The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-09
ESENAIE AND HOUSE.
The Discussion on the Two
Tariff Bills.
COMPARING THE MEASURES.
An Int eresting Session Of the Senate
and UnimpOrtant Meeting
OF the House.


WASHINGTON. OoGOD6r o.-DlHlr Ol-
tered a resolution Qaid over till to-
morrow calling On the President for
information as to the trial (for treason)
conviction and execution in Canada on
the 10th of November, 1885, of Louis
David Riel, who claimed to have been
q naturalized citizen of the United
States, and whether the proceedings in
the case were according to due process
OF law, including the presentation of the
fact of Riei's citizenship and defence of
insanity.
The Senate then proceeded to tn e
consideration of the tariff bill, the read
Ing in full being dispensed with, and the
Senate substitute being ordered first
considered.
Harris asked Allison to fix a time at
which the general debate on the bills
should close.
Allison said it was impossible to say
when the Senators would resign their
right TO take the responsibility respect
ing it. He concurred with Senator
Harris in the desire that the bill should
be proceeded with as rapidly as pos
slble.
Harris remarked that there was not
a Senator who had not well defined
and fixed opinions as to the principle
that would control his vote in regard to
every phase and feature of the bill. II
the Senator from Iowa would agree he
(Harris) would ask unanimous consent
to close the debate on this bill in len
days.
Allison-I would not like to consent
TO that at the Very beginning. Itmight
be found that we wanted eleven or
twelve days.
Allison then proceeded with his state.
ment on the bill. There was something
which
OUGHT TO BE MADE CLEAR
In the beginning of the discussion
There were few salient points, which
ought to be presented. One was, that
the Senate bill proposed to reduce the
revenue between $65, QUO, 900 and $13 900, :
600. This was the first opportunity
which the Senate had to consider the
great question of the reduction OF the
revenue since the revision OF the House
had occupied eight months in the con-
sheraton of the question. With little
over sixty days. The Senate committee
on finance had produced the bill now
up. Tne House had spent eight
months, not for the purpose of
STRENGTHENING the industries of the
of disturbing those interests. He re-
garded the introduction of from $780,
100000 to $40 600 900 of revenue as being
as great reduction as conld be safely
made, and therefore he trusted that no
amendment would be adopted looking
to g greater reduction. He calculated
from the report of the Secretary of the
Treasury for the first quarter OF the
present fiscal year that there would be
reduction of s. 600 900 in the receipts
from imports this year as compared
with the Secretary's estimate. Taking
all the revenues of the government for
the first quarter of tbs current fiscal
year, they had fallen eff So 100 900, as
compared with the first quarter of last
year. He made this statement for the
purpose of showing that the enormous
surplus in the Treasury was not likely
likely to occur during the present fiscal
year. By the provisions of the Senate
tariff bill there would be
NO SURPLUS REVENUE,
unless the sinking fund for this
gear were entirely left out of
consideration. The bill contemplated,
and it might as we'll be under
stood in the beginning that for the
current fiscal year, and the fiscal years
that are to follow Immediately, there
was not likely to be a surplus beyond
the amount necessary to redeem the
Az per cent. bonds falling due October
Il 1oA ~
why it was the surplus of sos 600 900
was not used to retire the Az per cent.
bonds that were presently to be paid
off by the government. Passing on to
the general features of the bill, he said
that the Senate bill differed from the
House bill in the fact that It proposed
to deal with all the schedules of the
tariff, while the House bill did not.
The House bill did not deal
with the silk schedule, the to-
bscco schedule or the wines and liquors
schedules aud had dealt but lightly
with the sugar schedule. The Senate
bill had been made up on the principle
of protecting American labor and
American industry. That was its aim
and purpose and the Senate committee
on finance had sought therefore, to
foster every industry in the country.
h6l6TIlDE " Iuc QuCoIAOu VI G1U1COO,
Allison said the only difference between
the House bill and the Senate bill in re-
gard to tobacco was that the Senste
bill made reduction of $3.50 per 000
pounds on manufactured cigars and
also took off the tax of 81 on retailers
OF tobacco. The House bill reduced the
sugar duty Is per cent. and the Senate
so per cent. Even with the latter re-
duction, the duty on sugar would re-
main at Al per cent. ad valorem Sugar
was as essential in every household
as bread, and if there was any article
that should have q low rate of duty i'm
posed on it, it was sugar. He believed
that whatever encouragement there
should be for the production of sugar
from sorghum or beets YVES still lief: in
the fair protection given by the Senate
bill. 1t had been the boast of the Dem
ocrstic party that it reduced the duties
on the necesseries of life, but what was
greater necessary of life than sugar,