New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-17
| GENERAL WASHINGTONNEWS
THE SENATE METAL SCHEDULE.

SENATOR SHERMAN MAKES \ VIGOROUS ATTACH
UPON IT-HOw IT WOULD RUIN GREAT INDUS
TRIES If ADOPTED.
10y TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSEl
WAsHNGroN. Feb. Ex-senator Sherman de-
clares substantially hat if the metal schedule IN
the Scna:e bill is not materially amended he viii
10, voe for the bill. lie made his first motion for
its amendment at a quarter past o O'Clock this even
ing and supported 1t in half hours speech which
was listened to by full Senate aud a goodly au-
dience in the galleries He said he entirely
dissatisfied with the metal schedule of the bill IL
was wrong and was not in harmony with itself or
with anything else in the earth the waters I'M
der the earth
He proposed to offera series of amendments and re-
served the right to oppose the bill If they were not
adopted. When the Tariff Commission had reported
there was general sentiment of relief throughout
the country 1t was not believed that the report
contemplated sweeping reductions hut that us
notifications were general and moderate Then
the report went to the Senate Finance Committee
and tIen to the Committee OF the Whole where II
had been so changed, and especially III respect 10
metals. that a cry OF alarm came no from all parts
of the land He could read communica. IONS lnnum-
cradle upon this subject. many OF which had been
received to-day which would prove that TINS voice
of complaint dIl not come from irresponsible
sonrces He produced one from j. II. Wade, Henry
B. Paine and Joseph Perkins, of ONO as follows:
We deem II very important TO our iron ami steel
interests that the Senate bill do not Iass several
others from business men of equal prominence were
read.
Now. he asked, what influence is it which has
changed all this This bill with its present rate of
duties would utterly ruin great branches OF
American industries, and the greatest OF
all-morc important than all other manufacturing
indnstres-was that Of the metallic fabricsthat are
made in the different parts of tho country. 1t was
not an industry confined to one State or section.
but 1t now extended all over the country, north as
well as west The items embraced in the schedule
produced last year $500 600 600 in value they had
increased within the last ten years some forty or
ffty per cent. The amount of production was about
5000, 900 IN 1870, and now reached
S296.OOO,0OO There were 7,2650OO tons of
metallic fabrics manufactured in the United States
in 1850. and he had no doubt that in 1859 the
amount would be more than 1000. 900 tons.
What had brought about this rapid increase in our
manufacturing indu,triesl WHY he effect OF the
protective tariff Another result Of the tariff policy
had been to stimulate invention and t. bring down
prices Cne-hIfd and IN many instances One-haIt and
more. Now it was proposed to strike down all
this.
Mr. sherman aualyzcd the metal schedules show
ing in detail the reductions which the pending bilI'
if it should pass. would effect Whom, he asked does
all this eiecti The industries are mostly in the hands
of great corporations and tn, men who controlled
them are usually men of wealth, who could afford
70 remain Idle In fact, thoy deserved punishment
for trying TO import foreign ores. but the men
who would be made 70 suffer III fact by the passage
of such bill were not those who composed the
great corporations; they were the thousands ana
tens of thousands who were employed m the work
sbops and factories and fouudrcs owned by these
corporations. If the duties were suddenly reduced
rs rroposed. all these industries would be stopped.
The gentlemen who had telcgraphed to him
needed not TO tell HIM Lot 10 vote
for such propositions; he would not do it anyway
but he was glad 20 see that they understood the full
extent of the proposition. The reduction. a, pro
posed. would not reduce tho revenue. 1t would III
crease IT, for thereafter everything for the cousump
ton of the American people would Doe made abroad
and would pay duty.
The proposition he offered was that which
the House had agreed upon. He would
offer 1--WE amendments which would, If adopted,
have the effect OF substituting the schedule adopted
IN tAe House for that Of the pending Scnat. bill.
If the bill we're passed in H. present form u would
in his deliberate judgment do more harm than
Congress could amend II II tried for 800 wears.
The effect of Senator Shcrman- speech was very
upon the Democratic side. Senator
Moran made the first reply, saying that the SEN
ator from Ohio had assumed privilege u which
TO ether Senator was cuttlcd-that Ot re-
ferIing 10 the action 81 the House ~
a means OF influencing thai Of the senate. The
senate Ind taken tine .ubcct up deliberately and.
after long consideration, had pronounced it7 yer
diet. Ir thought the Senate oil the IIitrd states
need not bee alarmed by the mandate of SIcrmnn
and his friends lic referred to IN" ma, nee oi The
~rua OF from ono upon the HnaIc1l pOicY ot
President Hayes dec arlng that, bul Tor Ms over
sha!Owiug influence andhis dire pr,dc tOnr OF evils
10 follow, the hrcc Pr Cent bhl would never have
been vetoed. The country had witnessed hi- pre-
dctiols and their utter failure, aad would rcmrIn-
Der them.
senator Beck made an angry speech, with many
references 10 the parry lash the audJCify ~ the
proposition Of the Senator from OHIO and lis "uor-
mitV ana asking u Senator were ,iaycs DE- driven
by the calls from their deliberately formed pm
pose. The -cuator IRON OAO. no SAID, had read
kilograms from Democrats. who he supposed would
Vot. Tor hlm IN his next cont 81 for Tie Presidency
ii ne Obcycd them now. let him ~ 49,. Lrl nm
dcfcat the bill. There Wonld he after March ~
the other ED Of the Capii0l oct of mon who had
some connection with other interests than those of
these bloatrd corporations. senator sherman
smiled ~ the anger ol the Democrats AID said ho
thought their assaults required no reply.
IL - impossible to tell what VIII be- the result OF
Mr. Shermans amendments IL is not known hat
more han lOur five Republican senators IS III JOIN
HIM IN voting against the bill, II the amendment,
are not adopted. II Is MOI believed that the
can pass. though that Is not yet POSI-
lively asccrtaincd. IL not difficult to believe that
they Will give rise to debate which VIII last 80
long hat the senate Will b. forced to lay the bill
aside and take up The appropriation bills.
TIE WAYS AND MEANS TARIFF BILL.
rBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TEInrNE.l
WAsHNGloN Feb. lG.-Tbc Ways and Means
Committee has agreed to an amendment offered by