The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-03-08

The proposition now submitted, did not, III
believed, make u reduc lon OF more thar
one.half that average. From $i0,OO0,OOO U
$40, 0OO,0O Of the whole rednc
ton would come from thu
internal taxes, leaving only from
duties, of which 81 600 900 would come
from the single article Of sugar. There
we're several articles on which the con
ference committee recommended duties
higher than either the house or the senate
had voted. The common earthenware was
one of these articles. 1t now paid 6O per
cent. ad valorem, and the conference com
mittee recommended 60 per cent. an in
crease OF 10 per cent. or allowing ior
charge in regard to packages, clear net
increase of 33 per cent. He regretted the
gentleman Kelley) had not seen
proper to state to the house some
reason why this enormous increase should
be made. Another important change was
on the article of non ore. The house, AFTER
full and elaborate explanation, had liked
the duty on iron ore AZ 80 cents ton. Inc
senate had fixed it at the same rate: The
present rate was 20 per cent. ad yalorem,
equivalent to about 81 cents ton. The
conference committee fixed the rate at 70
cents ton. AS to steel rails, tn, senate
and house expressed their respective
tu6 uOllSt nAlub bhO law ue AZ
and the senate 1888, but the con.
ference committee, which was supposed
to arrange the difference between the
two branches, disregarding the deliberate
Judgment, of both of them, had put it at IL.
Then, as to bar iron, the house had made
three classes, fixing the rates at Is, 20 and
%. On the first class, the committee made
a reduction of s cents to 1872 per cent, and
on the second class. an increase OF w on
short iron. Thus duties were increased by
the conference committee over those which
the house and senate had fixed. These
matters ought to be explained TO the house
and the country. Then, as to "a large class
of cotton goods and very large, class OF
wooden goods, the cotton goods that now
paw 35 per cent. ad valorem,
such as stockings, hose, shirts and
drawers, will have to pay 40 per cent.
The. rates of duty on wool, the raw mate
rial, were to be reduced about 10 per cent.
but duties on all wooden goods were to be
increased from to cents yard and 80
and 40 per cent. ad valorem, to cents per
square and 40 per cent. ad valorem. me
article of green glass bottles was another
instance OF the disregard ofthe committee to
the Judgment OF both house and senate.
The house had fixed the duty at 30 per
cent. ad valorem and the senate at 30 per
cent. The conference committee, instead OF
these rates, or agreeing to something
between, fixed the rate at cent per pound,
equal to about So per cent. ad yalorem. lie
said he had no feeling of hostility toward
the gentlemen engaged in manufacture.
He would encourage them by every leglti-
mate means, but he would not agree to do
so at the expense of the people at large.
Haskell said, to say the bill reported was
such an one as he would make, would be an
untruthful statement, indeed, but it is =
bill which is infinitely superior to the pres
ent law, from the standpoint both OF I'M
porter and manufacturer. 1t was bill In
which the rates were not high in many in
stances, not high enough to give adequate
protection, and yet bill, which, in Its
whole, was fairly protective to the great in
dustries OF the nation. 1t was bill which,
considered in all its features, made reduc-
ton of from $4,000, 900 to $40, 900.
Robinson, of Ohio, said he was opposed
to the passage of the conference report, Tor
the reason that he considered the interest
which he represented had been 6adiy
treated. He said the National Wool
growers association were satisfied with the
wool schedule; he knew that national
was high sounding title, but only four
men had been present at their meeting,
one of whom had been president and one
secretary. They had not consulted q
single wool.grower or representative
from the wool-growiDg districts. Not
solitary one had consented TO re-
duction. He was a protective tariff man;
he had voted with the protectlonists OF
Pennsylvania and New England, with the
assurance that the great interests which he
represented would be taken care of, yet in
conference the appeals of the wool-.growerS
have been disregarded. This bill would
take from the wool-growers of Ohio $1,000
600 per annum, and he appealed TO the pro
tective republicans from Pennsylvania and
New England. and ask ed them not to strike
down the wool interest.
Hubbell said the inference might be
drawn from the report that the lahors o.
the conference had been so attractive and
intense in the interests of iron that other
interests had been given the go-by and
stabbed deadly blow. IL the house, in
committee of the whole, had decided any
thing, it had decided that copper ore should
not be placed on the free list; but the re
ported bill practically placed i
there. The conference allowed any
low grade iron to come in free
but when it came to copper, what had II
done? 1t had allowed ore containing lesl
than per cent. of copper to come in free. i
had put favoritism in legislation AND
allowed Spanish ore to come in free, and
thus to close the smelling establishments
gion there were working mines which
only yielded seven-tertbs Of / per cent
and yet IL was proposed to allow ore con
tanning 2 per cent. to comein free.
Speer ayoNed himself protectioaist
and said he would go home and preach the
protectionist doctrine to the people o.
Georgia. EAbplause on the republican
' Wilson, Of West Virginia, expressed the
hope that the pending proposition, which
would reduce taxation by $40 ,000, 900, would
be accepted. II was not perfect. The article
Of wool should hsve had more protection
given TO It; but. on the whole, II was fan
compromise.
Converse condemned the disregard ol
rules in connection with a bill embracing
every material interest of the country, and
which the house was called 10 vote upon
without its ever being read.
II was unwise legislation. The people
had lived under the present tariff twenty
wears. and could live under II for another
wear. II was unwise legislation as well po-
litically as otherwise. One OF the large in
terests Of his state, WOOL was being sscri-
feed under the report. IL the bill were
passed, the people Of Ohio would begin agi-
tation and keen up that agitation until the
evil was remedied.
Springer said this bill, on Tuesday last.
was taken from the speaker taole hno ene
senate amendments noD-concurred In, but
through the operation Of rule adopted by
revolutionary and unDarliamentarv
methods on Wednesday, one OF the house
conferees declined, on Thursday two OF the
senate conferees declined, and second
committee was completed on Ttur-day
afternoon. On Friday yesterday the con-
ferepces made a report TO the senate, and II
oniv reached the house this morning At
M o'clock. To-day the house could
have but four hours for deliberntion.
including the reading OF the bill, which re
quired nearly two hours. and which was its
first reading in the house. With Their
hrief Consideration. the house must now
vote upon q bill which imposes tax Of
over s3iDO1O. 900 year. which the govern
meuf gets, and a. direct incident OF its
n-ofecffve feature. an additional burden Of
Al least $500 90 900. which the people must
pay IN Increased cost Of Manufactured arti-
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