the bill in regard TO pig
| iron also failed, and the committee ros
: while an amendment reducing The duty OF
steel ingots was pending,
Mr.. Bingham introduced bill Tor th
appointment OF 4 commission, TO consist
C seven members three Of whom may b
members Of the present House ana TWO o
whom may be senators), to inquire INTO IN
l condition and value OF the plant oil variou
telegraph companies, and report to the mex
Congress what methods are at presen
D available TO reduce the cost OF telegraph
+ communication, and whether any leglsla
ton is necessary TO carry out the power o
, Congress to regulate commerce as apple.
to Geographic communication. Referred
Also, bill abolishing the Stlte compul
b. sory-pilotage law. referred.
{ The House then, at $50 p. NJ, took rC
) cess until 1880 o'clock.
Erening SeSsion.-It was s O'Clock Dc
fore a quorum OF members appeared III IN
House. As soon rs quorum was oDtalne
: the House went into Committee OF tn
r Whole on the tariff bill. The duty on ing'
steel was fixed ut 45 per cent. al galore
on all except crucible steel. The neN
: clause embraced steel railway bars, pen'
G ing the consideration OF when the House,
n 0:10 Z. NJ, adjourned.
natal Rurucd.