The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-12-11
States % rcasey which satagcnizesi al is
former tradasso1s and history

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A. O'Clock the senate resumed ssan-
siierztion ef The szrsf bill, ihe peuSsinE
question being H2z-is' sraenSmenf 4, ~
dEee the duty OF beams. sirders. lotssx and
all structural shapes OF iron or steel from
10 cents per pound "a 6 10 cent The
amendment VAS advocated Sy Regaa. hH;
As Mcpherson desired 10 otaer amendments
81 the beginning OF the metal schedule
Harris temporarily withdrew the sEaead-
menf
NcPherson tAereapoz rasved 10 araerd
paragraph 20. as 20 iron in pigs, etc. by
reduciug the duty from S-fe cent seuSd
20 Sc ton. Rs5ecsed-yeas .. NAYS p NJ
Plumb voted with the Republicans IN the
negative.
NePherso1 moved 70 amend the pr0viso
referring 20 iron bars, hlo~ras or bsllefs in
which charcoal Is used IS fuel, reducing
the dgty from 81 per ton 10 SO Rejecfed
yeas %. Hsys -
Mcpherson moved to reduce The duty on
egst-irou pipe from 80 cent - 6-la He
stzted that the cast-ircn pipe industry had
formed d trust under which the price was
the foreign cost, pias the da,y and al ex-
penses- Reiected-Ayes ~, nays "a
These votes being all strictly party votes,
Nefhersou iT;lna;ed that il seemed As il
all opposition to the bill might ss well
cease. Ailisoa nodded Then said Ne
PherSon, I'VE are 10 ee uuders and SIP
pose. that The manufacturers Of iron pipe
may appear before . committee Of the sen
ate and 1x aay rate they choose on rheis
production Taere is an absolutely pro
hibitory dufy OF 81 30 per ton. move 10
reduee il 10 s.l3 cent per pound. The
amendment was rejected. yeas II. nays 3.
Mcpherson then moved 10 reduce the
duty on anvils, paragraph 1857 from 10
IL cents per pound. Rejected.
McPhersoH moved TO reduce the rate on
iron and steel anchors. etc paragraph
I27l, from / 70 cents per pound 20 u
cents. Rejected.
McPherson alluded to the criticisms in
the press on the Democratic senators for
their remissaeSS IL opposing the substitute
aud exposing is weak points, and &c ex-
planned that the substitute hat been ar
ranged by the Republican senators OF tue
committee on finance. and that the Demo
cratic senator's knew nothing about it ex-
eePt from carSoFy reading just before
il was reported. In his opinion. IL ii
were TO become law il would bankrupt
the whole country IN less than i've wears,
and lie moved that consideration De post
poned until the 10Th OF Janusry.
Dawes asked satlricaliy whether the
Seuslor from New Jersey was not appre-
heEsiye that disaster might come 20 the
country from the treasury surplus Ii the
matter was DELAYED
After some further remarks OF a political
nature, MePhersoa withdrew his motion.
lie then moved 10 reduce tie rate on
axies. cts, paragraph l2sl. from cents 10
/ cent per pound. Rejected.
Harris renewed the amendment % re
ducs the duty on beams. girders. jnists,
angles, etc, from l-l0 cents par pcnad IA
10 cents.
Vest argued in support OF the amend
raent. and said there was no item in the
bill on which the two parties could better
join issue than this one. lie spoke Of Car
negieis profit on 5000 tons OF steel beams
rfafs
dollars. and described the steel trust in
this country as one ''hoaFy with age"
How long. he asked, was that trust TO ex-
iSt9
Sherman desired to state. once for all,
the ground Of his several votes ON the BILL
because Ii was neither a matter Of pleasure
of the senate nor a matter of public utility
10 waste tine in repeating over and over
again the same argunent on different
clauses of the bill. Undoubtedly the Mills
bill represents the general sentiment of the
Democratic party. while the senate sabsfi-
people OF the United states and
there debated. advocated and sup.
ported by the Republican party.
One bill looked 20 a tariff for revenue only.
the other 10 tariff for protection The
rate of l-io cents per pound might BE-
little too high on some articles, but il had
been fixed upou by the finance committee
as fair average rate. As TO Caruegie's
monopoly, he tslerlaaul knew nothing
about 1t, except that Carnegie had been
the first In this country 10 apply the con
tinuous process in the manufac-
ture OF steel beams Carnegie.
he presumed. had pstents which
eould not be taken away from him. but
they would soon expire. The time WAS not
fardistant when all structural forms ofSteel
and iron would be multiplied TO an amRz-
ing extent and would be produced cheaper
and cheaper By the offer of inducements
20 manufacturers 10 enter into business.
That was one Of the objects of the proposed
rate of duty. As regards trusts, he looked
on them as enc of the most dangerous and
subtle inventions of man. aad was
in fayar of breaking them down.
but the only way to break
them down was By inviting competition.
II thst was not sufficient, he was willing
10 go TO the extent of proposing a law TO
prevent aad punish them. He thought 1t
better TO leave the details OF the bill to the
committee which framed it. unless there
was some palpGbie error which ought 10 be
corrected. He asked his Democratic
friends 10 abide by the judgment OF the
people on the question. That judgment
had been IN favor of American industry.
At the conclusion of Sherman's remarks,
aud without coming to vote on the pend
ing amendment, the senate adjourned.