Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-20

praying congress to accept the Illinois anC
Michigan canal, with a view of making II
national waterway TO the Mississippi.
The committee reported favorably the
biIIEranting pension TO the widow of the
late General Warren.
It was agreed that the senate hereafter
meet at 10 a. m.
1ir. Vest announced that he would ask
action on the resolution for a committee
TO investigate the Yellowstone park mat
tiers Is soon as the tariff bill IS disposed of.
After brief executive session the tariff
bill was taken up, the pending question
being on the amendment offered by Mr..
Sherman in relation 10 the duty on steel.
Mr.. Beck said that if the very men who
had been active in arranging the iron
schedule in its present form proposed now
to overturn that WORK and other schedules.
as agreed upon by the senate after pro-
longed consideration and discussion, then
he Beck and the other senators would
offer their amendments to the different
schedules, and if the gentlemen on the
other side were determined to kill the bill,
as they avowed they were unless they could
have it just as they wanted it, let them kill
it and take the responsibility.
Mr.. Mcpherson asked Mr.. Sherman how
much his amendment would reduce the pres
ent tariff rates, and whether the reductions
would be in due proportion to the reduc-
tions made in other portions of the bill.
Mr.. Sherman replied that the reduction
would be greater than the reductions made
upon the other industries. There would be
an enormous reduction on the cheaper
forms of steel. There would be reduction
on every item of the schedule, and on the
whole he would say, without fear of con-
tradiction, that the reduction in the
amount of duties upon these classes of
steel would be 10 to 90 per cent. Whisky
has 100 per cent. protection; tobacco over
100 per cent; cotton and wooden manu-
features were fully protected. He (Sher-
mani had voted to protect every article
that required protection. and he hoped the
senators who represented the other pro-
tected Interests would move to strike down
this great interest, the foundation of the
industries of the Middle states
Mr.. Morgan read from Cincinnati pa
per the following dispatch from Washing
ton:
'Please see that strong Geographic pro-
tests are sent to Senators Pendleton and
Sherman against the senate tariff bill.
The scheme is to send the senate bill to
the house and secure concurrence without
reference to the committee of conference.
Let the iron manufacturers OF Cincinnati
act promptly.
Signed JAMES NJ. SwANK,
Secretary American Iron and Steel Associ-
alton"
1t appeared, Mr.. Morgan said, that
Swank had been here supervising the
action of the senate and all this agitation
in regard to the iron schedule and tele-
grams which the senator from
Ohio (Mr. Sherman) had pub
lished in the Record were inspired
by this gentleman from Washington and
under such influences, the senate was
asked to undo all its work upon this
schedule. If the senators of the other
side really desired to pass this bill and
send it to the house without further delay
they would vote down all these amend
ments.
At the suggestion of Mr.. Allison Mr..
Sherman modified his amendment by
striking out the provision making the
duty on steel not specially enumerated or
provided for Is per cent. ad valorem, but
ment should be agreed to he would offer
this provision later. The amendment
was further modified, on motion of Mr..
Mcpherson, and after a long debate
adopted as follows Steel ingots, cogged
ingots. blooms and slabs by
whatever process made. Die blocks or
blanks, billets and bars, and tapered or
beveled bars, bands, hoops, strips and
sheets of all gauges and widths, plates of
all thicknesses and widths, steamer cranks
and other shafts, wrist or crank pins, con-
Meeting rods and piston rods, pressed,
sheared or stamped shapes or blanks of
sheet or plate, steel or combination of steel
or iron, punched or not punched, hammer
molds or swaged steel, gun molds not in
bars, alloys used as subs for steel,
tools of all descriptions and shapes, dry
sand loan or iron nodded steel castings,
all of above classes of steel not otherwise
specially provided for in this act valued at
five cents per pound or less, 40 per centum
ad valorem; above five cents pound and
not above nine cents, two and one-quarter
cents per pound; valued at aboYe nine
cents per pound, three and one-quarter
cents per pound. Atopted-30 to %.
Mr.. Sherman moved to strike out the
words steel not specially enumerated or
provided for in this act, 30 per cent. ad
valorem," in order that such steel might be
provided for elsewhere in the bill at 40
per cent. Lost. Ayes, 26; nays, %.
Mr.. Van Wyck asked for vote on his
amendment offered some days since reduc-
ing the duty on sawed boards, plank, deals
and other lumber, of hemlock, white wood,
sycamore and Eastwood from 81 to fifty
cents per 1000 feet. Lost. Ayes, 10;
nays, 80.
Mr.. VanWyck asked also for separate
vote on his amendment reducing the duty
on other sawed lumber from 50 to 81 per
1000 feet, as test of the sincerity of the
senators in protesting to desire to reduce
the burdens of the people. Lost-ayes,
10; noes, 80.
Mr.. Mcpherson moved to strike out the
provision relating to wire rope and wire
strand of iron or steel wire, etc., and insert
the following: There shall be placed on
galvanized iron or steel wire, except fence
wire and except also tin plates, terne
plates and tagged tin hereinbefore pro-
vided for, when galvanized or coated with
any metal alloy or mixture of
metals by any process whatsoever,
not including paints, one-half cent per
pound in addition to the rates
provided in this act On iron