The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-13


Mr. Robertson, of Louisiana, introduced n bill
for the suppression of lotteries and prohibiting
the transmission through tile mails OF lottery
advertisements.
Mr. Pound reported biIl authorizing certifi-
cation OF lands Tor an agricultural college 10 the
State of Kansas.
Mr.. Gueather reported a joint resolution for
commission and joint commission on Immigra-
ton.
A bill was reported granting pension OF $50
a month TO Il granddaughter of Thomas Jeffer-
sun.
The House refused to consider district business,
ana went INTO committee on the tariff bill, the
pending paragraph being that imposing a duty
1Ir Turner offered an amendment exempting
trace chains frolh duty and placing them on the
On motion of Mr. Kelley debate was limited to
| five minutes.
Mr. Turner's amendment was lost-6s to 90;
Messrs. Anderson and Browne voting with the
Democrats,
Mr. Tucker moved to reduce the duty on
inch in diameter, from 2la cents per pound to SIS
per cent. al valOrem. Agreed toll to II. The
following Republicans voted with the Demo
Gratis: Messrs. Farwell, OF Iawa Updegratt,
Deering, Dnnnen Denote, Browne, Gambler,
Harris, of Massachusetts; Anderson, Bisbee and
Smalis.
MIR Anderson moved to reduce the 6uty on
chains not less than three quarters of an inch in
diameter from 10 IN cents per pound:
Agreed tO-SO to 70. [lhe announcement of
these votes was received with applause on the
Democratic side
On motion OF Mr.. Dunnell. the duty chains
less than three quarters and not less than three
elShths OF an inch in diameter, was reduced from
pa to . cents per pound.
On motion of Mr.. Kassnn, the old classification
OF steel lngots, cogSed ngoIs, etc, was restored.
dispute between Carlisle and Haskell arose
duty on steel ingots, the former claiming
| that 1t wonld impose a dniy equal to 200 per
cent. ad valorem ON Important Bessemer,
Thomas Gllchrist, or Slemens-Martn steel, If it
weighed less than 800 pounds, while steel weigh
ing over that was admitted tat 40 per cent. ad
valOrem.
Mr. Haskell claimed thar the clause only had
reference TO crueiole steel, though he admitted
| under II. He denied, however, that any small
form of Besscmer was imported
Mr.. Mckinley admitted that Bessemer steel
could be imported under this clause, but claimed
that no sane man would import steel in sucn
forms as TO require HIM to pay two cents per
pound dnty when, in other forms, he could I'M
port il at 45 per mt. All vaorem.
Mr.. Guenther read letter from horse shoe
company OF Wisconsin staring tn5I IL Woulu pe
compelled TO abandon Its plant II THIS clause IN
| the bill were agreed to without amendment, and
he appealed 10 Congress not to be guilty of in
Mr. Kelley said point in the discussion had
arrived when the committee must determine
whether the manufacture of cruclble steel rails
was TO be continued in this country, and it must
be remembered that this a steel from which
was manufactured the most delicate watch
spring or the most useful agricultural nipple
ment.
! Mr.. Anderson could see no reason why it was
not iSir that the rate in this clause should be 10
| per cent. 2d yaorem, first because that was
enough secoL because, while gentlemen al
/ legged it was Impossible at the custom-house
! for experts to detect ~ difference be-
| tween crucihle and other ste, lie did
not believe word OF it; he believed tia right
there was the trick and fraud of putting tie
| former in The hands OF large steel cutters. He
would rather eXpend half million dollars
year in detecting the difference than to this
bill used for the purpose of throwing the farmer
into the hands of the manufacturers. He APP
| pealed to Republicans whether 1t would not be
well to make some concession to the belief Of
TINS nation, that there were good many jobs
covered up in this bill SO far his experience
had gone, wherever the bill was given II kick
little devil of job would put his head Out-if it
was not big devil OF lob.
On motion of Mr. Kasson, the clause was
amended so as to read as follows: "Steel ingOts,
| blooms and slabs, weighing less than
| 500 pounds each, and measuring less than
! five inches square or less than five inches in
| greatest diameter across section of lngois,
/ cOgged ingots, or blooms, and less than five
| inches in thickness or less than ten inches in
width of slabs; die blocks, blocks, Dillets and
bars, and tapered or beveled bars, bands, hoops,
| strips and sheet Of all guages and widths; crank
aud other shafts wrist or crank pins, connect
| ing rods ana piston rods; pressed, sheared or
stamped shapes or blanks of sheet or plate steel,
| or combination of steel and iron, punched or not
| punched; hammer molds or swaged steel, gun
mOlds not fitted, ewes used substitute for steel
tools; all descriptions and shapes of sand, loan,
or iron nodded steel castings-all of the
or less. As per cent al valorem
above cents and not above cents pound,
Q cents per pound valued above cents and not
above IL cents per pound, 2s4 of l cent per
pound; valued at above IL cents per pound, le
cents per pound; provided that all iron
steel bars, rods or strips, of whatever shape or
section, cOldroiled cold hammered polished
| in any way, in addition to the ordinary process
of hot rolling or hammerng and steel circle saw
plates, there shall be paid i cent per pound in
| addition TO the rates provided in this act"
Mr. Davis, OF Illinois, moved to fix at per
cent. per pound the duty on iron steel ingOfe,
blooms or blanks for locomotive aud railroad
| ears,
referred to the claim of the protectiOutsts that
| the protective tariff had lowered the price of
commodities, and argued the negative of the
proposition as proof OF the soundness of his
view that the decrease in cost the result OF
other causes than the tariff He called attention
TO the TACT that prices had fallen in non-protec-
tive countries In a larger ratio than in the
United States, and that it now necessary
| to increase the tariff duties over
what had been sufficient to protect
the industries of the country few Years ago.
The gentleman from Pennsylvania C1r. Kelley
could not but know that the statement that pro-
lection had lowered prices was not true.
Mr. Kelley-DOes the gentleman say have
| made statement which knew was hot true2
Mr. Morrson-Call them arguments then.
Mr.. Kelley am the last man to try to mis-
| lead the House by falsehood.
MIR. MOrrsOn--I have not said any such thing
| L said this, that the gentleman, and other
gentlemen, day after day, say tnat prices have
been reduced in this country because of pro
| tecIion and he must know that this is
not good argument. for the reason that he
! knows prices have been reduced more wEer,.
they had no protection, and he knows this, he
cause, when the duty was put on it sut
| eiently protective, and now he has to Increase 1t
/
Mr.. Kelley declared the ability of this country
| to produce two-thirds of the steel of the world
was due to the adoption of the protective tariff,
and mad mad a great effect on prices of that com
modify.
Mr.. Davis's amendment was lost-72 TO rs.
On molten of Mr.. Carlise, the duty ON screw
rlvets, screw nails, fence and wire rods round,
| in coils and loops, not lighter than No. wire
| gauge and Vaiued AT GIG cents per pound or less,
was fixed AT 80 per cent ad valorem.
Mr.Deeriug said that if he had the shaping of
this bill he would scale it. down so the amount of
f1tsf
| yOud the amounts winch would result from the
passage of this act. He in accord with his
party associates in desiring to frame a good bill
| and pass it this session
Pending further action, the committee rose,
| Mr.. Haskell giving notice of an amendment re-
! ducing the duty on iron wire rope and strand