Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-11
Sailed for Hayti.
Admiral Luce Starts on His
Warlike Mission.
NO GREAT TROUBLE LOOKED FOR,

Because 1t Is Expected That Hayti viii
Come Down'-An Amusing Episode at
tho Island - Chipman's Fortific alton
Scheme-The Prices of Grain This Year
and In 1Ss7-Looking After Thrifty
Court Oficers-Talk in Congress.
WASHINGTON CRY, Dec. 1.-THE most in
teresting portion of the senate session OF yes
terday was near the close, when Mcpherson
proposed to postpone further consideration
of the tariff bill until Jan. 10.
Dawes wanted to know if the senator did
not think disaster might come to the country
from the surplus in the meantime.
Mcpherson replied that better progress
could be made if time was given senator's
on his side to become familiar with the bill
Dawes-Then the senator's motion is for
the purpose of educationl
McPherson-Yes. This has been an edu-
cational campaign all the way through.
[Laughter.l
Then Harris suggested that Mcpherson
withdraw his motion, and the latter did so.
Harris then renewed a motion to reduce
duty on structural at iron from IL to 0 6
cents per pound He spoke of Carnegie's
profit on 30, 100 tons of steel beams manu-
featured in one year, as over 81 600 600, and
described the steel trust in this country as
one "hoary with age" How long, he asked,
was that trust to exist
Sherman desired to state once for all, the
grounds of his several votes on the bill, be-
cause 1t was neither matter Of pleasure
for the senate nor a matter of public
| utility to waste time in repeating over and
over again the same argument on different
| clauses of the bill Undoubtedly, the Mills
| bill represented the general sentiment of the
| Democratic party, while the senate substi-
tute had been carried before the people of
| United States. and there debated. advocated
and supported by the Republicans Tue one
bill looked to a tariff for revenue only; the
other tariff for protection. The paragraph
proposed to DO amended included great
variety Of articles, some of which could he
produced in this country for $40 or $50 a
ton, while others could not be produced for
less than so ton. Ii it were possible &c
make discrimination in the duty on these
articles it should be done; but it was impos
sille without recurring to the ad valoren
principle, and experience was not favorable
TO that principle in imposing duties on iron
and steel The l. i. cents per pound might bt
a little too high on some articles, but it haC
been fixed upon by the finance committee a.
a fair average rate. As to Carnegie's monop
oily, he [Shermanl knew no hing about it
except that Carnegie had been the first il
this country to apply the continuous process
in TIE manufacture of steel beams. Carne
gle, he presumed, had patents which coult
not be taken away from him, but they woulC
soon expire.
The time was not far distant when al
structural forms of steel and iron would b
multiplied TO an amazing extent and woult
be produced cheaper and cheaper by tn
offer Of inducements to manufacturers T.
enter into the business. That was one o
the objects of the proposed rate of duty H
thought it better to sustain the finance com
mIttee in its classification than TO chang
the rates bIindly and at haphazard. In re
gard to trusts he looked upon them as one o
the most dangerous and subtle inventions O
man; and was in favor of breaking then
up They were contrary to the spirit of n
common law of England; but the only wa
he thought, to break them down was b
inviting competition.
The senator from Tennessee had made
! LlptltH sulile uhl siute 70 tdy Tue seilttt SUI
stitute on the table, and that motion ha,
been rejected by the senate, the vote being
an expression of opinion that the substitute
was better bill than the house bill To
principle having been thus determined, h
thought it better 20 leave the details OF tn
bill to the committee which framed it, unles
there was some palpable error which ough
to be corrected. He asked his Democrat
friends 70 abide by the judgment of the pee
pie on the question, That judgment ha
been in favor OF American industry
Holman raised little sensation in th
house by asking unanimous consent TO cor
slider q resolution for inquiry into the a
legged wholesale purchase of American votel
at the recent elections as charged in Ii
newspapers. and for report on what migt
be necessary to preserve the purity of tt
ballot
Dingley offered an amendment to the rest
luton, inserting the following words: IAN
also whether officials of the United Stat,
have made contributions to such campaig
fund" Holman expressed his willingness
accept the amendment, but Wilkins Of Oh
objected to it, and the house having refuse
, unanimous consent for the immediate COZ
sideration of the resolution, it was referre
TO the committee on the judiciary.