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HIGH DUTIES ON LUMBER
THE HOUSE REACHES PARAGRAPH
THREE OF THE MILLS BILL.

Mr.. Struble's Motion to Strike Out
Timber Hewn and Sawed, and Tim
ber Used for Spars and In Building
Wharves Defeated - Mr.. Fuller
Breaks Party Lines.
WASHINGTON, June An the House TO-
day the regular order was demanded, being
MIR. Mills motion to limit the debate on the
pending paragraph of the tariff bill to ten
minutes, which prevailed. The House then
went into committee of the whole on the
tariff bill. The amendment under con-
slderation was to strike from the
free list timber hewn and sawed, and
timber used for spars and wharves. Mr..
Randall. of Pennsylvania addressing the
House, said that 1t should be the object OF
the House to fix the tariff at rate just high
enough to cover the difference in tho wages
of lumberInen In this country and Canada,
and he hoped that the duty would be fixed,
as IN his bill, at 10 per cent. ad valorem.
EFFECT OF PAIRS.
The question was about to be put, on Mr..
Strubles motion, to strike out Timber
hewn and sawed and timber used for
spars and in building wharves," when Mr..
Burroughs asked TO be informed as to the
effect of a ''pair" upon other than record
voters. Several members expressed diver
gent views upon the subject Mr.. Kelley,
of Pennsylvania, holding that a pair applied
only to record votes, while other memters
held that members were in honor bound to
refrain entirely from voting while paired.
The chair decided that the question
raised was one that must be settled by each
party to the pair.
A division was then had on Mr. Struble's
amendment, and ii was rejected by a vote
of 60 yeas to 100 nays.
Mr. Randall then moved TO strike out the
paragraph and insert timber not further
manufactured than hewn, squared and
sided, but this amendment was rejected
without division and the second paragraph
OF the bill, timber squared and sided,"
was read.
Mr.. Taulbee, of Kentucky, while approx.
ing the bill generally, felt bound to move
to strike out the paragraph.
LEFT WITHOUT QUORUM.
The committee rose to debate for ten
minutes but the Republicans refused to
vote, leaving the House without quorum.
MIR. Mills reminded the House that it had
spent the day in consideration OF a para.
graph that represented values In the bill to
the amount of S3. Yesterdays debate In
volved Si9S. He had seen In a newspaper
the problem stated: ''lf it takes one day
not to pass two lines, how long will it take
to pass the billf'
A voice ON the Republican side-As long
as it took to pass the direct tax bill
Finally compromise was reached on forty
minutes debate, and the House again went
| into committee Of tho whole.
FULLER BREAKS PARTY LINES.
Mr.. Fuller, of Iowa, secured a round of
applause from the Democratic side by de-
caring that as he did not believe that the
truo doctrine Of protection was involved In
this question he should vote for free lumber,
Mr.. Taulbee of Kentucky, met the same
treatment at the hands of the Republicans
when he said that Mr. Fuller's remarks gave
an insight to the real case. He tMr Fuller
needed cheap lumber, because Iowa did not
produce it, He (Mr. Taulbee) wanted a
protective duty, because his district pro-
duced lumber, and he was unwilling to be
controlled by any sentiment other than that
OF honest judgmenh.
The time for debate on the pending para
graph expiring, the amendment TO strike 10
out was rejected by vote, Messrs Mills
and Taulbee being the tellers, Of 81 yeas to
101 nays.
THE THIRD PARAGRAPH.
The third paragraph in ths bill, Wood
unmanuiactured not specially enumerated
or provided for" was then read and taken
up for consideration.
Mr. Bayne, Of Pennsylvania, moved to
strike it out After some debate the CON-
mittee rose, leaving Mr.. Bayne's amend.
ment pending, and the House at o'clock
adjourned