Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-09
TALKING ABOUT SALT.

ting It on the Free List-A Michigan
 Mans Views.
 WASHINGTON, June 9.-The time of the house yesterday was passed in the discussion of the salt schedule of the tariff bill.
 House bill was passed authorizing construc- tion of bridge over the Missouri river near Omaha; also senate bill granting right of way to the Paris, Choctaw and Little Rock Railway company through the Indian ter ritory.
 The Dingley resolution was adopted calling on the secretary of the treasury as to whether an order is now in force by which United States vessels passing through Canadian canals to American ports when they make their voyage via tho St. Lawrence, pay less tolls than when they make it by way of Lake Ontario; and whether further legisla- tion is necessary to authorize the secretary to impose additional tolls upon vessels pass ing through the Saut Ste Marie and bound to Canadian ports in case Canada continues discrimination against vessels bound to Amer ican ports.
 In committee of the whole the tariff debate rosunaad- Discu ssion the salt schedule followed.
 MT. Grosvener, of Ohio, said the passage of the bill would not cheapen salt, but would crush the industry hsre.
 MT. Cox, of New York, said that the dairy men and farmers were now subject to a direct tax, for they needed the best grade of salt, and that could not be produced in this country.
 MT. Burrows, of Michigan, said that the National Butter and Cheese associat tion had awarded the majority of prizes to users of American salt, which seemed to meet the charge that the United States could not pro- duce the best grade. The purest salt mine in ths world was in louisiana. Three com panies had tried to develop 1t, but had been bankrupted because English competitors had cut the rates, only to put them up again when they had destroyed competition.
 MT. Whiting, of Michigan, a salt manu- facturer, would not oppose the movement to reduce the taxation on salt. He said that largs quantities of the English product was sold in Michigan for $2. .25 per barrel, while the native product could be had for sixty cents; that he shippel half of his product to the Atlantic seaboard in competition with English salt, and hsld his own. He declared controlled by the Salt association of that state. It could not raise prices because New York state was not in the trust. MT. Tarsney, of Michigan, referred to the utterances and votes of former members of the house, Messss. Hale, Hiscock, Reed and Burrows, in favor Of free salt for packing meat and fish, and d eclared that Republicans had struck the firs5 blow which brought down the salt industry. MT. Brewer, of Michigan, defended these gentlemen for voting for free salt used in preparing meat and fish for export. MT. Breckenridge, of Arkansas, declared l that the salt duty was class legislation pure | and simple.
 MT. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, declared that | free salt meant the death blow to salt manu- l facture in the country.
 MT. Gay, of Louisiana, was anxious to re- l duce the tax even if it should operate against ] salt miners.
 ! MT. Hooker, of Mississippi, quoted from 1 treasury reports to show that 60, 100000 people were paying tribute to 4,0O0 people l engaged in salt production 1 A vote on motion by MT. Burrows to strike out the paragraph was rejected. l An amendment offered by MT. Grosvenor ! to exclude bulk salt from tho free list waz also rejected
 Passing to the next section, MT. Bayne, of
 Pennsylvania, offered an amendment to
 place cleaned and uncleaned rice on the free
 list Rejected.
 The fax section came next, and MT. 1 Browne, of Indiana, moved to strike out the
 four lines relating to flax, and pending de 1 bate the committee rose.