Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-07-17
House.

The House went into committee of the
whole on the tariff bill, the woolen schedule
being the pending question.
| At the suggestion of Mills it was agreed
that vote be taken on the free wool clause
today.
After discussion by several members Will
kins of Ohio moved to strike out wool from
the free list.
On division the vote stood 90 to 1922, and
the announcement was received with applause
on the democratic side.
Sowden of Pennsylvania and wilkins and
Foran of Ohio were the only democrats vot-
ing in the affirmative, while Anderson of
Iowa voted in the negative.
Butterworth of Ohio wishd to affect an ar
rangement by which an aye and nay vote
might be taken in the House, but Mills de-
| cliued to comply.
Mills offered an amendment striking out
the clause imposing duty of 80 per cent ad
valorem on carpets and carpeting, and in
serting clases imposing duty of six cents
per square yard on hemp and jute carpetings,
of 20 per cent. ad valorem on floor mating
and floor mats exclusive of vegetable sub
stance and of 40 per cent. ad valorem on all
other carpets and carpetings, druggets, box
ings, mats, rugs, screen covers, hassOcks,
bedsdes of wool, flax, cotton or parts of
either, or other material.
The lodge of Massachusetts offered an
amendment imposing duty of ten cents per
square foot on cocoa mats and 10 cents per
square foot on cocoa mating. Lost.
The Mills amendment was agreed to.
The amendment restoring the wool tariff
of 1867 was rejected. This disposed of the
wooden schedule.
Whiting of Massachusetts,, was at a loss to
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plaint from the laborer, manufacturer or
conssmer, the paper industry should be at
tackled and the duty lowered At the pres
ent state of affairs there was high wages low
cost to consumer and a constant improvement
in the quality of the output
Baker of New Yofk, moved to fix the duty
on Photographic paper at 95 per cent. 1t
was rejected.
Dingley moved to strike out the paragraph
fixing the duty at twelve per cent. on print
ing paper. He said the committee on ways
and means had made this reduction after hav.
ing made wood pulp, its constituent, free.
subsequently it had restored wood pulp to its
10 per cent. duty, without making a cores
ponding increase in duty on paper products.
The motion was defeated At Lehlback's
request, the paragraph relating to bonnets,
hoods, etc, was passed over for time.
Mills moved that the paragraph concern
ing the card cloth be amended so as to in
crease the duty from 10 to 30 cents per square
foot, and in case such cloth is made of tenn
pered steel wire, from 25 to 40 cents per
square foot. The motion was adopted.
The other committee amendments offered
by Mills and adopted were the striking ou, of
the india rubber fabric paragraph, fixing the
duty on kaolin at 81 per ton for crude and
50 for china clay or wrought kaolin, and
placing the duty on rough marble at 40 cents
per cubic foot.
West of New York moved to strike out
the paragraph relating to globes. Lost.
This completed the consideration essential
ly of ihe tariff features of the bill Except in
regard to such paragraphs as has been passed
over informally and the administrative por-
ton of the measure was taken up.
Boutelle offered an amendment providing
that when boxes in which oranges and
lemons are imported shall be of materials
manufactured in the Uuited States, there
shall be a reduction of duty to the extent of
five cents for each box and three cents for
each half box. Rejected.
I Dingley offered an amendment including
plates. angles, bars and bolts among those
articles which may be imported in bond and
duties rebated when used in the construction
of vessels for the foreign carrying trade.
| Mills objected saying that the subject was
covered by the free ship bill, which provides
for free materials. The amendment was re-
| jected.
Buchanan of New Jersey offered an amend
meut, providing that no goods, the product
in whole or in material part of convict labor,
shall be imported for the purpose of safe or
trade. II was rejected.
! On motion of Breckenridge of Ark, the
amendment was adopted excluding from the
provisions section, which provides that ad-
valorem duties shall include the value of car
ton, cases, boxes, &C., in which merchandise
is imported, such boxes or coverings as are
usually necessary coverings for machinery.
On motion of Mills an amendment was
adopted fixing Oct. lst, 1855, as the date up
on which the repeal of the taxes on manu-
factured chewing tobacco, smoking tobacco
and snuff shall go into effect.
Wise of Virginia moved to include in the
repeal the taxes on cigars, cheeroots and ci-
garettes.
Nelson of Minnesota opposed the motion.
Johnston of North Carolina moved to
amend Wise's motion by providing for the
repeal of all internal taxes on spirits distilled
from grain or fruit of any kind.
McMillin of Tennessee, said this year the
internal system would yield about Sl20, ,00c,-
900. The entire surplus didn't amount to