The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-18
THE TARTFF DISCUSSION.
The Iron Schedule of the Repub-
Iican Bill Still Under Debate.
MR.. VESTS CoMBATIyENESS.
He will Fight {. II 1t Takes Until the
Fourth Of March-The Immigra-
ton Observation-Disclosures
gers Insane Actions.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 1.-THE
Senate resumed consideration of the
tariff bill at paragraph l47, referring tt
taggers iron. This paragraph and thC
two preceding ones on the same subjec
were passed over informally without
action. The next paragraph, las, was a
to Spikes, nuts and washers and horse
mule, or OK shoes, OF wrought iron oil
steel, imposing a duty of ] $40 pei
cent. per pound.
MIR. Vest moved to amend by reduc'
ing the rate to u per ceut. per pound
After discussion the amendment was re-
iected-yeas 10, nays 81.
The next paragraph, l49. was as to
"wheels, or parts thereof, made OF iron
or steel, and steel tired wheels for rail-
way purposes" wholly or partly manu-
factured, imposing rate OF .! cents per
pound, and OF cent per pound on
ingots for The same without regard to
the degree of manufacture.
Mr.. Mcpherson moved to amend by
making the ra es 2 cents and u cent per
pound respectively.
Mr.. Mcpherson called attention to the
fact that Republican Senators had aban-
doned the idea OF defending the bill on
the ground Of Protection to American
Labor, and had taken the ground ofprO-
tecting the factory interests.
Mr., Edmunds argued that there was
practically no. such thing as raw mate.
rial. Taking n Car-wheel TO weigh 800
pounds aud TO be worth so many dollars,
90 per cent OF these dollars represented
the labor put into it. Whether the re-
suit was properly divided between the
laborcr and the employer was another
question, which no tariff could fix, ex-
cept in the sense that the more foreign
articles that are brought in, the less OF
such articles will be produced in the
United States.
Mr.. Mcpherson said that nobody de-
MED that good deal Of labor was in
vOlved in the manufacture OF car wheels,
but after the iron ore and coal and
limestone was mined aud brought to-
gether and iron made out oil them, that
pig iron was protected at the rate OF
So 72 ton, that was far beyond the
relative difference between wages ut
home and abroad. American labor was
as much better than foreign labor as the
pay was better.
Mr.. Edmunds disclaimed any inten-
ton OF contributing to endless discussion
on the bill.
The debate continued ut great length,
and in the course OF which Mr. Vest re.
ferred to Democratic Senators us being
represented as the enemies Of the
country.
Mr.. Frye-That is SO.
Mr.. Yest-It is impossible for the Sem
ator from Maine to think worse OF nc
on this subject than do of him. |
think that il he has II contract to carry
this country to utter ruin, he is carrying
it out TO the best OF his ability. | hon
estly believe that he is robbing the peo-
ple OF the country, on whose welfare
depends the welfare OF the entire Re-
public. ] propose to fight every item
in the bill, il it takes till the 4th OF
March, but will make plain to.the
American people that tnis whole Senate
bill is in the interest Of piling up the
fortunes OF the manufacturers ut the eX-
pense OF the consumer.
Finally the discussion closed and the
vote was taken on Mr.. McPherson's
amendment, which was rejected. The
House bill TO incorporate George BAN
croft and others body poiitic and cor
poration under the name OF the Amer
lean Historical Association was laid be-
fore the Senate and wns referred to the
Committee on the Library.
The House holiday adjournment reso-
luton was laid before the Senate and
referred to the Committee on Finance.
Adjourned.