National Republican., 1883-03-03

Mr.. Morrill, said that standing at 80 per
cent ad valOrem in the senate bill ID has boon
advanced to 55 per cent. with change of
| classification, so as TO allow painted and
gilded ware TO pay the same rate rs china
ware, On glass bottles the rate has been
changed from 30 per cent. ad valorem to 1
cent pound. There was one class Of glass that
was not included in tho senate bill-polished,
cylinder ground, and common window glass
that has been inserted precisely as IL stands
in the present law. In schedule Q, metals,
iron ore has been placed at 75 cents per ton
| pig iron at $40 Of cent per pound steel
railway bars ut S17 per ton bar iron in the
| first class Is made n little less than the rate
proposed by the senate, and in the second
/ class IL Is made cent pound instead Of 500
ton. Charcoal iron is changed TO q specific
rate Of cent pound. Iron or steel 4 rails
are put at $40 of cent per pound and fiat
rails that are punched $40 of a cent, as now
| in the bill. Round iron in coils, less than
ZIG of an inch In diameter, are made 2-10
| cents instead of 1-10 per pound. Armor
! plate iron has been struck ont, the committee
/ believing that none of IL was used except by
/ the United States, and that If required by the
| government IL was likely TO be imported free.
/ Sheet iron thinner than No. 20 wire gauge is
| increased lilo of a cent per pound. Iron and
steel plates galvanized have been reduced
| from l cent to of cent per pound. Pol
| ishcd sheet iron tho house conforees insisted
| upVu putting Nb D CtulS per pOunNt lnt benHle
rate being 9 cents, and q compromise was
finally made at % cents Iron and steel cot
/ ton ties have been left as fixed by the senate.
In schedule l, cotton goods, no essential
change was made, except that proviso was
added as to the class of goods having less than
h2OO threads to the square inch similar to the
provso rs TO goods above that grade In
schedule ] jute butts have been taken from
the free list and placed on tho dutiablc list at
50 ton. No other material change has been
made in that schedule. In schedule X, wool
and woolens, no change whatever has been
made, except that u provision has been in
serted as to ladies' cloalSs, dolmans, and other
outside garments that are made and expen-
| sively trimmed with silk fringe, gimp silk
velvet &C., subiecting them toa higher rate of
| duty when imported than that which has been
placed upon the cloth. In schedule l., silk
and silk goods, no change has been made. In
schedule NJ, books aud paper, the only ma
torial change is as to printed books, on them
the present duty of % per cent. is retained,
and think that if tho senate committee had
not consented to that we should hardly have
boon able TO make this report. In schedule
n, sundrios, no change of importance has
been made except that cents per hundred
pounds has been added on salt. The provso
as TO meats cured with imported salt re-
mains. Gold watches remains subject to tho
present duly of 20 per cent. advalorem'
In the free list no change of importance has
| DtBu DlNuc DONOnu WndU L nave hlTGauy no
ticod. / omitted to say that iron and steel
railway fish plates have been reduced to II
cents per pound. On steel valued at 4 cents
per pound or less, 40 per cent. duty is placed,
and ON that which is valued above that the
rates arc considerably below the duties pro-
vided for by the existing tariff. Steel wheels
for railway purposes, partly manufactured,
have been separated, and, instead of all of
them being at 2t cents, the finished article is
placed at q, and tho partly finished ut cents
u pound. Articles not enumerated composed
of iron, steel, copper, gold, silver, or other
metals, have been placed at 40 per cent. ad va
loren instead of 80.
In the wood and woodonwares schedule no
changes have been made from the senate bill.
In schedule L, sugar, the only change made
is in relation to sugars between Nos. 13 and
10, Dutch standard, which have been placed at
2 75-100 instead of 9 50-l00 cents per pound
This was done because this class of sugars was
found to bo vt Il lower proportionate rate than
the cheaper grades and much higher rate
was asked for this grade.
In schedule +, tobacco, there Is no change.
In schedule ii, liquors, there is no change
except the addition of n 20 per cent. duty or
something like that on ginger ale whether in
bottles or casks.
As the time is very short for the consider
alton of this bill do not deem 1t proper for
me to occupy longer tho time of the senate.
Every senator will find the report of the COM
mittee upon his desk and can see for himself
exactly what has been done.
Mr.. Brown asked If the committee made
any estimate rs to the entire amount of tho
reduction of revenue that will result from the
passage of the bill
Mr.. Morrill, replied that since the conclu-
sion of the conference there has been no time
to make any accurate estimate, buta rough es-
innate has been made that it will be about
$75, 5,0000oO OF course on some articles whcrc
I. Il
goods, there Will very likely be an increase of
impOrtatons which may swell any revenue to
some extent but if there shall be no greater
impOrtatons than last years, tho reduction of
revenue will probably exceed $750OO,OOO.
The president The question is on the adop-
tion of the report.
Mr. Beck called for the ayes and noes, and
said that for the first time this SESSION he was
suffering with such u cold that he can hardly
speak above his breath, but if no one else has
anything to say, and If this matter is to so by
default in this way, while he was not
able to do justice to the subject,
ho would do the best he could to give some
reasons why this report ought not to be
adopted. From the slight examination that
he had been able to give it this report appears
TO be simply an increase of duty upon every
I article they have attempted to touch Except
one or two unimportant ones) of the rates IN
the bill passed by the senate He knew from
the beginning tnat we would get worse bill
than either the house or the senate desired.
lie knew that the bill would go by hook or
by crook land it has gone by both to a con-
ference committee, who would pick out Just
what they pleased, in defiance of the will of
both houses, make tariff to suit themselves,
nld force il upon the American people. lie
would take one item TO illustrate what he
meant. Iron ore, the basis of all the iron in
dustries was reported by tho tariff commits
BiOn at 80 cents ton.
Mr.. Beck then read tho recommendation of
i the tariff commission on this subject and the
/ portion of their report in which they say that
excessive OF exceptionally high duties dis.
credit our whole economic system and furnish
| plausible arguments for its complete sub.
4 version" Returning TO iron ore, he said the
question Of the duty proper to be laid upon il
A had becn discussed fully in the senate, and
many of the most intelligent men in the
4 country upon such subjects, notably, Hon. A.
\ S. Hewitt, had shown that 1t was necessary Ia
\ have these foreign ores to mix with our native
4 ores that their importation increased the
consumption of native ores and that it would
/ be wise to admit them free. Efforts had been
NJ made in the senate TO increase the rate
h above that recommended by tho tariff
n commission, but they had been defeated re-
Il peatedly, and so cents a ton had been fixed
B upon rs the true rate by tho tariff commits.
sion, by the senate committee on finance, by
L the senate, aud by the house of represent
atiyes, with Mr. Kelloy at its head. There
\ was no disagreement between tho senate aud
L.. Il