Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-20

graph fixing the duty on lead ore and
lead dross at IL cents a pound,
with the proviso that lead ore
containing silver, or silver ore containing
lead, shall pay duty of IL cents per
pound. He referred to it in connection
with ores from Mexico, and said the
adoption of the proviso would break up
the smelling establishments in Ell Paso.
He moved to strike out the proviso.
Allison said the Finance Committee
believed lead introduced in connection
with silver ore ought to pay the same
duty as other lead did. He did not see
why lead contained in silver ore should
ne exempted from duty.
Teller approved the proviso.
Stewart also argued in favor OF the
proviso. The miners of the West, he
said, felt much interest in the matter as,
with Mexican ores evading duty, lead
extracted from silver ores in this coun-
try could not be got rid of at prices above
the cost of transportation.
Teller said he was informed that the
i'm portation of Mexican lead ores this
year would reach $4,000 tons, and that
would mean the closing up of the silver
mines in Colorado, Nevada, Utah and
Idaho, and of every common lead mine
in the United States. The miners
in the West received the largest
wages paid in the world, and
twice as much as was paid for common
labor in any other part of the United
States. There was no complaint as to
the price of lead in this country, the pro-
duction being about equal to the con-
sumption. This was matter of special
int crest to the mining regions of the
country, and the striking out of the pro-
viso would be blow at them.
Regan argued that the cost OF trans
portation from the Mexican boundary to
the smelling werks in the United States,
would exclude ore that did not contain a
large amount of silver. He did not think,
therefore, that there was any great dan
ger to the interests OF American miners
in permitting the law to stand as it is.
Coke supported his colleagues amend
ment
Reagan's amendment was rejected
yeas IS, nays %.
Reagan then moved to amend by
making the duty on lead ore and lead
dross of cent per pound, instead Of
70 cents. REJECTED.
The Clerk then read paragraph III
taking lead in pigs and bars cents pei
pound.
VOORHEES, THEN TOOK THE FLOOR,
And made long speech upon the gen
eral subject of tariff and particularly the
pending bill. In the course of his speech
he sharply criticized the various sections
of the bill, and the 1panacea proposed in
it for all the evils it embraced, was free
whisky and tobacco. A close inspection
of the whole preposterous measure dis.
closed its consistent and coherent char.
acter as fraud on the tax-paying people
of the United States, brought forward al
the behest of insatiate monopolies, dis.
honest companies and arrogant trusts
AS to the idea of the farmer being ben.
Gifted by the proposed substitute, he de.
clared the victim Of a bunco steerer was
to obtain fair play than the farmer was
publican tariff legislation.
Hawley said it was amazing to refec,
after all which the Senator said about the
great evils Of the tariff, that the Demo
cracy had not during the last twenty. six
years passed tariff bill through Con.
gress and none through its own House o.
Representatives until last July.
After further debate vote was takeI
on Vance's amendment, and it was re
jected; yeas IS, nays %.
Several amendments were offered ant
rejected as the reading continued. Or
reaching paragraph 1913, relating tt
manufactured articles or wares no
especially enumerated, Harris moved tc
amend by adding the proviso that NJ
article should pay higher rate of duty
than 80 per cent. ad valorem. Actor
deferred.
The schedules relating to wood anc
wooden-wares, and that relating to sugar
were passed over informally. This
brought the consideration of the bill
down to schedule three, as to tobacco
cigars, etc., when it was laid aside
about three pages of the bill having beer
actually disposed of to-day.
After an executive session, the Senate
adjourned.